Cuisinart CPT-620 2-Slice Custom Select Toaster, Stainless Steel

You would think after all these years the toaster would be perfected and you could buy any old brand and it would do a pretty good job. Unfortunately that’s not the case.This toaster however does a great job at a reasonable price and is well built.Most toasters suffer from two issues slow toasting and uneven toasting. If there are not enough heating elements in the toaster or it’s not consistently manufactured both of those issues will be a problem.This one solves those issues issues with three solutions. There are plenty of heating elements, they are closely spaced and there is a timing option for single slices that actually turns off one side of the heating elements while the other side finishes. This function is invoked by pressing me single slice button.Particular breads can be very different as far as density and moisture content, even from side to side. Some toasters as I tried had dramatically different results from side to side. This one gets it mostly perfect.You really can’t go wrong at this price point. Purchasing this model will save you a lot of time and aggravation. Again it won’t always be an absolutely perfect toast but with a little experimentation you can get it darn close. There’s no need to pay hundreds of dollars for such a simple appliance. Stay away from displays and automatic lowering and raising mechanisms which always malfunction overtime. This unit should last quite a while

Very attractive, like the fact that you can raise the toasted item high enough to retrieve it without risking electrocution. Seems to toast more evenly than my 20 year old toastmaster which finally died. Did a pretty nice job on an english muffin, however you need to be aware of the different settings and heat levels for best results on the variety of items you can toast in it. Bet it doesn't outlive the Toastmaster's lifespan, but still seems like a pretty reasonable price for a stainless clad, good performing toaster.

I really like that this toaster has many functions to toast a variety of breads and pastries and I really like that it has 4 slots. I like how it heats and toasts. The only thing that I don't like is that sometimes the lever springs back up when I press it down, but I think maybe I just haven't mastered all the settings yet. There is a cancel button and I think you have to press it when you want to change the bread type on the dial so that the lever will stay down.

Not only useful - also portable - and elegant!

I just looked at the date we bought this, it was about 15 months ago. Within the first few weeks, we realize the so-called single-slice function didn't work. I contacted Cuisinart, and they asked me for a serial number. With ill health in the family, things got too busy, and I never got the toaster and looked for the serial number. We managed to use it without the single-slice function, but then we noticed that the far-right slot always toasted only one side. So if we had to use that slot, we had to be sure to pop up the toast and turn it about half way through. Pretty soon, we noticed both of the right hand side slots didnt toast evenly; both toasted on only one side. So we started using only the slots on the left. That worked for a while, and then that started also toasting only one side. So we started flipping the bread halfway through on that side, as well. We now are unable to calculate what will happen, so we generally have bread toasted on only one side and haven't figured out how to circumvent this. It appears that at least one coil on each side of the toaster doesn't heat. Should a toaster work that badly that quickly? I should have tried to find the serial number and gotten an exchange while I could have. But life gets hectic sometimes.I remember my grandmother had an old G.E. toaster that she had had for several years when I was visiting her. No problem ever with that thing. It was heavy and bulky and solid. She had it and used for 35 more years after that. Just because Cuisinart seemed to have a good reputation, I thought this looked like an idea toaster with lots of settings and functions, toasting 1 side only or both sides, 4 slots, etc. Very disappointing and a waste of money. It's a year later, so maybe it has been improved. But too late for us. Ours will have to be junked. Even the Salvation Army won't want it.What makes it worse is that Cuisinart makes it costly and difficult to use the 3 year warranty. When I called a year ago, I would have had to ship them the toaster at my own expense and make sure it would get there, meaning insuring it. Then it would have cost me out of pocket $10 for them to send me a repaired or new toaster. I'm guessing that would have cost ME almost $20, plus I would have had no toaster at all for that period of time. That is about the worst deal I've heard in many years when it comes to customer service. Considering my time as well as money, I'm better off to just buy a different brand toaster and to avoid Cuisinart products. The warranty is virtually useless.

Works great so far. One week in! Yay!My only question is.. what does the “single” button do?I’ve pressed it and turned on that side of the toaster but I cannot figure out its purpose. The manual ignores it.

I had the opportunity to use this toaster, in a hotel breakfast buffet. I took a picture and Google searched. It arrived today and I'm in love. It's nice an compact while giving 4 slot capabilities. The evenness of browning on English Muffins and bread is perfect.Yes, it's a toaster, but for me, a professional chef, it's perfection.You can't be disappointed!

Bought this to replace the Breville “A bit more” It’s okay. I’m noticing that one side of the toast is browning more than the other. It seems a little more cheaply made than the Breville ,but that’s probably why it costs less. I miss the bit more feature of the Breville and wish it had a light to show it’s on. It’s adequate but for a Cuisinart product of which I have a few,was a little disappointing.