Sunbeam 3819 2-Slice Wide Slot Toaster, Red

I bought this toaster because I wanted something cheap and basic. Little did I know how bad a toaster could be.

The slots on this toaster are so narrow that anything except Wonderbread won't fit. Since I don't eat Wonderbread, that means every time I put a piece of bread in, it's at a weird canted angle and a quarter of it is actually sticking out from the toaster.

The electric cord is barely longer than the toaster itself, which means I either have to get an extension to reach the outlet -- which is less than two feet away -- or turn the toaster backwards since the cord comes out of the front. A very poor design indeed.

To top it off, the burn is uneven. The inside gets burned and the outside gets nothing.

Again: DO NOT BUY THIS TOASTER.

I was doing some brick-and-mortar shopping looking for a red toaster. Most were too big, others not the right color. When I indexed red toasters online, Sunbeam came up. Sunbeam is a name I will always remember, and my red toaster is excellent. Since I have a small counter space, it fits perfectly on it. It fits bagels, toast, and English muffins. And it has a small grill where the crumbs fall out of it. Nice!

Well, it's cute, and it works, but is still mysterious after two months. Sometimes the center heating elements don't go on, and the toast only gets done on one side. Unless you call it a bagel, with its special bagel button, it comes up in about thirty seconds. Okay, I haven't tried everything, but I do find that it's hard to set and forget this toaster. Sometimes the toast burns, sometimes it's hardly done. And because it was so cheap, I'm not making a big deal about it. If you, however, want a truly dependable toaster, get another!