Morphy Richards 240116 Evoke 4 Slice Toaster, 7 Variable Browning Settings, Removable Crumb Tray, Reheat/Frozen/Cancel Function, Wide Slots for Thicker Bread, Cord Storage, Brushed & Rose Gold

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Like the Dualit 4 Slot Lite Toaster, the Evoke 4-Slice Toaster has a design that bridges the gap between modern and retro and comes in a wide range of colours, including Rose Gold Collection and special edition finishes. The Swan Fearne 2-Slice Toaster is an affordable Swan toaster designed in collaboration with TV presenter Fearne Cotton. Despite its low price, this toaster looks great and performs well. If you’re after a mid-range quality toaster, the Morphy Richards Evoke 4-Slice is a good candidate. It’s more solid on its feet than the Morphy Richards Accents 4-Slice toaster and comes in a similarly wide variety of finishes to suit your particular kitchen.

Each pair of slots has its own lever and step-free rotary browning control marked from 1 to 6, along with buttons to reheat, defrost and toast bagels. There are no single-slot options, so you’ll need to heat an empty slot if you only want one (or three) slices. Overall, this toaster performs brilliantly. It’s a bit pricey but browsing is even, the slots are extra-wide and the built-in intelligence creates consistent results. If you’re looking for something cheaper, we’d also recommend looking at the Morphy Richards Rose Gold Toaster. The slots are 140cm long and are deep enough that you shouldn’t need to lay standard supermarket bread on its side to get an even browning. The toaster also produces some of the best toast we’ve ever eaten, with the large slots ensuring bread is toasted all the way to the edge. The toaster also has the same frozen and bagel settings, though there’s no reheat button. This means there’s no way to warm up your toast again without risking browning it further and there’s no single-slot button to avoid heating up an empty slot when you want to toast an odd number of slices.The four feet are what set this toaster apart from the Accents range, as the Evoke is less likely to tip forward when you push the two levers at the same time.

However, as mentioned, these times will vary according to what’s in the toaster and whether the toaster has been used recently. The browning levels are associated with reaching certain temperatures, so the toasting time is self-regulated by the toaster. Beneath the lever, there’s a 6-level browning dial split into two increments, allowing you to toast your bread at 2.5 or 3.5 if you wish. There’s also a reheat button on the dial, meaning you don’t need to guess which level the dial should be at before hitting reheat. To test the defrost function, I toasted some “best of both” white/wholemeal bread straight from the freezer. At setting 3, it took roughly 2mins 50secs. Since the default position of the toaster when the levers are up is relatively high, I had no issues placing and retrieving the crumpets. On the flipside, this shallow default position means that larger slices of bread end up hanging halfway out of the toaster before and after the toasting. If you’re searching for a great-looking family toaster and prefer traditional-style controls then the Cuisinart Signature Collection 4 Slice Toaster is a fantastic choice.

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Thanks to these feet, the Evoke is sturdier than the Accents toaster, and is less likely to tip forwards when you push down the two levers at the same time (unless you’re deliberately bashing it). The Smeg TSF02 is a gorgeous toaster with slots long enough for sourdough slices and half baguettes and a handy bagel function. However, there is only one set of controls so, for those looking to make two types of toast at once, opt for the Morphy Richards Evoke 4-Slice Toaster instead. The Domus Four-Slice Toaster has a large, bulbous design that doesn’t quite have the same retro appeal as say the Dualit 4 Slot Lite Toaster or the Smeg TSF02 4-Slice 2-Slot Toaster. It’s even big and heavy compared to many other four-slot machines.

If you’re looking for a solid, straightforward 2-slice toaster with a stylish design, the Dualit Studio won’t disappoint. However, bigger families will want to look at 4-slice options on this list. This toaster uses Dualit’s Perfect Toast Technology to base the toasting time on the ambient temperature and the temperature of the toaster to keep every slice consistent. This meant that the second round only took 1 minute and 50 seconds.Whether you’ve just moved out of your family home and are investing in your first toaster or your old one is ready to retire, here are all the best replacements available right now. Best toasters at a glance Otherwise, the Evoke is large, shiny (watch out for fingerprints) and features a short 75cm cable with hooks underneath the toaster to wrap any excess. The browning controls range from 1 to 6 with halfway points marked on the dial. This means you can fine-tune your toast level, though we didn’t find the slight increments always made a big difference. The Dualit Studio 2-Slice Toaster is a toaster that aims to deliver a stylish design and innovative technology at an affordable price. The toasting time for white bread in a cooled-down toaster at setting 3.5 was just under three minutes, while crumpets took 3 minutes and 45 seconds on setting 5.

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The design is also sturdy, meaning the toaster is unlikely to tip over when you push the lever down, and there’s a long 88cm cable that can hook under the toaster for easy storage.