Hamilton Beach 2 Slice Toaster with Extra Wide Slots, Shade Selector, Auto-Shutoff, Cancel Button and Toast Boost, Red

So happy with this silver/red toaster..works great, and not pricey...great if you only need to cook the 2, or 1 piece at a time..perfect for me! recommend!!

This toaster is the perfect size for my small kitchen—compact but efficient. The red color adds a fun pop, and it was easy to set up right out of the box. It’s easy to clean, and the overall quality is great for the affordable price. Toasts evenly every time!

This is a good toaster. It is consistent and you can count on what you toast coming out nicely done. With this one, you learn what setting you like for the level of toastyness you like for the different bread products; 2 for store bread, 3 for homemade, 5 for English muffins..., and every time they come out just the way you like. The slots on top are wide enough to accommodate Texas toast. The extra lift to get smaller pieces up so you can get them out easily is nice. It is a little slower than most, but it does a good job.However, there's one major drawback that keeps me from giving it a 5 star rating. This toaster is a devil to clean. The trap door on the bottom works real good, but there is an extra large lip under each side of each slot which catches crumbs as well. I turn the toaster upside down over the sink and shake it to clean those, but that doesn't dislodge all the crumbs. I take a long handled narrow artists paint brush and carefully work it down to brush the crumbs off, but that's really difficult with the extra wires which keep the breads from direct contact with the heat wires. Those don't allow complete access to the offending crumb shelf. You could call it a "crumby deal!"

This is my second purchase to replace the previous toaster which I gave to a friend. I had been using it for 5 years and it was still going strong! I like appliances that aren't too high tech and this one fit the bill. It looks pretty on my kitchen counter, has wide slots for bagels, a cancel button to pop up your toast early if you want, the tray at the bottom opens easily to shake out the crumbs, and it is easy to operate. What more do you want? It tended to toast a little darker as the toaster aged, but that's what the shade selector is for, right? I was thrilled that it still came in red, and the price didn't break the bank.

I adore this toaster. It just broke, but lasted 12 years. It was dragged on vacations and worked hard for a family of four. Very pleased. I got another toaster, different brand, and it's awful. Time to go back to this one!

I have had this toaster now for about 4 years, and I finally just upgraded to an actual toaster oven, and retired this little toaster. But it served me well.Overall I'd say it's a decent quality toaster ***for the price.*** This is a very cheap basic toaster, and you always get what you pay for. It's consistent in how it toasts, and it has never failed me, so those are definite positives.Cons:-It doesn't toast evenly, so if you care about that, you'll have to watch it and flip it during toasting.- It doesn't fit large slices of toast (or at least, you would have to flip it in order to toast the entire piece). It won't fit big fat bagels.-The tray on the bottom doesn't catch all the crumbs or seeds, many of which will end up on your counter, and the rest of them just get trapped forever inside the toaster. If I hold it upside down and shake out all the crumbs, I could stand there for 10 minutes and there would still be crumbs coming out of it.- The surface gets dirty easily.

We aren't big "toast people" here and over the years we've been through many toasters and toaster ovens and frankly none have them have lasted and weren't worth the counter space. Our last one a four slice capacity Cuisinart had been packed away into a cupboard for a year or more and we never thought twice or even once about it. That is until I went for surgery and was facing a long recovery time at home and a simple diet with toast playing a major role.This toaster fits the bill perfectly, it's got a great retro look, the red color pops, the sides stay cool to the touch, it can easily accommodate a bagel and it makes great toast to fit your fancy from a light golden brown to charred. Uncomplicated, well made and under twenty bucks!If you've been searching for a toaster that's basic and simple - I would say you can stop looking around because here it is and you won't regret it. It's a terrific little toaster and an equally terrific deal.