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Hamilton Beach 2 Slice Cool Touch Toaster 22121
Last Updated: November 25, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.7
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/10
Total Reviews
1000
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519
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Food Items
189toast, bread, toasted, toasts, bagels
+78%
-22%
" ... Have to adjust for different thickness of bread when using storebread vs homemade. ... "
" ... Has multiple settings that actually make the difference if we are making a frozen eggo, or toast, or bagel, or toaster strudel. ... "
" ... Toasts very evenly. ... "
" ... Glad I bought this 4 slice toaster - looked around and I feel this was the best for the $$. ... "
" ... This basic 2 slice HB toaster is great. ... "
" ... Not a bad toaster. ... You have to experiment the selections as to how dark or light you want your toast! ... it for just one slice the toast goes up in the air some when it is done toasting! ... "
" ... very good to use for doing some bread in the morning ... "
" ... I love that there is a frozen bagel and toast option because I always freeze my French toast and waffles. ... "
Product Reliability
48toaster, years, toasting, stopped working, ago
+38%
-63%
" ... I bought this toaster about 2 months ago. ... It worked well for the first month maybe but got worse and worse after that. ... Sometimes unplugging the toaster seems to fix it for a few days (like restarting your computer I guess), but now even that stopped working. ... "
" ... The timer works intermittently after only about 15 uses. ... "
" ... I've had this less than 2 years and one of the mechanisms is no longer catching. ... "
" ... 3 months of using it and it broke down. ... "
" ... Just a few months old and one side no longer works . ... "
" ... Now after just a few months, the popping mechanism has broken, so unless I think to go back and manually end the toasting, any distraction from toasting results in burnt to the crisp. ... "
" ... In less than six months the right two slots stop working. ... "
" ... It also had a really bad odor for the first two weeks. ... "
Price
41toaster, money, worth the money, worth, well worth
+85%
-15%
" ... High quality toaster at a very good price. ... "
" ... Fair price and functionalities. ... "
" ... Good toaster for the price. ... "
" ... Good product for the price. ... "
" ... Awesome toaster for the price! ... "
" ... Great toaster for the price ... "
" ... Excellent for the price! ... "
" ... It works as advertised and was a reasonable price. ... "
Baking
34toaster, toast, toasts, frozen, bagels
+82%
-18%
" ... Have to adjust for different thickness of bread when using storebread vs homemade. ... "
" ... My husband love this for his toast, He said "it's quick and done just right" ... "
" ... Easy to use, does bread or bagels to perfection. ... "
" ... Great little toaster! ... "
" ... lot better than my last toaster which was a black and decker ... "
" ... Toasts the bread evenly. ... "
" ... Only used it a few times for English Muffins and so far so good. ... "
" ... Love this toaster! ... "
Design
33looks good, bagels, toasts, toasting, toast
+82%
-18%
" ... Does a good job and is attractive. ... "
" ... Nice looking toaster. ... "
" ... Toasts to a perfect golden brown. ... "
" ... Very slim toaster works great perfect for condo. ... "
" ... Looks good and seems to toast very well ... "
" ... It works and looks pretty ... "
" ... The feature I like most are the "cool" sides while toasting. ... "
" ... Nice looking and works well. ... "
Storage
28toaster, trays, slots, pull out crumb, crumb trays
+89%
-11%
" ... Love the crumb trays! ... Nice wide slots fit bagels easily ... "
" ... Wide openings definitely permits a sliced bagel to toast easily. ... "
" ... The frozen option is great for people who store bread and bagels in the freezer. ... "
" ... compact enough yet can still do 4 slices and some really handy options for frozen items. ... "
" ... Works fairly well, has not burst into flames, and is not too large on a struggling for space counter. ... "
" ... Great toaster, and I love the trays under the slots. ... "
" ... The toaster is very easy to use and has a crumb tray that is completely removable, not just a drop down. ... "
" ... The pull out crumb tray is great and is so easy to use. ... "
Overall performance
26toasting, slow, done, works very well, toasts
+96%
-4%
" ... Get's the job done. ... "
" ... Gets the job done ... "
" ... Very pleased with it's performance. ... "
" ... gets the job done ... "
" ... Bagel setting does a great job. ... "
" ... works just fine. ... "
" ... This toaster does its job. ... "
" ... Toasts very fast and at a low setting though! ... "
Cleaning
21trays, clean, crumb tray, cleaning, toaster
+100%
" ... Easy to clean. ... "
" ... Very lightweight and easy to clean! ... "
" ... It also comes with a crumb tray that slides out easily for cleaning purposes. ... "
" ... Doesn't smell, easy to clean. ... "
" ... The slide out doors at the bottom are easy to clean. ... "
