We Tested 20 Toasters To Find The Best One
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- In this video, we explore the similarities and differences between toasters, as highlighted by our new methodology created by Mike, our toaster test developer extraordinaire! Could a toaster really be worth a $400 price tag? Which toaster will serve you best and repeatedly produce bread at just that right shade? We here at RTINGS set out to answer that question and help you choose the perfect slot toaster.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Toaster Overview
2:00 Testing Overview
3:56 Image Analysis
4:13 Toasting Range
6:11 Repeated Toasting
8:27 Heat Transfer
8:06 Price VS Performance
For more details about our testing process, check out our article:
www.rtings.com/toaster/learn/...
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I really have no idea how a website I primarily knew for reviewing devices for media consumption got to reviewing toasters, but I am here for it!
Thanks for sticking around! There are some really cool things coming up, keep your eyes peeled! 👀
"Bread goes in, toast comes out. You can't explain that." - Bill O'Reilly
Even after all our image analysis and tests run, there's no easier explanation than that😂
Even after all these years, still funny 😂
Goodness, had to look it up to remember it was originally about "tides" going in and out.
Calvin and Hobbes did it decades before O’Reilly. “Where does the bread go?”
Waiting patiently for that RTINGS x Project Farm x Technology Connections crossover...
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@@RTINGScomRD Why isn't Technology Connection's antique IR sensing toaster in this test?!
@@TaudrisYou know why. Getting one isn't feasible.
Technology Connections: I took that personally
Someone is about to look for a toaster recommendation on UA-cam and be blown away by a full Phd study on the best toaster in the market!
I wish there was a similar video for every product I want to purchase.
We're doing our best to get to that point! What products would you most like to see us ever review?
@@RTINGScomRD Vacuum cleaners! There are so many types (Bags, bagless, drum/cannister) each with their own pros and cons and variables like noise, suction capability, longevity and ease of maintenance. Shopping for a vacuum cleaner really is a crapshoot and the price difference could be huge (Miele vacuum cleaners costs a fortune!)
@@RTINGScomRD That is the greatest thing to hear! If you are looking for a product to test, rechargeable batteries would be so helpful! If the power required to recharge them is more cost effective than just buying single-use batteries. How long they hold a charge when not in use. And degradation over time, like phone batteries. Also curious, this is one of the coolest channels and websites, how do you guys make money? Are these employees or just volunteers?
@@RTINGScomRD Chairs might be a good thing to go for next, but those can be quiet expensive
Love how much fun you guys have with your work keep it up
Thank you so much! We strive to have a bit of fun while uncovering as much as we can to help people everywhere! 😄
"The toast is then compared to itself."
I was expecting a methodology for determining the toast's self-esteem, but uniformity will do, for now.
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This channel is underrated, great video!
Thanks so much and for watching! 😄
From OLED longevity to the double-T: toaster testing to the rescue.
Awesome!
It's sad that a toaster (sunbeam. Look at Technology Connections video about it) from the 40s could beat all of these toasters easily. Why can't anyone make those toasters again?
same with cassette players, record players... anything that isn't sold much now or has become devalued is junk compared to what it used to be
The reason you think old things are made well is because all of the poorly made old things are already in the landfill. You've only observed well-made old things. Unless you're doing archaeological statistics research in trash dumps in which case you have my respect and gratitude.@@kidShibuya
@@DoubtfulTrainYou're thinking of survivorship bias. The Sunbeam Radiant Toaster is better because of how it operates. Instead of a timer, it measures toast surface temperature to determine when to turn off the heating elements. In other words, it measures how toasted the toast is. It's nothing fancy, just a bimetallic strip shielded from the heating elements by bits of sheet metal, so it's heated primarily by infrared emissions from the toast.
I think as a reference you should get a Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster. I spent some actual money importing one into Switzerland.
The second+ run performance is probably my primary annoyance with toasters, as they all too often result in something approaching charcoal. The better the toaster compensates for that, the more I'd probably want to shell out for it, along with even toasting.
