Schick and succeeded - to the browning control

The special thing about this toaster is the design. The blue painted stainless steel already looks chic, especially in combination with the silver-colored sides and rounded corners. In my sight, but is a matter of taste and does not fit the color and style safe in every kitchen. The blue is not bright, but rather noble. I would appreciate a little darker than on the product image. The Russell Hobbs toaster is flatter than my old (chunky) toaster, which contributes to the positive visual impression.

Names and lower edge are made of plastic. The qualitative overall impression of the materials and the workmanship is good, the brand device looks solid.

In addition to the optical I like especially the crumb tray. In a month of regular use is so many crumbs collect on the floor. My old toaster I had to pay out every now and then over head over the sink - and got himself so not all crumbs out properly. The Russell Hobbs can pull a flat bottom drawer on the side, discard the crumbs elegant and wipe the drawer. Class!

The toaster has a defrost function for frozen toast, which I did not use because I already frozen toast then not taste if it is carefully thawed in the refrigerator.

Otherwise, the long slot toaster is in my eyes a normal toaster: bread roll attachment, cancel button and a knob for desired browning are standard. The "lift function" raises the content only a little bit higher and is for me in everyday life unimportant. What I like in long slot toaster that both sides of the toast and then be equally brown when toasted just a single disc (center). In double Schlitzern the toast pages are then yes brown differently. The Russell Hobbs then you have but also something to watch out, because the edges and bottom corners are threatening to char.

Bad I find the dial for tanning because I can barely make out of this, at what level he is just set. There is a black button with ridges, and the pointer is not color-offset, but only a barely perceptible and barely visible nose. Since I regularly disguise tanning (different preferences, different number, different shopping toast manufacturers), which annoys me in everyday life. By the way: For whom is it important: The Regeler has not 6 levels (locks), but is continuously (though numbers from 1-6 are on the scale).

The cable is not too long (65-70 cm), so it should be an electrical outlet nearby. The toaster has a cord storage under the floor, so you can hide around 1/3 or 2/3 of the cable under the unit. The toaster is nice and stable soft on four rubber feet.

Conclusion: to detect browning setting bad, crumb tray useful look chic but color is not for everyone, otherwise a good normal toaster.