... Next is the defrost button which is useful should you need to make sandwiches for example, but you have forgot to get the bread out the night before, simply place your frozen bread in the slots, press the defrost button and breathe a sigh of relief, the Delonghi has just saved your bacon ... Read review
The DeLonghi Metropolis CTM4023 4 slice toaster comes in a stylish design and includes ... more
safety features such as coolwall technology and a high lift facility to help prevent burnt fingers when removing your toast. This toaster also features a mid-cycle c...
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The DeLonghi Metropolis CTM4023 4 slice toaster comes in a stylish design and includes ... more
safety features such as coolwall technology and a high lift facility to help prevent burnt fingers when removing your toast. This toaster also features a mid-cycle c...
Postage & Packaging: £4.99 Availability: Usually dispatched within 4-5 business days...
Traditional Toaster - 4 Slots - with Cancel Function, without Cancel Function - with Variable Slot Width - without Cool Wall - with High Lift, without High Lift
Traditional Toaster - 4 Slots, 3 Slots, 2 Slots - without Cancel Function, with Cancel Function - with Variable Slot Width, without Variable Slot Width - with Cool Wall, without Cool Wall - without High Lift, with High Lift
Traditional Toaster - 2 Slots - without Cancel Function, with Cancel Function - without Variable Slot Width - with Cool Wall - without High Lift, with High Lift
Advantages: 4 cooking slots, seperate browning dials, multiple functions Disadvantages: can struggle with larger sizes of bread
...a sigh of relief, the Delonghi has just saved your bacon (speaking from experience here!!). The final button is the reheat button. This is a well thought out function as occasionally you might get sidetracked whilst waiting for the toast to pop up. The last thing you want to do it to serve cold toast so the reheat button will but the warmth back into the toast without recooking and burning it. Finally, as far as the front of the toaster is concerned ... ...is one of these for each pair of toasting slots which means that you could have the left hand slots giving only a light toast with the right hand slots literally cremating the toast should you wish. Your settings are clearly displayed on the two analogue dials. Personally, I have found a setting between 3 and 4 (dial goes up to 6) gives a nice crisp piece of toast.
The back of the machine contains handles to release the crumb catching ... more
--Background--
I used to do some work for a market research company. Every month, they awarded you points depending on the level of information you provided to them. After a few months of doing this research , I accumulated enough points to purchase this toaster. From memory it didnt cost too many points so I was expecting some low end mediocre toaster that would work for a few months and then start to decline.
--Tour of the toaster--
The toaster is quite nice to look at and is predominantly grey with silver knobs, buttons and top toasting panel. Starting from the top, there are four slots for you to place the toast. These are used in pairs which means that you are not wasting electricity if you only want to toast one or two slices as each pair has its own lever. These levers are nicely positioned on the front of the toaster and are very easy to depress, making this a useful toaster for the older generation who might be getting a bit frail. Situated in between the two levers are the function buttons. In my experience, I have hardly used these buttons. We have the cancel button which releases the bread/toast before the specifed browning has occured. Next is the defrost button which is useful should you need to make sandwiches for example, but you have forgot to get the bread out the night before, simply place your frozen bread in the slots, press the defrost button and breathe a sigh of relief, the Delonghi has just saved your bacon (speaking from experience here!!). The final button is the reheat button. This is a well thought out function as occasionally you might get sidetracked whilst waiting for the toast to pop up. The last thing you want to do it to serve cold toast so the reheat button will but the warmth back into the toast without recooking and burning it. Finally, as far as the front of the toaster is concerned we have to the browning knobs and dials. There is one of these for each pair of toasting slots which means that you could have the left hand slots giving only a light toast with the right hand slots literally cremating the toast should you wish. Your settings are clearly displayed on the two analogue dials. Personally, I have found a setting between 3 and 4 (dial goes up to 6) gives a nice crisp piece of toast.
The back of the machine contains handles to release the crumb catching trays, these simply pop out, allowing you to remove the excess crumbs from the toaster in order to keep it clean. There is one trap for each pair of toasting slots.
