What Toaster Are You Using?
We eat toast regularly. Our toaster just died…it was a quick cheap purchase after downsizing.
Looking for a new toaster that will last or even a good value in the used toaster market.
Two slices is good enough…I already probably eat more toast than I should.
We rock a Breville toaster, as well as a Breville toaster oven. They both perform really well, plus we like their customer service -- at one point, we had a problem with the toaster. We called their customer service line, they sent us a brand new one, and asked us to send the old one back in the same box. Few questions asked, postage paid both ways, no charge!
A little pricier than some brands, but well worth it in our opinion.
I am old school. I bought a Chromed Dualit 4 slice (2 thick & 2 thin) toaster in 1992. You can take it apart and replace anything. It's 30 years old next year, I've replaced most of the innards. It works like a dream, an indestructible dream. But at GBP 200 you'll have to be sold on its aesthetics as well as it's engineering.
My favorite has been a stovetop toaster (e.g., [0]), when I've had a gas range. It toasts bread of varying sizes, no need to worry about bread or bagels getting stuck inside it, no dials, it folds up for storage out of the way when not in use, and it's cheap.
[0] https://pampadirect.com/tostador-enlozado-enameled-kitchen-g...
Simple.
The bread does not 'jump' when it is done.
You must be near because it has no timer ann will burn the bread if left alone, but can toast just one side of any kind of bread.
I love it. My SO hates it.
It is a matter of taste, I guess
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We’ve been buttering bread and laying it in an iron pan or griddle since our toaster broke several years ago. Works great. Save the counter space.
Probably one you don't want, an Oster long slot toaster, so I could toast those big sliced sourdough/sheep herders loaf bread slices (does a great job too). It died once so far (a few bits of crumbs on the electromagnet prevented the circuit from closing), had top open it and clean it out, works great again. Most toaster suffer from that over time.
I just got rid of my 7 year old Breville and replaced it with the Wirecutter recommended Cuisinart.
Cheapest Black & Decker toaster oven I could find at Walmart. I think it was $29.95? Or was it $19.95? The previous one lasted about 12 years before an element went out. Probably just a broken wire, but I didn't feel like bothering with it.
We had the cheapest 2 slice. Now it started occasionally tripping a fuse.
I use it everyday and feel I underinvested greatly. I would like a 4 slice but a good brand like Breville. I want speed, toasting accuracy, easy to remove slices, easy to clean crumbs.
If you don't mind having to connect your toaster to the internet and having it collect a bit of telemetry, the ToasTech2 is pretty good. You can toast like 60 pieces of bread per month on the free tier which is plenty for us.
Dualit 4 slice, but it’s too big. The 2 slice would cover 90% of our needs without occupying 150% of the counter top :)
A beautiful Sunbeam Model T-20C graces our kitchen with classic lines, ingenious simplicity and perfect toast.
Dualit NewGen - all as mechanical as possible including the timer, super sturdy.
Does Consumer Reports test toasters?
Sanyo Bagel Best Super Toasty Oven: https://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-... except mine has white knobs. I frankly do not think this thing can even be improved upon, which is probably why they don't make it anymore - it's made to last, so there's no "recurring" revenue. I'm going to have to procure a spare. Didn't know it was discontinued until now.