Breville Ikon Toaster - CT75XL  Product Reviews

"It gets so hot on the top and sides near the top that my wife burned herself badly simply by bumping it. This would be a real danger with kids around. It is simply not insulated. The brushed aluminum finish looks great but it heats quickly to very high temperatures. There is also a darkness scale from 10 to 9 and at 4 burns the bread to a crisp. Overall a very disappointing product. This is going back."

"I don't really have complaints about the toasting ability of this toaster. It browns the bread adequately, although as other have said there is not much point in the settings going up to 10 when a setting of 4 will burn the toast. My complaint is that you cannot only select one slot at a time for toasting. Many other 4 slice toasters have separate darkness setting for each pair of slices, which is nice if you want to toast different kinds of bread at the same time. Also, with this toaster if you only have 2 slices you still have to power up the whole toaster (wastes a bit of energy). Finally, the toaster is 1500W and produces a lot of heat, both above and on the side surfaces, so you have to be extra careful to keep cords away and not use it below cupboards."

"One day my gorgeous Russell Hobbs toaster went crazy. I started to research another nice looking toaster that would also satisfy my needs for a high-tech gadget. I thought the Breville 4-Slice Toaster met my needs. I didn't want the 2-slice because I thought that there were times that I'd like to toast long slices of bread. I read the stunning reviews for the 2-Slice and the mediocre reviews for the 4-slice, and thought "How different can they be?" Let me tell you, I bought the first Breville 4-Slice, put it on the '4' setting and ended up with charcoal. Actually, I ended up with a whole loaf of charcoal. I kept trying different slices, other kinds of bread, and even different outlets, but in the end, I figured I had a bunk toaster. However, when I exchanged the toaster for another one I had the same trouble. The toaster burned my bread everytime I used it above the '2' setting. Whats the point of having 10 settings? Finally, I exchanged the 4-slice for the 2-slice toaster. Perfection! Whoever did quality control for the 4-slice model--not so good. Buy the 2-slice and you'll be OK."

"I'm in my 40's and through the years, I've owned or used many a toaster. I can't remember ever having a toaster that does as good of a job toasting bread then this Breville does. Prior to this one, I had a toaster oven, that took forever to toast - and dried out my bread always. Prior to the toaster oven, I had a toaster that I got from a high end store - it looked cool - I paid $100 for it - and yet it sucked in toasting toast. It was time for a new toaster - so, I did my research, read quite a few reviews, and found that this Breville was rated the best not only for it's features, but the fact that it does what it's supposed to do - toast bread. It's quick, evenly toasts and I never thought there would be a big difference in the quality of toast - but there is - and this toaster will prove it. The manual says to start out at setting "4" and go from there to see how dark you like your toast - my suggestion is to go with setting "3". This is a powerful toaster and will easily burn your bread should you have the setting too high. Thumbs up - you won't be disappointed especially in this price range."