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For a bit of a toast-a-holic, would like a heavy duty, that can take buns and is deep enough for the large slice your own breads.
Pete
I've recently got breville 'cafe' series. Really good quality feel to it. Good sized slots. Pricier than most but not Dualit money
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Big enough for you ?
Dualit! Had mine for at least a decade. Fully serviceable, but it hasn't failed yet. Worth the extra expense IMHO.
If you are prepared to pay Dualit type money then take a look at Rowlett. I have had one for about 10 years with no problems. I prefer their aesthetics to the Dualit ones but that is all down to personal taste.
crispy-bacon, even I couldn't eat that much toast!
The others sound promising, any links or pics please?
Argos?
I have a dualit looks fantastic, very much form over function though......
Thanks for the replies, I went for a thirty quid Kenwood in the end but, I will most likely get a Dualit sometime in the future - lovely quality and they're made in West Sussex!
Just be glad you dont live in Sheffield as the firemen are on strike and your house may burn down.
I picked the old one up, and chucked it out in the garden still alight - it carried on burning untill I emptied a bucket of water on it!
Ok, fessing up here - not that happy with my thirty quid kenwood. It cooks the toast so slow that it's through hardened and horrible.
Are the Dualit worth the money, and nickjb - is the Breville quick?
The problem I found when looking is, that they are all designed for pre-sliced standard Mothers Pride/Kingsmill type slices. I cut my own, Mansize of course! 😉
I have a Dualit. It was quite expensive, toasts stuff okay, works. That is about as excited as I can get over a toaster.
+1 Dualit here too.
I've got the four slice jobbie - two thick, two thin. It handles my man-size bread fine. Not burnt any yet (in 10ish years).
It's simple, looks good and just works.
Ours is the old version of [url= http://www.dualit.com/products/combi-2x2 ]this one[/url].
[i]Edit: Bloody hell, they've gone from expensive to "how much????!!!!"[/i]
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NO NO NO NO NO NO
those things make the worst toast ever
Dualit are overpriced, we've had ours for 7 years I think and it still works, but I wouldn't buy another.
You need to take into account if it is already hot enough before guessing how much time to turn it on for. It is too easy to burn stuff - my mum has one as well and throws away about 30% of everything she puts in it because she burns it 🙂 I think there are much better toasters for half the price.
As someone above said. form over function
Oddjob:
Frozen bread, set the timer for about 2,5 mins. Fresh bread around 2 mins. Very fresh bread (i.e. you've just made it) about 1.75 mins.
I've had a Dualit for about 10 years.
Solid and reliable. And easy to service if anything goes wrong. The timer is clockwork.
It can burn toast. But only if I leave it unattended which doesn't seem like a fault of the machine.
My Dualit has a little dial on the front to set the timer and then the toast pops up just like a normal toaster.
Another Dualitt fan here.
We have a red one.
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No burning issues here.
Edit: Bloody hell, they've gone from expensive to "how much????!!!!"
**** me....... they have gone up in price haven't they!! Had our 4 slice version for about 8 years and now need to replace one element.
Good toasters....... but pricey.
very happy with our dualit toster, toasts tost and everything.
Cheapest price I found was from [url= http://www.BuyCatering.com ]BuyCatering[/url]
Dualit owners - how do you go on with smaller, softer toasted items like fruit loaf or malt loaf?
I've used one a few times and had no luck with the Dualit 'ejector' - the tilting action just squishes and traps small/soft toast against the side of the toaster rather than lifting it out of the slot. Not good design in my opinion.
Can't believe I've just posted about toasters, but good toast is a serious business!
Toast is serious business indeed! 😉
Well, toaster number two - I went for the Breville Cafe Series at 85 quid, can't believe I've spent that on a toaster! I do prefer it over the Dualit asthetically, and the crumb tray and other oddments do appear better made than the Dualit imo. At 2400 watts it is almost double the power of my Kenwood, and the same if not slightly more that the Dualit. Anyway, a trial run and I'm delighted, it toasts the bread, leaving the inside slightly soft mmm!
I have a new (almost) Kenwood four slice toaster, stainless, looks the part, works as described and free to anyone who posted on this thread before this post - I don't think I can be @rsed to post it though!
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Dualit owners - how do you go on with smaller, softer toasted items like fruit loaf or malt loaf?
I have one of these..
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I would have to say it's not the best toaster in the world if you just want to drop the bread in and walk away, but if you don't mind keeping an eye on it while you're toasting it's excellent. Mines 14 years o;d now, it gets used most days and it's still on the original elements.
This Breville got the gadget Show seal of approval when they did their top 5 test a while ago..
[url= http://www.electricshopping.com/shop/electric-shopping/for-my-kitchen-cooking/toasters-61/breville-tt68-blue-ice-2-slice-toaster/index.html ]Breville[/url]
I bought my Mum one when her old one bit the dust and it's brilliant. Not as cool as the Dualit but I have to admit it makes better toast.
This is the model I went for
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breville-TT33-Caf%C3%A9-Slice-Toaster/dp/B000A14PCI
+ 1 for dualit. We got ours when we lived in the US, changed the element over when we moved home and it works perfect, spare parts are easy to get hold of.
I'm now tucking in to the finest toast I've had in a long time, thanks for the recommendation nickjb. The only regret is that I wasted £30 on a cheapy, in the first place!
We use the dualit ones in hospitals and nursing homes simply because of the reliability.
Dualit owners - how do you go on with smaller, softer toasted items like fruit loaf or malt loaf?
We just use the lift out cages for anything other than a slice of bread. never seems to damage anything.