As for the high power draw, that wouldn't be a problem if North America were to switch to a real AC voltage, like here in Europe. Here we can use 3 kW electric kettles in the kitchen or anywhere else without issues with a regular 20 A fuse. Always nice not to pop any breakers during breakfast :)
Oh the plus side, here getting shocked just tickles :)
@@reidprichard Getting zapped with 230 VAC also just stings, I can say from experience :)
Oh trust me, I would kill for real power here in the US. I am sick of my computer PSU being limited by the lack of 3 phase
Hyper-nerding out over toast
YAY
That's what we're here for!
Never thought I'd watch a 10 minute video about testing toasters. Huh.
We're glad you did though! Thanks for watching 😄
Amazing! I love these kind of tests regardless of the appliances you're testing.
Love this channel
Thank you for continuing to watch! 😄
Thank you for making this and not just working for sponsorship
Man, now I really want toast.
You should have seen us filming!
I wanted an indepth review for toasters, been reading articles and reviews and nothing was very indepth. My goodness am I impressed with this video, thank you all for not only immaculate testing practices, but good humour and quality. Well done (but not overdone) everyone.
Why am I watching this at 3 am in the morning? 😂
Craving some late night (or early morning) toast?😂
I love these videos!
As a Brit, this is groundbreaking research that in all honesty should be considered for a Nobel prize. I do appreciate the uniformity test, but another test I would like to see added is effective heating surface area. In my experience, some slices of common UK bread loaves do not fully fit into the toaster, thus leaving an area at the top of bread that has not been toasted. As you can probably understand, this is a disgrace and any manufacturers producing such egregious products should seriously be reconsidering their business practice and ideally fire any members involved in the production of such hopeless contraptions. So please consider adding a test that can assess this, as well as testing more budget toasters as the market is saturated with them. Thank you for your service.
Haha we appreciate the kind comments! That Smeg toaster that's in this video is currently our top choice as the Best Long-Slot Toaster if that's worth anything!
Omg, Science! I just wanted to get a new toaster, and I ended up here. It warmed my nerdy soul that you brought serious scientific, technical methods to produce real, quantifiable comparisons. Much Respect. Kudos.
I haven't bought a new toaster in 20 years and am not planning to do so, but I still watched the entire video.
Best opening ever!
Excellent video from you guys once again! I would have loved to see a simple graph that charted price against score, considering that the cheapest toaster performed best.
I love how you took something so simple and broke it down so meticulously.
You should put links to the winning items
It would have been funny to see some novelty toasters tested like the Dart Vader Toaster.
Some of these toasters would gladly join the "dark" side 😂
Would love to see a long-running test on which toasters continue to perform over many years of use!
You forgot the most important toaster: Mitsubishi Electric TO-ST1-T
It makes the perfect slice....one at a time...
My wife loves a $40 toaster I bought last Xmas called the Dash SmartStore 2-slice wide slot. It has a "storage lid" that claims to keep the slots dust-free (cat hairs in our case) but the lid is plastic so we have to wait until the toaster is cool. While the side still has the bread lowering slide, the other controls are on top, facing upwards next to the slots. Prior to that, our Oster failed but it seemed to take forever to make toast anyway. Too bad the time factor wasn't part of the testing criteria. Back in the old days, toasters were much faster. I just attributed it to newer safety standards but I could be wrong.
This channel is heavily underrated
Can you do this again, testing these toasters against a vintage Sunbeam radiant control toaster? The vintage radiant toaster measures the heat coming off of the surface of the bread and is not governed by a timer.
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As always, I'm here for Abby's glasses. Love them. Oh, and the review. That is all.
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5:00 when the toast is too hot to handle 😂
When you are still having breakfast with your colleagues and your boss comes in and asks what you're doing: "uuuhhm... we're testing... toasters?!!"
I didn't think id be here one day but considering my old toaster is breaking down, turning it on is like putting in a long cheat code plugging it in and out resetting my wall outlet until after repeating these things until I finally get it to work, it's finally reached my last nerve and it's Time I do something about it
Wow I just bought that Black & Decker 2-Slot toaster a few weeks ago, guess I made a good purchase lol
almost thought this was a early april fools joke. lol
This was actually quite nice to know, thank you for this
Could you please do the same with hdmi cables? Maybe throw a few Audioquest hdmi cables in the mix too to see if their claims are true
Maybe some day! Thanks for watching😄
4:15
that's actually a brilliant methodology. more charr=more flat black pixels with a smart bit of image compression.
