Toaster Showdown! $70 vs $210 Models! 

That toaster only lasted a year and a half? I've had $20 toasters that lasted 10 years or more lol

Sometimes simple is best. A simple run of the mill toaster is all a person needs and it will literally last decades

I bought a $6 at Dollar General 15 years ago and still working great

Would be interested in learning how easy it was to clean the crumb catchers

Just a small thing you didn't notice - on the Breville the led lights also function as a backwards countdown timer, so you can see how close it is to finishing.

My toaster is 27 years old and the cost was about ten dollars. Still works and is in great shape.Not too much for toast myself but my daughter uses it often.

It really doesn't surprise me that the 350 dollar toaster with the screen didn't last very long. The more crap and technology you add to appliances the shorter their lifespan become because they get to expensive to fix so everyone just throws them away.

I was honestly surprised you're keeping the more expensive one. The auto lifting feature is just one more thing to break and the cheaper one did an almost better job at even toasting.

I needed a new toaster last year. I bought a Sunbeam circa 1955 . Best toaster I ever had. Perfect toast every time. Toast only takes 90 seconds

I did forget to say that I prefer the toasters with one long slot - can hold two pieces of regular size bread or k e of the more unusual sized bread slices that won’t fit in either of these toasters.

I’ve worked at the same diner for 8 years. I have customers that want the level 5 Breville toast setting. 😂. They WILL send it back. “BURN THE TOAST CARISSA!” 😂😂 ETA, I got a $7 toaster from Walmart in 2015. Still works. Not as great as those. Even $70 is a lot. But the look of the toaster is nice.

For 3x the price, the features on the breville can just be done popping by hand on the bydeem. But the bydeem has the reheat function as well... It's hard to justify 3x the price just for the slow lowering and rising, which will probably also be more prone to breakage.

If you want to reheat in Brewil, just use the lightest toast function. It did not brown the bread at all, just warmed it. The prices are ridiculous, even the $70 one. I have a Cuisinart 4 slot toaster, and I got it as a gift. I might have used it 3 times, finally I transferred it to my large walk-in pantry/ storage. I prefer toasting my bread on Ninja airfryer that needs to remain in the kitchen counter. I am lucky to have a lot of counter space and large center island, but to have 15 different gadgets on the open counters is clutter. Anything that is not used at least weekly stayes in the pantry.

We want Old Toaster Autopsy!!! We want to know why it failed!

Just based on price alone, I'd go for the Buydeem. The features of the Breville seem nice, but not at $210. The Buydeem has some great features, plus you save about $140. Also, the Buydeem is available as a 2-slice toaster (however, the price difference between the 4-slice and 2-slice doesn't seem worth it).

$210? it better go buy the bread from the store & butter it too

One thing I'd like to see on any future toaster tests is trying at least a couple different types of bread. Some of those toasters that burn a light white bread might might be perfect for one of those more dense fresh loaves from a bakery, especially if the dense loaf is cut a little thicker. And on the other hand, some toasters might burn a relatively light white bread even on the low setting. You might be able to test both at the same time even with 2 slot toasters, one type in each slot so the tests wouldn't necessarily take much longer.

My 10dollar toaster from the 90s still going strong. These expensive toasters have way to many features and wont even last 5 years..

Those tongs would be great for handling Pop Tarts, those things are wicked when hot! Oh great video as always James 👍

Go on the bay and find a nice (maybe new old stock) Toastmaster toaster. It will probably last a lifetime. Unfortunately Toastmaster no longer makes consumer models, but when they did, they were awesome.

I've had a two piece Breville with the same functions for approximately 6 or 7 years now. Still works great.

Thank you for testing upper-end products.

I'll stick with the old fashion toaster without the fancy that nobody going to use crap.

Wow! Name and shame - what $350 toaster died after 18 months??? I have $15 toaster that I bought 15 years ago that STILL makes perfect toast. It's only 2 slots but that's all we need.

I currently have the breville 4 slice toaster except it's lengthwise rather than all four slices along. So it's a longer slimmer toaster which I like. I've had it for 7 years and I have never had a problem. One thing I liked about the breville is it feels substantial. It doesn't feel cheap, and also I don't know if you noticed but on the breville you can actually watch the light counting down as the toast is being toasted and I really like that feature. I will add. As a side note, I really like to when you did the test on the toaster with the little screen on it that It was all touch tone like your phone, but I guess that's the one that only lasted a year and a half so I'll stick with the breville

I rarely shop at Wal-Mart but for a toaster, it's about $23. Perfectly fine. I just want a piece of toast, I don't want to launch the Space Shuttle.

