 "Many good features... for less than 2 years" | 2010-08-23 |
| - Reviewed By Laurent Carrer, Ph.D. from Encinitas, Californie |
| We've owned this toaster twice; in both cases, we enjoyed the features and design, but it died on us after about 1.5 year. The problems we experienced seem consistent w/ those of other customers: the door stopped closing, and the buttons got stuck. We're switching to a different brand. |
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 "Mixed results, made in China (nuff said)" | 2010-08-03 |
| - Reviewed By ARealAVFan from Acworth, GA |
| I love the design of this Krups toaster oven. Since all toaster ovens are made in China, I've unfortunately learned that they pretty much all have a lifetime of about 3 years before they die, or catch fire. After about a year and a half, my Krups door stopped closing completely, and we have to smack it a few times for it to stay in place. Also, the digital buttons have ALL started misbehaving, and they take some effort to press them just right to get them to work. I had previously gone through a couple of less expensive toaster ovens made by Cui*****t, and they both died within 3 years. With my Krups approaching 3 years, I'm expecting it to die sometime soon. It's a shame that everything overseas is made so poorly, as the design on the Krups is the best of the toaster ovens, for my purposes. I toast bread and English muffins with it, make personal sized pizzas, heat dinner rolls and muffins, and it always cooks evenly and reliably. So, I'll continue to enjoy it for now, but I'll never operate it when I'm out of the room. Our friends overseas give us lots of nice cheap stuff, but ultimately it can't be trusted to last very long. I would give this Krups 5 stars for design, but the reliability, build quality, and offshored country of substandard manufacturing combine to lower my rating to 3 at best. |
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 "This toaster oven is awesome!!!" | 2010-07-29 |
| - Reviewed By Happy Traveler |
I have owned this toaster oven for about a year and a half now, and we use is almost every day. I live in a house with my husband- no kids or other roomies, and we often found it frustrating to heat up the normal oven to cook dinner. It took a long time, made the whole kitchen hot and we felt like it was a waste of energy when we were cooking small meals for two people. Our old toaster oven was also a Krups, and was never awesome. I was tentative about getting this because of poor experiences with their past models, but this toaster oven kicks butt!
We use this toaster oven for so many different meals; it is truly amazing. We can use it to cook frozen pizza- it fits a 12" pizza perfectly. We use it for a small meatloaf, and it comes out cooked very evenly and juicy. We frequently use it to cook things out of the freezer, such as chicken fingers, and they're always crispy and restaurant quality. We also use this oven for baking fresh breads, but you do have to be careful as it rises that it doesn't get too close to the upper elements. This thing can bake potatoes, cookies and breads. It can reheat frozen foods or last night's dinner. It is far and away the best toaster oven I've ever owned!
One of the nicest things about this toaster oven is that it doesn't require any pre-heating. I turn it on and within a minute or two it is up to the correct temperature. I feel like it's saving a lot of energy costs over our full-sized gas oven that takes 10-15 minutes to pre-heat. I love that it doesn't turn off when you open the door- so if you have to flip something half-way through cooking, it's a snap!
The only thing that this toaster oven doesn't do well is... toast. We still use an old-school toaster for toasting bread, bagels and eggos. I think those just do better closer to the elements than they can really be in a toaster oven.
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| "Just ok for 3 years, then....." | 2010-07-16 |
| - Reviewed By Howius from Los Angeles, CA |
| Basically, this had been a standy for us in the kitchen. We put up with the fact that it took 8 minutes to toast toast, or the door that didn't really close after a while. It was an old friend, and we didn't make much of its inadequacies. Then, out of the blue, it stopped working. The elements no longer worked even though the electronics would. Turns out to fix it is just south of buying a new one, but I think I will steer clear of this one again. Nothing real special here, I'd say. |
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 "Dangerous Toaster" | 2010-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By H. Monroe Lovelady, Jr. from Penn Valley, CA United States |
The controls freeze up and the toaster will not shut off unless you unplug it. This is a serious fire hazard. This is the second unit I've had with this problem. The problem appeared after only two days of usage. I returned the first one for a replacement thinking it was a fluke, only now to have the same problem with the second unit. It is going back and I am NOT getting another one.
Too bad, because it's a very nice unit with three heating elements on top and bottom which is difficult to find. I liked it otherwise, but I guess that doesn't matter since I don't want it to burn my house down. |
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| "Great! until..." | 2010-07-02 |
| - Reviewed By Gini from Grand Ledge, MI |
| I use my toaster oven all the time. When cooking for one or two this is the perfect size - low energy use, doesn't heat up the kitchen, quick heating, etc. But now the on-off button is not working. At first I just had to press it a little harder, but now I have to press and press and press until I find the magic spot that will work for that moment. And I have to do it again to turn the oven off. I will switch to a Cuisinart for my next oven. |
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