Oster Advanced Toast Technology 2-Slice Toaster, Stainless Steel Finish, All Bread Types and Bagels

Makes the best toast! Fun to use with many settings. Had to clear plastics smell before using as prescribed. Works very efficiently.

This is a small, sleek, no gadgets toaster, which makes very good toast at a very reasonable price. I used to have the big Toastmaster, but I have radically downsized. This is a simple two slice toaster that will also handle bagels. I like the design and its simplicity.

This review is for - Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Advanced Toast Technology, Stainless Steel===============================Update: Feb 2, 2025It's been 3 years & 3 months since my original review below. This toaster gets a lot of use, almost daily -and I'm happy to share that it still does a great job of toasting bread, and there have been no problems. I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again and if you need a bread toaster, I still recommend it.===============================Original Review, November 7, 2021AppearanceVery nice looking appliance that reminds me of the metal toasters from the 1960's. But it does like to show fingerprints and smudges - even when I don't remember touching the darned thing. So I keep a microfiber cloth in a kitchen drawer to touch it up every now and then.FunctionsThis toaster is advertised as having 'Advanced Toast Technology' but I didn't see any explanation of that term in the documentation - although it may be in there somewhere. My guess is the marketers are referring to the three buttons that light up, located on either side of the toasting-darkness knob. The buttons are labeled Bagel, Frozen, and Cancel, but I also didn't see anything in the included documentation explaining exactly what to expect when using the Bagel and Frozen buttons.PerformanceAs with most toasters, there's a lever that must be pressed down to lower the bread into the toaster and turn the heating elements on. I found that the lever has to be 'very' firmly pressed down for the platform to lock into the toasting position. Only time will tell if this is normal, or whether it's an indication that something is amiss.As expected the Cancel button immediately raises the platform the bread sits on, and turns the heating coils off. At the end of one toasting cycle I had a bagel get stuck, such that it kept the platform from raising and the coils from turning off. Pressing the Cancel button did nothing because the bagel was holding the platform down, so I had to pull up on the lever. To manually raise the platform in this situation, enough force had to be applied that I thought it might break. But it didn't, and the toaster still works well. (Maybe I should have pressed the Cancel button while lifting the lever.)My tests of the Bagel and Frozen buttons did not show any advantages to using them. Using the same toasting darkness setting I initially set for unfrozen sandwich bread, all subsequent tests of button combinations for frozen and unfrozen bagels and sandwich bread returned the same results. The Frozen and Bagel settings 'may' lengthen the toasting cycle, but my tests did not show a meaningful difference. A sentence or two in the documentation explaining exactly what to expect from these buttons would have been helpful.Bread slices are toasted slightly darker on the sides closest to the inside of the toaster, but it's usually only noticeable if I'm looking for it.It Gets HotAfter one cycle of toasting 2 slices of bread, the top of the toaster gets very warm, but nowhere near warm enough to burn my skin. After running the toaster two cycles back-to-back, the top is warm enough to make me think twice about touching the toaster top. After 3+ cycles the top feels hot enough to provide a significant burn, if I were to leave my hand in contact. My take... so what? It's a toaster that works by running electricity through thin wires that get red-hot. So enjoy your toast and use common sense, especially if young children have access to it. And if you do touch the top of the toaster when it's hot, your automatic reflexes should force you to retract your hand before you get a skin burn - because you'll never actually touch the red-hot wires.Common Sense Tips:1. Do not use the toaster when it's sitting directly under a cabinet as the rising heat will eventually discolor the paint or finish. And of course there's always a fire danger if the cabinet is close enough. (In my small kitchen, the toaster has a permanent home under a cabinet and I pull it clear of the cabinet when in use.)2. Literally everyone should know this, but just in case somebody missed this lesson:Never, ever stick metal utensils of any kind inside the toaster when it's plugged in. If you do so, the utensil and your body could instantly become electrified. It doesn't feel good; Trust me. If bread becomes stuck inside, UNPLUG the toaster and fish the bread out with plastic or wood utensils if possible. While you're bread-fishing, avoid touching the thin wires as they break easily and that will turn your bread toaster into a bread holder.Bottom Line:I really like this toaster and recommend it!It's a nice looking, competitively priced toaster that does a good job at toasting bread and bagels (without using the advanced function buttons) , while the claim of Advanced Toast Technology seems to be overblown and undocumented.

When my old Oster toaster died, I ordered this one. My kitchen color scheme has red so, it matches perfectly. It will toast bagels as well as bread and even accommodates frozen items! It's easy to dial up or down on temperature. The cord us short; but it's on the counter and isn't in the way.I love the Oster appliances. It's a great buy!

Works great and looks great too.

Awesome old-fashioned basic toaster!

Needed a new toaster and I usually buy a brand I recognize. The Oster was the best choice for me and I really like it. I chose thr red one and it works perfectly. Couldn't have chosen a better toaster.

Looks way better than it toasts, worst toaster I have ever used, starting with 1950’s vintage toasters. NOT worthy of the Oster brand.IMPORTANT: Do initial burn in OUTDOORS or you will smoke yourself out with toxic fumes/smoke as it burns off leftovers of manufacturing. Run it several times starting with lowest setting.Shortcomings:Made to accommodate industrially produced store bread (orowheat, sara lee, etc,) if you make your own, a slice from a two pound bread maker loaf will most likely end up too tall, sticking out of the toaster as it toasts, but a 1-1/2 pound should fit, barely or with an assist, because the slot ought to be a couple millimeters longer.Results will vary SIGNIFICANTLY depending on room temperature, so you can NEVER be sure what results you will get,If it doesn’t kick off prematurely, the center elements scorch while the outer ones barely toast, if at all.If you need more than two pieces of toast, you MUST allow it to cool off or it will BURN both sides, impossible and ridiculous to attempt adjusting temp setting to compensate.MUST be plugged in for latch to work, it's electromagnetic not mechanical, AND you have to press down fairly hard for the internal switch to make contact and engage the latch.The crumb tray is removed from the back end, if you don’t read the manual like I eventually did, you might not even know it has one.Positives:the gadget that centers the toast in the slot, being able to eject the toast by pressing the Cancel button that conveniently lights up while toasting/burning, and being able to lift the latch handle to make retrieving the toast a little easier, though it’s still possible to scorch finger tips if you accidentally touch the top.All said and done, looks like the best use for mine will be target practice and scrap metal, it’s not even worth the gas and time to drop it off at the pawn shop.My 6 slice toaster oven may waste some electricity, but has never given me a reason to complain.