Comments on: Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster

By: M. Leblanc

M. Leblanc — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:17:00 +0000

Review by M. Leblanc for Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster Rating: This toaster works very good AFTER 3-5 empty toasting cycles. The manufacturer proposes an training procedure. I did not first read the manual then I burnt the 3-4 first toasts. The toaster looks good with its blue LEDs. It has very long and wide slot. In fact in ONE single slot you can put 2 regular bread slices side by side for a total of 4 per slot. It does not make sense to do that; it is just to give a measure of the toaster capacity. So, very good for long and large slices.

There are 4 minors annoyances:
1- The cord can be set and hook at one single location under the toaster. So, that is an inconvenience if your set is different than the one of the Toaster Architect!!!

2- The DEFAULT burning intensity is set to 4 over 9 which burns ... to much. The Toaster Architect like his dark!!! I am happy at 2 over 9! Read point 3 to understand the impact!

3- The use of the CANCEL button, for what ever the reason, RESETS all configurations to their DEFAULT value. Then, the next time you toast the burning intensity is back to 4 over 9, so dark toasts!!!

4- The control button and the toasting lever are not on the same side.

Nothing of that make this toast a bad buy just not perfect but very close.

By: Historybuff

Historybuff — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:54:59 +0000

Review by Historybuff for Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster Rating: I was looking for something that I could put bread slices into, choose how dark I want it toasted, push a button and it would make toast. I wanted a simple toaster and the only factor complicating my choice is that I have a large family so I need one that can toast 4 regular slices or 2 large slices. After scouring the internet this seemed to be the one closest to fitting the bill without getting ridiculously expensive - we're talking about a toaster after all. I got and it works - 2 stars so far. It browns one side more than the other - no extra stars for even toasting. It will return to the default browning setting after each toasting - no extra stars for the convenience of being able to leave the toaster on the setting that you like. It will toast the next batch of toast differently from the first even if you set it the same - no extra stars for consistency. It takes a long time - no extra stars for speed.

By: Susan C.

Susan C. — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:16 +0000

Review by Susan C. for Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster Rating: Love this toaster. It looks great- elegant and slim.

Very easy to use- love the digital aspect. Just turn the knob to change the settings.

I don't think I'll use the bun warmer, but it is a pretty neat feature!

Highly Recommended!

UPDATE:
Had to mention two more things:
The small "footprint" is fantastic. Takes so little room on the counter compared to other four slice/two slot toasters!

It works FAST! Adding this because just two days ago, to my surprise, I found myself saying outloud, "Wow, that was fast!" Watch the settings, though- 2 dots or 3 dots, most, will brown that toast!

Oh yeah- my three teenagers all think it's "awesome" for what that's worth!

By: R. Mcconnell

R. Mcconnell — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:10:45 +0000

Review by R. Mcconnell for Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster Rating: My wife bakes bread which tends to be too long for a standard size toaster so I ordered this long slot toaster and am very happy. The browning control adjusts the number of blue lights from 1 to 10 with 5 being the default. The lights count down as toasting progresses so with a glance you can see how much longer before done. It's nice looking and has a pop up warming rack. The only negative is no bagel setting where only one element heats, otherwise it would have been 5 stars.

By: S. Hagerty

S. Hagerty — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:31:23 +0000

Review by S. Hagerty for Haier TST240SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 4-Slice Digital Toaster Rating: I saw a toaster with a single long slot used on a TV cooking show once and have wanted to get one ever since. I do a lot of baking, including baking rustic breads. Because they are rustic loaves, slises usually do not fit in regular length toaster slots. Then I saw this baby. Not only is it a long slot toaster, but it has two of them. I was sold. I ordered one right away. In fact I had to wait because Amazon had not yet relieced them for shipping.

Upon arrival, I was not disappointed. It worked just as I had hoped. Not only does it work great for long slices, but it is the best toaster I have ever had period. Once you learn what settings to use for a given type of bread, be it plain old white, wheat, bagels, english muffins, etc., all you have to do is use that setting next time and it turns out perfect. I have not tried the warming rack yet, but I don't see any reason why it would not work great as well.

If you love toast. Buy this toaster.