On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:43:10 -0700 (PDT), Martin Bonner
wrote:

On Oct 26, 11:12*am, Gordon Henderson
wrote:
So... It's getting on for new toaster time in the Henderson household -
our 20+ year old Philips Sunrise with it's single long-slot, while still
functional has lost some of it's appeal as well as it's ability to pop-up
in a timely manner.

I recall from some postings here some time back that Dualit is the choice
of many, so wondering if that's still the learned opinion.

I don't want the Formula-1 of toasters, but neither do I want the
Morris Minor either. The ability to take 1 or 2 slices of irregular
sized home-made bread and produce toast in a moderate time period is
the requirement. No fancy settings for defrosting, bagels and the like,
nor an add-on egg poacher.

So is it Dualit and be done, or something else?

swmbo bought a Dualit toaster, and we have (both) not been
particularly happy with it. It takes an age to toast things (we tend
to have quite heavy breads), and doesn't do it very evenly.


The new ones are Chinese (- Japanese. Don't forget to wash your
knees!).

Say no more ...

I also don't like the clockwork timer. I much preferred our old
electrical one where you pressed a button, the toast popped up, and
the timer stopped.

The clockwork timers are a particular problem. They are unreliable and
replacements are expensive

Derek G