Dualit 4 Slot Lite Toaster In Gloss Finish

This toaster does everything I ask of it - toasts varying thicknesses of bread evenly & to whichever shade of brown you prefer, deals just as happily with frozen bread, bagels, crumpets & teacakes, & looks great in my kitchen. I spent a fair while pondering which toaster to buy when my faithful old Tefal finally gave up the ghost. It had to be able to toast a minimum of 4 slices in one go (teenagers do toast in large quantities), it had to be able to deal with frozen bread (remembering to take a loaf out of the freezer before I actually need it is not something I'm famed for) & it had to look good. Unfortunately there are plenty of machines that live up to my exacting requirements, so which one to choose? I had always fancied a Dualit & been impressed by the performance & longevity of the ones owned by friends - as well as the degree of loyalty they seem to inspire in their owners! But, to be honest, I really felt that the price tag on these gleaming steel machines was just a bit OTT. The Lite, then, seemed like a good compromise - a reasonably priced 4 slice Dualit toaster, not in steel but in an attractive cream finish. I have not been disappointed & when (hopefully a long time in the future) this one ceases to toast, I will not hesitate to loyally buy another Dualit. It is now 2020 and my beloved Dualit is still going strong! The cream plastic hasn't changed colour and all four slots are still functioning perfectly. It happily survived the endless onslaught of teenagers and now only has light duties catering for me and my other half. Even if it died today (and touch wood that it doesn't!), I would not hesitate to recommend it to others and buy a new one myself. Well done, Dualit!

I entered the market for a new toaster when I dropped the old one while cleaning it! I had previously used a Dualit toaster with a dial mechanism and while I liked the styling, it had an annoying feature of sounding and looking like it was on, when it switched off at the plug! I chose this toaster because it had the Dualit styling, along with whole host of features that the old Dualit did not- 4 slices, the really useful inspection option, Bagel and Roll feature, Cancel button and the so far untried, Frozen Bread button. All this for less than half the price of a standard chrome Duralit toaster (though I notice the price has gone up a little since I bought mine). I was really pleased when the toaster arrived as it looks fabulous, big and very expensive, friends coming into my kitchen have commented on how good it looks. We have had the toaster a few weeks now and are still very pleased with it. All the features work well, though sometimes it does not toast totally evenly on both sides and I don't know why. My children love this Duralit toaster and find it simple to operate, especially the option for making toasted sandwiches. I did my research before buying this Dualit toaster, I am really happy with it and given the choice would buy it again.

For many years i envied friends with a Dualit toaster... At the time WAY OUT of my price range.. could never justify spending so much on a toaster. After my Russell Hobbs toaster, that had served me well for donkey's years coughed, spluttered and died, imagine my delight when just on the off chance i asked Amazon if they had a Dualit toaster in my price range? They sure did! So i bought this one. I say again..DREAM COME TRUE.. looks elegant, love the colour, love that you can pop up the toast to check it without actually having to cancel the program, bagels,english muffins,thick or thin cut home made bread, hot cross buns, frozen option for all of the above!Yes, it is more expensive than say any value brand of toaster, but boy what value for money this one is! This is the toaster that will still be going strong 10 or 15 years plus from now! Well worth the wait and i know i must seem sad, getting excited about a toaster but this one does "toasted sandwiches" too with the help of a cage that slots right in to the toaster... Hey presto... toasted ham and cheese sandwich! love love love it.. you will too!!!

The 2 slot version of this has some good reviews. Unfortunately the 4 slot - 2 pairs of 2 slots - doesn't seem to be as good. It doesn't toast evenly: the toast has to be done in 2 passes, turning it top to bottom for the second pass. If you are doing 3 slices on the same setting - there are separate setting knobs for each pair of slots - the single slice is much darker then the 2 slices done together, so you need to allow for that and use a lower setting on one side. I've tried this with both pairs of slots. The toast doesn't always pop up properly, & you need to take care when that happens, as the top gets very hot (I use tongs now) . On the upside, it does toast crumpets and thicker bread, though tall slices stick up (not a problem as you have to flip the slices over anyway); it has separate controls for each pair of slots with a bagel setting so you can toast just one side, and a defrost setting (not yet used by me); the crumb trays are easy to empty; and it looks nice in the kitchen.

I have had this toaster for a few years now and it has worked flawlessly. The design is very stylish, every ascpect of this toaster is 5 star, apart from the fact that it does NOT use the pro heat elements in almost all other dualit toaster. Why is this a problem you may ask, after all you have just stated that every ascpect of this toaster is 5 star. Well, the problem lies in the fact that due to the toaster not using the pro heat elements, it reneders the item UNREPAIRABLE. I know these toasters don't breakdown very often, but in the unfortunate event that something happens to damage an element, (as happened in my case) you will find that your very expensive high quality toaster, will be reduced to half, or even none of its rated toasting capability. I will buy another Dualit toaster, but this time I will make sure it uses the Pro Heat Elements.