pumper
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Picked this up off Craigslist today for only $7. It came with all manuals and box and has never been used. Manual says copyright 1978. No lever, food goes down & comes back up by itself!
Sunbeam Deluxe Automatic Radiant Control Toaster
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That was a major steal!
Best toaster ever -- but it was designed with plain white bread in mind. Still, the thing I liked best about mine (currently stored away) is that if the toast wasn't quite done enough, you could turn the control for more darkness, slightly lift one slice and allow it to lower again, and the toaster knew not to start a full cycle, instead adding just the right amount of darkness to the toast and then raising it back up.
Use it and enjoy it!
Best toaster ever -- but it was designed with plain white bread in mind. Still, the thing I liked best about mine (currently stored away) is that if the toast wasn't quite done enough, you could turn the control for more darkness, slightly lift one slice and allow it to lower again, and the toaster knew not to start a full cycle, instead adding just the right amount of darkness to the toast and then raising it back up.
Use it and enjoy it!
norgeway
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Im using
A 1954 model, best toaster ever,...What other kind of bread is there but plain white LOL!!! I grew up with Roman Meal and if I NEVER see whole grain bread again it will be too soon!!
A 1954 model, best toaster ever,...What other kind of bread is there but plain white LOL!!! I grew up with Roman Meal and if I NEVER see whole grain bread again it will be too soon!!
philr
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I manage to put bagels in mine! But I cut them in two and flatten them a bit first...
When I get the thin and hard kind of bagels, I either eat them cool or I just put them in the Toast-R-Oven!
When I get the thin and hard kind of bagels, I either eat them cool or I just put them in the Toast-R-Oven!
Wow. Great find. We bought ours in 1979 and it is still going strong. You got a good deal. Use it in good health. Dan
polkanut
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My in-laws bought their Model T-20C in 1958, and my wife & I are still using it today.
Said it before, saying it again:
BEST AMERICAN TOASTER ever.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
BEST AMERICAN TOASTER ever.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
My Stepdad and my mother had one of those toasters-was fun to use!One time it went on the blink and they took it to the Sunbeam applaince repair place in Wash DC-fixed,cleaned up and good as new!The shop even toasted some bread to show they fixed it.Been looking at yard sales and swap shops-so far no Sunbeam Radiants-will keep looking!
toploader55
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Best Ever Toaster is right.
I have one. Found it on FleaBay.
That was my childhood toaster. I ate more toast just because I loved watching it lower itself and raise. And Perfect Toast Every time !!!
I have one. Found it on FleaBay.
That was my childhood toaster. I ate more toast just because I loved watching it lower itself and raise. And Perfect Toast Every time !!!
Great find at a great price
Enjoy it in good health. Mine is packed away because the toaster oven is just more practical for the various types of bread today.
Hans, you don't like Roman Meal? Friends were in "weight twatchers" and had 2 slices with meals. I thought of you yesterday in the grocery store when I saw Duke's Mayonnaise.
Enjoy it in good health. Mine is packed away because the toaster oven is just more practical for the various types of bread today.
Hans, you don't like Roman Meal? Friends were in "weight twatchers" and had 2 slices with meals. I thought of you yesterday in the grocery store when I saw Duke's Mayonnaise.
polkanut
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Just double checked and ours is a Model T-20B.
I have the T-35 model of this toaster. I found it at a Goodwill Thrift Store in 2006 for $6.99 an snatched it up immediately! It had hardly been used. I had been looking for one of these for quit some time and couldn't believe my good luck. These are the best toasters ever! I would never part with it. My Grandma had one of these and it always fascinated me that the bread silently lowered itself. I love the discreet little click that it makes letting me know that the toast is about to rise up. Makes consistently good toast, slice after slice.
polkanut
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I can make 4 slices of toast faster with the 2 slice Sunbeam than I can with the 4 slice POS Proctor-Silex we received as a wedding gift. Even after putting the bread back down 2-3 times it's barely tan or warm.
Sunbeam Toaster
I have just bought one of these but sadly as I am in the uk not tested until I get a step down transformer.
If I get get down on my knees and beg,would I be able to get a copy of the instruction manual
pete
I have just bought one of these but sadly as I am in the uk not tested until I get a step down transformer.
If I get get down on my knees and beg,would I be able to get a copy of the instruction manual
pete
ronhic
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Pete
You don't need an instruction manual....they're simplicity personified.
Best used with white bread. Set the control for about 1/3 and try. If toasting 2 slices, put in the left side first then the right. If toasting one, then just the right.
These are not 'cool' sided, so don't let the bread bag get near it and don't attempt to raise the carriage. If you need to get the bread out, reduce the browning control to hard left and it should 'click' and come up.
Remember that the browness control works on radiated heat. That is, the browner the toast gets, the more heat is radiated back. Frozen bread is a challenge....reduce the browning control from where you find it works to about 1/3 lower if toasting from frozen.
The attached should help too.
My 'new in 99' T200 just decided not to work properly so have dragged one out that's from about 1975. Works a treat, but isn't great on frozen bread.....
You don't need an instruction manual....they're simplicity personified.
Best used with white bread. Set the control for about 1/3 and try. If toasting 2 slices, put in the left side first then the right. If toasting one, then just the right.
These are not 'cool' sided, so don't let the bread bag get near it and don't attempt to raise the carriage. If you need to get the bread out, reduce the browning control to hard left and it should 'click' and come up.
Remember that the browness control works on radiated heat. That is, the browner the toast gets, the more heat is radiated back. Frozen bread is a challenge....reduce the browning control from where you find it works to about 1/3 lower if toasting from frozen.
The attached should help too.
My 'new in 99' T200 just decided not to work properly so have dragged one out that's from about 1975. Works a treat, but isn't great on frozen bread.....
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