Someone is about to look for a toaster recommendation on RUclips and be blown away by a full Phd study on the best toaster in the market! I wish there was a similar video for every product I want to purchase.
@@RTINGScomRD Vacuum cleaners! There are so many types (Bags, bagless, drum/cannister) each with their own pros and cons and variables like noise, suction capability, longevity and ease of maintenance. Shopping for a vacuum cleaner really is a crapshoot and the price difference could be huge (Miele vacuum cleaners costs a fortune!)
@@RTINGScomRD That is the greatest thing to hear! If you are looking for a product to test, rechargeable batteries would be so helpful! If the power required to recharge them is more cost effective than just buying single-use batteries. How long they hold a charge when not in use. And degradation over time, like phone batteries. Also curious, this is one of the coolest channels and websites, how do you guys make money? Are these employees or just volunteers?
It's sad that a toaster (sunbeam. Look at Technology Connections video about it) from the 40s could beat all of these toasters easily. Why can't anyone make those toasters again?
The reason you think old things are made well is because all of the poorly made old things are already in the landfill. You've only observed well-made old things. Unless you're doing archaeological statistics research in trash dumps in which case you have my respect and gratitude.@@kidShibuya
@@DoubtfulTrainYou're thinking of survivorship bias. The Sunbeam Radiant Toaster is better because of how it operates. Instead of a timer, it measures toast surface temperature to determine when to turn off the heating elements. In other words, it measures how toasted the toast is. It's nothing fancy, just a bimetallic strip shielded from the heating elements by bits of sheet metal, so it's heated primarily by infrared emissions from the toast.
As a Brit, this is groundbreaking research that in all honesty should be considered for a Nobel prize. I do appreciate the uniformity test, but another test I would like to see added is effective heating surface area. In my experience, some slices of common UK bread loaves do not fully fit into the toaster, thus leaving an area at the top of bread that has not been toasted. As you can probably understand, this is a disgrace and any manufacturers producing such egregious products should seriously be reconsidering their business practice and ideally fire any members involved in the production of such hopeless contraptions. So please consider adding a test that can assess this, as well as testing more budget toasters as the market is saturated with them. Thank you for your service.
Haha we appreciate the kind comments! That Smeg toaster that's in this video is currently our top choice as the Best Long-Slot Toaster if that's worth anything!
The second+ run performance is probably my primary annoyance with toasters, as they all too often result in something approaching charcoal. The better the toaster compensates for that, the more I'd probably want to shell out for it, along with even toasting. As for the high power draw, that wouldn't be a problem if North America were to switch to a real AC voltage, like here in Europe. Here we can use 3 kW electric kettles in the kitchen or anywhere else without issues with a regular 20 A fuse. Always nice not to pop any breakers during breakfast :)
Hah....living here in NA with only 15 amp fuses for 50 years now - Still have as of yet popped a fuse. Still lots of power for many things. Don't know what you're talking about.
I wanted an indepth review for toasters, been reading articles and reviews and nothing was very indepth. My goodness am I impressed with this video, thank you all for not only immaculate testing practices, but good humour and quality. Well done (but not overdone) everyone.
Omg, Science! I just wanted to get a new toaster, and I ended up here. It warmed my nerdy soul that you brought serious scientific, technical methods to produce real, quantifiable comparisons. Much Respect. Kudos.
You guys need a testing team for every product category on the market. The dedication to detail and systemic, accurate, testing and revision over time, is awe inspiring. Keep it up please!
Round of applause for having the patience to test all those and snack on toast for the duration. 👍 Biggest difference is that the $25 will more likely last 10 or more years where as the fancy $200+ probably won't.
Excellent video from you guys once again! I would have loved to see a simple graph that charted price against score, considering that the cheapest toaster performed best.
My wife loves a $40 toaster I bought last Xmas called the Dash SmartStore 2-slice wide slot. It has a "storage lid" that claims to keep the slots dust-free (cat hairs in our case) but the lid is plastic so we have to wait until the toaster is cool. While the side still has the bread lowering slide, the other controls are on top, facing upwards next to the slots. Prior to that, our Oster failed but it seemed to take forever to make toast anyway. Too bad the time factor wasn't part of the testing criteria. Back in the old days, toasters were much faster. I just attributed it to newer safety standards but I could be wrong.
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From a laboratory test engineer: Toasters are chosen aesthetically to match the coffee maker or hot water jug. Toasting performance is FOREVER ignored.
This is fantastic. We need more consumer watchdog groups like this that steer everyone away from bad business practices and scammy overpriced products.
