Good thing for you it doesn't need your puny electrical grid. All hail our fusion powered toast masters from Cylon 3!

I got somethin' else that don't need no electricity: my sawed-off shotgun!

Damnit Flint, it's too early to be breaking out the gun...wait another hour.

Yeah, get some drinking in first!

My neighbor had their house go up in flames, because of their toaster. The little annoying blue light may well be a good thing. It reminds you that you should unplug toasters. Their toaster was a month older than its warranty, so I am guessing then about a year old. It took out the kitchen and half the living room, because of a glitch/fault/wire. This really made me start to think. I always left ours plugged in, now, I unplug it, just in case. (when we go on holidays, we unplug everything but the fridge and freezer. But that was because in a thunderstorm two years ago, we had our brand new TV get the brunt of a lightning bolt.)

That was an awfully, er, greasy trick to play on someone innocent of Spanish, dude.:p

The Cellar is a crazy place. I just spent, what, 10 minutes?, reading about toasters, then felt compelled to respond. Toasters? What do they put in the Cellar water?

I have this same toaster (where did the picture go? See reply #9), but in the 4-slice version. The only problem with it is that it is very slow. I have to start the breakfast toast before I go to bed, then hopefully it will be ready when the eggs are done the next morning.

Plus, it uses more energy to toast 2 slices than did our old cheap toaster (I measured it using a Kill-A-Watt).

Of course I read the toaster manual. But I didn't have to. I just like reading toaster manuals.

OK I gave it over a month. And still. I can't beat this on my own and need to resign to a higher power to get me through this.

[steps up to the mic] thump thump - This thing ON? --shrill feedback--

"I'm Beestie and I STILL cannot read title of this thread and NOT hear Jerry Seinfeld saying it."

There, I feel better now. And now, I bet, I'm going to have LOTs of company.:D

By the way, my toaster, which I thought I had fixed, is now broken again. Target is selling one for $5. Maybe I'll get that one.

Planned obsolescence; we used to get things like toasters repaired. Now they're cheap so you just throw it away and get a new one, making toaster companies very happy! ;)

Counter space is a premium at my place, so I actually picked up something I didn't expect to last beyond one year: a combination microwave/toaster oven. Both functions are somewhat underpowered, but the thing still works after two years.

I miss the cheap, dangerous $25 toaster oven that had to go because it developed a short. The thing was incredible, but the little bastard shocked me on opening the door.

Thanks to HungLikeJesus, this thread was pointed out, and I read it again.

I ended up fixing my old toaster a second time, but it didn't take. So we got one of the ones that are in post #9, except with 4 slots. Had it a year, and it does a great job on toast, bagels, and waffles. I hope it lasts.

ha ha ha I love reading my old posts. . . . it's all about meee!!!1

i use a toaster oven rather than a toaster; it's more versatile. anyways, my previous one cost $40 and lasted only 6 months. talk about sucky quality.

I had a run of Toastmasters that didn't last for shit, so I told the ex we should go toaster shopping and the only criterion was that we should not buy a Toastmaster.

After looking over all the toasters she settled on... a Toastmaster.

Fucking control freak. That was year 6 of the marriage and that's the exact point at which it should have ended. The marriage was broke. Instead we tried repairing it and it went another 5 years.

The Toastmaster died quickly, and I bought the best-reviewed sub-$50 toaster on Amazon, which was a Black & Decker 4 slot deal. It's gone about 8 years now, and one of the levers broke, but the nice thing about a 4-slot is that if one side goes you still have the other side to work with.