With September now in full swing and universities starting term again soon, I have recently moved house and so new appliances are needed for the house, one of course was the classic toaster.

Because I'm not a big toast eater I didn't want to spend too much on a toaster when I wouldn't get value for money so I turned to the Argos Value Range. This range of appliances for the home are very good for students and those on low incomes who don't need top end products for every day needs.

I bought my toaster from the Preston store, it came in the standard Argos Value packaging and was fastened securely so that it wasn't damaged with knocks on the way home. When I got back to the house, I turned to the scissors to deal with the hardwaring packaging and saw that the toaster was snuggly packed inside.

I have only ever had the standard two slice toaster and as there's three others in the house I thought that the four sliced would be more time effective and I was right! Since this appliance has entered our kitchen it's become a popular item.

As mentioned the toaster itself is the standard white, there are a range of settings available for those who prefer different browning levels. I prefer my toast very lightly toasted and after some trial and error I found that the way to achieve this was to end the time earlier than what was on the timer. This could be the same for other settings but so far no toast has yet to be burnt so it's a case of testing it for your own preferences.

You change settings through the easy to use dial that's on the right hand side of the toaster, on this side there's also the slider that loads the bread into the machine.

Thin slices of bread work best with this toaster, thicker slices tend to need work in getting out and apparently using a knife to get bread out of a toaster isn't safe so I'd go with thin bread just to be safe, especially if younger children are at that age where they make their own toast.

There's not much cleaning needed either for this appliance. There's a tray at the bottom which can be removed and cleaned and the surfaces can easily be wiped down for any smudges that it might get.

Overall:
Price: £6.97
Available from: Most good Argos stores

Good toaster for the price. Looses a star because of being unable to handle thick bread.
4/5