For that money I’m buying a vintage Sunbeam Radiant Control that’ll last another 50+ years over the disposable tat for sale today.

I rarely eat toast or the various items you would cook in a toaster, so I've always done the cheap toaster. However I've always had issue with it taking up counter space. I recently have switched to one of those Ninja flip up toaster ovens as it kinda stays out of the way, and i can cook a lot of other items in it, and I've been pretty happy with that.

How does Darth Vader like his toast? On the Dark Side 😂

We have had the Breville model for 6 months now and we love it. The led on the toast level slider is also a countdown timer, and flash's constantly to let you know how much time is remaining. The crumb tray is easy to access on the bottom with a simple pull out tray, and the beep at the end of the toast is great because you can go do something else and will know when to come back for a hot piece of toast. And yes the auto lower and raise is a nice feature. It toasts bagels to perfection along with toast. We hope it lasts a long time and if our other Breville appliance's are any indication it most certainly will.

350 dollars. This thing had better be the everlasting Gobstopper of toasters. Endless free toast forever.

Have you ever tried a dualit toaster? They have parts that you can replace yourself when they break and they are very high-quality, made in England.

I just bought my wife a breville espresso machine and thought the same about the plug so I looked it up and apparently breville patented it. So it will be a while before we see it more widely adopted.

13:39 I started laughing hysterically when the toast popped up into the camera; the cut was perfect!

I purchased my Oster Toaster at our local Kmart store when it was going out of business about 18 years ago. It was discounted down to $8. I think the original price was $30. It has 2 slots and continues to work just fine. Besides toasting bread, it toasts bagels and has a reheat button, plus a cancel button. It also lifts the toast up, so it's easier to get out. All those features in an $8 toaster that is still doing its job after 18 years!!! Those super expensive toasters will not last as long!

Would love to see the reactions on various chopsticks from wood to bamboo to fiberglass to ones that split in half for traveling

I dig the sort of retro look of thr cheaper one.

I haven't owned a toaster in 20 years, I use my toaster oven and sometimes even put frozen waffles in the air fryer to heat up. Can't believe that $350 high tech toaster only lasted 1.5 years, but no one needs a $350 high tech toaster in the first place.

I've never had a standard toaster. My family, and now I, have always had toaster ovens. My next one will be a toaster oven/air fryer-convection oven.

I have been hunting for a good toaster for my entire adult life, and finally found it a few months ago - the Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Oven. It's the most reliable and consistent toaster I have ever used, and it makes evenly, beautifully toasted toast. It's fantastic, and I don't ever want to go back to inferior traditional toasters.

One test i would like to see is the “skip around”. Where you toast beck to back at different levels. Like someone comes in and wants dark toast, then the next person wants light, without cooling the toaster in between. This is probably more of a two slot issue, but it could be an issue when cooking for a crowd.

Thank you for this video. What great timing. I just got my husband (our household - he uses it more than I do) the Buydeem for Christmas because it had such great reviews. We haven't opened it or used it yet but I'm confident that I chose a good one now. Yes, the reheat feature got me. I ordered the yellow one. :)

The buydeem (the blue one) is so much better and a great price, in my opinion. Such a well designed toaster

Dash Toaster with the long slot and window is my jam.

I have a 20 dollar Oster that does amazingly well for a 20 dollar toaster. It has the re-heat and a bagel setting. It's only a two slicer though.

If I have leftover toast I wrap it tightly with plastic wrap, put it in a zip lock baggie and store it in the freezer. Later on I can warm it up or use it for croutons.

We have the Breville Long Slot toaster. It has two long slots, which each accommodate either two standard slices, or one long bread slice. The long slots are nice for round loaves, more country style breads. We've had ours for over 10 years now, still working great. One thing that I think can cause some people to throw out a toaster, is when they start tripping GFCI outlets. I have had to blow out the toaster several times, making sure to get out nearly all crumbs. They were likely causing a small leakage current to ground, tripping the GFCI feature in the outlet/breaker.

I bought the Buydeem 2 slot and so far I'm loving it!! Thanks for another great reivew.

I've never owned a toaster, grew up with my granny and always just butter my bread and throw it in the oven, works every time and doesn't cost me anything 😂

That line "looks like ill be having waffles for lunch with a side of toast" made me laugh. Idk youre a natural with those moments in these videos.

I got mine at Walgreens. It’s only a two slicer but it’s still working after three years. Oh yeah, I paid twenty bucks for it.

I have the Brevelle 4 slice long slot toaster version of this one and I love it. I finally settled on it after trying 5 others after watching your reviews.

