9 product switches that can help reduce your energy costs

Smart product switches

With rising energy costs, many are having to be smart with their energy use to not run high energy bills. There are in fact some simple smart product switches you can make to save money and energy.

Air fryer vs Oven

You might think that an air fryer is just for fried food, but in fact you can cook more or less anything in an air fryer that you would in an oven. Granted the air fryer is smaller in size and perhaps not ideal for large family style cooking, but if you're a smaller household or just need a few dishes cooked in the oven, the air fryer is a great alternative and it also uses significantly less energy than an oven, most models can run up to 250 degrees, so you can definitely get the same result as from an oven. Most air fryer also have a shorter preheating period of about 1-2 minutes, while an oven can go up to 5-10 minutes, wasting more energy.

Slow Cooker vs Cooker

A slow cooker uses around 150-210 Watts of power vs a stove top which uses between 2000-5000 Watts of power. Meaning that although you may cook longer with a slow cooker, after 8 hours of use you have used the same amount of power that a gas cooker uses in just 45 minutes. You can use a cooker for everything from stews and soup to cooking rice or baking cakes. It also cooks the food faster or can be left on low heat for a longer period of time for slow cooked food. Using a slow cooker instead of a cooker can help you save up to 70% energy.