Why is it impossible to find a decent toaster ?
Discussion
rsbmw said:
I don't know, I've managed to insert the bread, set the dial correctly and press down the lever(?) quite successfully for many years now, across various toasters. Many of which were £149 or less.
ETA: My wife manages to fail quite miserably with the same devices - proof, I feel, that skill is involved.
So in answer to the OP's question, you have found a good toaster. :thumb:ETA: My wife manages to fail quite miserably with the same devices - proof, I feel, that skill is involved.
Would you tell hi which one it is?
I think this is the one we have
http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNum...
Now that I realise the wife spent £50 on it, I'm less cocky.
http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNum...
Now that I realise the wife spent £50 on it, I'm less cocky.
Pints said:
I wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer but finding a 4-slice toaster which toasts the whole slice is like looking for a unicorn. They all seem to leave the top of the slice undone.
I've never yet seen a 4 slice toaster that you can even put 4 slices in let alone get them toasted evenly. Probably fine if you buy sliced white crap but real bread isn't square.The best I've come across are the conveyer belt ones you get in messes and some hotels, they at least toast evenly but there's usually some idiot who's messed up the settings.
However the best toast was when my parents had a rayburn and a proper extendable toasting fork.
rsbmw said:
I think this is the one we have
http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNum...
Now that I realise the wife spent £50 on it, I'm less cocky.
http://www.argos.co.uk/beta/static/Product/partNum...
Now that I realise the wife spent £50 on it, I'm less cocky.
2ono said:
zbc said:
We have one of these. I just wish you had said something earlier....
Why???It toasts unevenly.
The pinging when it goes up and down gets really annoying when trying to do toast for 2 adults and three children.
but fortunately the ping has almost given up after only a year of usage.
I got ours through airmiles but I would never buy one.
It does look pretty in the kitchen though
I decided to try the Sage / Heston Smart toaster - ordered it yesterday and it arrived today.
It looks great - definitely looks better on the side than the DeLonghi. The motorised loading is a definite plus just for the cool factor. It makes the crispiest toast I've had, with a lovely soft centre.
But...
Maybe I got a duff one, but it has exactly the same problem as the toaster it's supposed to replace. Half the elements don't heat properly - most of the elements on the divider between the left side two slices work and similarly, most of them on the divider between the right side two slices are OK. But most of the elements on the centre divider and the far left / far right do not get hot enough to glow orange. So to get lovely even crispy toast I have to turn it over half way through.
Shouldn't really have to do that for a £150 toaster. It is a lovely thing, and - if the elements all got properly hot - it clearly makes excellent toast. But mine is likely to be sent back to Amazon.
It looks great - definitely looks better on the side than the DeLonghi. The motorised loading is a definite plus just for the cool factor. It makes the crispiest toast I've had, with a lovely soft centre.
But...
Maybe I got a duff one, but it has exactly the same problem as the toaster it's supposed to replace. Half the elements don't heat properly - most of the elements on the divider between the left side two slices work and similarly, most of them on the divider between the right side two slices are OK. But most of the elements on the centre divider and the far left / far right do not get hot enough to glow orange. So to get lovely even crispy toast I have to turn it over half way through.
Shouldn't really have to do that for a £150 toaster. It is a lovely thing, and - if the elements all got properly hot - it clearly makes excellent toast. But mine is likely to be sent back to Amazon.
I had an incident with my toaster of ten years on new years day. Having lost my only lighter the night before, and with the shops being shut it was called into emergency cigarette lighter mode. After a few goes it decided it wasn't cut out for lighting fags and blew up.
Being slightly disappointed with a ten year lifespan rather than replace with something which might last longer I decided to buy the cheapest and nastiest one I could find, on the basis none of them do toast the way I like it anyway. £7 later I am the 'proud' owner of a lime green (has to be seen to be believed) 'Signature' toaster. Predictably it doesn't fit Warburton's but it actually toasts the part it can reach not bad. Can't see it lasting more than a year but we'll see.
That's my kettle and toaster now gone 10 years or so into their lives. Not impressed, I don't drink tea or coffee so the kettle had no excuse.
Being slightly disappointed with a ten year lifespan rather than replace with something which might last longer I decided to buy the cheapest and nastiest one I could find, on the basis none of them do toast the way I like it anyway. £7 later I am the 'proud' owner of a lime green (has to be seen to be believed) 'Signature' toaster. Predictably it doesn't fit Warburton's but it actually toasts the part it can reach not bad. Can't see it lasting more than a year but we'll see.
That's my kettle and toaster now gone 10 years or so into their lives. Not impressed, I don't drink tea or coffee so the kettle had no excuse.
I had a old style Dualit and I didn't really get on with it. I bought one of these second hand for a fiver on eBay as it was 'broken'. When I got it it turned out to be absolutely fine and, after a clean, It's been in regular service ever since. Sold the previous Dualit as this one is miles better.
http://www.johnlewis.com/dualit-lite-4-slice-toast...
Toasts evenly every time, perfect size for bagels and crumpets when required.
http://www.johnlewis.com/dualit-lite-4-slice-toast...
Toasts evenly every time, perfect size for bagels and crumpets when required.
My Sage one is back in its box with a return label on it, and I'll drop it off today. Shame really - when I compared last night it definitely did make nicer crispier toast than my existing toaster, as long as there is some manual intervention. But that's primarily just because it's a 2kw toaster - it seems like a lot of the cost is going on the shiny bits rather than things that would actually make the toaster better. It needs elements that all heat up properly - and given that it clearly does have some level of software in it - it wouldn't really be rocket science to figure out that a toaster that is already hot will toast bread much faster than a toaster that is starting from cold. But it doesn't manage that either.
For the cost, it needs to be better than it is.
For the cost, it needs to be better than it is.
davek_964 said:
My Sage one is back in its box with a return label on it, and I'll drop it off today. Shame really - when I compared last night it definitely did make nicer crispier toast than my existing toaster, as long as there is some manual intervention. But that's primarily just because it's a 2kw toaster - it seems like a lot of the cost is going on the shiny bits rather than things that would actually make the toaster better. It needs elements that all heat up properly - and given that it clearly does have some level of software in it - it wouldn't really be rocket science to figure out that a toaster that is already hot will toast bread much faster than a toaster that is starting from cold. But it doesn't manage that either.
For the cost, it needs to be better than it is.
Can you not ask for another? Mine definitely toasts equally on both sidesFor the cost, it needs to be better than it is.
I have a £10.00 supermarket special in cool wall white which does 2 slices. The 2 slots are thick enough to take bagels and anything bigger than a small loaf doesn't fit height wise so has to be cut in half. That said it makes brilliant even toast and is well into it's 5th year of life. I could never justify spending £150 on a toaster that really would not perform any better than the cheapest ones do.
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