Russell Hobbs 23330 Stainless Steel 2 Slice Toaster, Red

It did burn the bread and cut off our electricity

As I bought this from Amazon.com.au, I assumed that it would be suitable for Australia. But unfortunately, that is not so - it is for UK conditions and I have to use an adaptor which looks ugly and I feel that Amazon.com.au should arrange to have an Australian plug installed. As a long time client of Amazon.com.au, I would greatly appreciate if Amazon.com.au would do that, thank you and I would then continue buying from the company.

This toaster is brand new so I can't do a full review, but I have just toasted my first piece of toast in it. To start with, I turned it on max (6) and, without any toast in it (as instructed), I let it go through the cycle with the window wide open. It does smell a bit of dust and you do need to do this before toasting anything in it. I then put my ready slice of Hovis Seed Sensations, a fairly thick slice, on a setting of 2.5 and it toasted equally on both sides - much to my surprise based on earlier reviews. It could do with a bit more so I toasted it again on 1.5 and it was perfectly lightly toasted on both sides. The main reason for me doing a review this early, is I that I was amazed how the parcel was delivered - see photo attached. It came just in the Russell Hobbs toaster packaging with just a small strip of tape over the opening lock. No outer wrapping at all to hide what it was. I had only been back home from a walk for 10 minutes when this was delivered and, if I hadn't been there, this parcel telling the world what it was, would have just been left sitting on my doormat. The driver was already back in his van when I had got to the front door so he wasn't hanging around to see if a neighbour was going to take it in instead. I really can't remember ever receiving a parcel too big for the letterbox as unwrapped as this. Protection-wise, the toaster was sandwiched between egg box style packing inside the carton which meant it was unlikely to be damaged though the outer carton is just card about 1mm thick, not thick corrugated, and could easily have been badly dented (which it was a bit on the corners). Toasted appears all good though and looks very smart and doesn't take up much space on my worktop.

Top Pratique et design

Grund des Kaufes ausgerechnet diesen Gerätes waren die mit knapp 17cm etwas längeren Toastschlitze, als alle anderen "Zwei-Scheiben-Toaster", welche von ihrer Dimension her ein problemloses Toasten von Schwarzbrot ermöglichen. Leider stellte sich nach ersten Anwendungen aber heraus, dass für Schwarzbrot die max. einstellbare Toastzeit zweifach angewendet werden muss, für gefrorenes Brot ist u. U. auch das nicht ausreichend, (abhängig von Brotsorte und Scheibenstärke). Deshalb ein Sternchen Abzug. Zu bemerken ist noch, dass manche Modelle (Artikeleschreibung) in UK- Ausführung (Netzstecker) geliefert werden, und der Toaster sonst einen vernünftigen Eindruck macht.

I threw out my "£5-special" old toaster a few years ago, not wanting to gorge on toast & toppings. With "the lockdown" in play I want a round of toast now and again This toaster is sublime. SO much better than a standard, cheaper, one. - lovely design & aesthetic - very fast toasting, leave the middle delicious and not overcooked - will take wider items such as scones - you can raise it up to check how well cooked it is without stopping the cycle It's fantastic, highly recommended.