Russell Hobbs 13790

Following the early demise of my Tesco Value toaster, I thought I should try a more expensive model, this 2 slice toaster cost just under £20, bought at Tesco. It looks quite smart, and would blend in to most kitchens, in fact Russell Hobbs describe it as "Smart in the Kitchen". ....smart in appearance perhaps, not totally in its toast making. The toast it produces does have darker lines on it rather than being an even toasty brown. It does have a browning control knob, with 7 settings, how many people really like very dark brown toast, with a burny taste? But its biggest design fault in my opinion is that a standard sliced loaf (such as Braces) has ...  Read the complete review

Being an owner of this toaster I can tell you I hate it. The last toaster I owned used to toast bread to a certain colour, ping the toast up and wait for you to collect the its offering. That is good toaster behaviour. This toaster has a mind of its own. Sometimes it works okay and the toast is done on one side at least, maybe even both sides on the odd occasion but most of the time it just does a random burn and pops the toast. My hatred of this toaster might be because it is faulty. When you look inside the machine at the toast being heated only one side of the heating element glows red, although both sides of the bread get heated. I have discovered the best ...  Read the complete review

This slim toaster fits on the kitchen top easily. It has an easy dial to change the degree to which your toast is taosted. Strangely this goes so high it burns the toast so you have to spend some time finding the correct setting. I have written this down on a pad as it needs to be changed for items with fruit baked in them. The toaster accomadates bread, rolls and buns. however I like freshly baked bread and these slices were two tall for the toaster slot which needs to be a little deeper. It is easy to clean the toaster removing the crumb tray from the bottom. If this is not done regularly you will get a burning smell. the down side is that the ...  Read the complete review