Hamilton Beach 22600 Chrome Two Slice Toaster

Description

Hamilton Beach 22600 Chrome Two Slice ToasterHamilton Beach 22600 Chrome Two Slice Toaster Features:; Toaster; Bagel technology toasts the cut side and warms the round side; One touch smart functions; Auto shut off; Wide slots; Easy clean crumb tray; Holds two slices; Classic Chrome

Reviews

Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-07-19
Summary: "toaster"

no toaster made today is worth buying they are all made in china and made to toast bagels not toast I bought and got rid of a dozzen of them before I started buying older built in america toasters from ebay you want a toaster to toast bagels buy a new one but if your like most people and just want a decent piece of toast go on ebay and buy a vintage made in america toaster if you take your time and look you can still find new in the box toasters that someone had stored in a attic a gift they recieved that they never used and now there kids are selling it I bought 3 brand new still in a unopened box. now I have more then enough good toasters to last me the rest of my life the kind you could get when I was a kid.

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-06-05
Summary: "Inconsistent toasting, defective controls"

I liked the idea of a "cancel" button on a toaster, but mine only works sometimes. What happens at that point can be very dangerous. On numerous occasions, before I finally "got it" and stopped using it entirely, the toast would completely fail to pop. The first time this happened I was used to not worrying about toasters and went off to do something else. The smoke alarm let me know what fun I was missing out on in the kitchen. The toast was totally black and about to burst into flame. That should have been the end of it but I was in daily need of a toaster and not in a position right then to replace it, so I decided I would just toast when I was going to stay in the kitchen for the duration. Several times I noticed the toast getting overly done, at which point I attempted to cancel the toast with the button. The cancel button worked sometimes, but a few times it did not work at all, forcing a manual removal of the toast. And on the final occasion of my using it, even manually forcing the toast upwards was difficult. Now I'm officially toasterless, and I have a chrome box in my kitchen which apparently only has the purpose of burning, not toasting.

When this toaster did work properly, toasting was uneven, only toasting the bottom two-thirds of a piece of bread which was fully in the toaster. Plus, the toast level setting was horribly inconsistent: a setting at about 11:00 resulted in under done toast, and a setting of 12 or 1 burnt it. So, even if you get a sample that does not have the cancel button/not popping defect, it makes lousy toast. I would avoid it at all costs.