West Bend QuikServe Toaster, 2-Slice Wide-Slot Slide-Through Bread Toaster with Bagel and Gluten-Free Settings and Cool-Touch Exterior Fast Toasting, Includes Removable Serving Tray, 1400-Watts, Black

This is way better than expected. It makes perfect toast and then shoots it out of the front bottom!Is that a novelty, well yes, but it’s a cool one and very practical too.Just load it up, and slide down the lever on the side.I have made bagels and burger buns too, and they all come out really really well!The footprint is not that large but it is pretty tall.The side flap needs to be lowered to allow for the toast or bun to exit.It’s pretty sturdy and well made and a bargain for the price.It heats up fast from cold.All in all, a great toaster. Note; It will only do 2 slices or bun slices at one time but its quick to toast and reload.

I really like this toaster! I like that the toast comes out of the bottom. I like the slim design. I like that my kids can use it with no issues. I like that you can wipe the tray (easy cleaning).

I would call this 4.5/5 stars if that was an optionOne doesn't see many meaningful changes in toasters very often, but this device definitely constitutes one. The slim design makes it easier to store on a counter than the typical toaster. And the drop down design eliminates the potential difficulty or danger in removing warm toast from a hot machine. The first use of the day does seem to send the toast sliding slightly before the desired doneness is achieved, but that's very typical of any toaster I've ever used. The "bagel" option to use only one side of the heating elements could come in handy for regular bagel consumers who don't want to cut the roof of their mouth.The only downside is while the landing tray is technically removable, the two small plastic nubs that squeeze into the sides of the device fit very snuggly, and don't seem to be intended to be removed. It's a pain to get the tray out, and even more to get it back into place. The entire time I'm trying to fit it back into place I have the sinking feeling it's going to break. I have absolutely no doubt that will be the fate of the tray in due time.If there was a simple design mechanism for easy removal and replacing of the tray this would be 5 stars all day long. I'm still going to keep it despite the oversight on the tray design because it fits on my counters so nicely, and does a great job evenly toasting very quickly.

I used this toaster a few times works good so far. Its's very light and browns well.

We were looking for a wide slot toaster that was slim and compact for our RV. There is limited counter space and storage space. The first time we used it, we had it under the cabinet and the cabinet was getting quite hot. So, when in use, make sure you move it out from under the cabinet. It is very easy to use, seems sturdy and the toasting is perfect. I love the appearance, compactness and easy to stow away. I highly recommend for small spaces.

This toaster is so cool and fits significantly larger slices of bread or bagels in it with ease, but be aware if you buy regular loaf of bread, smaller slices may get caught up in the ejection port

Poorly constructed front toast panel. Panel lays down for toast to pop onto but panel is very flimsy; doesn't close easily, feels like could break from bending so easily; just not made sturdy enough. Also, toaster is made too wide; not sure why. Was looking for regular size toaster, but slim (take up less counterspace).

I'm an overthinker. If I need a toaster, I read reviews, look for consumer reports-type articles or lists, even watch videos. I go analyze if the good reviews are just people on their first day of owning it who have no idea if it will work beyond day 1, or if the bad reviews are people who don't know how to work product reviews who are whining about shipping delays.But this time... this time, I thought, you know what? I have pretty close to ZERO free time. I'm a busy person. It is not worth my time or effort to agonize over some $50 machine I use twice a week. I'll pick something with 4 stars or more and go. This one popped up in a list of Black Friday deals, so bam - pulled the trigger.When it arrived, I immediately thought, "Uh, so maybe I should have at least looked at it a little closer... why is it so tall?" A tall toaster might not bother a person with an open bar for it, but mine goes on a counter under some refaced cabinets. Which means the coating would warp if a toaster's heat came up 4 inches below it, enough to make the cabinets hot. So, we had to pull this toaster out to the very edge of the counter in order to use it. Strike one. (There seems to be no benefit from the excessive height of this toaster - it was demonstrably taller than my other two slice toaster we were replacing.)Then, the stupid panel thing. I assume because the toaster is so tall, we don't want the toast to pop up - we want it to slide out. Which it did. Right onto my floor. Because it was on the edge of the counter, and the little panel is on a downhill tilt. The toast "Pops" with speed, but down. It doesn't just drop - it pops. And flies down the smooth plastic slide panel. And onto the floor. Especially anything heavier, like a thick slice of bread or a bagel. The dog was happy and the cats were alarmed, but I was just irritated. Strike 2.I decided to keep the damn thing despite the OBVIOUS design stupidity, as punishment for my laziness of not doing my required toaster research. But you know what? It doesn't toast! It takes FOREVER to turn it anything more than warm. Then, when it's finally almost there (cabinets starting to melt, kid late for virtual school, and me standing there propping up the slide so my kid's breakfast doesn't get served to the dog first) it goes from barely tan to almost black. No temperature consistency. Seriously the most annoying small appliance with the dumbest design ever. I hate everything about it - from the fact that there is no cord storage, to the extra steps required to move it and adjust it and clean the slide before you fold it back up, to the awkward amount of space it takes up, to the fact that they thought it still needed a burst of energy when clearly gravity would have been fine... everything. But worst of all is that it can't make toast the way you want it. Setting 3 made darker toast than setting 5. I burned or dropped to the floor about 50% of everything I ever put in it. It's January and this was delivered in December and it's being donated. Honestly, I should do the future recipient a favor and trash the thing.Two stars because people don't believe one star reviews, and you should ALWAYS read the reviews.