Delonghi RT400 4-Slice Retro Toaster

by DeLonghi

Product Features

• Extra Wide, Extra Long Toast Loading Slots work in concert with self-adjusting grips to center bread for precise, double sided toasting.
• Cancel, Defrost, and Bagel Settings allow you to customize the loading process
• Electronic Temerature Sensor- Advanced electronic sensor monitors the temperature and adjusts toast timing acording to internal temperature of the toaster, so you get consistent toasting results batch after batch.
• Easy to read thermostat control with 6 settings
• Uses 1,600 watts of power

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 11 inches ; 7.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00004RGAT
• Item model number: RT400
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,602 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Elvis would have loved this toaster. With a brushed-metal finish like a customized '57 Chevy, chrome lift-levers and browning-control knobs, and control dials like old-time radios, it's lovingly and wittily retro. Functionally, however, it's 21st century. Four large slots, each 5-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches, handle bagels, English muffins, and thick gourmet breads as well as conventional bread. Slots are paired, each pair with its own lift-lever and browning control. Push a button, and bagels or English muffins toast only on one side. Push another button, and frozen bread automatically toasts a little longer to account for defrosting time. Slide open a crumb tray on the side and clean up with no hassle. At 12 by 11 by 8 inches, it's not compact, but, as was said about Elvis, when you've got it, flaunt it. --Fred Brack

Product Description

It's got style, it's got substance, it's the sleek retro styled toaster from De Longhi, the renowned Italian appliance company, with room for 4 slices of bread in its extra long, extra wide slots. This is one appliance to which you won't begrudge valuable counter space.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

78 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Just Another Pretty Face, April 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Delonghi RT400 4-Slice Retro Toaster (Kitchen)

I bought this toaster because I'm attracted to retro appliances and it fit well into my kitchen design. Amazingly, it's the best toaster I've ever owned, by far. It accommodates breads and bagels and everything between and toasts them evenly at any setting. It doesn't just sit there and look good...it works.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not expected from (a) toaster, November 23, 2000

By 

Judith Eisenberg "littleone4" (Hollywood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delonghi RT400 4-Slice Retro Toaster (Kitchen)

I was disappointed at the quality of this toaster. The handles behaved tentatively, one side sliding down loosely..too loosely, the other too tight. The exterior became very hot, so I would never let a child or anyone whose mind might wander go near this item during or within 10 minutes after use. The interior holding device clamped so tightly, soft bread broke and lodged inside. Any item smaller than a standard piece of white bread had to be handle lifted out, and English muffins still required fingers for removal. The crumb trays are shallow and small, so cleaning must be done after each use. Perhaps I am lazy, but I prefer appliances to serve me, not cater to them. Addendum..11 mos.later, little red 'lights' over control buttons just fell inside toaster.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best toaster and classy as well, May 4, 2003

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MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delonghi RT400 4-Slice Retro Toaster (Kitchen)

We bought this brand toaster in the two slice chrome finish and WOW what a great machine! It is not a light machine but has some weight to it which we like, as well as a non slide bottom

The three button (bagel, defrost, release) are on the one end of the machine and are easy to use and read as well as classy looking. And the toast turns out absolutely perfect!

It is a machine we are proud to have in our kitchen. It is the second machine this company makes (bought their coffee-espresso-cappuccion machine as a gift for my husband) that I have bought and I recommend the maker to anyone who wants a quality product at an excellent price.