Halogen Oven - too good to be true?

I see a "Portable Halogen Oven" advertised in today's Ir Times for 91 Euro. Apparently it does everything! It roasts, bakes, toasts, steams, defrosts. I wonder if it as good as it sounds? Only takes up the space of a regular microwave. (By the way, I see it online for 20 Euro less so wouldn't buy it through the newspaper). Has anybody used it? Would welcome your views. Thank you.

Hi, I have one of these, round thing with bright light in it. Dont ask me how it works but I like it. Mind you it does not bake successfully, thought it might save turning on over for half dozen scones and while it does bake them they get too brown on top and uncooked underneath. I mainly use it for potato wedges/chips with no oil, donegal catch type fish or fillets of salmon. Good for roasting chicken pieces, I have roasted a full chicken which worked well too and you could almost cook a fry in it, cooks the sausages nice and evenly brown all round, inclined to dry out the rashers though. Browns things really well, pizza is reasonable successful, top really well done but base again not great, I usually stick it on a flat pan for a few minutes to crisp it up. If you can get it cheap enough its worth it, I saw it in back of UK magazine last week for stg 40 but they would only post to UK. I would actually have bought another one for that price.

My M.I.L. has one and finds it great for cooking smallish things, like chips, pieces of chicken/fish/meat but nothing too big like roasts/joints.

Thanks everybody. Sounds like quite a good idea, so I think I'll bit the bullet!

Where is this offer on please? My mother was looking for one of them.
Thanks in advance

JML do one for sure, where my mother in law got hers. Unsure of other places.

Clarelassie said:

Where is this offer on please? My mother was looking for one of them.
Thanks in advance

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I saw it in The Irish Times on 5 Feb (one of their special offers, although, as I said, it's cheaper elsewhere). As poster says "JML" are selling them. I also see them for 69 Euro on this website.