Customer Reviews

Krups 288-70 2-Slice Compact Toaster

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Intent on getting a good toaster, I decided to not go with the 'hand me downs' and garage sale toasters. Instead I decided to go with a new, brand name toaster. As nobody in their right mind wants to spend a ton of money on something of this nature, I went with this nice little toaster. After having it for a while I've noticed a few things I like and dislike about it.

First the good stuff. Everything I've put in it is toasted very evenly. The dial to set the darkness of the toast is quite responsive and moving it through the increments makes a noticable change unlike some of the others I've had that don't change unless you're at one extreme or another. Also, cleaning it is quite simple as it has (probably along with most new toasters) a door on the bottom to empty out all of your crumbs. Plus it looks good--something I usually don't notice or care about.

The only bad comment I have on it is the slots aren't as wide as I'd like. Some of the bagels I've bought have been too big and didn't want to fit in there. That was disappointing, but that doesn't happen very often.

All together I think this is a good value and am glad I made the purchase.

Bought this at full price (...) from a local store based on Krups name. It does not toast evenly (unless you toast in two stages and turn and flip over the bread). It's very slow. And, this is the best part - when toasting one slice, sometimes it can launch the toast out of the toaster - usually landing in the sink. My mom's 30 year old cheap-o Toastmaster works a lot better.

We wanted a toaster that would last. We paid extra for the Krups Sensotoast Compact (two slice) but, it didn't last any longer than cheap ones.
We were not happy with performance either - I don't know that it ever toasted evenly (hmmm, ... maybe when it was brand new it did)

I think Krups should stick to coffee makers. After reading reviews I bought the toaster. For the price I could have gotten two cheaper toasters that would do a comparable job. It does not do a good job of toasting evenly and you burn your fingers getting the toast out because the finished product sits so low in the slots. Save your money.

When the toaster was new, I'd give it 4 stars. Unlike some of the other reviewers, we found it toasted fairly evenly. However, if I'm spending $80 on a toaster, I'd expect it to last. Since it's been two years since we got the toaster and now it only lightly browns toast on its highest & longest setting, it's time to shop for a new toaster. We WON'T be buying Krups again.

This toaster is fine for me as long as I don't need to toast more than two pieces of toast or one English muffin at time (and I need to limit my consumption of bread to a reasonable extent), which I don't now, generally, and which doesn't matter that much in any case because it doesn't take much longer to toast more than that, when I need to do so. I have a limited amount of space on which to put things in the kitchen, and this toaster does not take up an inordinate amount of space.