CPT-122BK 2-Slice Compact Plastic Toaster, Slots for Bagels & Bread, 7 Shade Settings, Cancel/Defrost/Reheat Functions, Removable Crumb Tray, Small Kitchen Appliance for Home & Office, Black

I originally purchased this toaster because how compact it is. Any appliance needs to justify the footprint that it takes up in a small kitchen, and this was a perfect fit. But I was also looking for a toaster that had gotten good reviews and recommendations. I'd had this on my list for a while, but the push was catching it on sale. I'm so glad that I finally purchased it. I thought my old toaster was pretty good, but the Cuisinart compact toaster showed me I was wrong. Finally I have evenly toasted bread, instead of the splotchy job the old one it replaced did. I like that the plunger handle can also provide that extra bit of lift out of the toasting chamber, so that small slices are easier to grab. Like all new electric appliances, there's a bit of manufacturing residue that burns off the first time you use it. I recommend running it for a minute (under a watchful eye) just to burn that off. Then you're ready to do with beautifully toasted bread. I suggest starting with a setting of between 2 to 3 to get the hang of the darkness setting. The electric cord is quite stiff, but works fine. Time will tell how everything holds up. This is still just a week old, so I'll report back if something changes. Otherwise, I like what I've seen thus far.

I love this toaster. It is PRETTY to look at along with the fact that it toasts your bread perfectly every time. The way the lever goes down is really cool, since it seems to click into place, when my old toaster seemed like it was on a spring. At any rate, every aspect of this toaster is great. Easy to clean crumb tray. It doesn't get all smudgy looking like the stainless-steel look toasters do. I love the white. It looks so clean and of course the best part is the toast, no matter if you are toasting wheat, white, or Rye bread. It is Simple to use, and the multiple functions for things like Bagels which are very thick, is not a problem for this toaster, since it has the extra-large slots for the bread. My toast taste even better now, since I got this toaster. I just love it.

This toaster works well and toasts evenly. The only downside to it is the knob to adjust the toasting is very loose. If you barely touch it, it moves. The color goes with my kitchen and it’s not too large to take up too much counter space. It definitely toasts two thick full size pieces of toast or a bagel.

I have a $7 toaster I got locally in 2020 and was looking to improve on it. I almost always make single slices and have to do the flip-upside-down/turn-around/re-toast thing with the one I have. Got this Cuisinart due to good reviews here and in articles, thinking it might actually toast single slices evenly without having to flip/toast twice. I like my toast medium but the instructions said for single slices to turn the browner down a bit due to the extra heat in the box. So instead of 3, I set it to 2. The one side that toasted over-toasted dark, but very unevenly (top half very light brown, center-bottom very dark, edges white) and the other side of the bread virtually didn't toast at all. Got a new piece of bread (this is standard white loaf bread, NOT soft like Wonderbread), so I turned the setting down to 1.5 and tried again. Came out lighter on both sides but just as drastically uneven from one side of bread vs the other, and within each side. Thought oh well, maybe you have to flip them all... flipped the toast so it faced the opposite direction and put it in upside down, turned down the browner a little... and the side that was already toasted over-toasted unevenly, while the other side also toasted unevenly, but about half as toasted as the flip side. What the... Out of curiosity then, I put in two slices, thinking it can't be this bad with the reviews it got... maybe it's just really bad at single slices... Had the browner on 3 and again the sides of bread facing the inside of the toaster were twice as toasted as the sides facing the outside, and both sides were very unevenly toasted. I'd seen enough, pulled out the crumb tray and rinsed it clean, gently shook out the toaster over the sink of any crumbs, waited until it cooled and packed it back up for RMA. My $7 toaster literally does a way better job than this one. At least the $7 one toasts evenly, even if I have to flip it, and both sides come out toasted to the same degree. I don't know how we can have a probe launched in the 70s that is still radioing back data from the edge of interstellar space, and can't come up with an updated design for toasters that toast evenly, with one slice or two. Much less one that doesn't need flipping for single slices.

Es algo voluminoso, pero para lo que es funciona perfecto. Siempre he tenido algo de problema con el hecho de que en cualquier tostador siempre se llena por dentro de migajas. Pero este al menos tiene el plus de que por debajo hay una bandeja que uno puede quitar para limpiar las migajas que le caigan. Tiene varias funciones, aunque en realidad solo lo usamos para tostar. Quisimos este porque precisamente estaba muy bien reseñado en The Wirecutter para tostar correctamente, y así ha sido hasta ahora. Muy recomendable :)

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En general bastante bien. Comprado en noviembre 2019 y en diciembre 2021 las resistencias de la parte centrales dejaron de funcionar (la típica rotura del cable-resistencia que no se puede arreglar sin un empalme metálico imposible de encontrar). Ahora calienta solo en los bordes y tenemos que darle la vuelta al pan para que se tueste de ambos lados. El uso de malos materiales parece por desgracia ser la norma ahora, incluso en las tostadoras caras. Pero que funcione solo 2 años es realmente escandaloso (solo usamos un pinza de bambú para sacar el pan, sin maltrato especial).

Los primeros usos doraban más un lado o una parte del pan, de una forma muy dispareja. Conforme se ha ido usando, ha trabajado de manera más uniforme. No sé si tenga que ver con poner a punto de uso las resistencias pero después de la primer semana ha funcionado muy bien.

first one sent to me had to be returned as some of heat elements not working - second one received still showed some heat elements not working so parts of bread are white and not toasted - small compact size good for limited kitchen space - suits my needs