Oster 6335 Counterforms 2 Slice Toaster

 (47 customer reviews)

When I was a kid (I'm 40 now) we had a toaster that made good toast and lasted 25 years. This Oster 6335 is the 3rd new toaster we've tried. The other ones toasted one side but not the other, short circuited after about a year, or would toast fine one day and not the next. The Oster 6335 is okay, I bought it because Consumer Reports said it was the best and was a Best Buy. It's better than the other 3 but problems are:

The darkness adjustment is too sensitive, changing from 3 to 4 on the scale goes from light to burnt toast. One side is always darker than the other. Even on the same side of the toast some areas are toasted and some are not. The handle that pushes down the toast seems flimsy and I know it will break after a couple years. Like I said this is the best out of the 4 (3 plus this one). But I'm not raving about it.

This toaster works well enough--good, uniform toast. However, some the buttons do not work as specified in the manual; for instance, the manual says push Frozen first, then toast; but the Frozen light doesn't come on until you push the Toast button--stuff like that. The Warm function keeps toasting the bread, contrary to the manual and product description.

This was our first toaster purchase in a long time after having toaster ovens for the past several years. Overall this is a good product. Our biggest complaint is that the darkness (or lightness) of the toast is not always consistent from one toasting to the next even if the adjustment is not touched.