nice price/features, sloooooooow toaster drives you nuts waiting,
March 31, 2012 captainhurt - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hamilton Beach SmartToast Extra-Wide Slot 2 Slice Toaster with Tongs (Kitchen)
features worked as designed, but you will grow irritated waiting for the thing to pop up...everytime you use it.
details: on (this hamilton beach toaster with tongs), the heating coils on are shielded by a transparent sheet (safety feature) thereby putting a barrier between the heat and the bread, making a very SLOOOOOOOW toaster, which was so severe, each of us noticed on first use and it became intolerable within 2 days. showstopper for a simple, daily use device.
recommendation: cant recommend any new toaster at this time. we pulled out my old betty crocker toaster and will continue to use it. in retrospect, the betty crocker is far superior to 3 new toasters we tried and returned over the last week.
the other 2 toasters we tried in the last week:
(cuisinart cpt-120): a complete showstopper failure that, at the lowest setting, burned everthing put in it
(kenmore elite 2 slice): right slot failed to toast one side of bread and...Read more
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