Toaster recommendation

Hope you find your new toaster soon travelnan
We had a Dualit, 2 slice toaster, way back in 1997, when our kitchen was re-fitted. I like the way it 'ticked' as it toasted.
But, it didn't take thick slices or long slices. Eventually we had the element replaced, and I now have a Breville 4 slice.
The Dualit is still in one of the kitchen cupboards, as I cannot bear to part with it.
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Thank you all for your recommendations, who would think buying a toaster could be so diffiult. Am just off to have a look at them all. Decisions, decisions.

I think toasters, whether cheap or expensive, all have the same toasting filaments.

My theory is that the filaments are manufactured en masse and distributed to different manufacturers and all toast more on one side than the other.

I empty the very accessible and simple to remove crumb tray every week.

Has anyone ever noticed that most toasters are a bit too short and a slice of bread doesn't fit properly. There's always a bit that doesn't get done. I remember Ken Bruce mentioning this once. My toaster is a Bosch btw.

Dualit ones have an easily accessible crumb tray.

I have a Dualit kettle, which has a copper handle and trim, and am wondering whether to replace my old Dualit toaster with the matching copper one. It seems very extravagant, as it is still working, but I would Freecycle it, and a new toaster every 23 years is perhaps excusable.

I don't have any trouble finding the crumb tray but the crumbs do! They get everywhere. Until there is so much in there that it becomes a fire hazard. No amount of turning the thing upside down over the sink and walloping it will remove all those little black devils.

right, hands up, how many people have never emptied the crumb tray.
how many have discovered it ?

I've always been disappointed with cheap toasters. The ones with only two slots and where any larger sized slice is burnt on one end and untoasted on the other.

That said, I wouldn't have much use for a super-dooper one, either. I like a middle of the road, four slice toaster without a bunch of bells and whistles.

I use a tefal one it takes thick slices and muffins but the thing I love most is the very efficient crumb tray

Another vote for Dualit.

We also have a Dualit.

They do last forever - ours is at least 22 years old - but they can end up a bit like Trigger's broom. ?

As several others here say, Dualit. I’ve had mine oner 20 years and expect it to go on for a while yet. Especially as I love its retro peppermint green colour!

Dualit

Many years ago, I won a Dualit toaster in a competition.

We have had it for many years, and it makes the best toast ever.

Although expensive, would definitely recommend.

Dualit for me, had it about 20 years now, still going strong.

I was looking for a new toaster during lockdown so I looked on Amazon. I found the perfect one, checked the price, £500 plus!!! Needless to say I ended up with another cheapie, it's just toast after all.

Just bought a new toaster to replace a very old one which didn't toast a full slice .The new one is a Breville which accepts upright slices ( not horizontal ) and toasts the full slice It is stainless steel and quite large.

So annoying, I had to get out of bed and see what make my toaster was! Bought for it’s pretty light grey colour with darker shade kettle it’s a Haden and works just fine.

Welbeck
Well in my case , it’s not so much not wanting it on display, as limited space.
We previously had an aga to cook toast.

what's wrong with having a toaster visible in the kitchen ?
sounds baffling to me.
like saying seeing a basin in the bathroom makes the place look untidy; or taps maybe ?

by the way, how did you manage without one.
did you use the grill for toasting.
i can remember the old toasting fork in front of the fire.

Spidergran3

Dualit without question. Probably the only toaster that can be repaired, like all their products.

Dualit for ever! We have had our 3 slot (2 + toastie) Dualit since time immemorial - and I have repaired it twice. First when one of the heating elements failed, and again when the clockwork timing mechanism stopped. The parts were relatively cheap, and it was the work of minutes to fit them. It also toasts beautifully evenly.

Dualit without question. Probably the only toaster that can be repaired, like all their products.

Our Russel Hobbs toaster is 30 years old! Still going strong. When I bought it I expected a couple of years use, like the previous ones!

Myh toaster stays, ready for use, on my worktop. Can never be bothered with machines that need taking out of cupboards and then plugging in. Like them plugged in and quick and easy to use.
I only need a 2-slice toaster (just me here). Like one that has a 'lift' machanism for things like crumpets, begals etc. Also one with an easy to get at and clean, crumb tray. Apart from those two things, I want one in black (all items above my worktop are black, those below it are white). With those three things in mind I then look for the cheapest.