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Old faithful from Morrison's died last night, whilst tackling a particularly tough piece of misshapen frozen wholemeal. 😥
We had a wonderful 15 years together - can't believe it's over, gone in a flash, just like that.

So, what do I replace it with?

Do I go the simple & cheap route?
Will I notice any perceptible difference from a Dualit, the 'Apple' of the toaster world?
Does anyone make toasted sandwiches in a toaster?
Do I need my muffins warming?


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 5:35 pm
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Whatever you choose don't buy the KTM one.
It seems that it's as slow as the bike are fast...


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 5:38 pm
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MTFU
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Posted : 20/06/2009 5:40 pm
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Not allowed near sharp things Flashy.

CF: "Where's the toaster?"
Ms CF: "I've given him the evening off, you'll have to make your own."


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 5:46 pm
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Posted : 20/06/2009 5:54 pm
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That's a shame Juan, sexy looking device and orange is so 'Summer 2009'.

Do Triumph toasters leak oil and vibrate?
Are all Harley toasters owned by Solicitors called Nigel?
Do Ducati toasters break down every fourth slice?
Can you get the parts for Aprilia models?

I have a Roberts radio, which is nice, but was very overpriced for what it does.
Are Dualits the same, or is there some mystical life changing difference, known only to the initiated?


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 5:59 pm
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Love my Dualit toaster


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:00 pm
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I have a Porsche designed Siemens toaster.
It is sh1te.

HTH


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:06 pm
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My Dualit only works on 3 of four elements now 🙁

Get a cheap one; unless you live in a ****y loft apartment


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:13 pm
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Bought a dualit toaster last month - excellent maker of all things toasted. Best price I found was from [url= http://www.buycatering.com/ ]here [/url]at the time I bought


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:13 pm
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try this
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[url= http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2687482.html?menu=news.quirkies ]concept toaster[/url]

not even built yet and i should imagine a pain in the arse to clean the glass.....still looks nice 😀


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:14 pm
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Rudeboy,

Kwazi, (herbal smile, on the left) is the Mancunian 'Toaster in Residence'.

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Sean Paul who? Never seen HIM in the Rising Sun. 😀


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 6:14 pm
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Found one!

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Posted : 20/06/2009 6:32 pm
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My Dualit is 10 years old and still working fine.

The elements are easily replaceable and there's no fancy electronics to go wrong. (The timer is clockwork)

Best of all they're British.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:06 pm
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I've seen it all on STW now 😯 This girlie wouldn't have dared asking such a thing - think of the abuse I would have received 🙄


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:16 pm
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i got a cheap(ish) and cheerful sainsburys own-brand dualit-a-like a good few years ago (4 slot, defrost, reheat and toast settings etc etc) and it's been fine. 20 quid or so.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:18 pm
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CG- i think that with the advent of that "concept" toaster above, we can assume that toasters fall under the 'gadgets' category and therefore can be discussed without shame by 'blokes'.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:20 pm
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Star Wars toaster....

[s]WANT[/s] NEED.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:24 pm
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Get something cheapish, Russell Hobbs for example. Bikes are more important ... at least mine are 😉

There are some domestic appliances that are worth shelling out for but in C_G Towers, a toaster isn't one of them 🙂

Thought forks and shocks were gadgets? Bored with bikes by any chance?


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:36 pm
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My mum got me one for a fiver or something, from Sainsbergs. Does the job perfectly.

I'd never spend loads on ****y poncy 'impress-yer-dinner-party-guests' toot like Dualit. A mate has one; does not in any way even toast evenly, ffs...

Or just bung under grill.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:41 pm
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[i]Bikes are more important ... at least mine are[/i]

Some folk have money to spend on both you know.


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:46 pm
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Kenwood TT720. Great for bagels, and it even has a bun warmer

* s****s *


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:46 pm
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Some folk have money to spend on both you know.

Horses for courses really.

druid - love the sound of the "bun warmer" 😉


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 8:50 pm
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....it's when you get your choclate eclair stuck in it.....

Ooooooooh Matron!


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 9:08 pm
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Dualits are the best I have ever seen and both virtually indestructible and repairable if you do manage to break them. But at a price and a half.

In nursing we make a lot of toast - I mean a lot. Ordinary ones just don't last - but dualits do. could be 3 or 4 loaves toasted every day per toaster 365 days a year


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 9:29 pm
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I have seen the star wars toaster before. However, just think of the business that could be done with [url= http://www.poparttoaster.com/ ]this baby[/url] making toast with images of Mary and Jebus and then flogging them on ebay 🙂


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 10:20 pm
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CG, was genuinely interested!

