Delonghi Metropolis CTM4023

The Delonghi sleek and sexy toaster. My husband and I received this toaster for a housewarming present from my in-laws. (I believe it retials for about £40-£50.) We had just bought a new house so needed a nice new snazzy toaster. In fact the only reason in the beginning for selecting this Delonghi toaster was that we loved the way it looked. It has a very sleek and sexy design, it is curved at the front so looks very stylish and is a lovely gun-metal grey colour so it works well in any sort of kitchen. The knobs on it are a nice silver colour so they blend in well with the rest of the toaster and it looks really good quality not like the usual plastic ...

--Background-- I used to do some work for a market research company. Every month, they awarded you points depending on the level of information you provided to them. After a few months of doing this research , I accumulated enough points to purchase this toaster. From memory it didnt cost too many points so I was expecting some low end mediocre toaster that would work for a few months and then start to decline. --Tour of the toaster-- The toaster is quite nice to look at and is predominantly grey with silver knobs, buttons and top toasting panel. Starting from the top, there are four slots for you to place the toast. These are used in ...

I purchased this along with the metrpolis kettle from argos (see my other review there!). I've had it a few weeks now and overall I'm happy with my purchase. Its fairly pricey (you could probably get the same functionality for cheaper) but it looks great! The first thing you notice when taking it out the box is that its HUGE! I would make sure you have enough room in your kitchen to fit it as it takes up basically the entire width of the counter. It makes good toast, and give the toast high enough clearance so that you can lift your toast out easily without having to resort to turning it upside down! (like pretty much every other toaster ive ...