KRUPS: Breakfast Set Stainless Steel Toaster 4 Slice 1500 Watts 6 Brown Settings, Defrost, Reheat, High Lift Lever Silver, Matte and Chrome

Pro: The extra wide slots and special BAGEL setting enables this unit to toast bagels adequately (one side toasted, the other side warmed). The self-centering wire supports works well for smaller bread items keeping them from falling over to one side, such as english muffins and regular toast (rye, wheat, white, etc.). The extra pop-up handles are very useful in allowing you to pick up shorter bread items, e.g., english muffins. The power cord is just the correct length compared to the usual too short cords on many small appliances. The construction "feels" solid and appears mostly metal. It is easy to operate with lighted push buttons for various settings like the BAGEL settings, a CANCEL button, and more. The degree of toasting (browning) is set with two variable knobs (like volume controls).Con: The bright and shiny top and front finish scratches easily and shows finger prints even more easily. Because of the extra wide slots the heating elements are much farther away from non-bagel sized bread items (about one inch each side) which requires extra time to toast. The larger overall size of the toaster could be a challenge for those wanting to store it inside a cabinet or and a shelf.

We've owned this toaster for 6 years now and it has worked flawlessly. It looks as great at the day we bought it and perfectly toasts bread. Highly recommend.

Four-slice toasters are notoriously slow, because of the power limitation of 110V, 15A supply (I'm originally from the UK, where we use 240V and somehow, along with our European friends who use 220V, haven't all died from electrocution, and where our toasters and electric teakettles don't give you time for a shower and a shave and a lunar cycle before they do their job).This device has a bagel setting, which lowers the power level of the outer pair of elements for each slot pair. This is a silly feature, because the outer elements of each slot pair are actually the strongest. It would be just as effective - and faster - to simply insert your bagels inside out, for the same effect. I don't actually mind that imbalance with regular toast, because I like to butter the darker side of my toast, leaving the other side slightly less brown - it prevents the toast from drying out and cooling off too quickly.The reheat function will warm toast a little if you've been a little slow in putting it out. I use it for gentle warming of Pop-Tarts. The defrost setting works as well as can be expected on frozen bread. An inverter microwave oven (yes, I have one) is really the best thing for defrosting... well, anything, actually, but this toaster will do the job if you don't mind your edges browned slightly...Front side to back side of each slice, the toaster isn't perfectly even, but across each face it isn't too bad: no pictures of Elmo, saints, famous biblical figures or past presidents. Left timer to right timer on my unit is about one click different: enough that it bothers me when I forget, especially when toasting multigrain bread which turns into body armor, or Italian loaf, which dries out, burns and crumbles when over-toasted.Summary: I recommend this product on looks and perfectly reasonable functionality.

I read a lot of reviews and did a lot of research before buying this toaster. I love it. The toaster itself is very attractive and modern looking. It works like a charm. I read reviews that complained about the length of time it took to toast. I learned many years ago that low quality toasters usually toasted very fast, browning the outside, but not warming the bread product itself through and through. When I started to purchase better quality toasters I learned that they did indeed take a bit longer to toast. The reason being is that they toasted more slowly and at a lower temperature which allowed the bread to be thoroughly heated through, not just browned on the outside. This toaster takes as long as the one it replaced as it too was a high quality toaster. It toasts perfectly evenly on bread, bagels, waffles, etc. I appreciate the reheat feature which allows the bread product to be heated again without getting more toasted. The defrost setting works just as it should and is really very fast. I appreciate the crumb trays which are located in the front at the bottom. They're very easy to keep clean. Also, if you have something that is sitting low in the toaster, simply push up on the lever and your item will be raised enough so you won't have the need to go fishing for it with a knife or fork. This toaster also has a 2 year warranty which is a nice change from the standard one year offered on most products. I would recommend this toaster to anyone. There's not one thing that I would change about it or that I'm not pleased with. Don't forget to do as the manufacturer instructs and run on the highest setting with nothing in the toaster for 2 or 3 times before actually toasting in it.