What happened to that last fancy toaster? What caused it to break? That would be valuable to share given how expensive it was

I have that exact same buydeem toaster! I’ve had it for about 6 months now and I love it.

I love toasters but the one thing I love about toast you cant do with them..add butter before you toast it so it soaks in. I use a toaster oven to make toast. Used to use the big over when I was young before toaster ovens were cool.

I probably wouldn't go for anything more advanced than the Buydeem. My parents bought a $120 toaster a few years back and it crapped out on them within 3 years. My $20 toaster is still holding strong after year 8. Worst part about their toaster was the extremely loud beep that played when it finished toasting. There was no way to lower the volume or turn the beep off. My parents room was next to the kitchen so it would occasionally wake up my parents when I woke up before them lol hopefully the Breville has volume controls

I have the Breville toaster, my mum brought it when my sister was 2-3 and she just turned 18 last month. This toaster has been used every day and still going. Mum gave it to me because as us kids moved out it was just her so she didn’t need the 4 slice function but it has been great for breakfast with my own kids. I never would have spent so much on a toaster but I have to admit it is pritty good

I eat toast several times a day. I saw a video awhile back testing brands of toasters, "Cooks Country" or something like that, and bought their best pick. It had a rod for a toasting element and a glass window to watch the toasting. $35, Amazon. Two long slots for 4 regular or 2 wide fancy slices. Best toaster I've ever had. I also like my horizontal broiler toaster to melt the butter as it toasts. I enjoy your channel. I live in Vegas, too, though I'm not there now, visiting relatives for the holidays in Washington state.

Funny the Breville trying to be all high-tech without levers to push the toast down, yet the darkness setting is.. levers. Guess the factory ran out of buttons.

the pricey toaster is for people with loads of disposable income and they can afford to buy a new one every year or so........i remember when you got that other fancy one as i was in the market for a new toaster.......they were out of the 9.99 model so i got the stainless steel 19.99 one and it still works perfectly

Have the same breville for 10 years work like a charm 😁

Some years ago I needed a new toaster. My old was a electromechanical nightmare. Not advanced and yet very imprecise and uncertain. So I went to the stores and looked. There were a lot of crap or extremely expensive toasters, and then I found a store selling off a model of more advanced toaster from Philips. It had IR sensors that checked the toast level of the bread and a electronic control board. It had a lot of features for reheating, bagels, buns and so on, and it was sold for what was basically $30. So i got one. I've had one issue with this toaster. Once i managed to power it up in something looking like a diagnostic procedure. All LED's were lit in patterns, the toaster elements were run in some kind of pattern and it sounded funny. But that was just once in several years. Powering it off an on again seemed to have everything back to normal. Didn't really think much about it until three years later when I walked by a store that had that exact model of toaster posted with a lot of information of how revolutionary it was this "new" model that had all kinds of advanced features, and it was priced at only $130... I did check and it was the same product number, so exactly the same model of toaster, just sold at more than four times the price...

13:41 Toast Jumpscare 😂😂😂

I have the 2 slot Breville toaster and love it. I've had it for about 3 years now so it's made really well. You can also use the bagel function to toast hamburger buns. For english muffins I like a setting of 4 and they come out golden brown. The setting you use also depends on the moisture level of the bread.

I’ve also tried slightly more expensive toasters, the cheap ones work better and last so much longer! I do have a Breville oven that is fantastic, but I’m not remotely interested in their toaster - looked at it a few years ago but the price out me off!

Makes me think of the "Brave Little Toaster" movie.

We have the Buydeem and it's pretty solid. Very even toasting on bread and bagels.

I put peanut butter on hot toast. The peanut butter melts a bit. It's one of my favorite treats.

James, the bamboo tongs are so you don't electrocute yourself when a smaller or broken piece of toast gets stuck inside. People have been known to dig those out with a metal fork. Zap! You don't need the tongs for normal slices. Keep the tongs, Bud.

Great review. I recently bought a Breville coffee maker, espresso machine and coffee grinder. All three are great machines so I’m sure the Breville toaster will be good as well.

The one thing you should also test is how easily they can be FULLY cleaned (since the crumbs that can't be removed from the bottom of the slots are one of the main reason toasters die)

I own the Breville toaster and have had it for years. Mines a little different it does not have a bagel button but a crumpet/fruit toast button and it makes the best crumpets ever 🤤

Over 25 years ago I added a $200.00 KitchenAid toaster to our wedding registry as a joke because I didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to spend that kind of money on a toaster. A family member didn't get the joke and gave it us as a wedding gift. Still have the toaster today and it works perfectly.

