KitchenAid Manual Control Long Slot 2-Slice Toaster

I bought the long slot toaster because I wanted to also toast Pitta Bread in it. This it does perfectly. I like my normal bread toasted lightly so the maximum setting does this just right. However for those who may like their toast darker in colour...

Only toasts one side unless you warm the toaster up first. Going to send back.

Thought I would pay extra for a good quality product with useful features. Sadly, it is very poor quality and doesnt work properly. The settings 1 - 5 all toast the same, and one half of each slice is burnt while the other is untoasted. The feature for...

Unable to obtain evenly toasted bread and other items irrespective of the selection made. One side of the toast is always darker than the other and the only way to get around this is to keep turning the slices around. It's an expensive item, it lets...

Was a little put off after reading the other comment left but then thought that if I had paid this much for a toaster and had to "toast" twice to get it brown - I would definitely return it. Happy to say there are no problems in getting brown toast and...

We have just purchased this toaster and there is one major problem with the toast shading time out.If you turn the dial to max "7", you only get light brown toast, with quite soft bread. To get toast we like (dark brown), we have to toast the bread twice.