I have that GE 4 toaster. Its horrible. Because its just constantly dirty and hard to clean. No fingerprint coating on the stainless steel. Crumbs get stuck all up in it. Impossible to shake them all out. Takes a long time to toast also
Can you do this again, testing these toasters against a vintage Sunbeam radiant control toaster? The vintage radiant toaster measures the heat coming off of the surface of the bread and is not governed by a timer.
Buy a flat toaster. recently bought a bodum. Its been amazing. never understood why usa preffers standing models. flat is better and just ise tinfoil ontop of the bread if you wanna toast faster. Anyway the bodum model works great over any others
I didn't think id be here one day but considering my old toaster is breaking down, turning it on is like putting in a long cheat code plugging it in and out resetting my wall outlet until after repeating these things until I finally get it to work, it's finally reached my last nerve and it's Time I do something about it
I'd be really toasted to find out a $400 toaster doesn't work well at all. I also don't think I'd be attracted to a toaster that just about says smegma. It's nice to know the Black & Decker bread wrecker is about the best for its price, but I'd still want a 4-slice model. Even if you only need a 2-slice, people secretly look down on you when they see you have a 2-slice..
This was actually quite nice to know, thank you for this Could you please do the same with hdmi cables? Maybe throw a few Audioquest hdmi cables in the mix too to see if their claims are true
Two issues: 1) No Dualit reviews 2) No Alessi Plissè reviews. 3), but actually the main one: nothing said re build quality (and, indirectly, estimated duration and reliability)... you know, all those things you tell us about when it comes to, e.g., computer mice.
dear I want to take your advice, which one please tell me SAMSUNG QLED Qn95b qn95c QN900B 8K OLED LG G3 LG c3 OLED Sony A80k OLED Samsung S950C S90C Which TV in it?
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I wish you had looked at if the toasters can deal with larger slices of bread. For example warburtons toastie, common in UK. Many bad amazon reviews in UK cover that they leave the top not toasted. It seem all newer toasters seem to have this issue partly because slots not big enough to put in toast sideways.
Well, we did somewhat look at that. We currently have that Smeg toaster recommended as our "Best Long-Slot Toaster"! It's great for those larger slices of bread!
@RTINGScomRD nice. Just seen that how looked at the website. It's a shame that a lot of the long slot toasters don't seem to be as good as some of the others or are very expensive. I have a 15 year old long slot made by Philips (bough for £15 that they no longer make) and I dread it breaking. It has two long slots that can easily fit 4 slices including two side ways with two upright, and it toasts very evenly. That seems hard to find these days. Edit: in some ways the fact we have ai incredible TVs but our ability to evenly toast large slice bread is declining is a sad reflection of the world. It's a shame my current toaster is not 25 years old as then it would be easily repairable as well. Actually would be great if repairability was looked at more in your reviews although sadly I know a metric not import to many.
Slots Size is important, and ignored... Main reason we are looking for a new toaster, is we don't just eat wonder bread and a lot of different bread don't fit in standard slots, or you need to toast half then flip over... Need bigger slots...
The problem with all of these is that they cook according to time. Costly, inefficient, and fraught with complexity when compared to Sunbeam's elegant, simple, and robust solution from the mid-twentieth-century.
I really have no idea how a website I primarily knew for reviewing devices for media consumption got to reviewing toasters, but I am here for it!
Thanks for sticking around! There are some really cool things coming up, keep your eyes peeled! 👀
Maybe they got hungry and wanted toast 🤣
"Bread goes in, toast comes out. You can't explain that." - Bill O'Reilly
Even after all our image analysis and tests run, there's no easier explanation than that😂
Even after all these years, still funny 😂
Goodness, had to look it up to remember it was originally about "tides" going in and out.
Calvin and Hobbes did it decades before O’Reilly. “Where does the bread go?”
Bill O'Reilly on most toasters: "Fkn thing sux!"
Waiting patiently for that RTINGS x Project Farm x Technology Connections crossover...
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@@RTINGScomRD Why isn't Technology Connection's antique IR sensing toaster in this test?!
@@TaudrisYou know why. Getting one isn't feasible.
Someone is about to look for a toaster recommendation on RUclips and be blown away by a full Phd study on the best toaster in the market!
I wish there was a similar video for every product I want to purchase.
We're doing our best to get to that point! What products would you most like to see us ever review?
