DeLonghi XR640 Retro 1500 Watts Toaster Oven

Pros: Looks, cool front handle, internal light.
Cons: Grease pan not non-stick, no timer for oven function.

Sure, I could probably live without my DeLonghi Retro Toaster Oven. My $9.99 two slice Hamilton Beach toaster in pale black trim would suffice for most of my toasting means. But every once in a while you see something that catches your eye....

Pros: Nice design, large capacity
Cons: Cheap, awkward conception

After redesigning the whole kitchen and buying stainless steel appliances, our good old Black & Decker toaster oven, which still worked flawlessly, just didn’t fit in at all with its white and chrome finish. It bothered us a bit, but we decided to live...

Pros: Looks, performance, size
Cons: Price

I have owned a DeLonghi Retro toaster oven for about 2 years. It’s not perfect, but it is the best toaster oven I have ever owned. Two years ago, we gutted our tired old kitchen. This created two needs. First, we needed to replace our old white ...

Pros: It is still (after the last review) an attractive oven
Cons: Timer knob broken AGAIN within a few months of repair

This is by far one of the better looking toaster ovens on the market which is why we replaced a working one with the DeLonghi Toaster Oven at Christmas. We liked the big handle and shiny stainless/chrome. However, within one month of use, the timer...

Pros: If you're looking for a black and stainless steel toaster oven, this one looks terrific.
Cons: Loud ticking while toasting, not intuitive to use.

I selected this toaster based on its good looks and what I thought was a good reputation for Delonghi. Perhaps I was misled into thinking price=quality. I have now owned the toaster for about a week, and here are my issues with it: 1) The power ...

Pros: Nice Looking-Big Oven-Takes up little space
Cons: Burnt Toast on Bottom after 8 months. Died in one year.

I loved this oven for 1 year..Died at the age of 1 year. Easy to Clean..Nice size oven to put a casserole dish in. I used this oven more for small casseroles than toast. Pizza, frozen food, etc. It looks good, easy to clean and does not take up much co ...

Pros: Looks, Size
Cons: TICK, TICK timer, died after 2 1/2 years

My old GE toaster oven given to me for Christmas 24 years ago bit the dust. OK to be truthful I set a bag of groceries on the toast lever, not allowing it to turn off, and it fried itself to death. So into the stainless and retro kitchen, my wife thought ...

Pros: Looks great, good capacity.
Cons: Not great for actual TOAST.

I must admit that I purchased this toaster oven strictly for it's looks. I found it on-line at Good ...

Pros: Awesome styling
Cons: Questionable reliability; expensive to repair.

After only 15 months of use, my Bake/Broil switch burned out, leaving the oven always operating in Broil mode. No big deal, just get it repaired, right? It turns out the repair will cost $60, or the equivalent of 1/3 of the original price ($170). So ...

Pros: Big on aesthetics
Cons: Built to MAYBE last until the warranty expires. Painted finish flakes after 6 months.

RETRO JUNK!!!

This sleek stainless steel box is a piece of crap. After 6 months the painted finish started to flake off, At 8 months the timer and cooking control mechanism stopped working causing food to burn or not cook at all.

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Pros: Attractive, makes good toast
Cons: Will burn your house down!

What a beautiful toaster oven.I loved this thing for the 11 months I have had it until today when after the toast cycle ended, I went about my business. Little did I know, the timer switch kept ticking in the off position until it turned itself back on....

Pros: beautiful, functional, durable
Cons: expensive

My toaster died. It was a wide slot, not too old.

So when I went to replace it I saw the same model for $60.00.

I thought I might as well buy a toaster oven and settled
on the beautiful DeLonghi Retro.

It has 3...

Pros: Very cool looking. Timer on toaster is much quieter than previous models.
Cons: Expensive at $129, but use Bed Bath & Beyond's 20% off coupon

A toaster oven sits on top of the counter permanently, unlike, say a blender that gets put away after use. So the toaster oven is the one to spend a little more on since you and your guests will be looking at it regularly. I owned the old DeLonghi...

Pros: Works great and is easy to clean .
Cons: Timer for toasting takes a few attempts to get the correct degree of accuracy.

I would recommend this product as very fast and accurate once it has been experimented with. De Lon ...

Pros: Nice design
Easy to use
Large size
Even toasting
Cons: No timer function on Bake or Broil
Timer brakes resulting in fire hazard

I bought the DeLonghi XR640 toaster oven because of the attractive stainless steal design and because the large size made it convenient for toasting several open face sandwiches as well as baking and broiling small dinners without resorting to a full ...