I have the breville and I love it...I've had it about 2 years...still doing great job.

helped me decide, thank you

We use a toaster oven/convection over/air fryer combo that does everything we need it to. I cannot remember the last time I owned an actual toaster.

I'm insanely picky when it comes to my toast. The best toaster I ever used belonged to my workplace when I worked for one of those survey places that were at the mall back in the day. They had a Sunbeam toaster that had small slots so you would not be able to put a bagel in it but you could put an English muffin or a Pop-Tart or a piece of bread. The bread came out perfect every time. It was the most amazing toaster. As I had to replace a toaster the last time about 10 years ago I bought a Brevel two slot and it had been discontinued because it got so hot that people complained. It toasts amazingly and I even bought another for our condo in Florida. The tongs that you were using I don't use them personally but my parents have a pair that they use consistently because things are too hot for them to touch. I think people that cook their fingers get more used to the heat and so it doesn't bother us as much.

I have the same Breville, it is a good toaster been happy with it and is still going strong after a number of years, if you want to reheat your toast you can press the bit more button and it reheats it. Also, it has two slide draws at the bottom you can pull out too clean crumbs.

I have 2 brevil, i gave the first to my sister got a second one cause I wanted the large one, the first one after 10 years still goes strong, the second one after 2 years no issue, sooo cool and smooth to use...

I had a reheat button on my old toaster. I miss it dearly. It was great for reheating waffles after they were toasted.

Simple is best. If you're someone who never cleans it out, you can just replace it for cheap when it dies.

3:45 that's perfect

I bought a Farberware toaster and couldn't be happier. I can take bagels from the freezer and defrost them and then make pizza bagels. Or regular bread from the freezer will defrost and toast at the same time. Saves me from feeling that I have to eat bread that's sitting out too long.

Have bought the Breville one in 2014 and still using it

I think the tongs are more useful for when you're toasting something smaller. Like English muffins and some breads are smaller and stay below the surface when they are popped up, so you have to reach in to pull them out. It's risky trying not to touch the hot sides like that. So I usually use something to get them out, but obviously you don't want to use metal or plastic to reach into a toaster (one can shock, the other can melt). Never heard of these wood toaster tongs before though. I'll have to look them up. we have a long 4-slice toaster, which fits those wide flatter sourdough slices, and those often don't stick out of the top when they're done.

I have a pair of much thinners toast to gs that my mom bought from a catalog. Love them, especially with my cheap toaster that I can't get English muffins out of or smaller types of bread. Absolutely love them. But they don't have the large bunny head, more like chop sticks stuck together.

I’ve had that 4 slice Breville toaster for about 5 years now & it’s still just as good as day one 👍🏼

my $25 four slice toaster from 20 years ago is still going strong. Manual without all the fancy settings.

My toaster is an old Philips toaster passed down from my grandma and it works beautifully.

I am fond of boutique bread,and buy from a small shop that bakes their bread onsite. Compared with mass market bread,I have found that the boutique bread does not burn,even at the highest setting,whereas mass market bread gets absolutely black,and will set off your smoke alarm. I am pretty sure the difference is that the boutique bread uses much less sugar than the mass market bread. Trying some mass market bread has confirmed my theory,as the sweetness is clearly much more evident than the boutique bread.

Bought a 4-slice toaster seven years ago from Walmart for 12 or 13 bucks. It's probably the best toaster I've ever owned!

I have a toaster my mom bought for me at a yard sale for $5 at least 15 years ago. It's still working.

You were watching toasters from the back and didn't notice a function from Breville. It uses the LED's to show you how much time it's left to end of the toasting.

350 dollars for a toaster is straight up highway robbery

The only issue I e had with a toaster here in the UK was a cheap one so shallow only about 2/3rds of the bread actually went in. Replaced that with a 4 slice Delonghi that was on special and it's been great for about 6 years now.

Somehow a toaster review ended up autoplaying from a chemistry video. May the RU-vid gods never change their mysterious ways.

I have a Sunbeam toaster that's at least 25 years old and still going fine.More bells and whistles means more things to break.

I wonder if you make 2 at level 2 and the other 2 at max , etc if they stay consistent or only when all 4 slices are same setting? Breville looks better and doesn’t sound cheap when you press it down, good puck, great review! Happy New Year!❤

To save space, I've used a Breville toaster oven that cost around $125 for almost 10 yrs. Works great for toast and any size bread, buns, bagels. I really don't see any advantage to having a separate toaster.

I like using my ovens broil setting, if you haven't tried it, you toast the one side quick, the other stays non toasted, you put your butter on the toasted side and fold like a sandwich. Less crumbs as well