Cuisinart CPT-140R Electronic Cool Touch 4-Slice Toaster, Red
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Product Details Manufacturer: Cuisinart Brand: Cuisinart Release Date: 2004-01-21 Model: CPT-140R Color: red Product features:
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of the Cuisinart CPT-140R Electronic Cool Touch 4-Slice Toaster, Red
Customer Review: Despite appearances, they don't make 'em like they used to
Summary: 2 Stars
After my old toaster, which was given to my in-laws for a wedding gift in 1950, broke recently after 50 years of daily use, we spent hours researching toasters and ended up buying this one. WHAT A MISTAKE! My old toaster, after the repairs we later made to it, will be going strong long after this one is taking up landfill space; the quality and durability just don't compare, and the old toaster is designed to be repaired if it breaks. The Cuisinart, despite its relatively good warranty (3 years), is designed to be thrown away if it breaks. With the exception of the extra-wide slots and the slightly cooler exterior of the Cuisinart "Classic", the 50 year old toaster has more advanced features (a few examples of the many I might mention: the old toaster can make soft or crunchy toast of any degree of doneness, instead of limiting you to soft white toast or crunchy black toast, the crumb tray is better-designed, the toaster will keep the toast warm until needed, and it is possible to heat just one slot, as well as just one side of each slice of bread.) The Cuisinart also takes twice as long to toast the bread. Worst of all, the toast that comes out of this thing is terrible--frequently it is white on one side and almost burnt on the other; even at its best, it makes toast with dark and light stripes (from the heating element) instead of toast that's a nice even brown like my old toaster made. The toast is inconsistent from batch to batch. The much-touted defrost function doesn't do anything except cook the toast a little longer, and the reheat function doesn't keep the heat on for long enough to make the toast any warmer than it was. I know from our research that many people love this toaster, but I can't imagine what kind of horrible toasters they must have had previously if the Cuisinart is an improvement for them! If our culture understood how to make a decent toaster 50 years ago, why doesn't anyone know how to make one anymore?