Toasters..is it just me or do most toasters seem to be too narrow to actually toast nice bread without having to put it sideways?

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I am in my 40's and over many years of using a number of toasters it seems that most require you to either have one side or the top untoasted or the middle over toasted as you have to turn it over.

I'm sure if I went and spent £100+ on a toaster then I could probably find one that avoids this but why aren't all toasters designed to accommodate a a lot of average slices of bread?

Do the designers think we all eat those mini loaves or perhaps only sourdough which is usually about 1/2 the size of the sliced bread I buy more often?

Also having just done a quick spot check on John Lewis - whilst it gives the size of the toaster it doesn't give the size of the largest piece of toast it can toast 100% of the surface area of.

Light hearted post, as I was just looking for another toaster (ours died while we were away and in-laws bought a new one for us - very kind) but again it only toasts about 80% of the bread.

Any good toast stories on here. I think I might have a theme, years ago I had a post about butter dishes. 🤣 I'm so rock and roll these days 🤣

We have always had cheap toasters and thought we'd splash out on an expensive one this time as we always have this same problem. I'm sad to say that even the expensive toasters don't fit normal sized bloody bread in them

Yep, we buy 4 slice toasters with the 2 long slots otherwise it's half toasted slices of Warburtons.

@woodstocky that is why I was looking on JL app. I was hoping it might give an idea of bread size but no. I'm going to have to go into a shop with a cardboard cut out of an average slice of bread aren't I and look like a total nutter 🤣

That's genuinely a genius move! We got the Dualit 4 slice Architect toaster, so avoid that if you can!

We have an Asda toaster and it's great! Fits a full slice of bread in, toasts evenly and didn't cost the earth

Omg this is the most “first world problems” thread I have ever read 😂😂😂

It is bloody annoying though. Can't work out why the toaster manufacturers haven't worked out the size of a standard slice of bread yet

@WhoMe231 I know 🤣

@woodstocky thanks. My #dyslexic brain perhaps thinking outside the box #dyslexixsuperpower 😀

All toaster recommendations welcome 😀

We have the Breville Impressions 4 slice toaster and I've never had a problem putting the bread in sideways. We've had it for a good few years now.

Very occasionally it just needs a light nudge for the bread to slide down when you turn it on, but you don't have to push hard and it doesn't bend the bread or anything which would cause it to burn, but most bread is perfectly fine in it.

I think toasters are a terrible design all round
Ours toasts half the slice so you have to flip it round half way. There are crumbs in all sorts of awkward places that I can't shake out and now they burn and set the smoke alarm off. Also it never cools the first slice because it's cold, so you put it down again and burn it or turn it up but then forget ans burn the second slice. The bits that the bread sits on in nine have got a bit sticky from hot cross buns but there's no way yo clean them so they burn too. Feels like they are designed to be renewed regularly which is rubbish. Please could someone design something better!

This toaster fully toasts Warburtons bread, I'm assuming that is the type of bread you are having problems with.

@Gingerkittykat you are my hero!