--Usage--
This toaster is really simple to use (I have yet to come across a toaster that isnt to be honest). Simply press the lever or leavers depending on number of slices and, a few minutes later up pops your toast. One minor gripe I would have with this toaster is that bread that is slightly larger than the standard size will sometimes come out with the top corners uncooked, this is not a major problem as you can just turn it upside down and cook it for an extra 30-40 seconds (and release it using the cancel button). This toaster also works great for crumpets, waffles, scottish pancakes, etc though you will need to experiment with the dials to avoid burning these items. Waffles will need to be set to 1 on the dial else the will come out black!!
--Verdict--
After reading the other reviews of this product, I was amazed at the price. If I was going to buy a toaster, I would not be looking to spend £55. I would be going to Argos and picking up the cheapest one I could find, and I'd probably be happy with that. This one however, is a quality piece of kit, it looks nice, it works well and its very reliable. If you are looking for a high end toaster, you would be well advised to invest in this one. To think I 'bought' this one for nothing makes me feel quite content. Its not the cheap and nasty freebie I thought I was getting, instead it is something that sits on the work surface in my kitchen looking proud of the job it carries out for me.
The Delonghi sleek and sexy toaster.
My husband and I received this toaster for a housewarming present from my in-laws. (I believe it retials for about £40-£50.) We had just bought a new house so needed a nice new snazzy toaster. In fact the only reason in the beginning for selecting this Delonghi toaster was that we loved the way it looked. It has a very sleek and sexy design, it is curved at the front so looks very stylish and is a lovely gun-metal ... ...kitchen. The knobs on it are a nice silver colour so they blend in well with the rest of the toaster and it looks really good quality not like the usual plastic toasters. We also got the matching kettle to go with it.
In spite of just picking it for its look we ended up really liking this toaster. The best thing about it is that it has duel controls. There is space in the toaster for 4 pieces of toast. I like my toast quite light and my husband ...
Spottydog11 22.04.2008
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Advantages: looks cool. 4 slots independenly controled in pairs Disadvantages: expensive, doesnt take a whole slice of bread lenghways
I treated us to this toaster when I redecorated our kitchen as a surprise while my wife was away. It looks exceptional with its matt gun metal paint finish which will apparently not show fingerprints. It has all the things you would expect from an expensive toaster such as • 4 toast slots, each pair operates independently
• Variable width bread slots • Stop/cancel button
• Frozen bread/re-heat settings
• 2 slide out crumb trays
• Non slip feet
... ...a self-centering system for even toasting and an extra 20 mm lift facility to make it easier to get out small things such as crumpets
So what was wrong?
It had a big scratch mark across the font, is quite heavy and very large yet despite its size it won’t take full size slice of bread about half an inch sticks out the top and is untoasted. I didn’t expect this or the scratch from such an expensive toaster (£54.95 from Argos) and was very disappointed ...
ironie 26.05.2007
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Advantages: The 2 different heat settings at one time! Disadvantages: I can't fit warburtons bread in whole, i have to rip the top crust off.
I got this toaster a few eeks ago and what a blessing! To be able to do lightly done toast for me and do my other halfs toast nearly at the same time is just pure brilliance. The little dials work spot on so what you ask for you actually get. The other options such as defrost and bagel I haven't actually used yet. I find the colour that i got (shiny black and chrome) looks very sleek and stylish in the kitchen and just wipes clean nicely. It even ... ...only downfall i've encountered with this toaster is that I can't fit in my choice of bread, which is i'm sure you've guessed warburtons. I received mine as a present but i think a lot of people would find it hard to pay between £60 and £80 for a toaster, even if it is wonderful. ...
lriley 27.06.2009
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this product comes with four slots a cancel button and works perfect everytime loooks so cool sat on my kitchen units and fits all the appliancesi got would recommend every one buy one and ull never want another toaster again youll want to eat toast at every chance as u dont get the slight burn or undercook problems of most toasters and atr £54 well worth money for a long use life and ultimatly enjoyment of ur food i bought one u buy one and see ...
sbatch1 07.02.2007
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Advantages: Being able to toast 4 slices at a time Disadvantages: None at the moment
This toaster is very stylish and does your toast to perfection. The great thing about this toaster is it has dual controls to determine how you toast is preffered. i.e. Light or Dark. This enables you to cook two lots of toast at the same time in two different ways. How cool is that. It also has two lots of controls to set each side to defrost or reheat. The reheat button is very useful as how many times have you put your toast in gone and done something ...
mrfrank0_0 09.08.2006
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