Customer Reviews

Cuisinart CPT-90 Classic 4-Slice Toaster

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

We have been disappointed with this toaster. It does not toast even and usually burns one part of the bread, while the other part is barely toasted. I called the company about it thinking it may be just this toaster but they offered no help. I got the feeling of "Oh well, too bad". Also, the numbers to choose how many slices to toast are VERY hard to read as they are just imprinted into the metal with no color difference. We have been using it unhappily for a year and I am thinking of buying a new one already.

Look for a different toaster than this one. I just don't understand how Cuisinart could risk their brand name by producing a toaster like this. It's overpriced (and I don't say that about Cuisinart usually), it doesn't toast evenly, not very durable, and poorly designed. The durable issue? somehow one of the metal thingy-dooeys that lets the bread down and then brings it up came out of the track on ours and it hasn't behaved properly since. The design issue? This is not easy to explain, but the switch that you use to turn one set of burners off points in the reverse direction to what you'd expect, and consequently we've made mistakes in whether or not all the heating elements are properly on. Specifically, the 1/2 slice compartment is on the left, and the 3/4 slice compartment is on the right. When you want the heating elements for the 3/4 compartment on, you are supposed to have the toggle pointing towards the 1/2 compartment (non-intuitive if you ask me - - it breaks the connection between visual stimulus and expectations). Cuisinart does engrave a label into the side of the toaster that might help, but only if you bend over and bring your eyes level with the counter.

Yuck.

Loved the fact that this toaster takes long slices and chrome styling--too few around. Knob came off after a couple of months and the mechanism no longer works to keep the bread down after less than a year. Went shopping for a new toaster and found this model on the shelf with a broken knob--it's obviously a faulty feature. Toaster never browned our favorite long sourdough slices evenly. Still looking for a 4-slice, long slot, chrome toaster.

There are numerous problems with this toaster. The toast is always uneven -- generally 1/2 or 3/4 of one side of the bread slice. The lever broke after 3 months of use. The defrost light turns on without pressing the button and stays on randomly for days at a time regardless of the reset button. The crumb tray does not catch all of the crumbs. The toaster sparks both when the toast goes down and when it pops up. I am going to throw it away. I will never buy a Cusinart toaster again.

This toaster has had VERY LIGHT usage in my house (on average, used once every 3 to 5 weeks), and simply stopped working in August 2005. Called Cuisinart, and they said nothing can be done.

Looks nice, so if you are in the market for a pricey counter decoration, buy it. But if you think an expensive toaster should last longer than fewer than 3 years of ultra-light usage, AVOID THIS brand.

The mechanism that holds the toast down failed after about a year. Then the knob fell off. It is cheaply made.

Unfortunately, I am about to trash this overpriced, overtouted toaster. After a month, the lever knob broke. More often than not, the toast came out unevenly toasted--with a good half or more at times not toasted whatsoever--even though the proper switch was set for the number of slices. Most recently, the toaster has become totally worthless, when, even set at the lowest setting of 1, it consistently burns toast to a crisp! Nice fire hazard with smoking and all if one doesnt watch the thing religiously. Pretty scary!

I've had one of these toasters for at least six years (can't remember when I got it) and it's gotten hard use over those years -- at least 3 or 4 times a day. I love that it holds any width of bread from thin slices to fat bagels. Its shape means it can hold four "regular" slices, or two very long slices of bread (e.g. from the middle of round loaves). Some of the negative reviews about uneven toasting, or toasting one side but not the other, are not the toaster's fault -- when the 1/2 option is picked only 3 sides heat up. If you then put three or four slices in it, one set of bread will only be toasted on one side. Just make sure the 3/4 option is picked and the toaster is fine.

We have had this toaster for approximately 3 yrs. It has had mimimal use as we
vacation away from home in the winter ( 4 months at least). There are just two
people using this toaster and on an average only use it twice a week. The toaster is
a part time toaster, sometimes it will toast both sides sometimes not. It has
now become a total pain as the mechanism to hold the bread down has stopped
working. I thought that a Cuisinart would last for ever. I owned a very cheap
toaster for over 35 years, gave it to my sons to use in college. That toaster still
functions properly but is small and a 2 slicer. It will come out of the attic until
we can find a better company than Cuisinart with a better product.

I am now looking for another toaster, which is why I happened to see this one and decided to see how others rated it. I received it as a wedding gift three years ago and only keep it because I have felt too guilty to buy a new one. The reason I gave it two stars is that it looks pretty good, has space for four slices, and hasn't broken down on me. But... since the day I unwrapped it, it has toasted slowly and unevenly. My husband finally said, "when will you stop complaining and just buy a new one?" So here I am. I thought I was on safe ground registering for a Cuisinart, and will probably even buy another Cuisinart of a different kind, but overall I've been very disappointed.