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Cookworks 4 Slice White Wide Toaster |
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16/02/08 (120 review reads) |
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Advantages: 4 slices of toast relitvely fast, can be done in 2 slice lots
Disadvantages: cheap, so may not win browny points with the stylish or name branders
As a parent of a total of 5 children, making toast for breakfast or tea can be a long laborious process. Two slice toasters just aren't fast enough, while placing six slices under the grill is suseptable to distraction and burning!!
Ergo came a time when we were tired of the toast taking so long and the fire alarm going off a multitude of times, and decided to get a bigger toaster.
As you can imagine, a family of 7 can have restrictions on how much we can spend, so scouring the Argos online catalog for a cheapy solution to our needs for at least the next 6 months happened. Actually, strictly speaking I scoured more than just Argos, but you cant get a 4 slice toaster for less than £25 anywhere else!
We happened to see this toaster advertised at £12.99 which seemed waaaay to cheap to be effective, however, it was only needed to last us 6 - 12 months until we could afford a more 'industrial' type.
~packaging~
The box is the usual flimsy cardboard with stiff card inserts holding the toaster safe. All seems recyclable.
~Price~
Uber cheap at £12.99, and in plain white however they do do the identical Cookworks Signature in silver for £14.99. Infact to be completely honest, the only difference between the two appears to be £2 more for silver plastic.
~Usage~
unlike traditional styled home toasters you dont have to place all 4 slices down at once. We actually really like the fact we can still cook only 2 slices, as it is almost as if you have 2 2 slice toasters in one unit (quite visible in the pic) Timed correctly we can almost have steady stream of toast going out to our bunch of gannets... I mean children!
Each 'plunger' has 3 buttons above it, defrost (for those I-cant-believe-you-didn't-take-the-bread-out-of-th e-freezer moments), reheat (for the slow eaters) and Cancel.
Each plunger has a variable setting dial under too, which means you can have 2 slices of charcoal and 2 slices of barely tanned bread if you wanted.
So far as to say we have had this toaster over a month now, it has proven reliability in the face of 5 children and consistency in the fact if the dial isnt moved the next pieces of toast aren't a different colour to the last.
I would say this was a great little buy for the large family (or even nuclear family come to that) and if this toaster lasts well past next year, my money has been extremely well spent!
Summary: Simple and easy 4 slice toaster with ability o fi=uctioning as 2 x 2 slice toasters in one
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