Revolution R180 Connect Plus Smart Toaster with Touchscreen (Bundle with Toastie Press & Warming Rack) Choose from 40+ Bread Types, 7 Browning Levels, & Toastie Press Mode

At first glance, I thought, "you've GOT to be kidding me!!" when looking at the price of this toaster. But, after having it for a week, I can say that it’s very much a quality appliance. Calling it a toaster is a bit of a misnomer, as it does way more than just make some toast. This appliance will indeed make fabulous toast, and it will toast it to perfection, just the level of toastiness that you desire. It also handles heating virtually all bread type items with a pre-determined formula for arriving at the right level of hot and toasted exterior, which means no burned bagels and no toaster strudels with semi-frozen interiors (unless that is the way you want it!) You can toss on the warmer rack to warm up rolls, buns, croissants, muffins, cinnamon rolls, etc. to be irresistibly warm and soft. And then the Toastie Press, what a treat! My wife has been cooking up paninis, quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches made to perfection, and has started experimenting with making breakfast pockets to eat on the go, the uses are endless! Lest I forget to mention, the appliance also works as a calendar, clock, and weather device. You’d think we have enough of these sorts of items around the house that these features would not be all that helpful, but oddly enough, I find myself easily glancing at the “toaster” when strolling through the kitchen and getting a mental update on time/temp, which I never would have bothered to check before, or realized how nice that tidbit of information becomes. Then comes my favorite additional feature – the custom photo backgrounds! Now I can “have breakfast with my children” every morning, even though they’ve all grown up and moved away from home. The only things I wish it would have are: 1) More local areas for weather (I had to pick a town 25 miles away). And 2) I wish it was Alexa enabled so that I could just tell it what I want it to do instead of pressing my selections (my Alexa microwave has me spoiled)

This is absolutely the most amazing toaster I have ever owned. I have purchased 4 more as gifts to people I like. Even more important for a multi user household. This toaster toasts to the EXACT color you chose. It’s amazing. There is nothing to not like about this. I know it’s pricey but it’s so amazing. They have literally reworked the common toaster to an absolute masterpiece. When in standby it shows pictures you can upload to it as well the time and current weather. All the info you want in the morning right there as you prep breakfast. I can’t say enough good things about this.

This toaster is really different from any other that we have used. For example, there is no lever to press down to load your toast. The machine automatically does that for you. Most impressive, however, is that you choose, which of the 40 different types of breads you are using and then you get to press the length of time you want it toasted. We have toasted white bread, rye bread, bagels, and English muffins. They come out just about perfect. Just one thing. It sometimes takes us a second attempt at getting the toast, just right. For example, we like the English muffin at level three and the white bread at level four. But it took us two times to get the English muffin just right, we started out using level four instead of three. We use the Toastie Press to make perfect grilled cheese sandwiches. It did it quickly and evenly. They suggested level seven and it turned out to be perfect.. We used the warming rack for hamburger and hotdog buns. They warm up the buns and soften them and give them just a bit of toast. We thoroughly enjoyed it. There is a timer on the display that’ll let you know when the toast is going to be ready. I never had anything like that before and it has become something very convenient.

Yes this is an expensive toaster, but making perfect toast or bagels in the morning is important to me. Compared to other top of the line and similarly priced toasters (like Dualit, Wolf, Smeg, etc), the R180 Connect Plus has some great unique features, including the photo frame where I can see my family and dog photos, current weather which I like to see before I leave the house in the morning, and the ability to receive over the air software updates when new features become available. Best of all, it has great toasting performance due to the preprogrammed bread types. I never burn anything, and I don’t have to pop the toast up to check if it is over toasted or not toasted enough. Everything pretty much comes out exactly as I set it for. And I also should add that it makes great panini sandwiches with the toastie press. Sure I can make toast with a $30 unit, but this is a luxury product with features that are worthwhile to me. I also used to think this was too much to pay for a toaster until I started using one that our office purchased. I was hooked!

love the digital pictures on the front. Makes perfect toast and fast.

Overall, it’s been a great product so far! I’ll keep you updated if I notice any issues, but everything’s looking good at the moment. It fits perfectly in my kitchen alongside my other stainless steel appliances, and I think the advanced technology makes it well worth the price.