Bella - 2-Slice Extra-Wide/Self-Centering-Slot Toaster - Black With Stainless Steel Accents

Better than other basic toasters. Fits a bagel nicely but doesn’t toast one as evenly as expected. Con: does not have a drop-out tray for loose crumbs that fall to the bottom. Missed a better discount when it was marked down so watch the prices.

It works excellent and good sale price, I recommend it to everyone

Pros: - Stylish - Easy to clean - Lightweight - Inexpensive Cons: - Only toasts one side of bread. If toasting a frozen waffle for example one side will be _cold_, the other side will be toasted.

I got this 1/2 price on Best Buy Deals of the day. Couldn't be happier. It didn't have any bells and whistles like others, just simply toasted bread and bagel (you do have a Bagel option, however). Very fast heating. Just set it at #2 and gradually increase if needed. Bread and bagel are toasted evenly on both sides. Now, I cross my fingers and hope it'll last. Lol.

It's great toaster. The trick is always put 2 breads, if you try to put one it will burn the toast from one side. Otherwise it's great toaster. This one also smells weird for the first few times but it will be fine after that.

I was looking for a budget toaster that toasts decent and I believe that this does the job as best as it could. Being a budget toaster I did not come with a lot of expectations so I was not expecting perfection. I have wheat toast pretty much daily so I use this toaster everyday. It toast ok for the most part. Sometimes it does not toast evenly. One side may be darker than the other but not burnt. You do have to play around to find the sweet spot that works for you. My only complaint is sometimes my finished toast is projected out of the toaster and onto the counter top or on top of the toaster. Sometimes the toast stays in the toaster. I do not have any gluten allergies so I can not really comment on the gluten feature. Overall this is a fairly decent budget toaster. If you aren't a "toast aficionado" then I recommend this toaster.

Had it for about three weeks and so far so good once you figure out it's heating range. So first thing to do, it says to run the toaster a couple of times on the lowest setting, and there may be a little odor. The odor was very, very strong, so I recommend doing this in a well ventilated area. But the odor did go away after running it twice. I give it four stars because the heating is more even when I use the bagel setting, even if I'm not toasting bagels. The inner heaters are stronger than the outer heaters. For example, if I toast waffles without pressing the bagel button, the one side of the waffle facing the inner heaters would be toasted, but the one side of the waffle facing the outer heater may not be toasted at all, unless I use the bagel setting. Everything has been fine, except once it tossed up a waffle so strong it flew completely out of it. But just the one time. Now I only use it in the middle of a counter.

Our $180 SMEG toaster ran afoul only after a year. Literally got toast - pun intended! After the bad experience with top end toaster... we decided on getting a basic toaster than can accommodate bagels and slice bread. Came across this Bella toaster on sale. Picked it up for $10!!! Honestly didn’t have much expectation due to such low cost. It has held up well for our family of 4 on daily use basis. The toast is even for most part unless u go beyond the heat setting of 5.. which can burn the edges a little. We use it mostly between 3-4 range for white and wheat bread. There is dedicated button/setting for bagel and even gluten free. These setting allows slightly longer toasting time with moderate heat to prevent overtoast. Fit and finish is pretty good especially for low priced toaster. From afar, looks like a $40 toaster. Top portion is stainless while the body and buttons are plastic. But it has held up well. Can’t go wrong with this toaster!