Sunbeam New York Collection 4 Slice Toaster TA4440
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As someone else has stated, all show and no go. This toaster dries the bread (Abbotts Country Grains) with a light brown tinge, if you like your toast dark (like I do) you have to set the toaster on maximum, when it finishes that cycle, turn your bread ( so it e ens the browning)and repeat on maximum again. For crumpets you have to repeat the… Read more
cycle nearly 3 times, if I'd known I had to stand there and continually turn my toast or crumpets I wouldn't have bought this item, especially for the price that they are, if I could I'd return it for a refund.
The Un-Toasting Sunbeam Toaster – It is beautiful except it does not toast. Nice styling reminiscent of the elegant fifties in shape and color. It has a nice base light that comes on when toasting and that was it for the plus side. Yes, it has the looks and style, but it does not toast bread. It dries bread and when you put it in a second time, you can almost get an all over… Read more
toasting but even that is not even. Toast is darker on the back edge of the toaster. Disappointing. If you let them in for a second time, that part gets burned, the others are mostly perfect. The maximum time dial does not allow the toast to be inside for long enough to toast. Yes, agreed, you can toast it a second or even a third time, but why? Why limit the toasting time to, "not really toasted?"
The crumb trays are also awkward, small, and jerky to pull out. 100 years plus of toasters and you would think a company like Sunbeam would put in a larger tray that catches all the crumbs, but no, expensive item, minimal execution. The shallow trays are less than useful.
So, two stars for style and the light and one star that it works, but for us, we will not choose a Sunbeam product again. I should have researched Sunbeam and discovered they went broke and have since changed hands. Another century old company name used to peddle cheap products. Too bad. Over 100 years to get it right, and no, we will style it but not make it very practical.
No more Sunbeam...
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Great reliable Toaster – We've owned quite a few toasters. This one is the best we have had. I think you get what you pay for. Love the feature that you can view the toast by pulling up without it needing to be turned off. It has a very sleek look. Makes great toast. Wide enough for thick bread slices. Would by again but i think it is going to last a long time. Great toaster. Can recommend. Show 2 replies
All show, no go – It's it amazing, humans can put a small car and a helicopter on Mars and remotely control it from earth, but no one can make a good and consistant bread toaster. Weird. This is a very slow toaster, or is it a dehydrator? You need to stand beside it to repeatedly push it down again. With a multigrain bread (heavyish) I had it on 7 out of 10, had… Read more
to re-toast it 3 times. Pathetic. Needs a dial that goes to 30. Wouldn't recommend it. I hate waisting money on sh*t. Oh, BTW, they nailed the LED lights - great work guys, now just fix the toaster!
Looks and works great, slots not deep enough, no crumpet setting, power a bit low – My sunbeam 4 long slice toaster failed in under 3 years. Luckily I had paid for The Good Guys Concierge and got a refund. Covid times are affecting stocks at the store though, and all equivalent toasters are sold out. As I was looking at alternative 4 short slice toasters, I noticed defrost and a little bit more buttons, what a waste of time. … Read more
Where has the crumpet button gone? I also noticed the depth of some of the toasters like this one had improved. So thinking my sliced bread would fit I went with it. I love the look of it, and getting it home liked it even better. Despite the styling being tops, the family were unimpressed as the large sliced bread poked out the top. There is enough room for it, but the mechanism needs to go down a cm or two further to fit the bread. Soo close. Now do we return it, or put up with it? We kept it... Overall it is great despite shallowness of lowering device. Minor issues - Power is a little low. - Could remove defrost, waste of a button that could be used for a crumpet setting.
All show no go – Purchased this to replace our old toaster we have had for years. Probably sucked in to the style of it rather than functions. Now when using it there is no bagel or crumpet setting. This allows you to cook one side more than the other, but not anymore. It has basic functions that a much cheaper toaster will give you. I just assumed we would be getting more functions, not less. Would not buy again, just glad I got it 50% off. Show details
Looks great, functions well – Our previous toaster of around 10 years finally gave up and we were more often than not getting a slice of warm bread with burned edges. So off to find a toaster we wanted. I loved the sleek and elegant look of this toaster, the colour was exactly what we were after and being a 4 slice with 2 different compartments was a bonus. Looks great in the… Read more · 1
kitchen. But we performed what i call the 'Vogels test' and here it fell a little short. I prefer to cook toast with one push but sadly to cook Vogels we needed to find the time combination that cooked to perfection which meant pushing down twice. Took a day or so to find it but have got it to perfection and the toast most of the time cooks it the same each time. There are some inconsistencies and every now and then it has to go down a third time but for the most part this way of cooking it is manageable and we do not mind. We have had the toaster for a few months and are really happy, the downside is the cost which was in the very upper end of our budget, am hoping to get many years out of this considering the cost.
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Hi Lester, Thank you for sharing your experience while… Read more