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A toast­er, a bread-roast­ing device invent­ed almost 130 years ago, is an indis­pens­able thing in the kitchen of a mod­ern house­wife. First­ly, this house­hold appli­ance is easy to use and saves time: just put slices of bread into the slot, press the “Start” but­ton and the sand­wich blank will be ready with­in 1–2 min­utes, and after eat­ing, you do not need to wash the pan.

Sec­ond­ly, bread made in a toast­er is rec­om­mend­ed by some nutri­tion­ists.^one, because no oil is used in the prepa­ra­tion of dried slices. Well, the last argu­ment is deli­cious! Appe­tiz­ing crust — that’s why adults and chil­dren love toast! Stores and mar­ket­places offer a large num­ber of mod­els, let’s com­pare their char­ac­ter­is­tics, oper­a­tion fea­tures, prices and man­u­fac­tur­ers.

Editor’s Choice

Atlanta ATH-1031

Rel­a­tive­ly inex­pen­sive, light­weight (about 800 g), a small toast­er with a pow­er of 750 W with the func­tion of adjust­ing the degree of roast­ing (7 modes). There is an addi­tion­al option that fries the toast on one side only. One of the biggest advan­tages of this mod­el is the ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed body: a spe­cial screen locat­ed next to the stove helps to avoid acci­den­tal burns.

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Inter­est­ing­ly, the mod­els of this com­pa­ny con­stant­ly received com­plaints about the strong heat­ing of the case, but, appar­ent­ly, the man­u­fac­tur­er took into account the wish­es of cus­tomers and pro­vid­ed addi­tion­al insu­la­tion to the case. Of the minus­es — there is no defrost­ing, as well as heat­ing ready-made toasts and a grill for buns.

Main characteristics

Pow­er	750 W
Num­ber of branch­es	2
Num­ber of toasts	2
Con­trol type	mechan­i­cal
Addi­tion­al func­tions	roast­ing degree adjust­ment, can­cel but­ton, step­less tem­per­a­ture con­trol
Addi­tion­al Modes	one-sided fry­ing
Includ­ed	crumb tray
Hous­ing mate­r­i­al	met­al, plas­tic
The weight	0.84 kg
Pow­er cord length	80 cm
Pecu­liar­i­ties	ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed hous­ing

Pros and cons

Ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed body, light weight, 7 roast­ing modes

No defrost, keep warm or bun rack

Ranking the top 9 best toasters for the home in 2022

1. FIRST AUSTRIA 5367

This pow­er­ful (1300 W) device has an unusu­al styl­ish design and a nar­row body. Adjust­ing the degree of toast­ing is smooth. What dis­tin­guish­es it from oth­er toast­ers is the abil­i­ty to cook 4–6 slices at the same time — it is quite suit­able for fam­i­ly use.

Among the short­com­ings not­ed by con­sumers are the not very reli­able flim­sy wire on which the bread is placed, as well as the lack of a shut­down sig­nal and strong heat­ing of the case. And also the fact that the toast­er does not give out a rud­dy roast­ing of the crust.

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2. Deerma Deerma DEM-SL281

The toast­er, made in high-tech style, has 6 degrees of roast­ing, can oper­ate in the defrost­ing mode, quick heat­ing and care­ful main­te­nance of the bread tem­per­a­ture (for exam­ple, if you decide to post­pone break­fast). The device with a pow­er of 770 W has a cord com­part­ment, which is con­ve­nient for stor­age if it does not stand per­ma­nent­ly on the table, but folds into a kitchen set. This is one of the few mod­els that has a sound alert. Includes grill grates and crumb tray.

But there are also dis­ad­van­tages. The kit from the Chi­nese man­u­fac­tur­er does not include an adapter for Russ­ian sock­ets. And dur­ing use, you can get burned on the case, as it heats up.

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3. De’Longhi CT021.BK1

The 800 W toast­er is made of stain­less steel and has a clas­sic design. Comes with a handy bun warmer. Of the advan­tages, one can sin­gle out ease of oper­a­tion, many addi­tion­al modes: defrost­ing, heat­ing, one-sided fry­ing. And the “extra-rise” func­tion will help you eas­i­ly remove small pieces of bread.