@@RTINGScomRD Vacuum cleaners! There are so many types (Bags, bagless, drum/cannister) each with their own pros and cons and variables like noise, suction capability, longevity and ease of maintenance. Shopping for a vacuum cleaner really is a crapshoot and the price difference could be huge (Miele vacuum cleaners costs a fortune!)
@@RTINGScomRD That is the greatest thing to hear! If you are looking for a product to test, rechargeable batteries would be so helpful! If the power required to recharge them is more cost effective than just buying single-use batteries. How long they hold a charge when not in use. And degradation over time, like phone batteries. Also curious, this is one of the coolest channels and websites, how do you guys make money? Are these employees or just volunteers?
@@RTINGScomRD Chairs might be a good thing to go for next, but those can be quiet expensive
Technology Connections: I took that personally
"The toast is then compared to itself."
I was expecting a methodology for determining the toast's self-esteem, but uniformity will do, for now.
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Love how much fun you guys have with your work keep it up
Thank you so much! We strive to have a bit of fun while uncovering as much as we can to help people everywhere! 😄
It's sad that a toaster (sunbeam. Look at Technology Connections video about it) from the 40s could beat all of these toasters easily. Why can't anyone make those toasters again?
same with cassette players, record players... anything that isn't sold much now or has become devalued is junk compared to what it used to be
The reason you think old things are made well is because all of the poorly made old things are already in the landfill. You've only observed well-made old things. Unless you're doing archaeological statistics research in trash dumps in which case you have my respect and gratitude.@@kidShibuya
@@DoubtfulTrainYou're thinking of survivorship bias. The Sunbeam Radiant Toaster is better because of how it operates. Instead of a timer, it measures toast surface temperature to determine when to turn off the heating elements. In other words, it measures how toasted the toast is. It's nothing fancy, just a bimetallic strip shielded from the heating elements by bits of sheet metal, so it's heated primarily by infrared emissions from the toast.
This channel is underrated, great video!
Thanks so much and for watching! 😄
From OLED longevity to the double-T: toaster testing to the rescue.
Awesome!
As a Brit, this is groundbreaking research that in all honesty should be considered for a Nobel prize. I do appreciate the uniformity test, but another test I would like to see added is effective heating surface area. In my experience, some slices of common UK bread loaves do not fully fit into the toaster, thus leaving an area at the top of bread that has not been toasted. As you can probably understand, this is a disgrace and any manufacturers producing such egregious products should seriously be reconsidering their business practice and ideally fire any members involved in the production of such hopeless contraptions. So please consider adding a test that can assess this, as well as testing more budget toasters as the market is saturated with them. Thank you for your service.
Haha we appreciate the kind comments! That Smeg toaster that's in this video is currently our top choice as the Best Long-Slot Toaster if that's worth anything!
I think as a reference you should get a Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster. I spent some actual money importing one into Switzerland.
The second+ run performance is probably my primary annoyance with toasters, as they all too often result in something approaching charcoal. The better the toaster compensates for that, the more I'd probably want to shell out for it, along with even toasting.
As for the high power draw, that wouldn't be a problem if North America were to switch to a real AC voltage, like here in Europe. Here we can use 3 kW electric kettles in the kitchen or anywhere else without issues with a regular 20 A fuse. Always nice not to pop any breakers during breakfast :)
Oh the plus side, here getting shocked just tickles :)
@@reidprichard Getting zapped with 230 VAC also just stings, I can say from experience :)
Oh trust me, I would kill for real power here in the US. I am sick of my computer PSU being limited by the lack of 3 phase
Hah....living here in NA with only 15 amp fuses for 50 years now - Still have as of yet popped a fuse. Still lots of power for many things. Don't know what you're talking about.
Hyper-nerding out over toast
YAY
That's what we're here for!
Never thought I'd watch a 10 minute video about testing toasters. Huh.
We're glad you did though! Thanks for watching 😄
Thank you for making this and not just working for sponsorship
Love this channel
Thank you for continuing to watch! 😄
I wanted an indepth review for toasters, been reading articles and reviews and nothing was very indepth. My goodness am I impressed with this video, thank you all for not only immaculate testing practices, but good humour and quality. Well done (but not overdone) everyone.
Omg, Science! I just wanted to get a new toaster, and I ended up here. It warmed my nerdy soul that you brought serious scientific, technical methods to produce real, quantifiable comparisons. Much Respect. Kudos.
I like these guys better than LTT.
You guys need a testing team for every product category on the market. The dedication to detail and systemic, accurate, testing and revision over time, is awe inspiring. Keep it up please!
I haven't bought a new toaster in 20 years and am not planning to do so, but I still watched the entire video.
