SA OT Oster 2 Slice Toaster

 (6 customer reviews)

Our old Proctor Silex toaster died after many years of just being a simple toaster. The toaster we got to replace it died within six months of purchase. This was the toaster to replace that one. It hasn't died yet, but I'm having the exact same problems as the previous review- it toasts unevenly, so you wind up with a dark brown spot on one part of the toast, not toasted at all around the edges, and barely toasted on the other side. I've taken to setting the toast setting much lower, and then when the toast pops up flipping the toast over before toasting it a second time so it's more or less even. Toasting shouldn't be that complicated. We are putting it in the donation bin and hunting for the fourth toaster in less than a year.

The center group of heating elements barely gets hot resulting in toast that is under-done on one side and over-done on the other.

a toaster may be one of the most basic kitchen tools: wire coils on both sides of piece of bread conduct heat, get red hot, toasting the bread. why is it so difficult to find one that actually works for a reasonable period of time, say AT LEAST 5 yrs?
no idea, but this is a paradigm of junk; as others have noted it does not heat evenly, toasting one side of the bread more than the other. you have the choice of flipping the bread over or just having it not completely toasted.
the one star was partly due to that, but more to the fact that it died after three months and I did not want to send it back to the manufacturer only to get another with what is obviously a common issue.
NOTE: i deliberately bought this locally so that if it died i could return it without a problem; unfortunately, the return time was only 90 days, so i was stuck with it.