Latest Toaster Reviews

[sudsmaster]

Consumer Reports latest issue rates toasters.

Interestingly, a stainless Haier brand two-slot toaster takes near top honors and is rated a "Best Buy".

I guess Haier has figured out how to brown bread... lol...

 

[ronhic]

Ye may laugh....

....but it would appear that a lot of other, far more expensive brands have not....

 

[sudsmaster]

Here's the commentary:

"Haier's $30 TST850DS, one of six CR Best Buys in this report, turned out the best toast in this test, browning evenly from light to dark with almost every batch. It includes a sleek, stainless steel housing and a bagel setting, which toasts only one side."

 

[ronhic]

Can we have a pic?

 

[sudsmaster]

Only a Google away

Lazy boy ;-)

 

[maytagbear]

YUK!

That is one F-UGLY toaster.

I'll stick with my Sunbeam Automatic.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[appnut]

I kinda like it--looks like a slice of bread and a retro toaster all in one!!

 

[danemodsandy]

I Have to Agree...

...With Lawrence. If CR calls that thing "sleek," someone there needs to peek at a dictionary.

At least it is an alternative to the Dualit and other "professional" toasters, which last no longer than cheap ones, without being plastic.

 

[sudsmaster]

Apparently the sides on the thing are die-cast metal of some sort.

I'm going to have to go visit one of the crap traps (Walmart, Target, Kmart) to see if it's on any of the shelves around here.

Thanks to Bob for pointing out the idea behind the design - a bread slice profile. Never would have thought of that. I don't think it's ugly, but it's definitely not aerodynamic, lol.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I have grown so suspicious of their ratings. Even if that ugly toaster performed well, the next batch from Haier might not. Somehow, Haier has not impressed me as a company with durable designs or rigid quality control. CU seem to have people testing products who know nothing about them and judging from the description of this toaster as "sleek" the people know nothing about design either. I wonder if all of the toasters in the test were made in China? How wonderful it is to have good quality appliances from the years when certain brands were known to be made to high quality standards and their products were made in the USA so that buying them meant you were keeping money in circulation in this country and supporting other wage earners and corporations who paid taxes to support our government.

 

[rll70sman]

Amen, Tom! Well said! I'm so glad Haier did not acquire the Maytag Corporation. Granted, Whirlpool design is now inherent in the Maytag brand, but I'd hate to imagine the garbage that Haier would have produced, not to mention all the jobs lost to a Chinese takeover.

 

[danemodsandy]

Dear CR:

The Haier toaster is not sleek.

THIS is sleek.

See the difference?

You're welcome.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Sandy, beautiful definition of sleek.

 

[~sudsshane]

I'm with Maytagbear..

Nothing they make today can match in quality or performance to my 1955 Sunbeam "Radiant Control" toaster.

 

[sudsmaster]

Yeah, well, when you plug them in and toss them in the bathtub they all work pretty much the same...

;-)

 

[dj-gabriele]

when you plug them in and toss them in the bathtub they all

Not everyone! ...230V is even better

 

[sudsmaster]

Haier does sleek...

Only on-line...

 

[sudsmaster]

Bigger...

 

[sudsmaster]

Better...