Really good sandwich iron. After our first iron had given up the ghost after 20 years, we have tried various low iron. All scrap - either the slices of toast were not welded properly or the whole shebang caused a huge mess or else everything was wobbly ..... If we had not ever had a good sandwich iron, we would have thought that nothing ever will , Then we tried this device. Lo and behold, there are still good sandwich maker :) That with the thermostat setting, we still need to practice (had our old sandwich maker namely not) - but there is no Sauerrei and the sandwiches are super crispy and delicious