The camera settings are very simple: an adjustment wheel for color (light / medium / dark) and a 2-position switch for selecting the consistency of the waffle (soft / crispy)
Super easy use
0: Make the settings according to your choice, connect, and heat; the beep and the green light to warn of the end of preheating
1: pour batter
2: Close the waffle iron and wait 5 seconds
3: return
4: wait about 2 minutes
5: return a 2nd time
6: the beep tells you that there is more to enjoy! (Still the waffles out of the waffle iron)
The more we waffles, the more time between steps 1-6 decreases.
But even in this case, the greedy always go faster than the device .......
Externally, the device seems robust, as the base that the heating part
The handles are Bakelite, so do not transmit heat.
The pedestal or all the gear and fitting for the wire is plastic.
The plates from separating from the heating part by pressing a button and can be cleaned in the dishwasher
The device is made in France.
(In times of crisis, as inject money into the economy, rather than feed those who serve as intermediaries with Asian countries).
Like all small appliances, the waffle iron is protected by the molded polystyrene which prevents it from moving in the carton.
Warranty 2 years 1 year recording device on Lagrange website.
The first made waffles are delicious.
Happy 2012 to all waffles
PS plates for croque monsieur will be an addendum to comment when the test was completed.