Russell Hobbs 2 Slice Attentiv Toaster, Colour Sense Technology, 1640W

Works prefectly! But aside from feeling like a premium fancy toaster, it functions exactly the same.The dial/levels work the same way a normal toadter does, and if you're doing back to back batches of toast, it needs turning down 1 level on subsequent goes as it's already hot. Haven't seen much difference from the "colour sense technology" but also havent gone deep diving into it yet.Looks great though and matches the Kettle nicely. It's pricey for what it is, but certainly feels fancy and gets a lot of comments when we have people stay over.

What a fantastic toaster , got to be the fastest toaster and cooks so evenly would highly recommend this toaster you definitely pay for what you get . Worth every penny

These look great on the counter and do a great job of providing two very evenly toasted peace's of bread. It is fantastic to find a taster that toasts evenly right to the sides and corners of the bread this well. (A disclaimer: So far I have only used this with standard sized 'Hovis Style' brown and white bread.)Something that originally amazed me was how fast these seem to pop up in comparison to our old toaster. I had already thrown our old four slice toaster out when this arrived but it feels like, despite having to do two rounds of toasting, I can produce four slices in about the same.I have knocked off one star because of the range of toast levels. There are 5 total levels, and while there is a perfect setting for my taste, my wife either has to have her toast either very slightly underdone or very slightly overdone compared to what she would consider perfect.This is expensive compared to much of the competition but I feel it is worth it for the look and build quality of the item. Looks great on the counter with the matching kettle, and I am very tempted to stretch our budget a little and buy the coffee machine as well.

Product isn’t good value for money as stopped worked less than a year after purchase. Faulty lever that would not hold the toast down at first then two days later, completely failed to even turn on. Very disappointed as I bought the kettle and toaster as a pair and enjoyed the smart tech functions… well until they stoped working. Kettle still works fine.

I have used this on the crumpet (one side only) and full toast settings. Do I need a toaster with a motor to lower and raise the bread? No, but I love the feature. It also copes well with different thicknesses of toast with a metal cradle that opens wide when you put the bread in and then closes to centre the bread as it is lowered. If I am honest, this is a bit of an indulgence when it comes to a toaster. However, the single piece cast and general build quality are great and I don't regret the purchase.

Solid made and very quick make your toasts. Love my new toaster so much.

One the one hand I can make really good even toast with it, on the other, I have to operate it manually to do so. I like my toast well done but there is no setting that accomplished this in one cycle so I have to start a second cycle and manually eject just before the smoke. The sensor does not appear to do anything. E.g. If toast is immediately reinserted after popping up, it should eject straight away as it is in exactly the same state as when it just popped. This doesn't happen. Lastly, the frozen bread setting makes no discernable difference.

You are maybe thinking this is just a toaster and an expensive one at that. Well, I would agree with you, but give it a try. We found it makes just great toast using the same setting for both white and brown bread. Not only that but the slots are a decent size and take the larger size of bread perfectly if inserted in landscape mode. In our previous toaster, the larger bread would not fit. No problem here.The toast from frozen function is like the standard function, spot-on perfect toast. About the only way to fool it is white in one slot and brown in the other. Even then you can just reset for the underdone slice and cancel part way into the cycle.

I really loved this toaster when we first golly it - it toasted the bread perfectly and was easy to use. Unfortunately it has stopped working after 9 months and I feel very disappointed by this.

The toaster stoped working after few months !