Cookworks Toaster > Reviews (3)

As a family we love toast and crumpets! A while ago our toaster died and so we had a good look round on the internet and decided to go with this Cookworks toaster that cost £15.99 in Argos.

Packaging

The toaster came in a big flimsy box and had some plastic bags covering it, I do remember there was no polystyrene inside which I found a bit weird considering it is a bit fragile.

The Toaster

The toaster is made out of a white plastic, it is a 4 slice toaster only with this toaster it is like having two separate ones! Each side works independently and has got two slots for the bread, a defrost, cancel and reheat button, browning selection dial and lever.

Before we started using the toaster we followed the instructions in the manual to put the toaster on with no bread a couple of times, there was a horrible plastic smell but once we had used it a few times the smell eventually disappeared.

The browning controls go from 1 to 7, the higher the number the darker the bread will go. My husband and son tend to have theirs on 3 because the like their toast quite light whilst I like mine on 5 as it gives it a nice toasted look without it being black!

The bread gets browned really nice and evenly though it does not quite reach the edges.

One of the things I love about this toaster is the slots are quite wide and so I can easily toast thick bread or crumpets without them jamming in the toaster, but it also works very well with thin bread as the slots adjust and hold the bread in place.

Useful Functions

Defrost
Reheat
Cancel
High Lift

We tend to freeze our bread and every other day we defrost a loaf overnight, only sometimes I forget to take the bread out of the freezer! Luckily for us the toaster has got a defrost function so all I have to do is pop the frozen bread in the toaster, press the defrost button and then it first defrosts the bread and then toasts it.

I love the reheat function as usually once I have made breakfast for my son and husband I find that my toast has gone cold, so I just put the toast back into the toaster, press the reheat button and I have lovely warm toast without the toaster going through the whole toasting process.

The toaster lever has a high lift function which is great as I can move the lever up and this raises the toast which makes getting the toast out a lot easier.

Cleaning

In the past with previous toasters I have had to turn the toaster upside down to get rid of the crumbs, but this toaster has got a crumb tray so I just slide out the tray and dispose of the crumbs!

Opinion

We spent over £40 on our last toaster and in only lasted just over a year so with money being tight we had to opt for a cheaper toaster. We have been using this toaster for 6 months and I have to say that even though we only paid £15.99 for it this is my favourite toaster!

I love that if there is just one of us having toast we can just put one side of the toaster on which is more economical.

Considering this is quite a cheap toaster it is very sturdy and does not look as if it is going to fall apart unlike some other toasters I have seen.

There are a couple of downsides to this toaster one is the electric cord is very short, I had to move a few things around on my worktop so that my toaster would be able to reach the wall socket!

The other is there is no option for single sided toast which we had on our old toaster, luckily with the slots being so wide my husband is able to make single sided toast by putting two pieces of toast in together, not ideal but it does work.

White £15.99 - Argos
Silver £19.99 - Argos

So if you are on a budget and looking for a decent toaster I do recommend this one.