Russell Hobbs 10617

Advantages: Looks nice in the kitchen
Disadvantages: only does 2 slices at once

...practicality and we bought the Russell Hobbs 10617. It's definitely the nicest looking toaster I've seen and the frosted-ness of the glass means that it doesn't get fingerprint marks all over it which was one of our worries. It's very slim as well, which makes it easy to slide away somewhere (next to the breadbin in our case) to give more surface space for cooking or whatever. As for practicality and general usefulness as a toaster it scores pretty ...
...and push down the lever- and has a variety of settings including defrost (which we haven't used but I'm told works well) and 7 different brown settings which all produce even brown-ness. There is a removable crumb tray to get rid of all the little bits of bread that build up at the bottom of the toaster as well so it's easy to keep clean. So far we haven't had any problems at all BUT other people we know with this toaster have experienced problems ... Read review

Advantages: easy and simple to use, looks stylish
Disadvantages: can be difficult to clean

This toaster most of all looks really good! it also has a matching kettle within the range and they both look so stylish in your kitchen, the mix of chrome, glass and a wooden handle is so modern, it has an eject button on it, which is so much nicer and classier! I really like the fact that you can alter the toaster speeds by pushing buttons rather than turning a nob on less modern ones! The only downside is that it only takes two peices of bread! ... Read review