What design criteria do toaster designers use?

Goodie · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:28

5UB, bravo sir, bravo

Cosimo · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:43

Shock horror, just go and buy a piper toaster.

Biohazard · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:46

Pah.

Where's the toaster that toasts a whole uncut loaf in one go is what I wanna know.

Toast for a real man.

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:48

I want one of these tbh!

Every RAF base i've been to has them and they are well good.

Biohazard · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:49

As long as it can churn them out quicker than I can eat them I don't care

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:51

360 slices an hour apparently

Biohazard · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:52

Valentino said:
360 slices an hour apparently

That's one every 10 seconds..... hmmm maybe just then

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:53

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

Nah, I was being a prissy little school girl

Also, just buy a new toaster, damn it!

Valentino · 27 Mar 2011 at 08:54

Nah, i'll just use the radiator.

Edrof · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:38

We have a DeLonghi Icona, one of the pricier 'normal' kind of toasters and I must say it's all style and no substance. Around the top the design creates a blatent trap (unintentional) for crumbs which is a pain to clean out and the toast comes out uneven. Still, it looks nice!

K1LLSW1TCH · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:44

Has anybody overclocked their toaster yet?

Randomface74 · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:48

I have a 4-slice toaster just so I can fit two big slices of bread in it.

It's a friggin luxury
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4237927/Trail/searchtext>4+SLICE+TOASTER.htm

Cosimo · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:49

This one is cool:

This one is for geeks:

Clown · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:53

What design criteria do bread designers use? The Hovis in this house doesn't even fit in most toasters without it sticking out the top How do they even get away with selling this? It would be like selling a keyboard with the space bar and vowels in the wrong places so when I put my keyboard in the toaster those buttons come out raw

Broken Hope · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:30

What I don't understand is most toasters have about 9 heat settings, yet anything over 2-3 burns the toast to a crisp anyway.

ElliorR · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:32

I bought a 4 slice toaster and just put in 2 slices sideways. Works a treat but I do feel I shouldn't have had to do so.

Craig321 · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:43

Be a real man and use a hob on your oven.

danza · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:52

I feel the OP's pain. I have a Tesco 4-slicer and any bread I use pokes out the top, and also doesn't fit properly if you put it in sideways.

We use Tesco bread as well, so they can't even buy in toasters to fit their own bread properly.

the shadow · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:55

Spec me a Toaster thread

Belmit · 27 Mar 2011 at 12:43

Broken Hope said:
What I don't understand is most toasters have about 9 heat settings, yet anything over 2-3 burns the toast to a crisp anyway.

Muffins and crumpets definitely require at least a 6.

What design criteria do toaster designers use?

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