Our toaster tester extraordinaire Mike knows what he’s doing!
Hello Abby my buddy and great tech reviewer. 😊❤
I'd be really toasted to find out a $400 toaster doesn't work well at all. I also don't think I'd be attracted to a toaster that just about says smegma. It's nice to know the Black & Decker bread wrecker is about the best for its price, but I'd still want a 4-slice model. Even if you only need a 2-slice, people secretly look down on you when they see you have a 2-slice..
Finally. People are using their degrees for REAL SCIENCE!!!
Weird question, are you guys hiring any software engineers? I'm based in Canada but I'm genuinely really curious about your work!!
Here's a list of our current openings: boards.greenhouse.io/rtingscom?gh_src=43b195807us
We encourage you to reach out either way, because even if we aren't hiring now, we will be at some point! :)
@@RTINGScomRD thank you! I’m based in Vancouver but I’ll still try!
I am left still not knowing what 4-slice toaster they recommend. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
I wish you had looked at if the toasters can deal with larger slices of bread. For example warburtons toastie, common in UK. Many bad amazon reviews in UK cover that they leave the top not toasted. It seem all newer toasters seem to have this issue partly because slots not big enough to put in toast sideways.
Well, we did somewhat look at that. We currently have that Smeg toaster recommended as our "Best Long-Slot Toaster"! It's great for those larger slices of bread!
@RTINGScomRD nice. Just seen that how looked at the website. It's a shame that a lot of the long slot toasters don't seem to be as good as some of the others or are very expensive. I have a 15 year old long slot made by Philips (bough for £15 that they no longer make) and I dread it breaking. It has two long slots that can easily fit 4 slices including two side ways with two upright, and it toasts very evenly. That seems hard to find these days.
Edit: in some ways the fact we have ai incredible TVs but our ability to evenly toast large slice bread is declining is a sad reflection of the world. It's a shame my current toaster is not 25 years old as then it would be easily repairable as well. Actually would be great if repairability was looked at more in your reviews although sadly I know a metric not import to many.
I like these guys better than LTT.
Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster is better than all of these and is from the 40s
This is fantastic. We need more consumer watchdog groups like this that steer everyone away from bad business practices and scammy overpriced products.
Round of applause for having the patience to test all those and snack on toast for the duration. 👍
Biggest difference is that the $25 will more likely last 10 or more years where as the fancy $200+ probably won't.
5:00 That toast has serious dirty screen effect!
I think your grid size for comparing evenness is too big. What happens if you reduce the grid size?
dear I want to take your advice, which one please tell me
SAMSUNG QLED Qn95b qn95c QN900B 8K
OLED LG G3 LG c3
OLED Sony A80k
OLED Samsung S950C S90C
Which TV in it?
Hello!
Help with personalized buying advice is something our experts offer exclusively via our insider forums: www.rtings.com/forums/insider-advice
However, we also have lots of self-service tools and recommendation articles on our website that may be helpful as well!
We -tested- *toasted* 20 to find out. FTFY
how have you leveraged AI? "we analyzed consistency of the browning of the surface of toasted bread"
yes, the future of AI is here and it's delicious
can you guys release buy a nicely restored sunbeam and test it? the classic ones that are known for their consistent and perfect performance please? technology connections did a video or two on it if you haven't heard
of that magical toaster
I have that GE 4 toaster. Its horrible. Because its just constantly dirty and hard to clean. No fingerprint coating on the stainless steel. Crumbs get stuck all up in it. Impossible to shake them all out.
Takes a long time to toast also
Interesting
The cheap toaster may toast the best but how long does it last before it dies? I want a toaster that isn't a piece of junk and toasts well.
Now the same testing needs to be done for toaster ovens. The internet must know which toaster ovens toast and oven best.
Hmmm, yummy tasty 🤤
Smeg has the be one of the worst brand names Ive seen in recent years.
better than linus tech tips
So where does the bread go…..to another dimension that the Toast comes from?
