Torky wrote:
> Do any of you have any good advice on which toaster to buy? Since my
> last one bit the dust, I've bought three replacements and been
> dissapointed with them. None of them will toast dark enough, even
> with the control all the way up. The last one, a Braun, won't toast
> an English muffin without putting it down twice. And if that's not
> bad enough, it burns the top edge and leaves the lower end raw. I
> have even considered a Dualit, despite the price. Reviews are mixed
> on it - some people love it, others hate it.
>

The Dualit 4-slice (it has two long toast wells). I have never turned
it above 5 of 10 for fear of setting the ceiling on fire! It has a nice
heavy mechanical pushdown lever; the problem with the spring is that it
sometimes launches light sandwich bread slices across the counter (no
joke). The bagel mode (activated by pushing a button on the darkness
knob) works well, toasting the inside without burning the outside.

The only disadvantage from my perspective is that I would like the toast
wells to be a bit wider (I bake some fat bagels), but 95% of the breads
I make or buy do fit in so that isn't much of a problem.

sPh