Man, now I really want toast.
You should have seen us filming!
Amazing! I love these kind of tests regardless of the appliances you're testing.
Why am I watching this at 3 am in the morning? 😂
Craving some late night (or early morning) toast?😂
Best opening ever!
Smeg has the be one of the worst brand names Ive seen in recent years.
Round of applause for having the patience to test all those and snack on toast for the duration. 👍
Biggest difference is that the $25 will more likely last 10 or more years where as the fancy $200+ probably won't.
I love how you took something so simple and broke it down so meticulously.
As always, I'm here for Abby's glasses. Love them. Oh, and the review. That is all.
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It would have been funny to see some novelty toasters tested like the Dart Vader Toaster.
Some of these toasters would gladly join the "dark" side 😂
You should put links to the winning items
I love these videos!
When you are still having breakfast with your colleagues and your boss comes in and asks what you're doing: "uuuhhm... we're testing... toasters?!!"
You forgot the most important toaster: Mitsubishi Electric TO-ST1-T
It makes the perfect slice....one at a time...
Excellent video from you guys once again! I would have loved to see a simple graph that charted price against score, considering that the cheapest toaster performed best.
This channel is heavily underrated
My wife loves a $40 toaster I bought last Xmas called the Dash SmartStore 2-slice wide slot. It has a "storage lid" that claims to keep the slots dust-free (cat hairs in our case) but the lid is plastic so we have to wait until the toaster is cool. While the side still has the bread lowering slide, the other controls are on top, facing upwards next to the slots. Prior to that, our Oster failed but it seemed to take forever to make toast anyway. Too bad the time factor wasn't part of the testing criteria. Back in the old days, toasters were much faster. I just attributed it to newer safety standards but I could be wrong.
Hello Abby my buddy and great tech reviewer. 😊❤
Weird question, are you guys hiring any software engineers? I'm based in Canada but I'm genuinely really curious about your work!!
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@@RTINGScomRD thank you! I’m based in Vancouver but I’ll still try!
Now do this again with toaster ovens. I got rid of my slot toaster when I got a good toaster oven and never regretted it.
Finally. People are using their degrees for REAL SCIENCE!!!
Would love to see a long-running test on which toasters continue to perform over many years of use!
From a laboratory test engineer: Toasters are chosen aesthetically to match the coffee maker or hot water jug. Toasting performance is FOREVER ignored.
love my breville looks great well made and solid generally does a great job and I expect it to last a very long time
Wow I just bought that Black & Decker 2-Slot toaster a few weeks ago, guess I made a good purchase lol
almost thought this was a early april fools joke. lol
This is fantastic. We need more consumer watchdog groups like this that steer everyone away from bad business practices and scammy overpriced products.
I have that GE 4 toaster. Its horrible. Because its just constantly dirty and hard to clean. No fingerprint coating on the stainless steel. Crumbs get stuck all up in it. Impossible to shake them all out.
Takes a long time to toast also
Can you do this again, testing these toasters against a vintage Sunbeam radiant control toaster? The vintage radiant toaster measures the heat coming off of the surface of the bread and is not governed by a timer.
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Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster is better than all of these and is from the 40s
5:00 when the toast is too hot to handle 😂
Buy a flat toaster. recently bought a bodum. Its been amazing. never understood why usa preffers standing models. flat is better and just ise tinfoil ontop of the bread if you wanna toast faster. Anyway the bodum model works great over any others
4:15
that's actually a brilliant methodology. more charr=more flat black pixels with a smart bit of image compression.
Our toaster tester extraordinaire Mike knows what he’s doing!
I didn't think id be here one day but considering my old toaster is breaking down, turning it on is like putting in a long cheat code plugging it in and out resetting my wall outlet until after repeating these things until I finally get it to work, it's finally reached my last nerve and it's Time I do something about it
I'd be really toasted to find out a $400 toaster doesn't work well at all. I also don't think I'd be attracted to a toaster that just about says smegma. It's nice to know the Black & Decker bread wrecker is about the best for its price, but I'd still want a 4-slice model. Even if you only need a 2-slice, people secretly look down on you when they see you have a 2-slice..
I am left still not knowing what 4-slice toaster they recommend. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
"automatic beyond belief!"
This was actually quite nice to know, thank you for this
Could you please do the same with hdmi cables? Maybe throw a few Audioquest hdmi cables in the mix too to see if their claims are true
Maybe some day! Thanks for watching😄
The cheap toaster may toast the best but how long does it last before it dies? I want a toaster that isn't a piece of junk and toasts well.