Watched the whole thing just to hear the conclusion: toaster is a toaster is a toaster
Do rice cookers next!
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Now, only question left is how would an original Sunbeam toaster perform? Some say it is still the best toaster.
a few years back there was a toaster that only toast 1 slice at a time but makes it perfect. why isn't that on the list???????
"SMEG" hahaha
Looks like Mitsubishi TO-ST1-T is painfully missing from the lineup
Do any of these toasters laser engrave words of the day or inspirational quotes?
PLEASE do microwaves soon!
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@@RTINGScomRD This was legitimately better than "Americas Test Kitchen"
4:15 There is a toaster specification that states the color of the toast for each setting?
I've got to see this document?!
How has toaster technology not gotten better or improved over the decades.... we cant heat something faster without burning?
2:45 am at work learning ab toasters….
This is the way😎
where is the mitsubishi toaster? I really want to see the difference.
In Japan Mitsubishi make a pantie washer. 👙
You can smell the difference!
disappointed by the lack of the inclusion of the Mitsubishi TO-ST1-T
We do plan to buy and test a wider variety of products, but our selection for new product categories will always be a little limited at first!
This would be a good April fools joke
These toasters are the epitome of capitalism. Thanks for buttering my bread Rtings.
Will my toaster suffer from burn-in after extensive use?
Some toasters with multiple consecutive runs of the same toast content show burn-in in some areas unfortunately! 😂
Slots Size is important, and ignored... Main reason we are looking for a new toaster, is we don't just eat wonder bread and a lot of different bread don't fit in standard slots, or you need to toast half then flip over... Need bigger slots...
"S M E G" - random red toaster
9:21 The official toaster of Family Guy. Shut up SMEG!
It would be nice to see if non-wheat breads toast the same as the gluten verity, us celiacs would be grateful
The problem with all of these is that they cook according to time. Costly, inefficient, and fraught with complexity when compared to Sunbeam's elegant, simple, and robust solution from the mid-twentieth-century.
What do you call a slice of bread at Burning Man?
Toasted.
I have that toster with the touchscreen. it's trash 😂
Paid 300😅
Can somebody count how many times she says toast/toasted? It's like guessing how many jelly beans are in the jar. I'm guessing 58 times
How was your work day today?
Pretty good, I spent all day taking pictures of toast. You?
You guys use 15A breakers that can sustain just 1800W ? lol. I have my entire kitchen on a 32A breaker. That gives me around 6000W at 230v. lolololol
I just love it how the cheapest is the best! Take that stupid IoT toaster of whatever that touchscreen thing is!
im a proud smeghead
Smegheads rise up
Why buy $400 toaster when cheap one do trick?
Any one of these toasters will do the trick if I need to throw it into a bathtub of water right? Right?😅
Abby fan club checking in.
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So all that for, "Pick whichever you like. They're all the same". Well, they are all the same -- they stink at toasting.
Bit disappointed, I see none of the big brands like Moulinex, Russel Hobs and DeLonghi
With new product categories, we’re very limited in the number of products we buy and test for launch, but we definitely except it to grow!
Oh for real? Cool, now which Black and Decker was tested? Or does that not matter, just get that brand. ::sigh:: Oh, I'll take a snapshot of the one that was chosen. Then do search for the brand with of course then go to images and do the search for the toaster I you used,
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The model name is in the video multiple times, it's the Black+Decker 2-Slice Toaster T2569B
3:35 Sounds to me like you didn't select the correct size cable for the extension if you saw a noticable voltage drop. Upto about 5% volt drop is normally accepted.
Yup .. the electrician should have caught that mistake right away
She literally said they tried a smaller gauge wire with no success.
@@rodmunch69 A severely undersized cable to a less undersized cable?
Quite clearly the cable was unsized because they observed a voltage drop larger than what is normally accepted. If the cable was over-sized then they would see no volt drop.
@@Shocker99 smaller gauge means a thicker wire.
@@rodmunch69 Gold star for you. You clearly do not know the topic you are attempting to discuss - otherwise you would have said something worth reading by now.