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Toaster that toasts well, such a thing?

  • 16-03-2025 05:52PM
    #1
    califano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    We have been through numerous toasters at home in Dublin of varying cost and models up to smegs and dualit that both cost over €100. Along with cheaper mid range Morphy Richards etc.

    They all don't toast a white slice very brown at all whether it's toasting pan or slice pan. Certainly max setting comes nowhere near to burning a slice and they also toast uneven.

    Would it be a thing Dublin electrics are throttled back in some way or am I just getting unlucky with toasters were buying?. As I remember in the past in Airbnb toasters toast really well even on mid range setting.

    Would anyone themselves have a toaster that for instance would nearly burn a slice on no 4 of 7 setting?. Or even can get a full coverage dark browning of a slice up near max setting?.

    Any toaster suggestions that toasts a slice really well I'm asking really?.

    Make and model please if your suggesting.

    Thanks

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  • #2
    steamdave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 163 ✭✭steamdave


    I have a Magimix Le Toaster 2 slice. Used it for 7+ years and have no complaints. Looking at the Magimix website, it doesn't appear to be available now. The vision toaster looks a bit gimmkicky, but have no idea how well it toasts. Also a bit pricey.

    Dave



  • #3
    califano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭califano


    Cheers Dave, I'm finding toaster models don't last that long before they get on to the next one.



  • #4
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,862 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I have a Rusell Hobbs 2 slice toaster, got it recently, about €40 or so, and it's grand. Does a nice brown slice of toast.

    It replaced another RH that I'd had for years, but one of the sides sort of collapsed and one element didn't work right.



  • #5
    blackbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,186 ✭✭✭blackbox


    We have Sage smart toaster that is brilliant, but I'm not sure if you can still get them. Pricey but worth it.



  • #6
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,328 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123273571#Comment_123273571

    Likewise, have a Russell Hobbs for many years and it toasts perfectly.



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  • #7
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,170 ✭✭✭This is it


    Bought the other half a Smeg toaster and kettle recently. Looks great but does the same job as the Morphy Richards one before it, which is to say, at the right setting they both toast nice and evenly.



  • #8
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 4,649 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123273586#Comment_123273586

    Have one of the Sage toasters too, never met a bread it couldn’t toast!

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #9
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭JVince


    Go for the dualit - last a lifetime as new elements are very easy to install.

    Manual timer, so you can work out what suits you best.

    One thing to remember is the first toast will need an extra 20 seconds for the elements to fully heat up.

    Got my dualit in 1990. Have changed elements twice.



  • #10
    TPF2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭TPF2012


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123273650#Comment_123273650

    Don't get a Smeg toaster, pure crap.

    Got a four slice, one side would not stay down to toast. Got it replaced as in warranty, replacement for one year here and same issue again.

    Look great but scrap.



  • #11
    Vestiapx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭Vestiapx


    https://youtu.be/1OfxlSG6q5Y?si=4lpYPGbKerm8m8Kh



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  • #12
    appledrop
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    Here's a mad idea, toast it under the grill and it will turn out exactly the way you want!



  • #13
    beachhead
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    Dublin electrics throttled LOL.

    Toasting to brown depends on the toaster rating for 1.Thickness of the slice,temperature of the bread and freshness.Try toasting older bread sitting around for days or straight out of the fridge as an experiment.Also,have a look inside to see if all the elements are heating up fully.My current is Russell Hobbs for e15 reduced price,bargain buy.



  • #14
    califano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭califano


    IMG20250403061121.jpg

    Bought the Breville Mostra. It's perfect for darkening toast. First toaster ive ever had that you need to be careful not to burn the toast!.

    It's all about the 1950 W power ive found out.

    It doesn't have a very long lead so if you need to draw it out from the side rather than the back it sits slightly tilted but the counter balance is the kitchen roll wedge on the left haha.



  • #15
    Castlekeeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    We just use the George Foreman here! The toaster got banjaxed a few years back ad the emergency measure was so satisfactory that we never looked back.



  • #16
    cap.in.hand.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭cap.in.hand.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123273745#Comment_123273745

    They're expensive... pricing them between €100- ¢200



  • #17
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,328 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123324846#Comment_123324846

    I've never had a toaster, no matter how cheap, that wouldn't burn toast if set too high.



  • #18
    califano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭califano


    I'm the opposite on all price ranges too. Days before the Breville got a Salter 4 slice from Tesco as was a bank holiday so nowhere else open. Had to give it back.



  • #19
    User567363
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 219 ✭✭User567363


    Do you freeze your bread

    We freeze it as soon as it comes in the door and frozen bread takes longer

    I wouldn't use a grill, that uses a way more electricity and your time as you have to watch it, to avoid burning the toast or your house down

    Having said all that i never had an issue with any toaster and i only ever buy cheap tat



  • #20
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,505 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    I've never had any issues with a toaster not toasting bread enough to be honest. What I do find irritating is how the slots in many toasters aren't big enough to accommodate the bread from our Panasonic breadmaker. I resorted to making a cardboard cutout of a slice from one of our loaves and trying it in every toaster on display in Power City to see if it fitted without poking out an inch or more out of the top. ended up with a Cuisinart one which is perfect.



  • #21
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I recently bought a Russell Hobbs, 2 slice toaster. Before that, I used the grill.

    It fits bloomer or thick sliced toaster bread very well. I put it on the highest setting which is enough for me, but my daughter likes it darker. When it pops up, she just pushes the lever back down, counts 10/15 seconds and then uses the lift button to pop it out herself.

    It was approx €30 and it does the job. Quicker than the grill, which was a PITA.



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  • #22
    califano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭califano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123325378#Comment_123325378

    Actually do freeze it mostly so that may partly the reason. Nevertheless the new one still does it much better. I feel the 4 slicers are better than the 2 for toasting well.



  • #23
    watchclocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭watchclocker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123324846#Comment_123324846

    I must have had a dodgy one because I got rid of mine, it took so long to toast (sometimes a second go) that it dried out the bread in the process and that was just white bread, brown bread forget it



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