" ... This makes it so much easier to keep clean. ... "
" ... The crumb tray makes it perfect for easy clean up. ... "
" ... The crumb tray makes it perfect for easy clean up. ... "
Build Quality
21metal, slice, toasting, toasters, toast
+48%
-52%
" ... Erratic performance and shoddy construction. ... "
" ... Body is plastic, flimsy dials. ... "
" ... Just the quality looks a bit cheap. ... "
" ... and it is flimsy. ... "
" ... It is cheaply made. ... "
" ... It takes 5 full minutes for a slice of medium toast, and the press-down mechanism is flimsy (that's what's broken, I'm using the handle of a small wooden spatula to do the job now -- PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - I have a fair amount of experience handling electricity, and those cheerlily glowing wires inside are LIVE.) ... "
" ... 3) The toaster feels very cheap. ... "
" ... My only complaint about this is the metal all around the top. ... "
Controls
19toast, bagel, toaster, frozen bagel, bread
+53%
-47%
" ... I like the 'cancel' button. ... "
" ... A great little toaster and having a cancel button is a plus. ... "
" ... The slider moves up and down easily and has four buttons for different settings. ... "
" ... My bread is evenly toasted on both sides and the buttons are very simple. ... "
" ... It works great and all the control buttons and dials are clearly labeled. ... "
" ... I do like the cancel button but sometimes I forget to use it! ... "
" ... Would give it 5 stars if it had the lift control (Cuisinart has them). ... "
" ... Straight forward controls and even toasting. ... "
Marketplace
19amazon, works as expected, good, thanks, order
+74%
-26%
" ... Very happy with replacement here, and efficiency of Amazon people also. ... "
" ... Just what I expected ... "
" ... Everything like expected. ... "
" ... Good product thanks ... "
" ... Just as described in pic but a bit bigger then I expected. ... "
" ... It's nice and modern looking, and somehow smaller than it looks in the pictures, which is a good thing. ... "
" ... Works as expected. ... "
" ... Performs as advertised. ... "
Ease of Use
18easy, toaster, easy to clean, simple, toast
+94%
-6%
" ... Easy access from the front side of the toaster. ... "
" ... Easy to clean. ... "
" ... Its easy to grab them. ... "
" ... Very lightweight and easy to clean! ... "
" ... The toaster is very light and easy to use. ... "
" ... Simple design that my toddler can use! ... "
" ... The settings are pretty clear and have been easy to use. ... "
" ... Easy to adjust timer too. ... "
Ease of Cleaning
12clean, easy, crumb tray makes, slide, much easier
+100%
" ... Easy to clean. ... "
" ... Very lightweight and easy to clean! ... "
" ... The slide out doors at the bottom are easy to clean. ... "
" ... This makes it so much easier to keep clean. ... "
" ... The crumb tray makes it perfect for easy clean up. ... "
" ... The crumb tray makes it perfect for easy clean up. ... "
" ... It's very easy to clean. ... "
" ... The little tray at the bottom to remove and dump and crumbs makes this thing a breeze to clean up! ... "
Returns
11toaster, returned, sending, period, days
-100%
" ... Sending it back. ... "
" ... I had to return it. ... "
" ... I had the other over a year before I had to replace it. ... "
" ... I did not try it out until 3 days after the return period ended, so now I'm stuck with it - very, very unhappy with this toaster. ... "
" ... Return is only up to one month. ... "
" ... terrible toaster just used it for the first time and the left side will not stay down not even going to bother with the return ... "
" ... So we sent it back today. ... "
" ... It's too late to return. ... "
Features
11toaster, settings, one side, used, toasted
+91%
-9%
" ... It does just what you expect from a toaster and has nice settings. ... "
" ... I showed him the features, and he was impressed with them. ... "
" ... also the price is just fabrastic for the features. ... "
" ... I like the features for different types of toast options. ... "
" ... The defrost setting is great. ... "
" ... It has features which my old one did not have like the setting for frozen bagels as well as ones that are not frozen. ... "
Fit
11bagels, wide slots, pop, would not stay, toasts
+82%
-18%
" ... Nice wide slots fit bagels easily ... "
" ... Pop tarts are tough to dig for. ... "
" ... Toasts both sides well, fits bagels easily and the sides don't get hot to the touch. ... "
" ... And the wider openings are nice! ... "
" ... It fits perfectly on those tiny end pieces of counter space. ... "
" ... The wide slots easily fit a bagel. ... "
" ... Bagels and thicker breads fit beautifully in it! ... "
" ... Fits our largest bagels easily. ... "
Product As Described
10works as expected, good, described, works, said
+80%
-20%
" ... Just what I expected ... "
" ... Everything like expected. ... "
" ... Just as described in pic but a bit bigger then I expected. ... "
" ... It's nice and modern looking, and somehow smaller than it looks in the pictures, which is a good thing. ... "
" ... Works as expected. ... "
" ... Performs as advertised. ... "
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