Hamilton Beach Expert-Toast 2 Slice Toaster, Adjustable Settings and Longer Slot for Artisan & Specialty Breads, Brushed Stainless Steel Finish, 22994

Pleasantly surprised! For years appliances have become increasing, cheaply made while the price grows. I tried another brand and couldn't even get the lever to stay down. I received the Hamilton Beach this morning and within minutes I was able to throw some breakfast together. It worked great, no fuss, and I love all the options because I have to use gluten free bread and often times it's shaped funny. I hit the gluten free button, I didn't have to fish out my bread, it lifted up without issue, and 5 is my magic number for a good browning. I'm Texan. GDB-golden, dark, and brown.

Actually produces results evenly toasted on both sides! Has more settings than most other toasters but worth the trouble to get the best results. Bagels setting toasts on inside only if you want that. Settings for several types of bread, whole wheat, white,sweet(raisen bread) even gluten-free! Price is in line with average toaster. Even does a great job on single slice--even browning on both sides. Had it for one week with great results.

I like the size, the functions are easy to dial and everything comes out great. Bagels are soft with some crustiness.

Amazing!!! I had a toaster recently that would burn one slice at a certain setting and the next piece was barely toasted and the thing was maybe 2 years old! Stared at all the options Walmart has to offer and chose this one. The BEST! Now I can tell it at I am toasting, is it frozen, is there only 1 piece and how I like it! Oh and it its my small kitchen perfectly and didnt cost and arm and a leg!

I really like this toaster, It has the right length for artisan and longer bread which is the main reason I bought this model. The choice for frozen items is great for my frozen Belgian waffles and when making only one piece of toast the middle elements are not in use which saves on energy. I still have my regular toaster also, Hamilton Beach products have always been my chosen brand as they last a long time. I do recommend this product.

Every once in a while you are pleasantly surprised by the performance of a small appliance. That was the case with our new Hamilton Beach Expert Toaster. After decades of experience with poorly performing toasters, both "cheap" and "expensive," our expectations were not very high. We were surprised! This toaster seems well made and thoughtfully designed. It has produced relatively consistent results repeatedly. It seems well made. The large long wide slots mean we don't have to cut off the ends of a slice of bread. Of the various settings, we have only used two, the whole grain and the bagel (or English muffin) ones. It is nice to be able to toast the cut side of a bagel or English muffin without burning the outside to a crisp. The frozen option seems to work well for those times when the only bread you have is in the freezer, as does the one slice option. It meets its design criteria, "IT TOASTS," and quite well.

once you find the right setting it works well,. bread toasted perfectly. the problem i found is if you toast two more slices of bread right after the first two they don't come out the same. they are not fully toasted. but if you wait until the toaster cools back down the toast comes out perfect or you could kick it up a notch and get perfect toast again. we have two high end toasters. one toasts one side much more than the other. the other one toasts the top more than the bottom. this one toasts perfectly.

At first I was so excited for all the promise this toaster held after I had a Hamilton Beach toaster for over a decade and replaced it last year to find a very disappointing uneven toasting experience, so I stupidly decided to give Hamilton Beach and this one a shot. After 3 months it seems to be stuck in bagel mode or something as only one side of the bread would be toasted with the other coils not engaging. Needless to say I can't use it so don't hold your breath on this one. I am now officially a woman in her late 30's saying , "they just don't make things like they used to" . So not only thanks for making crummy, or not so crummy, in this case toasters, but thanks for making me also sound like my grandparents in cliche' speech before my time.

It worked okay for a few months and then one day it decided it was going to start a fire... Now it will make toast as long as you Yank on the handle to stop it otherwise it will never shut off. A million features not good at the basic reason you buy a toaster, you want it to make toast, not charcoal.

literally the slowest and worst toaster ive ever encountered. if you want to wait for an eternity for completely doughy english muffins, even on the darkest setting, then by all means, buy this fake LED device. its a bread warmer, it doesnt in toast anythjng even after 8 minutes. returned