2-Slice Extra Wide Slot Toaster

This toaster is great. I bought the used like new and it was definitely like new. It looks good and is so easy to use. Everybody is a little concerned about the length of the cord, but I don't have any problem with that. I'm sure that is a safety feature. It works great. It doesn't burn anything and toast evenly. I'm just very happy with it

Works fine, simple to use. Perfect for us.

I love Black & Decker products and have always been happy with them. My first hand mixer was a Black & Decker and it literally lasted over 20 years through heavy use. The prices are reasonable for the quality. I decided to get this toaster for that reason and when my more expensive name brand toaster started smoking & sparking after only about 4 years. First it toasts evenly. It does seem well made but the outer shell (the black part) is plastic not metal. I usually prefer and buy stainless steel. There was a slight plastic smell the first time I used it. It's simple to use. Basic controls and settings. I use wider whole grain bread and the slices fit just fine. The picture is bread that I toasted on the 3 setting. Both sides are toasted evenly. Overall I am happy with this toaster. I do wish there wasn't any plastic on it.

Toasts evenly and fits thick slices easily. Easy to use and clean, very satisfied

Good quality up to mark

Works great, lots of temp settings to make toast just the way you like it! The only disappointment is that the black housing is plastic, but overall looks fine.

Styrene and BPA, but doesn't say it, even though it has a Prop 65 warning. Styrene, from the EPA: Hazard Summary Styrene is primarily used in the production of polystyrene plastics and resins. Acute (short-term) exposure to styrene in humans results in mucous membrane and eye irritation, and gastrointestinal effects. Chronic (long-term) exposure to styrene in humans results in effects on the central nervous system (CNS), such as headache, fatigue, weakness, and depression, CSN dysfunction, hearing loss, and peripheral neuropathy. Human studies are inconclusive on the reproductive and developmental effects of styrene; several studies did not report an increase in developmental effects in women who worked in the plastics industry, while an increased frequency of spontaneous abortions and decreased frequency of births were reported in another study. Several epidemiologic studies suggest there may be an association between styrene exposure and an increased risk of leukemia and lymphoma. However, the evidence is inconclusive due to confounding factors. EPA has not given a formal carcinogen classification to styrene." This depends on who did the studies, and now that they have "paper mills" that will churn out any result they want, not much can be depended on unless it's a toxicologist or platform you know and trust. Even ChatGPT-4 is known to sometimes make up studies. BPA, an estrogenic anti-androgenic hormone mimic/blocker/competitor, transcribes DNA like normal hormones into new cells but does it badly, sometimes creating it for no reason. Transcription factors are how brains and bodies are made. If you read "Neuro-toxic and Reproductive Effects of BPA", it's basically read the first few paragraphs to find out what a horrible mimic it is, how it blocks androgen receptors, and how it dysregulates luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, and thyroid stimulating hormone, all of which are important to a multitude of body functions, but particularly reproduction. Then it's pick your cancer. Every time I've used it, it reeks, giving out those chemicals into the air, my food, and me. I've given up and am buying a metal one. If you want to protect yourself from harmful, day-after-day chemicals, or prepare BOTH parents and protect the unborn and young children, read the prologue to "Count Down" by Swan in Google Books or elsewhere, then get it at the library for the chapter on how to do it.

I'm picky about my toasters because I don't want to wait forever for my bread/bagel/english muffin to toast, and I want it to get very dark brown without having to run it twice. I was hesitant to buy this toaster since it's the 2 slice model of the 4 slice toaster my employer has in the breakroom, and that toaster's bagel setting doesn't do anything, requires 2-3 full runs on the darkest setting to get it even dark brown, and takes forever for each run. The toaster this was replacing was also an older Black & Decker non-cool touch model, and that required the max setting be used twice to get things dark enough, and also took a really long time for each run. The Good: This toaster definitely has no problem with the power/darkness of what it produces. The dial goes from 45 degrees down to the left, around to 45 degrees down to the right (270 total degrees), and I won't set it more than 2/3 through it's range. It cooks the bread/bagel/english muffin quickly also, so the overall time spent cooking is amazingly short. I'm also happy about the width, length, and depth of the slots. They're wide enough that a thick bagel doesn't have to be smashed down to fit into the slots. The length of the slots is enough that a wide piece of homemade bread easily fits in the slot. The depth is good enough that a large bagel has no problem dropping completely below the top of the slot when it's depressed. The automatic centering (or whatever they call it) doesn't crush thick bread products when depressed, but does hold it in place well. The cool touch feature also works well. The plastic exterior doesn't melt when using it, nor does it get hot. You still wouldn't want to put it away hot since the edges around the slots are still metal and get hot, but the rest of the toaster barely even feels lukewarm. The rise when pushing the lever up works well also. The old toaster we had the trays would get stuck when you tried to lift the lever to bring the bread higher out of the slots after cooking so you could grab it, but this works smoothly and flawlessly to bring it up high enough to grab comfortably. The Bad: The problems the toaster does have are numerous though. The obvious one is that the bagel setting doesn't do anything. They provide a button labeled bagel, and they have little icons pressed into the metal of the spacer between the slots that indicates how you're supposed to position a bagel, but doing as instructed cooks the outside and inside the exact same amount (it's supposed to cook the outside much less than the inside). Also obviously they had someone design the toaster who didn't know much about how toasters work. Even though the bread products depress well into the slots, the bottom half is the only part that gets cooked. Consistently everything coming out of the toaster, regardless of size, shape, or darkness setting is less than half as toasted on the top as it is on the bottom. The list of pros is long, and the list of cons short, but the biggest failure on this toaster is the critical one. All I ask is that it cook somewhat evenly, fit normal size bread, not take 10 minutes to cook, and be able to get dark enough in a single run.

Fantastic! Just a really simple toaster at a reasonable price that does its job so incredibly well. Nice and even toasting time after time. Big deal you might say? At the risk of sounding like a lunatic I will say that in the past 6 months I’ve been through at least a dozen different brands including 2 brevilles (junk) a smeg ( expensive junk) and the “highly rated” cuisinaet cpt-12 (please, STOP recommending this junk!) The cuisinart arrived brand new and the lever wouldn’t stay down! The problem with all of these darlings of many review sites is that none, not one, managed to toast evenly on both sides, top to bottom. Is that asking too much? Black and Decker doesn’t think so…. Anyway, all i can say is at loooong last Ive found my toaster. No idea why it was so difficult to find one that could do such a simple thing. If you’re in the market for a reliable toaster, trust me, this is the one.

llego en excelentes condiciones

Un tostador de buenos materiales llego muy rápido excelente calidad funciono al 100% lo volvería a adquirir

So far so good! Really like it, we make home made bread and it actually toasts the bread very nicely! We use #4, see pics

El botón qué ajusta la temperatura esta muy flojo y se cambia muy fácilmente solo.