Does a £150.00 toaster make your toast taste better?
Does it enhance your life in some way?
(Say, in the same way that riding a custom painted/titanium frame enhances your cycling? 😉 )

Can you justify the purchase of such a comparatively expensive object when much cheaper options are widely available and will do the job perfectly adequately?

Or can you spend the extra money happy in the knowledge that you are an individual of immense taste and distinction, just like the millions of other individuals out there all with the same immaculate taste and the same purchase?

I do have a Roberts FM Radio that I picked up comparatively cheaply in a sale. It's a nice thing to own, is beautifully designed sounds fantastic. A cheaper Sony would fulfil the same function at a fraction of the price - same with my bike, do I need an 853 frame, XT bits, or do I just like owning something considered to be of fine manufacture?

Nice to see that with toasters or bikes, the same STW difference of opinion prevails. 😀

Cheapo toaster from Morrisons wins for me, BTW.

****y loft apartment? Sadly, no.
Back to back terrace? Now yer talkin! 😀


 
Posted : 20/06/2009 10:51 pm
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This thread has actually made me fix the toaster 😀

[url=Element!] http://www.spares2go.co.uk/browse-DUALIT-2_BREAD-END_ELEMENT-m125-p7486-s13242.htm [/url]

Good thing as I am about to move into a ****y loft apartment.

*looks for more overpriced 'classic design' with which to populate it


 
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Talkie toaster?


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 8:03 am
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Flamejob, you need one of these:

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Squirts juice everywhere, most useless piece of design ever.
Costs a bomb.
Ms Spanner loves Alessi stuff. Funny, none of it actually gets USED for anything. 😀


 
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[url= http://www.spares2go.co.uk/browse-DUALIT-2_BREAD-END_ELEMENT-m125-p7486-s13242.html ]Hopefully this link works better?[/url]


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 12:53 pm
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Form before function wins every time with Alessi stuff cos the form is just so good!! A classic design by Philip Stark and it looks fantastic on the windowsill....who uses a juicer anyway unless it's one of these new fangled, no effort electric ones.


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 1:14 pm
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Dunno, but reading this is making me hungry. I'm off to slap a couple of slices in an ageing but cheap and perfectly functional supermarket own brand toaster...


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 1:17 pm
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We have a Dualit one (bought by my mother as a pressy I hasten to add!!!!), and its err, very average. Doesn't do toast any better than a £10 Boots one IMO.


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 2:25 pm
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Mine has a blue LED on it. Well chuffed.


 
Posted : 21/06/2009 4:45 pm
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Flamejob, you need one of these:

I bought a friend one of those... crap aren't they?

speaking of overpriced w@nk I just bought one of these:
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Posted : 22/06/2009 10:53 am
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I believe Dualit's are made in the UK, rather than just designed/assembled, if supporting a UK company is of any interest..


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 12:02 pm
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My Dualit is broken. I am resisitng the urge to spend £10 replacing it at Argos rather than trying to work out how to get the Dualit fixed.

It does not toast bread conspicuously well, but my dinner party guests adore it, and at least two young women have slept with me purely because I owned it.


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 1:08 pm
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Given what BigDummy says I'll be buying one this weekend and only inviting Ladies round for dinner in the future! Dualit all the way 🙂


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 1:35 pm
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and at least two young women have slept with me purely because I owned it.

LOL!

This may, of course, not be entirely true.

In fact, it may indeed be an outrageous lie!

Dualits do seem to last for ages. If you are a serial toast eater, then over time, it may be a worthwhile investment. However, many people do buy them simply for their ponce factor. Like those Stark juicers, Gaggia coffee machines they use twice a year, or SMEG fridges.

You've got all of those, jolly well have not you, BD? 😆


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 1:47 pm
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Mine has a blue LED on it. Well chuffed.

Now we're talking!

What is it, pray tell?


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 1:48 pm
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I do not own much ponce-equipment as a matter of fact, but toast is extremey important to my lifestyle, and it is well worth investing in the infrastructure to manufacture adequate quantities. 😀


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 2:27 pm
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BigDummy - may I strongly recommend the finest bread money can buy ?, your investment in toast production equipment should pay dividends when making your next round of toast
[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3661701/Britains-most-expensive-bread-goes-on-sale-at-Harrods-for-15-a-loaf.html ]Only the finest[/url]


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 9:20 pm
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KTM's does this to yer toast which is quite cool:

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But as Juan says, takes a frikkin week & mine blew up. Definitely NOT made in Mattighofen.


 
Posted : 22/06/2009 11:08 pm
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A mate has a toaster that cost over £100,all electronic.
Press a button the bread 'lowers' and it switches on,when its ready it slowly lifts and if you dont remove it within a set time[adjustable]it lowers the toast back in and heats it up again

Pretty flash,but who can justify that much on a bread burning machine


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 3:56 am