What design criteria do toaster designers use?

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:46

The toaster in this house doesn't even fit a slice of Hovis without it sticking out the top

How do they even get away with selling these? It would be like selling a keyboard with the space bar and vowels missing.

s452 · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:48

i think they find the smallest loaf of bread available, then see if that fits, it it does, they have a product fit for purpose

Hastarius · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:48

Lay the bread sideways then.

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:48

Buy a better toaster.

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:52

Bifröst said:
Lay the bread sidewards then.

Also doesn't work

[FnG]magnolia;18764433 said:
Buy a better toaster.

Is this a financial gesture? If not, then I'll have to put up rotating it and getting an over done middle section and under done out sections lol!

tigerstyle · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:52

oh the horror, the horror...

Hastarius · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:53

Valentino said:
Also doesn't work

Stick it under the grill then

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:54

WHAT GRILL???

I'm close to tears

Twentyone · 27 Mar 2011 at 04:57

English bread is big. In Norway the bread is smaller and fits perfectly

So maybe it's designed to fit those kinda countries and not England.

Serious.

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:19

Well whoever designed your toaster (pics, btw) clearly didn't cater for your needs. Just buy one that does.

Why is this even a thread? Just buy a new toaster. Unbelievable.

Dewotter · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:22

[FnG]magnolia;18764455 said:
Well whoever designed your toaster (pics, btw) clearly didn't cater for your needs. Just buy one that does.

Why is this even a thread? Just buy a new toaster. Unbelievable.

[FnG]magnolia confirmed for taking it way to seriously.

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:27

Meh, I'm in a crappy mood. The OP doesn't even deserve it so I apologise.

Sorry man

Dewotter · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:32

My concern with toasters these days aren't even if the bread fits or not. The worst are those that after the default time, you go check and see it's underdone so you put it back in for 30 seconds. Come back and it's burnt to a crisp. :mad:

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:43

[FnG]magnolia;18764462 said:
Meh, I'm in a crappy mood. The OP doesn't even deserve it so I apologise.

Sorry man

I thought it was because I was being arsey with you in another thread tbh

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:44

RKO said:
My concern with toasters these days aren't even if the bread fits or not. The worst are those that after the default time, you go check and see it's underdone so you put it back in for 30 seconds. Come back and it's burnt to a crisp.

Residual heat.

Dewotter · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:45

Valentino said:
Residual heat.

I don't want science I want a solution!!!!!1111

MikeHunt79 · 27 Mar 2011 at 05:59

Valentino said:
It would be like selling a keyboard with the space bar and vowels missing.

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Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 06:57

You left an i in that lol.

fiveub · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:16

At least two inches of bread has to be open from the toaster for health and safety reasons as it does not pass quality control and cannot be sold in the UK. If the mechanistic of the toaster does not follow these rules for standard toast that is approx 12x13cm then the toaster has to be re-designed to fit the UK Standards of Toasters (UK ST).

I wondered this myself, and when looking into the research it is quite interesting how much work is involved as regards to the design, size and the mechanics of the toaster when they are made. When the development of heat-resistant plastics came out, this offered more options for toaster design. Models with rounded sides in a variety of colors became popular. Wider slots for bagels and thick slices of bread also appeared, as well as models with up to six slots for multiple toasting.

Since then the toast has to be peeking out from the toaster slightly as if it goes any lower into the toaster and touches the heating element and catches fire within the toaster then it can cause a lot of issues.

fiveub · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:17

On a serious note.

I have no idea!