How long would you expect a toaster to last?

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Specifically an expensive one (Dualit)?

Daily use.

I have a kenwood one from the 90's. It's 3rd hand now, has travelled up and down the country, been stored in a garage for ages, and is still working perfectly. I'm going to be gutted when it eventually goes and I have to buy a new one that won't last.

Depends how much it cost. A big-standard one, five or six years. A Dualit, indefinitely.

Our Dualit NewGen cost £175 10 years ago. The clockwork dial is now sticking so I am thinking about repairing it. The part is £27.

We've never had more than a few years out of a toaster and we've had both cheap and expensive ones over the years. They always seem to stop toasting both sides of the bread evenly!

Our Dualit is 20 years old.

I'm 39 and I think I'm still using the first toaster I ever bought. Pretty sure it's a Bush and wasn't overly expensive either.

(And by not overly expensive I'm talking £20 range!!!)

I checked and ours is an Architect 4-slice toaster.

I must be so unlucky / don't get more than a few years with toasters, kettles, irons or microwaves. Just had 3rd fridge AND washing machine within 10 years. Vacuum cleaners... don't even go there.

If it helps mine lasted about 12 minths as my ds watched a tick tock with bread and chocolate spread in a toaster. 🙄.

A Dualit I had didn't last long, about 4 years. A four slice with the usual bobble like lever. The levers eventually got wedged.

I've ordered another one recently, a two slice, and it's got an arm like handle, not a lever, IYKWIM. Hoping that lasts.

Dualit 3 slice still going 18 years old.

Actually my toaster is a Tefal Avanti sorry

@Jasmine245

Our Dualit NewGen cost £175 10 years ago. The clockwork dial is now sticking so I am thinking about repairing it. The part is £27.

That's all we've had to replace on ours, so far. It was quite straightforward.

My Dualit is 25 years old.

My toaster cost me £9 from Tesco and 15 years later it's as good as the day I bought it

Likewise the £6 kettle I found in a bargain basket at Tesco is only starting to look worn and need replacing 10 years later. But I got a bit lax with treating the limescale on it lately so that is why.

20 plus years and still in good nic