This small device, look in 50-60 years, is a joy (as well as the rest of the ladies of the family)! After a few days of use, we can suggest some personal manipulation: first, a double aluminum foil background will easily recover the crumbs, otherwise the metal bottom is marked by the burning of crumbs. Note that this addition gives greater heat reflection effect which has the effect of a little brown the bottom of our toast, equivalent timing (venial difference). For the record, it is after more than thirty years we decided to move into the third millennium: to date we use a wonderful hand at cooking toaster on a vintage stove! What incomparable taste, however ... unparalleled. To hell with nostalgia! We can not have the taste of old gas with today's technology ... !!! For the rest of the record, we have rid our old stove and our gas bottle that went with it, and have thus won a miraculous place that immediately was occupied by an extra freezer (not in a cooler ice packs ... alas) the latest technology. To finish with this comment, we submit you a little recipe very quick house cut slices of bread (sourdough bread home if possible ...) of about 4-5 mm, toast three minutes, apply a few drops of vinegar (house from deposit tannic red wine), mayonnaise and cover with a layer (garlic for foodies), and place the tuna in brine box: it's divine! ... And it is eaten with a rosé wine chilled. A pickle can pleasantly accompany this toast ... By the way, what is the pickle that gave a negative connotation to this excellent condiment? !! So is making philanthropy work to love pickles!