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Merlin5

Merlin5

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I picked up a new 4 slice Morphy Richards Accents toaster yesterday. It gets rave reviews on the rainforest, 9 pages of how marvellous it is.

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Last night I tried out some brown polish bread I had and wasn't very impressed with the toasting.


So I've just returned from the supermarket armed with one small loaf of brown bread and one small loaf of white to see how even they both toast and if white toasts better than brown. I generally don't buy white bread, this is just for testing purposes.

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I first warmed the toaster on setting 5. The max setting is 7. This took three and three quarter minutes for the levers to pop back up. I then took the setting down to about 3.8 and popped one slice of medium brown in and one thick slice of white, supermarket own version of Warburton's Toastie. This took two and three quarter minutes. for the toast to pop up.

Here is the result of both sides of each slice.

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This isn't much better than my old toaster so I'm disappointed. This isn't very even at all so how are so many people singing it's praises for even browning of their toast? Something I'm doing wrong?
 
I see what you did there.


But I wonder if Tesco would accept it back for a refund (of my £31.50 clubcard vouchers)?
 
Well the one I threw away today was a Breville which toasted unevenly as well. I wish I knew of a toaster that toasted evenly.
 
The only toasters I've found to be any good are Dualit ones - we've got a 6 slice one and it's great - lasted longer than any other we've had previously as well (going on 8 years now).
 
amigafan2003 said:
The only toasters I've found to be any good are Dualit ones - we've got a 6 slice one and it's great - lasted longer than any other we've had previously as well (going on 8 years now).
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How much do I need to pay for one though that will give me perfect toast? I see Dualit 4 slice toasters from £60 up to £170.
 
Merlin5 said:
How much do I need to pay for one though that will give me perfect toast? I see Dualit 4 slice toasters from £60 up to £170.
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My one is up for £130 in a sale - but I can't link 'cos competitor.
 
OK guys, I returned the Morphy Richards. I went to John Lewis, upped my price to £80 and bought this Dualit Architect. It's very, very smart and nice to use.

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The toasting is better,more acceptable. But I'm still a bit 'hmm..' about it. Still uneven and the other side is much darker. Am I being too fussy? Do elements improve after a few days and heat up more evenly?

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Tomorrow, I'm going to buy a Dualit Vario for £170, the one with the manual lever and hope that gives me even toast.
 
Who would have thought that they can put a man on the moon but they can't put an even toast on 2 slices of bread.

No matter what toaster I have tried, nothing has ever beaten one sided toast under the grill.
 
been saying for years, it would make a great kicstarter, a reasonable priced toaster that actually fits bread in and toasts evenly.
 
robfosters said:
Who would have thought that they can put a man on the moon but they can't put an even toast on 2 slices of bread.

No matter what toaster I have tried, nothing has ever beaten one sided toast under the grill.
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Agreed. What I need is a toaster built by NASA.


And I used to get perfect toast under the grill when I had a separate grill and oven. The problem now is that the grill and oven is all in one in my Bosch oven and the grill element gets greasy from the oven cooking and takes ages to clean properly. So its not very nice for cooking toast.
 
Did Jon Tickle ever produce the toaster he was talking about with the delayed action?
 
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