Firstly it bad enough - but no more than in the photo.
Then it does not burn hands and has not tried to set fire to the curtains. That's something. One can also drag thick slices of bread (bread machine).
However, after almost 2 months of daily use, I found him two annoying flaws:
- The rise of the bread by means of the joystick is only a few millimeters and can not catch the bread without burning: use a fork or a napkin.
- The bread is not toasted evenly, the edges are much grilled to the point that if you like your toast all very black and will require scraping into the trash (or neighbor's plate if you look for problems).
In short, a toaster that does the job but do not give me full satisfaction.