Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: HaierBrand: Haier
Model: TST240SS
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Dual-slot 4-slice digital toaster housed in brushed stainless steel
- 1-1/2-inch wide slots; integrated warming rack for heating baked goods
- Digital display; browning control; defrost, reheat, and cancel functions
- High-lift extension; removable crumb tray; cord storage
- Measures 7 by 14-2/5 by 7-1/5 inches
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster
Customer Review: This is a wonderful toaster, the best I have ever owned.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have probably had a dozen toasters in my life, and this is the best by far of all of them. If you are willing to pay a bit more than the price of a regular ordinary toaster, this is the one to get.
This one is cutting edge technology as far as toasters go, it will toast your bread exactly the way you want it. Something you might not of experienced in the past " at least I haven't ".
My last toaster the T-Fal TT7461002 Avante Deluxe 4-Slice Toaster, Black, just went into the garbage recently after only a little over a year of not toasting evenly, knobs flying off and toast popping up completely out of the toaster onto the floor. " Go to there product page and watch a customer video of it, it's a hoot. It finally stopped working completely, it looked great but what a piece of junk. T-Fal is a French product and they should stick to being second or third best at making wine after #1 California.
BAGELS:::; Some of the reviewers mention the slots are to narrow to toast Bagels. I have no idea what they are talking about, I toast Bagels regularly and there is room to spare when I put them in there. Maybe they are not aware you are supposed to slice them in half, that is the only thing I can figure. The slots are 1 1/4 inch wide, that would mean the unsliced Bagel would be 2 1/2 inches wide " no way ". True there is no bagel setting on this toaster, but they can be easily lightly toasted on one side if you lay them on the warming rack and run the toaster through a long cycle.
We toast 3 different types of bread plus bagels and they use different settings, plus my wife likes her toast lighter than mine. Consequently we are constantly changing the settings on it, with the LED lights it's a snap with this toaster. You know exactly where you are depending on the number of lights lit up when you start toasting, and you can easily change it for 10 seconds while it is toasting if it is not where you want it to be. Yes there is a slight learning curve to know how many lights for the different types of bread you use. No big deal, in no time you will know exactly where to set it for what you are toasting.
I did notice the inside coils do not light up nearly as bright as the outside ones, this is probably intentional since there are two of them close together. Nevertheless they still toasted my bread evenly.
This Haier Toaster is fast, its beautiful and it toast's the way a toaster should. The worming rack is just an extra plus on this toaster, a way to worm buns or keep toast or bagels worm until ready to be eaten. After all these great features it even has a way to lift smaller toasted items up so you don't burn your fingers trying to pull it out.
You only live one life, and you should at least be able to get a decent piece of toast out of your toaster while you are still around.
Update 4/1/2011 ::: I have had this toaster one year now and it is still working great.
Description of Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster
This four slice model features extra wide slots, adjustable electronic controls with blue backlit displays, integrated warming racks, and independent controls for cancel/eject, defrost, and reheat. This feature packed unit is complimented by a stainless steel brushed housing.Toasters
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