Original Whirley Pop Starter Pack - Wabash Valley Farms Popcorn Kit, Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker With 3 Movie Theater Popcorn Kits and 4 Movie Night Face Tubs, Gourmet Popcorn Gift Sets (Metal Gear-Red)

Love this popper, seen lots of positive reviews on this and based on those reviews I purchased one for myself. Will not disappoint. Highly recommend.

We have gifted a few of these to good friends.We've been through several of these ourselves (the original Silver metal model) over the last three decades-they will replace parts to keep yours going until you actually wear it out. Use the Whirley Pop and popcorn package with popping corn, seasoning and oil to make popcorn at home that is as good (and often better) than that great stuff at the theater. The pan is lightweight aluminum, with the twirly mechanism a bit heavier metal construction. The gear drive that makes the twirl when you crank the handle is plastic, but if you're using the popper properly (or would that be popperly-gotta love onamotopoeia?), the top doesn't get overly hot and they last a long time. The wooden handle and crank knob are cool retro looking. Emptying into the bowl is very straightforward and simple to do. Shouldn't take but a few seconds, certainly not long enough to burn any of the popped corn in the pot.Do a great popcorn and a movie evening at home for less than the cost of about two trips to the movie theater for two people-It takes about 3-4 minutes to do on the stove top, and properly used, there are very few "old maids" and almost no over-cooked corn.If you use the Whirley Pop Popper with the great popcorn Whirley Pop sells, a fantastic overall product.(Note: We have only owned the original model Whirley Pop Popper, but we see that they do now offer several more substantial models in stainless and copper, and even an over-the-fire model. We'll probably try out one of those when our current one wears out, which may be a while. We do really enjoy and recommend their products.)

The best way to pop theater style butter popcorn. I love it.

Works well. Kept kernels stirred and almost all of them popped.

We bought the model with the metal gears (vs. plastic), for a few dollars more. We used it maybe a half dozen times and the metal gears became out of alignment, and we couldn't use it anymore. We hadn't had it long, and the company went good for a warranty replacement, which we had in 2-3 days. So, the product works great, it makes the best popcorn I've ever had at home. The quality feels a little on the "thin" side, but they stood behind the product and replaced it, so that's worth something. If you're looking for a popcorn popper for home, I have to say, this works great. I recommend.

Below was my original review. Wabash Valley Farms reached out after I contacted them and gave me a refund. Very kind and reasonable. The good I said below I still mean. Whirley-Pops are AWESOME!!! The only think I think I might have done (one weakness the product has) is that if you overfill it, the gears get strained. It's the only thing I can think of. Anyway, great product!!! 4/1/25_____________________The gears get misaligned. It becomes unusable in the middle of making a batch. These things are awesome! I love them. The same thing happened to my first one, but I figured it was due to the ten years of use. This time it happened in six months. I want a new one. But I think they're not made like they used to be. :(

Just get one. It makes perfect popcorn. It's fast. No junk ingredients either. Really only about 3 minutes to make a batch. No leftover kernels. Turn the crank slowly, you're not churning butter. When it's too hard to turn, stop. Take it off the heat. Wait till all popping stops. About 15 seconds. Immediately put it in a bowl. Having it sit in the steamy pot will make the kernels chewy.REGISTER YOUR WARRANTY on the whirly pop website. It is a 25 year warranty. And, they will offer you 2 more popcorn kits, recipes, a catalog and a movie night pack with 4 paper popcorn tubs for $8.00 shipping.

Is it as handy as microwave popcorn? No. But it tastes better, is just as fast, and is way healthier. Clean up is a bit of a pain. But I use this quite a bit and am happy that I purchased it.