"Tim w" wrote in message ...

A truly awful thing for the following reasons:

It is twice as big as it needs to be
The build is so heavy that you need to pre warm it by running it empty in order to get
elements evenly hot
You can't save the setting, you have to remember where to set the timer dial
The timer is !NOISY! Click clicl cliclk click.
When the noise has annoyed you you will be outraged to find that the noise doesn't stop
when the elements do - the timer runs on a bit so it doesn't even tell you when your
toast is done.
The 1 or 2 slice switch turns off only 2 of 3 elements. You will sometimes get bread
toasted one side only if you can't remember which slot is which.
The elements fail frequently. Because they were designed in the 19th century the
element is wrapped around a sheet of mineral mica so replacement elements cost more
than a normal toaster.
It's only good for Sunblest type bread. It won't toast buns, bagels, baguettes, Batch
or bloomer which is too thick/small/thin/wide unless carefully cut to the dims of a
slice of Sunblest.

Really. don't bother. If you are even slightly irritable in the mornings you will learn
to hate it, and hatred at the breakfast table is not good. It can affect you marriage,
your work life, your health, everything. Walk away before you waste £150.

Tim W
(Whose life was nearly ruined by a Dualit Wedding present)



Without being an expert the above comments confirm everything I've
always thought about Dualits. Basically if you're running a canteen
or a transport cafe where you need a toaster which will be in
continuous use for 4 or 5 hours a day, 6 or 7 days a week, often
being used often by untrained staff, and which is robust
enough to survive in a hostile environment, and where the amount
of noise it makes won't be an issue, then maybe the
cost of a Dualit is money well spent.
Otherwise if you're only going to be using the thing for 5
minutes a day and may become irritated by the its more
"industrial" aspects, then the fact it may last for 20 years
maybe isn't its biggest selling point.
Because they're spending so much money on a toaster, customers
may be led to believe that they're buying a Ferrari of toasters.
When in fact they're buying a Mark 1 Land Rover.


michael adams

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