Philips Air Fryer Buying Guide 2026 – NA120, NA229, NA221, NA130, NA239, HD9252: Which One for Your Kitchen?
Updated: 23 hours ago
Philips invented the air fryer (the original Rapid Air patent is theirs), and in India the Philips range is still the one people ask for by name. But the line-up has changed a lot in the last two years – the older HD9200 / HD9252 series is being replaced by the new NA-series (NA120, NA130, NA221, NA229, NA231, NA239), which are cheaper, larger and use less power. If you are choosing one for a Chandigarh kitchen, here is how the current models compare, with our selling prices.
Which size do you need?
4.1–4.2 L (NA120, NA229, NA221, HD9252): right for 2–4 people. Holds about 800 g of french fries, 6–8 chicken pieces or a 1 kg whole chicken cut into pieces.
6.2 L (NA130, NA239, HD9270 Spectre XL): for 4–6 people or anyone who cooks for guests. A full 1.2–1.5 kg chicken fits whole, and you can do a tray of samosas or 12 tikkis in one batch instead of two.
A bigger basket is not slower – Rapid Air circulation cooks the same food in the same time. The only cost is counter space (the NA130 is about 38 cm deep).
The current Philips models, compared
Philips Airfryer NA120/00 (4.2 L) – ₹4,300 – the value pick. 1500 W, analogue dial timer and temperature knob, 4.2 L, non-stick basket. Same Rapid Air cooking as the dearer models; you just set time and temperature by hand.
Philips Airfryer NA221/00 (4.2 L, cooking window) – ₹7,200 – 4.2 L with a glass cooking window and internal lamp, digital touch panel with 7 presets, keep-warm and a 60-minute timer. Best for people who like to watch the food rather than pull the basket out.
Philips Airfryer NA130/00 (6.2 L extra-large) – ₹6,400 – 6.2 L extra-large at less than the price of the 4.2 L window model. 2000 W, digital touch panel with presets, dishwasher-safe basket and grill plate. Our best-seller for families.
Philips Airfryer NA229/01 (4.2 L, touch screen, StarPlate) – ₹6,500 – the new 4.2 L touch-screen model with Philips’ StarPlate base for even airflow, 9 presets (frozen fries, fresh fries, chicken, meat, fish, breakfast, vegetables, cake, keep warm), 13-in-1 cooking modes including defrost, and a dishwasher-safe pan. Sits between the NA120 and NA221 in price and is the pick if you want presets without the window.
Philips Airfryer NA239/01 (6.2 L, 2000 Series, 1700 W) – ₹8,500 – the extra-large version of the NA229: same touch screen, StarPlate and 9 presets, 1700 W, in a 6.2 L pan that takes a whole chicken. MRP ₹11,995 – our price ₹8,500 makes it the best value 6.2 L Philips today.
Philips Airfryer HD9270/70 Spectre XL (6.2 L, 2000 W) – ₹11,900 – 6.2 L, 2000 W, digital soft-touch LED panel with 7 presets, detachable basket and NutriU app recipes. The premium XL if you want the Spectre build quality.
Philips Digital Airfryer HD9252/70 (4.1 L, touch panel) – ₹8,100 – the classic 4.1 L Philips Digital Airfryer with the famous starfish base plate, 7 presets and a 60-minute timer. Heavier build, made in the earlier Philips factory tooling; spares are plentiful (see below).
Running cost: a 1500 W air fryer used 20 minutes a day costs roughly ₹4–5 per day at Chandigarh tariffs, and Philips claims up to 55 % lower energy use than a conventional oven because the small chamber heats in about 3 minutes with no preheating.
Analogue or digital?
The analogue NA120 has two knobs – time (0–60 min) and temperature (80–200 °C). It is the model we recommend to older family members and to anyone who finds touch panels fiddly; there is nothing to fail electronically except the timer. The digital models add presets (fries, chicken, fish, cake), a keep-warm mode and exact 5 °C temperature steps; the NA229 / NA239 add defrost and a 9-preset touch screen, and the NA221 / NA130 remember the last setting. If you mostly cook the same three things, the presets save time; if you cook by feel, the dial is faster.
What Philips gets right (and what to watch)
Rapid Air with the starfish or ridged base plate gives more even browning than the flat-fan copies – fewer half-burnt, half-pale batches.
The basket and pan are the parts that wear (non-stick coating, handle release). Philips sells them separately, and we stock them – a ₹1,000–₹2,000 basket keeps a ₹6,000 fryer going for years.
Do not use metal tools in the basket, and do not run it empty to ‘preheat’ for long – both shorten the coating’s life.
Indian warranty: 2 years on the NA-series and HD9252 when bought from an authorised dealer with a GST invoice. Grey-market ‘imported’ units at lower prices have no Philips India warranty and often a 110 V heater.
Accessories worth adding
For the L-size baskets (NA221, NA231, HD9252 and the 6.2 L NA130) Philips makes a baking kit (cake pan + muffin cups) – ₹1,255.50, a party kit (double-layer rack and skewers) – ₹805.50 and the combo kit – ₹2,695.50. Check the size letter on your fryer’s box – L-size kits do not fit the compact HD9200.
Buy Philips at New Jaspal Electricals, Chandigarh
New Jaspal Electricals is an authorised Philips / Versuni dealer at Shop No. 101-102, Sector 38-C Market, Chandigarh 160014. Every appliance is a fresh, sealed Indian-warranty unit with a GST invoice, and we keep the spare parts for what we sell – so a basket, soleplate or cord years later is a phone call away, not a visit to a service centre. Open Monday to Saturday; call or WhatsApp 98550 13127, or order online with delivery across India.
See all Philips air fryers and air fryer parts on our website.
Official brand resources: for manuals, warranty registration and service-centre details see Philips Domestic Appliances (Versuni India). We are an independent retailer; brand names belong to their owners.
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