Oster TSSTTRWFS-001 4-Slice Toaster, Brushed Stainless Steel (TSSTTRWF4S)

Ok, I wanted a Breville BTA840XL die cast 4 slice toaster but for nearly 5x the cost of this Oster I decided I might need to do without. The Oster has over a thousand reviews and a 4 star ranking, with so many purchases and happy customers it ranks a solid purchase option. So, I gave in and bought it and it does toast Very well. On a setting of 4 to 5 toast comes out really nice, about 2:30 to 2:45 minutes. The wires glow a little red and it produces toast that is how it should be and relatively fast. The sides are hot-ish, but not scorching, they did well on the unit. The Breville I read about took a little too long to toast and the wires did not glow red. The toast levels on the Breville are digital so there are fewer steps than with an analog dial type like on this Oster for finer tuning your toast doneness. The Oster has no cool LED lights or elevator to lower or raise the toast; these would be SUPER cool! but...also just one more thing to break down over time. The Oster has a retractable cord that is nice to keep it out of the way when not in use and there are no lips or edges to catch crumbs on the face of the toaster. Well done Oster. If I was buying a wedding gift and wanted something special for a really special person then a Breville would be a great gift idea, heck you could even engrave it for them. But for me, and with so many other toys to buy, I am very happy I bought the Oster. I like to toast my bread for my burgers, fried onions, peppers and bacon. Yummy and crunchy! So, when I get married (again?) maybe someone can buy me (or the future us) the Breville for a present. Thanks your the best! :-)

We have had this toaster for more than a month. We love it. It looks great and is very reasonably priced. Daughter in law has a similar Cuisinart toaster. It looks like it was made in same factory. The plastic base and knobs look the same. The top radiuses are on the front and back on the Oster and on the sides of the Cuisinart. I like the look of the Oster better.If you use four slots it seems like all four toasts come out lighter. That seems reasonable! It's a toaster it can't change the laws of physics!I have a few concerns listed below but they are minor and I won't deduct a star for them.1.The manual is horrible , but hey it's a toaster!2.The retractable cord broke the second time I used it. There is a mark on cord to keep you from extending the cord too far but the manual doesn't tell you anything about it. It doesn't matter to us because at the full extension the cord is stuck at works just fine for us.3. Like the Cuisinart toaster the sheet metal top is attached to plastic base buy twisted sheet metal instead of screws. This makes it risky to servicing the toaster if one of the sheet metal tabs would break. I was going to service the retracting mechanism but the twisted tabs dissuaded me. Since the cord length was just the right length anyway it all worked out.To sum it up the toaster is priced right on Amazon, looks great, works great. Just be careful to look for the cord over extension mark the first time you extend the cord.

Our old toaster oven that we got years ago as a wedding present is getting old and is not working as well.We primarily use it to make toast. It draws 1244 watts of power and takes 3 minutes to make a batch of toast (up to 4 slices).We bought this toaster to replace the antiquated, fickle toaster oven. It's a fancy toaster with 2 and 4 slice options. It takes 90 seconds to make a batch of toast. It draws 700 watts for 2 slices and 1400 watts for 4 slices.On an energy operating cost standpoint:This toaster oven uses 63 watt-hours per cycle (holds up to 4 pieces of toast) and costs 1/3rd of a cent for 2 pieces of toast.This toaster uses 17 watt-hours per cycle (2-toast)/ 34 watt-hours for 4 pieces of toast and costs 1/6th of a cent to make 2 pieces of toast.So this toaster is twice as efficient at making toast and cooks in 1/2 the time as the toaster oven.While the toaster oven had no phantom power, to my disappointment, this toaster draws 0.3 watts of standby power just to run all the fancy buttons. Not that that is an incredible amount of energy but just to illustrate, in 2 days, it will consume the same amount of energy as it takes to make 2 slices of toast.That's like only a penny every 2 weeks, but still, lame, lame, lame for making an appliance waste power when it doesn't have to.On the other hand, those fancy buttons are connected to a tiny micro-controller inside the toaster. Doing all that processing, all the while, only drawing 0.3 watts of power is a pretty incredible feat.[...]

This is a great toaster! It fits nicely in the space my old toaster fit. Actually it takes up less room.I love the retracting cord. I do wish it had a button to retract the cord however. I have a beater of the same brand that has a retractable cord and it works great. Also the cord doesn't seem to go in all the way without help. I believe in a short time it's going to quit working.The slots are nice and large. We haven't had any troubles fitting our bagels or our wider slices of bread in the slots. Also you can adjust the settings to several different preferences. We haven't had a burnt piece yet!Every one who sees the toaster has commented how nice it is.It really is a nice looking toaster, and functions very well.I usually do extensive research on products I plan to purchase. I like my money to go a long way!This one rated pretty well, so I felt confident to make the purchase.I'm glad I did!Update: I knew the cord was going to have an issue, and sure enough it does!It no longer retracts on it's own. I guess it isn't really an issue when you think about it, it doesn't involve toasting your toast, right?!However, the company listed this as a selling point and a feature for this product. Something I believe they should have made sure was a better quality feature than what it is.I for one, unplug my toaster after use, the retractable cord was indeed a selling point for me.I reduced 1 star for this.