Among the cus­tomer reviews there are reproach­es for a weak degree of roast­ing, a slight back­lash of the but­tons, soiled body, incon­ve­nience when get­ting a loaf out of the slot of the toast­er and, in gen­er­al, the fragili­ty of the device.

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4. Philips HD2581

A pop­u­lar toast­er from a well-known man­u­fac­tur­er looks fresh, but nice and can fit into any inte­ri­or. It copes with the main func­tion of roast­ing bread per­fect­ly — two sep­a­rate com­part­ments quick­ly do their job, brown­ing toasts.

As a bonus, there is a defrost func­tion and a grill for heat­ing baked goods that do not fit into a toast­er. Impres­sions about the Philips HD2581 are some­what spoiled by a strong-smelling plas­tic (which, how­ev­er, goes away after sev­er­al heat­ing cycles) and a short pow­er cord.

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5. Smeg TSF01

A very expen­sive toast­er from an Ital­ian man­u­fac­tur­er of lux­u­ry house­hold appli­ances. Of course, such a sim­ple device can­not be worth this mon­ey, so most of the amount is brand and design. Well, the approv­ing whistling of guests who under­stand a lot about lux­u­ry. Two com­part­ments, 950 W pow­er and even a roast­ing func­tion on one side.

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The beau­ti­ful and heat-insu­lat­ed body of the toast­er can be made in 11 col­ors — from white to “Unian Jack” (an Eng­lish fan will have to pay more than 20 thou­sand rubles for the British flag). As for a toast­er, there can be no com­plaints about the mod­el, except for a loud metal­lic clang with which the mech­a­nism rais­es the toast­er rais­es the toast­ed bread. How­ev­er, this should be tak­en as an under­lined nobil­i­ty of ori­gin.

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6. Ariete 156 Vintage

Anoth­er Ital­ian “hand­some man” that you want to put in your kitchen even for its appear­ance alone. Ari­ete 156 Vin­tage is made in the style of the 50s of the last cen­tu­ry, but it is unlike­ly that it has a spe­cif­ic pro­to­type in the past. Rather, the design of the toast­er can be called retro­fu­tur­is­tic.

But this is not all that is inter­est­ing about the toast­er. 156 Vin­tage can make four toasts at the same time, because it has four com­part­ments for them. More­over, each “half” of the device has inde­pen­dent con­trols. That is, if you need to toast two slices of bread, you do not need to use the entire 1600-watt pow­er of the device. Con­ve­nient and prac­ti­cal. But this toast­er does not have a bun warmer.

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7. Scarlett SC-TM11007

A very afford­able toast­er with a spe­cif­ic appear­ance, which the device gives out in it, comes from the “zero”. The pow­er of the device is only 70 watts, but it is able to fry two slices of bread. The plas­tic case, although ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed, accord­ing to the man­u­fac­tur­er, still heats up, unlike more expen­sive toast­ers. But there is a defrost, and a heat­ing grate, and an “extra rise”.

The toast­er tends to toast the bread more towards the bot­tom, so there is no need to talk about the uni­for­mi­ty of the gold­en crust here. Also, when buy­ing, you need to be pre­pared that the qual­i­ty of copies can vary great­ly. Some users have expe­ri­enced a break­down right after the war­ran­ty year. But the SC-TM11007 will look great, say, in an apart­ment for rent — you sim­ply don’t feel sor­ry for it.

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8. Tefal TT 3650

A toast­er mod­el from Tefal, which is quite pop­u­lar with a Russ­ian buy­er, has been sold on our mar­ket for sev­er­al years. The cool case has a rather inter­est­ing design — the slid­er that low­ers the toast is made in the form of a mas­sive rec­tan­gle.

The 850 watt toast­er has sev­en brown­ing lev­els. There is also a con­ve­nient grill for heat­ing buns, as well as a quick defrost func­tion. Some­one com­plains that the toast­er can over­cook the bread, but these prob­lems are iso­lat­ed.

