Elite Gourmet ECT-1027 Cool Touch Toaster, 7 Toast Settings Cancel Functions, Slide Out Crumb Tray, Extra Wide 1.5" Slots for Bagels Waffles Specialty Breads, Puff Pastry, Snacks, White

It works as intended. Looks nice, is compact and stored easily out of the way and toast comes out perfect. Lever stays down as intended and pops up nicely. Good Value for the price

5.090 people can't be wrong. The great reviews caught my eye first, then the positive reviews about its light weight, the fact the toast pops up high enough, easy to clean, simple to use, toasts evenly. I was worried the cord might be too short, but even that is perfect! I happily returned the ridiculous one on sale that I had bought two days prior at a local store which was huge, heavy, hard to figure out (believe it or not), beeped three times before popping up not high enough, got way way too hot, and toasted unevenly. Needless to say, I love this little sweet & simple Elite Gormet which cost me $3 less. EDIT: RECAP after having this toaster less than a year: I have no idea how it got so many stars because it does not toast evenly, the wires that toast the bread catch crumbs and start smoking, but worst of all, the lever doesn't stay down unless I press it about a dozen times. I am used to having a single toaster for years! Am looking for a new one (which I can ill afford, and it will not be this brand!!)

This is the type of toaster where you get what you pay for. It's a great toaster for the price. It appropriately toasts my bread, but it feels cheap...if that makes sense. The actual toaster slots are thin. When I put a bagel in it, the edges of the bagel burnt a little from touching the inside of the toaster. Again, it works well for the price!

Toasted my bread to perfection! Very easy to use and with simple functionality! Looks sleek and fits perfectly in tight spaces on the counter!

This toaster does toast. However, you get what you pay for. It doesn’t bounce up much when done and the toasting is a bit uneven.

My previous toaster was used for quite a while, it stopped functioning correctly after several years of use. The only way to get the toast to pop up early on my old toaster was to unplug it from the wall outlet. I have always purchased inexpensive toasters, been buying them since 1976.This new toaster gets good marks for being stylish and attractive. I'm always looking for a good bargain and this was the most popular toaster sold on Amazon in the listings for a long time, so I went ahead with the purchase. I did read numerous reviews beforehand complaining of uneven browning from the heating elements and many also complained of the toast getting airborne from over energetic springs inside the toaster mechanism.My bread slices do not brown evenly in this toaster. The center heating elements brown the bread twice as fast as the outer heating elements. The only way to use my toaster is to do a double cycle and flip the toast around the second time. If I don't do this one side of the bread will almost be burned and the opposite side of the bread will be untoasted with no browning shown. As long as I flip the bread around in a double cycle I get good toasting results.When the toast ejects the spring action is very vigorous. Sometimes the toast gets airborne a couple inches but I have not had problems with the toast actually flying out of the unit that I have read about in other reviews posted here.I never did bother returning this toaster back to Amazon because of the low purchase cost. Some Amazon customers seem to like the toaster and give it good marks, however the toaster they sent me should have never even been sold. I have been buying toasters since 1976 and this is the first one that did not work correctly out of the box, consumer beware on your purchase choice here.

An excellent toaster for the money. White and has wide slots for use also with bagels, larger pastries, waffles. Different heat and toast settings. I got this for my Nephew and his new, first apartment. He loves it! - also has a bottom crumb catcher so its easy to keep it clean

works great, can't beat the price - quick delivery, too, thanks