in the market for a new toaster, how has the technology advanced recently? any must have features? i dont need 4 slots

The sad reality is it’s nearly impossible to find a decent toaster on the domestic market. You either have to buy a commercial unit or a vintage toaster that doesn’t use Chinese components.

>>21447300
Nigger please. Mine was fifteen dollars at Target. I have used it every day for seven years and it still works fine.

>>21447288 (OP)
Just get the simplest kind. At most 4 buttons and a lever. You do not need more.

>>21447324
You’re just emotionally adjusted to badly prepared toast. The element material used in China toasters burns too hot and unevenly.

>>21447324
toast everyday?

>>21447363
Or bagels, waffles, whatever needs toasting.

>>21447288 (OP)
The only thing that beats any cheap slot toaster is a good toaster oven.

>>21447381
please i already have one of those but its such an effort to turn it on(crank) i need something simple

it's a fucking toaster. what technology needs to advance? just buy a cheap kmart one and stop being a faggot.
>>21447300
retard

>>21447485
cool it, buddy

>>21447486
no, fuck you and fuck this gay board.

>>21447492
calm down, buster brown

>>21447288 (OP)
>in the market for a new toaster, how has the technology advanced recently? any must have features? i dont need 4 slots
OP Unfortunately, what >>21447300 said. Read this:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/your-toaster-will-eventually-fail/
Essentially vintage toasters used nickel in the heating element alloy (called Nichrome containing nickel, chromium, & iron and was originally trademarked as Chromel) which is more expensive but a stronger and more corrosion-resistant metal. Modern toaster elements are made from a cheaper iron, chromium, and aluminum alloy instead. Swapping the nickel for aluminum does a number on toaster durability from constant heating and cooling cycles, plus modern toasters are expected to be able to toast bagels, warm pop-tarts, handle frozen bread, etc. so the associated electronics to make all that possible create numerous more points of failure than vintage models that could only toast two slices of bread.

That all said, you should still get 5-10 years out of a modern model.
Of the two-slot variety Wirecutter recommends this Cuisinart for $30 as a Best Buy:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-toaster/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009GQ034C/

Also they & SE found this Breville for the absolute most even toast @ $88 splurge:
https://www.seriouseats.com/best-toasters-5198449
https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B00COMHC12/?smid=AIIPVFX3AG363&th=1

If it were me for the money and counter space investment I'd get a toaster oven as by the nature of how it works you'll get better edge-to-edge browning while keeping the interior from drying out. This Hamilton Beach for $55 was the best toast toaster they found under $100:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-toaster-oven/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015YUDYVM/

>>21447526
quality reply, thank you anon

>>21447344
Idk, my toaster has more buttons and one includes a button to toast only one side of the bread which makes bagels amazing. Have had mine for 5 years no issue.

>>21447288 (OP)
bump

>>21447288 (OP)
>17 posts and nobody has mentioned the legendary sunbeam radiant control toaster yet

>>21447288 (OP)
japanese have mastered the toaster

Just use a pan? Toasters are even more of a waste of space than air fryers, and they come out worse than a pan every time

Can one of those rust removal lasers toast bread?

>>21449947
how is this any different from a pan, george foreman, or panini press

>>21449980
Then you have to clean the pan everytime

>>21449999
>wipe with a paper towel for 5 seconds
done

>>21449985
Cool it with the anti weebatism

>>21447288 (OP)
Get a toaster oven.