Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Advanced Toast Technology, Bagel Toaster for All Bread Types, Stainless Steel

Good Toaster. Makes toast dependably, and the toast settings seem to be pretty accurate. Only thing is when you're toasting a bagel. One side is brown, and the other get's pretty dark. Brushed stainless body stays cool to the touch and is easy to clean. It has an ample length cord. Two selector buttons on the toaster allow you to select Bagel or Frozen. Nice blue LED outline on the switches. For the price, you can't go wrong.

It toast well- note for bagels you will need to push in the bagel button! Note - start on 1 or 2 Setting for regular toast and then adjust to liking. Works wonderfully and it looks great in retro style! I love the cancel button too!

This review is for - Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Advanced Toast Technology, Stainless Steel =============================== Update: Feb 2, 2025 It's been 3 years & 3 months since my original review below. This toaster gets a lot of use, almost daily - and I'm happy to share that it still does a great job of toasting bread, and there have been no problems. I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again and if you need a bread toaster, I still recommend it. =============================== Original Review, November 7, 2021 Appearance Very nice looking appliance that reminds me of the metal toasters from the 1960's. But it does like to show fingerprints and smudges - even when I don't remember touching the darned thing. So I keep a microfiber cloth in a kitchen drawer to touch it up every now and then. Functions This toaster is advertised as having 'Advanced Toast Technology' but I didn't see any explanation of that term in the documentation - although it may be in there somewhere. My guess is the marketers are referring to the three buttons that light up, located on either side of the toasting-darkness knob. The buttons are labeled Bagel, Frozen, and Cancel, but I also didn't see anything in the included documentation explaining exactly what to expect when using the Bagel and Frozen buttons. Performance As with most toasters, there's a lever that must be pressed down to lower the bread into the toaster and turn the heating elements on. I found that the lever has to be 'very' firmly pressed down for the platform to lock into the toasting position. Only time will tell if this is normal, or whether it's an indication that something is amiss. As expected the Cancel button immediately raises the platform the bread sits on, and turns the heating coils off. At the end of one toasting cycle I had a bagel get stuck, such that it kept the platform from raising and the coils from turning off. Pressing the Cancel button did nothing because the bagel was holding the platform down, so I had to pull up on the lever. To manually raise the platform in this situation, enough force had to be applied that I thought it might break. But it didn't, and the toaster still works well. (Maybe I should have pressed the Cancel button while lifting the lever.) My tests of the Bagel and Frozen buttons did not show any advantages to using them. Using the same toasting darkness setting I initially set for unfrozen sandwich bread, all subsequent tests of button combinations for frozen and unfrozen bagels and sandwich bread returned the same results. The Frozen and Bagel settings 'may' lengthen the toasting cycle, but my tests did not show a meaningful difference. A sentence or two in the documentation explaining exactly what to expect from these buttons would have been helpful. Bread slices are toasted slightly darker on the sides closest to the inside of the toaster, but it's usually only noticeable if I'm looking for it. It Gets Hot After one cycle of toasting 2 slices of bread, the top of the toaster gets very warm, but nowhere near warm enough to burn my skin. After running the toaster two cycles back-to-back, the top is warm enough to make me think twice about touching the toaster top. After 3+ cycles the top feels hot enough to provide a significant burn, if I were to leave my hand in contact. My take... so what? It's a toaster that works by running electricity through thin wires that get red-hot. So enjoy your toast and use common sense, especially if young children have access to it. And if you do touch the top of the toaster when it's hot, your automatic reflexes should force you to retract your hand before you get a skin burn - because you'll never actually touch the red-hot wires. Common Sense Tips: 1. Do not use the toaster when it's sitting directly under a cabinet as the rising heat will eventually discolor the paint or finish. And of course there's always a fire danger if the cabinet is close enough. (In my small kitchen, the toaster has a permanent home under a cabinet and I pull it clear of the cabinet when in use.) 2. Literally everyone should know this, but just in case somebody missed this lesson: Never, ever stick metal utensils of any kind inside the toaster when it's plugged in. If you do so, the utensil and your body could instantly become electrified. It doesn't feel good; Trust me. If bread becomes stuck inside, UNPLUG the toaster and fish the bread out with plastic or wood utensils if possible. While you're bread-fishing, avoid touching the thin wires as they break easily and that will turn your bread toaster into a bread holder. Bottom Line: I really like this toaster and recommend it! It's a nice looking, competitively priced toaster that does a good job at toasting bread and bagels (without using the advanced function buttons) , while the claim of Advanced Toast Technology seems to be overblown and undocumented.

