Customer Reviews

Black & Decker T2030 850-Watt 2-Slice Toaster

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I haven't owned a regular toaster in a long time, but wanting more counter space, I decided to go from a toaster oven (which I only used for toasting purposes) to a regular toaster.

This one looks nice on the counter, is not too big, and I really like to cool touch exterior (though the very top gets hot) because I have young children. They are able to use the toaster without any problems.

I love the bagel toasting feature, which warms the outside of the bagel and toasts the cut side. The toasting is consistent, so once you find a good setting, you can stick with that.

I also love the lift up feature, though it does not lift up enough for those mini bagels my kids love. The need to use wooden tongs to get them out. If it weren't for that, I'd give this toaster 5 stars.

Also, another reviewer commented about a burning smell. We experienced this as well, but after three or four uses, it went away. I am sure this was because the unit was new, not due to any defect.

This toaster is decent enough. It goes well with all the stainless steel appliances in my kitchen. It toasts decetly weel. The only thing is the top body heats up lot more that my previous " toastmaster" toaster. it is not a big deal as i am careful, and my kids are too young to play with it.
I would recommend it.

The spring mechanism used to load the toast is poorly constructed and very challenging to use. At my home, it became an Olympic event just to see who could get the toast started. This required one to push the lever down in just the precise manner so that it would engage - many times the toast had to be unloaded and reloaded. In less than a year, the spring mechanism broke altogether.

This may say Black & Decker on the outside, but it isn't made by them. The name is licensed by "Applica," trading on an established brand. Made in China, of course. (Applica have also licensed the venerable British name, Russell Hobbs.)

After a few months the lever on the model I have became stiff to operate, and wouldn't always stay down in the toast position. As the warranty from this company isn't worth much, I dismantled the thing (I don't recommend this) and finally got it working. It does look good on the (plastic) outside, but it's all paper-thin gauge steel inside. The lock-down action is controlled by a solenoid acting on a small steel plate, all controlled by a circuit board (situated behind the knob). You're probably better off with a mechanical system, as circuit boards and toaster heat don't go so well together.

If you only want it to dress up your kitchen, it's nice. If you want to toast with it, get a different one.

looks great but on first use, smelled wires burning from the front end. Tried again two times and gave up. Love black and decker ordinarily but had to return it.

zero stars junk smelles like it burning all the time what ever happen to blacker decker do they make any thing good any more

Bought for a friend as a prsent. It got there on time and in good conditions and as far as I know it does its job.

With two weeks of use I can note:
The rheostat, browning control, rotates without any tactile feedback - as if it is disconnected.
The rheostat must be turned to almost full maximum for any degree of toasting.
The heating elements are arranged so that the top of the bread is overly toasted while the bottom is untoasted (is it rocket science to position more of the heating wire at the bottom and less at the top?).
There is only 7/16 of an inch of manual lift to the push-down/pop-up lever so you still need to reach inside the hot toaster to retrieve lower profile breads.
This is the slowest toaster I've ever used.
This is also a much lighter and flimsy toaster than one would expect.
On the plus side, you can get uniformly consistent results from day-to-day.
Immediate repeat use requires that the browning control be dialed back slightly since this toaster lacks the ability to adjust itself.

When it arrived it was larger than I expected and does take up a good amount of space. The plus side to this is that the slots are great for bagels or homemade bread. Also, works quickly and much better than my old toaster.


As a follow up to my previous review. The toaster can be a little inconsistent. Seems to need some Warm up time. First slice takes a while to toast and the second use following goes much quicker.

Same problems a a couple other reviewers. Started out stinking when I first got it. Thought it was just the newness and it would wear off after a couple uses. Smell eventually let up enough to where I didn't return it. Then came the spring problem as posted by another review. Don't waste your money!