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9. Garlyn TR-200

This toast­er, which has a styl­ish stain­less steel body, can not only dec­o­rate the inte­ri­or, but also please with its func­tions: smooth adjust­ment of the degree of roast­ing using a rotary switch, auto­mat­ic cen­ter­ing and lift­ing of toasts.

There are “reheat” and “defrost” func­tions, which means that you can cook both frozen slices and slight­ly stale bread. And this mod­el has non-slip feet and pro­tec­tion against elec­tric shock. Of the minor short­com­ings of the device, a short cord (70 cm) and dif­fi­cul­ties with clean­ing the ribbed bar at the bot­tom of the toast­er were named.

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Leaders of the Past

1. VIGOR HX-6015/6016/6017

One of the cheap­est toast­ers on the Russ­ian mar­ket, which can be found for the price of lunch in fast food. As you under­stand, the man­u­fac­tur­er saved a lot in the device. So, the return mech­a­nism lit­er­al­ly shoots bread into the air, simul­ta­ne­ous­ly scat­ter­ing crumbs into space. If you’re not lucky, the toast may fall on the floor.

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Anoth­er mis­cal­cu­la­tion of the cre­ators is that the side planes are poor­ly insu­lat­ed and it’s easy to get burned about them. The rest is a nor­mal toast­er that can simul­ta­ne­ous­ly fry two slices of bread at a pow­er of 750 watts. And yet, there is a reclin­ing tray, which makes it much eas­i­er to clean the device.

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2. Bosch TAT 6A001/6A003/6A004

The Ger­man Bosch has a whole line of toast­ers that do not use the tra­di­tion­al lay­out of toasts, but one long com­part­ment. This arrange­ment has its advan­tages — you can toast up to four slices of bread at a time. But such a toast­er is much longer than ana­logues with two com­part­ments. Specif­i­cal­ly, Bosch TAT 6A001/6A003/6A004 has a very decent pow­er — 1090 watts.

The case here is ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed, but it’s bet­ter not to touch the inner met­al edg­ing of the heat­ing ele­ment — a burn is guar­an­teed. A gen­tle­man’s set in the form of a defrost­ing mode and a grill for heat­ing buns is com­ple­ment­ed by a smooth adjust­ment of the degree of heat­ing. And be pre­pared to wipe down your toast­er often—the glossy plas­tic is prone to get­ting dirty in the kitchen.

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3. Kitfort KT-2038

A toast­er from a sec­ond-tier home appli­ance man­u­fac­tur­er that can attract buy­ers with its retro design. With two com­part­ments, the total pow­er of the device is 815 watts. There is also a warm-up and a defrost. The func­tion but­tons are all dec­o­rat­ed in the same retro way as the bread toast adjust­ment.

Raise ques­tions, of course, a cou­ple of points. First­ly, reli­a­bil­i­ty — the mod­el is quite new, and the man­u­fac­tur­er is not very pop­u­lar. Sec­ond­ly, this is the ther­mal insu­la­tion of the case — many brands are try­ing to save on this. What can not be tak­en away from the toast­er is the “extra rise” of the toast, which makes han­dling the device much more con­ve­nient, and the auto­mat­ic cen­ter­ing of the slices of bread. The lat­ter, accord­ing to the man­u­fac­tur­er, gives even roast­ing of toasts.

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4. Braun HT 450

A fair­ly pop­u­lar toast­er mod­el with a plas­tic heat-insu­lat­ed body. With a high device pow­er of 1080 W, the device is able to turn bread into coals in a mat­ter of sec­onds. But if you still want to have toast for break­fast, then you should not chase max­i­mum pow­er — modes from 3 to 5 are opti­mal. There is also heat­ing, and defrost­ing, and cen­ter­ing of the toast, and, cov­et­ed by many users, “extra rise” bread.

In addi­tion, the mod­el has proven itself well — some copies have been work­ing for more than 10 years. There is only one claim and it is con­nect­ed with the design of the hull. Although there is a retractable tray, it will not be pos­si­ble to com­plete­ly clean the inside of the toast­er from crumbs.

