Toasters
Dec 12, 2021 14:05:50 #
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Dec 12, 2021 14:25:21 #
lbrande wrote:
small one or large one?
The larger one is a P-51 but I believe they're both called John Waynes by the Marines.
Dec 12, 2021 14:26:56 #
Dec 12, 2021 15:46:07 #
allan catt wrote:
If you an get one “DUALIT” I’ve had mine for over 10 years and no problems,used every day,components are replaceable.
Have you looked at Breville?
Dec 12, 2021 16:27:54 #
Longshadow wrote:
...If one buys three $35 toasters over 15 years...
If they lasted 5 years apiece it wouldn't be bad. Unfortunately the last two I purchased lasted less than 5 months each. And another one I had to send back because even on the highest setting you had to run the bread through 3 times to toast it. More of a "warmer" than a "toaster".
Dec 13, 2021 08:15:52 #
ddgm
Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL
We have a T-Fal 4 slice toaster for the last 10 years. Works well
Dec 13, 2021 09:37:48 #
jrcarpe
Loc: Jacksonville,AR
Sadly this is true. I worked for a company 41 years that made kitchen electrical appliances inc, Toasters among other appliances. Wal Mart was our biggest customer until 2001 when they decided to get their appliances from China causing 450 plus employees to be laid off.Same thing has happened to many other American companies.
Dec 13, 2021 10:21:35 #
Longshadow wrote:
Buy a disposable toaster...
Welcome to the continuing saga of make it as inexpensively as we can.
Yea, it stinks royally!
And it's not only toasters.
Welcome to the continuing saga of make it as inexpensively as we can.
Yea, it stinks royally!
And it's not only toasters.
In an age when Mercedes start to fall apart when the warranty runs out, are you surprised? My old friend in Florida drove a 300D 460,000 miles before trading it. She replaced it with an X164 GL that at 50,000 miles, was (as she said), "a complete pile of excrement."
So I wasn't surprised when my wife bought a toaster oven that burned up the second time she used it. It didn't even blow a breaker... IT JUST CAUGHT FIRE. Luckily, she grabbed a box of baking soda and put it out before the cabinet above it caught fire. That was the SECOND ONE of the same model... The first one would not turn on, so we had sent it back to Amazork for replacement. Some replacement!
Dec 13, 2021 11:21:12 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Dannj wrote:
Desperate times call for desperate measures: stick a fork in the bread and hold it over the flame on the stove. If you have an electric stove maybe you can just lay the bread directly on the burner😳😂
We used to do that when I was a child in Wales, but we held it out on a special extendable fork, to the fireplace for toasting. Tasted the best that way too. Thanks for bringing back a memory.
Dec 13, 2021 14:06:45 #
Just came home from shopping. Checked out several manual can openers. All the brands listed here were in stock and all of them have the exact same mechanics just different handles. We own two of the brands (OXO, Cuisinart)that are given high recommendations. Both are exactly like the cheap store brands; none work well.
We had a wall mounted can opener that lasted 20 years when I was growing up.
I have decided to scour flea markets for a good old can opener and a toaster.
We had a wall mounted can opener that lasted 20 years when I was growing up.
I have decided to scour flea markets for a good old can opener and a toaster.
Dec 13, 2021 17:01:15 #
Scewer stick into bread, turn stove flame on, rotate over flame until its done the ay you like it. China means junk!
Dec 13, 2021 20:34:32 #
In the mid fifties through the mid sixties a friend ran a MODEL AND HOBBY SHOP/ Small appliances repair shop in a
Chicago suburb; in addition to trains, planes and cars he repaired small appliances. He had, of course, a source for parts. He told to me once that his livelyhood depended on fixing toasters, irons, can openers, etc. The models and hobbies were for fun; he taught a lot of us about building, fixing and operating models as well as equipment through the models we kids bought. I really doubt he could survive doing that today. How many of those shops exist today? Sad times, JimM
Chicago suburb; in addition to trains, planes and cars he repaired small appliances. He had, of course, a source for parts. He told to me once that his livelyhood depended on fixing toasters, irons, can openers, etc. The models and hobbies were for fun; he taught a lot of us about building, fixing and operating models as well as equipment through the models we kids bought. I really doubt he could survive doing that today. How many of those shops exist today? Sad times, JimM
Dec 14, 2021 04:52:01 #
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