Breville CT70XL 2-Slice Toaster

Pros: Stylish, fast, well built and easy to operate!
Cons: High Price

BACKGROUND:Our previous 2-slot conventional toaster quit working after about 5 years of faithful service.  We have a toaster oven unit but it is slow at toasting bread.  So, I was looking for something faster.PRODUCT ...

Pros: Really sleek design and neat features.
Cons: Expensive

I just recently purchased the Breville CT70XL 2-Slice Toaster to replace my generic supermarket purchased toaster. After spending years and years with my supermarket toaster, I decided to upgrade to a high-end department store toaster. I have to say, ...

Pros: Looks nice.  Has a special bagel setting.
Cons: Uneven browning.

Not up to Breville design standards.  LED timer indicator difficult to read.  Like most high-end toasters today, instead of having a flap on the bottom to empty out broken-off bread fragments, the Breville Ikon has a drawer with a slot too ...

Pros: Nice looking but that's all!
Cons: How hard could it be to make a TOASTER that works, this one doesn't!

I am at the present time waiting for my 4th toaster from Breville! First one worked about 2 weeks then it just died, no lights or nothing! Second one lasted one day before dying, same thing no lights or display, dead! Third one worked but the back heating element was only half lite up so your toast came out okay on one side but un-toasted on the other! Bought from Amazon so after 30 days no refund, so I am stuck sending these things back hoping some day to get one that works! I have never had this much trouble with any appliance in my life, Breville must not have any quality control what so ever!

Pros: Great looking.  Nice design!
Cons: Stopped working in less than one year!

In less than one year my toaster stopped working.  Love the look, matched all my other appliances, but that's it.  There's only two adults in the house, so there was no abuse.  When it did work, it did not toast evenly and the display was not easy to read!.  I could overlook that for the great design.  Could not recommend a toaster that stopped working within a year.  Even the most basis of toasters lasts forever!