I hadn't had a toaster for years, the moment I saw this toaster I just wanted it, as I love the style of it. My husband complained that the toaster would take up counter space, so I told him not to use it. Well of course my husband began to use it before I did, toasted bread and bagels. I went to use it and he said that it was the best toaster he ever had. The level of toasting was right on the mark, it fit bagels and the bottom tray was easy to get to and clean. He loves the look of it on our counters and no more complaints. I think if we ever split up, he'd steal the toaster, but that's not going to happen. We're both so happy with the bagels, how they don't get stuck and they aren't burned. Voila! Outer has it made to perfection.

Very happy! especially for the price point. It does what it is supposed to do, which is make toast. My roommate and I have, for more than two years due to lack of funds and kitchen space, been toasting bread and bagels in a frying pan on the stove. Every single day. I do not kid. For Christmas I got us this, and now life is a lot better. Go figure. It is quick and consistent, what more can you ask for? I saw some horrifying reviews for other toasters on this site, so I will just say that this one toasts evenly, on both sides of both bread slots, is intuitive to use with its minimal settings, doesn't feel cheap or like it will fall apart. It is the platonic ideal of a toaster, which is that you don't have to think about it except when you put bread in it, and then you can forget about it, because you are busy eating toast. A+. I have a single, minimal gripe, and that is that the power cord is quite short. It is probably between 36 and 48 inches. That's all and for me it is not worth knocking a star off for.

Good old school brand works great

Toasts but with caveats. The best thing about this toaster is its nice looks and that it has a small counter footprint. But the toast level is inconsistent and size means narrow slots. I've had toast barely brown on setting 4 and then get too brown on setting 3. The bagel function doesn't seem to work, as it still deeply browns both sides of the bagel slices, often leaving burn marks on the top of the bagel where it sits too close to the heating element. The slot size seems to be made for bread slices on the smaller side. Generic white bread fits just fine whereas more substantial slices, such as with Oroweat bread, will not fit. So I have been having to toast one edge at a time and then rotate and toast again. When using it more than once within a few minutes, I really have to watch it to ensure the toast doesn't burn, even after turning toast setting down to 1 or 2. Also, outside of toaster feels extra warm after toasting bread. So I let it cool before moving it around. I do really like the look of it though. Wish the bagel function and toast settings worked properly.

I purchased this toaster several months ago and I am still very happy with it. In fact, every time it is used, I am reminded of how perfect a purchase this was. It toasts evenly on both sides of the bread. The frozen and bagel settings are used multiple times each week. The setting knob is easy to read with or without glasses. This is a superior replacement for our previous toaster. Both thumbs up!

Pour faire griller mes rôti

Excelente producto, cumple todas sus funciones, deja el pan con el dorado perfecto y el diseño destaca en la cocina.

Una buena tostadora. Me ha gustado el diseño y las opciones de cancelar y los otros. Solo hay que aprenderle a los niveles ya que con el nivel 3 lo quema de un lado. El tostado no es parejo pero ajustadolo bien es perfecto.

De importación con varios niveles para tostar y para descongelar. Funciona para baggles y waffles

Tuesta muy bien el pan. Es de gran calidad. Acero inoxidable. Bonito diseño.