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Hmmm, yes, they do say popcorn can be a healthy snack, huh? Still, to invest in a machine that only makes one kind of food, in my not-too-big apartment...
Is it a big machine? Can you clean it in the dishwasher?
You can take the plain popcorn and pop it in a microwave in a brown paper lunch sack that is folded over. No need for a one off machine.
You can just make it on the stovetop in a pot with a top
Just any pot works, you dont need a machine.
I use spoonful of coconut oil or clarified butter, but coconut oil works better. Heat oil
put corn kernels, i put just to cover bottom of the pot, or a bit less.
Then you cover and shake.
Use fine salt and fine msg for seasoning. I like adding smoked paprika powder.
I have a collapsible silicone bucket with a lid for popcorn making that goes into the microwave. It's easy to use, doesn't require any fat, also serves as a bowl and you can just throw it into the dishwasher. Size-wise, it's probably not that different from an air popper when collapsed, but it's easier to find a spot for; mine is on top of the stack of roughly bowl-shaped things. And you could also use it as a bowl for other things, so it's not necessarily single-purpose.
Air poppers can be small, mine is about ten inches tall, five inches wide and deep. I'm no fan of single use appliances but it makes a healthy snack so easy (just pour half a cup of kernels in and switch it on) that it gets a pass. It's fast too, takes about a minute and can't burn them. The only cleaning it needs it to shake out any popcorn bits that for some reason didn't get ejected. It was a great value purchase for seven bucks.
The downside is it's loud AF.
Stove top popcorn is too stupidly easy to buy a one off gadget. I make popcorn on the stove at least 3 times a week just using vegetable oil and flavacol. My wife and I are now spoiled on this popcorn.