Haier TST120SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 2-Slice Digital Toaster
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: HaierBrand: Haier
Model: TST120SS
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Single-slot 2-slice digital toaster housed in brushed stainless steel
- 1-1/2-inch wide slot; integrated warming rack for heating baked goods
- Digital display; browning control; defrost, reheat, and cancel functions
- High-lift extension; removable crumb tray; cord storage
- Measures 5-2/7 by 14-2/5 by 7-1/5 inches
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Haier TST120SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 2-Slice Digital Toaster
Customer Review: Awesome space saving toaster
Summary: 5 Stars
We've been using his toaster now for several months and it's the best toaster we've ever used; super even toasting of bread.
1) Total space saver on your counter top which was our first consideration. We set it long wise along the backsplash and the toaster sits within 6" of the backsplash and only 14-3/8" wide leaving all the rest of the counter top for other things. Terrific!
2) The stainless finish is beautiful and the blue LEDs are not only striking but functional for setting desired toast darkness. They also count down the toasting to finish. e.g. 5 LEDS are lit, then 4, then 3, ... then none and POP UP! Easy to see from across the room. What is not obvious until you actually turn the rotary knob more or less is the genius of the blue LEDs lighing up so you can easily see the darkness setting you've chosen even if the counter-top is dark. Especially handy if you've pushed the unit all the way to the backsplash and the kitchen is dark at all. Lasty, both ends, feet, and cord are black and not very noticeable if it sitting long-wise along a black-splash. Also both ends have a very slight curve to them which works well for both a curved or square style look depending on your preference. Not to boxy or curved.
3) It has a bun warming tray that sits on the top although we've never used it; pretty sure it would work very well, but since it's a separate piece, we've stowed it away maybe never to be found timely when we need it.
4) The cord stays out of the way and to desired length by winding up excess slack on the bottom of the unit.
5) It has a convenient cancel button and a defrost button. Honestly we have not used the defrost button but simply use the cancel button after the LED's count down a bit.
6) I read a couple of reviews that were negative about a couple things that were not fully described with much detail.
First, the unit does NOT wait 10 seconds before toasting, it actually gives you 10 seconds of initial toasting for you to adjust the desired temperature by turning the large rotary knob, and the unit remembers the darkness setting. e.g. 3, 4, or 5 LED's of darkness.
Second, if toasting many pieces of bread, one set after the other, you'll want to adjust the second and beyond toasting darkness level down a couple of settings as the toaster is already hot from the first toasting. Like most toasters...the darkness settings are based on time so if the toaster is already hot from the 1st toasting it needs less time to toast the second and beyond. I"m guessing that is how most toasters work. We didn't find our personal learning curve to be a manufacturing defect. Maybe some toasters do this better than others...not sure.
Third, the unit does fit typical and wide bread sizes easily. The only thing we had to work out was unusually oblong pieces of french bread. Two slices side by side were longer than the slot, so I simply inverted the second slice beside the first and it fit and toasted fine. No rocket science required.
Forth, the unit does not throw the toast completely out of the toaster UNLESS you only toast one unusually small and thin slice of bread. Pretty funny actually. We once toasted one slice of very small and thinner than normal Italian bread. It ejected the toast out of the toaster and it landed behind he unit completely hidden. Took me a few minutes to figure out where it went. The unit does NOT launch a normal single slice of bread, just the super small thin Italian slices. The reason is simple. The ejection spring system has to accommodate an average single to two-slices of toast. Considering it only has one slot...there is almost no way for the engineers to compensate for the weight of only one small and thin slice. If you only want to toast one small or thin slice... consider record the ejecting toast on your cell phone, put it on You Tube, and see if it will go viral for fun.
7) Honestly the most beautiful, space saving, fun toaster we've ever had. The blue LEDs really create a fresh style statement making your normal boring toaster cool and an included smaller than normal one-slice Mission-Space toasting function... Seriously, what more could anyone ask for?
Works awesome for us.
Description of Haier TST120SS Stainless-Steel Long-Slot 2-Slice Digital Toaster
This two slice model features extra wide slots, adjustable electronic controls with blue backlit displays, integrated warming racks, and independent controls for cancel/eject, defrost, and reheat. This feature packed unit is complimented by a stainless steel brushed housing.Toasters
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