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5. Electrolux EAT 7800

A beau­ti­ful and expen­sive toast­er from a well-known man­u­fac­tur­er of house­hold appli­ances from Europe. It’s true that the met­al case adds to the charm of the EAT 7800, but it does­n’t heat up at all from the out­side. This toast­er belongs to a rare cat­e­go­ry of such devices, where the devel­op­ers aban­doned the mechan­i­cal “twist”, with which the inten­si­ty of roast­ing is select­ed.

But­tons and a small screen are used here. Whether it’s con­ve­nient or not is a mat­ter of your pref­er­ence. But in the con­di­tions of the kitchen, prob­a­bly, the “mechan­ics” are still more prac­ti­cal. But there is the pos­si­bil­i­ty of smooth adjust­ment, which means you can get the per­fect toast­ed crust. The toast­er allows you to defrost bread, warm up buns on a wire rack and raise ready-made toasts high­er.

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How to choose a toaster

The toast­er is one of those devices in the kitchen, whose work­ing prin­ci­ple was born a cen­tu­ry ago. It would seem that there could be some­thing com­pli­cat­ed in it — well, it toasts bread and that’s okay. But there are small details that you need to con­sid­er when choos­ing the best toast­er for your home. This will help us with advice from Vitaliy Port­nenko, con­sul­tant in a house­hold appli­ances store with 15 years of expe­ri­ence.

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Housing materials

From the ubiq­ui­tous plas­tic in toast­ers, you are unlike­ly to be able to escape — even in very expen­sive mod­els with a met­al case, no, no, but there are ele­ments made of poly­mers. There is an expla­na­tion for this — plas­tic has a much low­er ther­mal con­duc­tiv­i­ty, and heat­ing the body of a toast­er is an eter­nal headache for any man­u­fac­tur­er. Of course, if the body remains slight­ly warm after sev­er­al toast­ing runs, then we have a good toast­er. But in any case, be care­ful when remov­ing slices from the toast­er — the heat from the heat­ing ele­ments can eas­i­ly burn your hand. That is why the best toast­ers for the home use the “extra-rise” of the toast — that is, when after the com­ple­tion of toast­ing the bread, it can be raised even high­er than it pops out of the toast­er. A handy fea­ture, but not all toast­ers have it.

Power

Toast­ers usu­al­ly have a pow­er of 800‑1100 watts. Rare spec­i­mens can be more pow­er­ful, and there­fore toast bread faster, although this is most often unnec­es­sary. Super-bud­get mod­els are con­tent with 700–750 W, which is not very good in terms of roast­ing, but you need to save on some­thing.

A sep­a­rate issue is the reg­u­la­tion of heat­ing. Do not over­do it, because even the high­est qual­i­ty toast­er, if set to max­i­mum pow­er, will turn pieces of bread into coals.

And a lit­tle about the fears of some users of the short cir­cuit or fire of the toast­er. A ser­vice­able elec­tri­cal appli­ance will not just cause a short cir­cuit, espe­cial­ly if the wiring in the house is in order. More­over, toast­ers just do not light up. Remem­ber the sim­ple safe­ty rules — no paper or cloth in direct con­tact with the toast­er; Avoid get­ting mois­ture inside the appli­ance.

Control

Toast­ers are, in a sense, one of the most con­ser­v­a­tive devices in the kitchen. It is not easy to find even push-but­ton con­trol here, and touch pan­els are a rar­i­ty. The con­trols of the best toast­er for the home in 2021 look like this: a lever that low­ers the bread and starts roast­ing, a “twist” or lev­el selec­tion slid­er, as well as three but­tons – can­cel, defrost and warm. The most advanced mod­els allow you to smooth­ly adjust the degree of heat­ing, which will appeal to indi­vid­u­al­ists.

Additional functions

The con­ser­vatism of this class of house­hold appli­ances is also empha­sized in addi­tion­al func­tion­al­i­ty. In fact, besides defrost­ing bread and grills on which to heat buns, toast­ers do noth­ing else. But there are excep­tions. For exam­ple, some mod­els are able to fry one side. You can find exot­ic toast­ers with mini-slabs on which you can make scram­bled eggs.

Sources

1. https://rskrf.ru/tips/eksperty-obyasnyayut/kakoy-khleb-poleznee-/

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