BrevilleBit More Toaster 4 Slice BTA730XL, Brushed Stainless Steel

My toaster for 12 years broke. It wouldn't work off to the popular chain store that sells everything. They had a toaster for $9. I thought no way. They had a toaster for $29. yes, I will purchase this. What a piece of junk. You push the slide down, and the toaster does a flip unless you hold the back of the toaster down. My bread did not go all the way down and toast. Finally, it would not toast a freaking muffin.I then suffered paralysis by analysis. I read reviews, reading how the toaster is terrible no matter what. I saw the Breville toaster. It was about $90. Man, that is some serious coin for a toaster. In inflation-fueled times, who knows what a reasonable price is?Upon receiving the Breville, I could tell it was of high quality just by lifting it. It toasted my bagel perfectly. I look forward to a long relationship with this toaster. It is worth every dime.

Like most households, we've always had some type of toaster. I've never invested much money in a toaster, because even though it gets used regularly--if not daily--it was just one of the minor appliances, used for one specific job. We replaced them periodically, as they failed every few years. When the units came out with the wider bagel slots and the better adjustment on toasting, we stepped up to those features, but still just bought "cheap toasters".When our most recent toaster died after several years, I looked over options on Amazon to see what new features, if any, may have evolved since my last purchase. We had updated our kitchen and although our needs hadn't changed, I thought that springing for a little nicer model might be worthwhile. I was captured by the appearance and the ratings of this Breville unit, so decided to up the ante and give it a try. So far, I've been happy with the decision.The only possible negative that I've found is that this unit is physically larger than the cheaper models. It's not monstrous, but it will take up more counter space than a basic unit. The appearance and the performance, however, is great. This is a nice-looking toaster and looks well-built. It performs in the standard manner, but I've been impressed with the very even and effective toasting of anything I put in the slots. I've used regular-sliced bought bread, thick-sliced homemade bread, bagels and biscuits, and everything comes out well-toasted. The toasting control works well, and the "Lift and Look" feature, combined with the "A Bit More" feature, provides extra control over the finished product. I haven't tried the "Frozen" setting, but the "Fruit Bread" setting works very well with the fruit bread that my daughter makes. The "Cancel" button works instantly, and is easier to use than trying to force up the toast lever on a conventional unit. I don't know whether the longevity will prove to be better than the average 4-5 years of the cheap units--probably not, since it's still the same basic design. Even so, I really like this toaster and as of now think our extra dollars for it were well-spent.

It pains me to write this because I have a Breville pro/ air fry over than I absolutely love. I was planning on buying more of their appliances because of that. THEN I BOUGHT THIS TOASTER. It has been a disappointment since day 1 and I should have returned it but thought it was me having to get use to all the functions buttons and settings . It wasn’t, it’s the toaster. Read all the 1 star reviews, I too had inner elements only work in bagel mode. I would use frozen & the little more button and would get 1 side soggy waffles on one side /dark on the other even after hitting a little extra time. Also the outer elements don’t all heat evenly or even stick out to heat up uniformly so it toasts the one side unevenly. What really bothers me is that this is a Breville that costs $100. As opposed to a $35-$60 toaster. Breville now has lost me as a future customer. I discovered the element issue 1 yr+ 2 wks. So 2wks out of warranty. I’m not even going to put myself what others went through after reading their stories to contact them. I’m just going to buy a different toaster and throw this in the garbage where it belongs . Obviously they have electrical, sensor? And can’t even toast correctly. I mean my God this isn’t rocket science, it’s a toaster- and a Breville. Shame on this company for selling a product that has a proven record of similar issues with a lot of customers. Oh and when I went to fill out a ticket for assistance/ or help with these issues, I couldn’t even submit it because it didn’t give a a drop down menu to select my appliance so I could not get the form completed . Red flag right there. DO NO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS. YOU CAN BUY 3 toasters that work for the price of this piece of garbage. Disgusted and sad at the same time. I really wanted a complete kitchen of matching BREVILLE appliances ( espresso etc) and now they list those sales. And those other appliances are expensive machines. I hope they read this and take action. They really dropped the ball with this.

We just replaced our old toaster with this item...I did my research, read all reviews and have to agree: this is a nice toaster! Yes, you wonder do I need all these features...I freeze my 9 grain bread. I read in another review a lady who also freezes her bread really liked that feature and yes, that button does allow the bread to thaw a bit so it does toast better.It has longer toasting slots so my husbands rye bread doesn't get toaster curve from being jammed into the slot...lol.love the digital toast countdown, little done beep, the 'just a bit more' button...so yes, I do need all the buttons and features and use them! Really like everything about this toaster.