4:15 There is a toaster specification that states the color of the toast for each setting?
I've got to see this document?!
We -tested- *toasted* 20 to find out. FTFY
Watched the whole thing just to hear the conclusion: toaster is a toaster is a toaster
So where does the bread go…..to another dimension that the Toast comes from?
I think your grid size for comparing evenness is too big. What happens if you reduce the grid size?
Now, only question left is how would an original Sunbeam toaster perform? Some say it is still the best toaster.
Two issues:
1) No Dualit reviews
2) No Alessi Plissè reviews.
3), but actually the main one: nothing said re build quality (and, indirectly, estimated duration and reliability)... you know, all those things you tell us about when it comes to, e.g., computer mice.
These toasters are the epitome of capitalism. Thanks for buttering my bread Rtings.
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dear I want to take your advice, which one please tell me
SAMSUNG QLED Qn95b qn95c QN900B 8K
OLED LG G3 LG c3
OLED Sony A80k
OLED Samsung S950C S90C
Which TV in it?
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Now the same testing needs to be done for toaster ovens. The internet must know which toaster ovens toast and oven best.
5:00 That toast has serious dirty screen effect!
Where’s my Mitsubishi toaster??? The best single slice toaster in the world!!!
I wish you had looked at if the toasters can deal with larger slices of bread. For example warburtons toastie, common in UK. Many bad amazon reviews in UK cover that they leave the top not toasted. It seem all newer toasters seem to have this issue partly because slots not big enough to put in toast sideways.
Well, we did somewhat look at that. We currently have that Smeg toaster recommended as our "Best Long-Slot Toaster"! It's great for those larger slices of bread!
@RTINGScomRD nice. Just seen that how looked at the website. It's a shame that a lot of the long slot toasters don't seem to be as good as some of the others or are very expensive. I have a 15 year old long slot made by Philips (bough for £15 that they no longer make) and I dread it breaking. It has two long slots that can easily fit 4 slices including two side ways with two upright, and it toasts very evenly. That seems hard to find these days.
Edit: in some ways the fact we have ai incredible TVs but our ability to evenly toast large slice bread is declining is a sad reflection of the world. It's a shame my current toaster is not 25 years old as then it would be easily repairable as well. Actually would be great if repairability was looked at more in your reviews although sadly I know a metric not import to many.
a few years back there was a toaster that only toast 1 slice at a time but makes it perfect. why isn't that on the list???????
If project farm was a computer engineer
Slots Size is important, and ignored... Main reason we are looking for a new toaster, is we don't just eat wonder bread and a lot of different bread don't fit in standard slots, or you need to toast half then flip over... Need bigger slots...
Interesting
How has toaster technology not gotten better or improved over the decades.... we cant heat something faster without burning?
The problem with all of these is that they cook according to time. Costly, inefficient, and fraught with complexity when compared to Sunbeam's elegant, simple, and robust solution from the mid-twentieth-century.
Do rice cookers next!
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Hmmm, yummy tasty 🤤
PLEASE do microwaves soon!
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@@RTINGScomRD This was legitimately better than "Americas Test Kitchen"
disappointed by the lack of the inclusion of the Mitsubishi TO-ST1-T
We do plan to buy and test a wider variety of products, but our selection for new product categories will always be a little limited at first!
Why buy $400 toaster when cheap one do trick?
"S M E G" - random red toaster
where is the mitsubishi toaster? I really want to see the difference.
In Japan Mitsubishi make a pantie washer. 👙
You can smell the difference!
Will my toaster suffer from burn-in after extensive use?
Some toasters with multiple consecutive runs of the same toast content show burn-in in some areas unfortunately! 😂
Do any of these toasters laser engrave words of the day or inspirational quotes?
This would be a good April fools joke
Looks like Mitsubishi TO-ST1-T is painfully missing from the lineup
9:21 The official toaster of Family Guy. Shut up SMEG!
It would be nice to see if non-wheat breads toast the same as the gluten verity, us celiacs would be grateful
Can somebody count how many times she says toast/toasted? It's like guessing how many jelly beans are in the jar. I'm guessing 58 times
"SMEG" hahaha
What do you call a slice of bread at Burning Man?
Toasted.
2:45 am at work learning ab toasters….
This is the way😎
You guys use 15A breakers that can sustain just 1800W ? lol. I have my entire kitchen on a 32A breaker. That gives me around 6000W at 230v. lolololol
Abby fan club checking in.
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How was your work day today?
Pretty good, I spent all day taking pictures of toast. You?