I recently bought a plain old 2-slice toaster, and it stinks. I have a 4-slice one in storage that works excellently, but I thought it took up too much space; so I bought a cheap little one that had ‘excellent reviews’.
A cheap toaster never makes sense; if anyone needs one, buy a more expensive one.
I may have to take that advice. I have a newer toaster oven in storage (going to retrieve it in a few minutes) and I’m hoping I won’t need a degree in electrical engineering to run it. I don’t think cooking Pop Tarts on my wood stove is going to work out.
Old toaster usually have a bottom that opens to dump out accumulated crumbs and junk.
Maybe even an old Lego your kid dropped in years ago.
Same here. We had a 4 slicer and limited counter space. Since it’s just me and my wife now, we bought a cheap 2 slicer and gave the 4 slicer to Goodwill.
The two slicer quit after about a month. Cheap Chinese crap.
The 4 slicer was decades old and most likely still works wherever it is..............
I’m in the market for a top notch toaster from the 1950’s or 60’s. I live close to a very wealthy town, and I have no doubt I will find one at one of their local thrift stores, as most of the possessions of those wealthy people, when they have passed on, go to a particular thrift store. I have had several cheap toasters over the years, and not a single one can make a decent piece of toast. I don’t think I would have had much better luck with a more expensive model, since they just don’t make things like they used to. Except for Speed Queen washers: they’re still top notch.
Our house doesn’t have a ton of counter space and we don’t eat toast often. Thus, we’ve never had a toaster. We do have and use almost daily a toaster oven. It’s far more versatile than a simple toaster.
What “expensive” toaster would you recommend...I have read reviews on some expensive toasters...lotta people say “don’t waste your $$.”
—”A cheap toaster never makes sense; if anyone needs one, buy a more expensive one.”
We were gifted a new two-slice Cuisinart that cost over ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as our ancient one was going dark and slow.
The new one is nice and even but takes about four minutes on plain white bread; slow junk!
Our old neighbors used an ancient gizmo that toasted one side of one slice at a time. A fork was used to activate a flipping mechanism.
Mr A would be reading the paper, having a cigarette, coffee, breakfast, and having a conversation; with a deft move of his fork flips the toast to perfection!!!
And fast too.
That old king was great and wise!
I bought two toasters at a thrift shop.
The toaster one has 4 wide bays with 2 separate sets of controls for toasting level and defrosting before toasting.
The second toaster was made in West Germany and handles the oversized slices of bread such as the 8-inch wide Artisan bread slices.