Inefficient Toasting.

[davebro]

I have a 2-slice toaster but usually only toast one slice - egg on toast for breakfast or cheese on toast for a snack. So half the electricity used to toast my single slice is wasted! The only single slice toaster I have found is the Russell Hobbs 24200 at £39 (quite expensive).

Why can't the makers simply put a switch on a 2 slice toaster to select one or both slots? Maybe someone does - anyone know?

[237SJ]

https://www.dualit.com/products/2-slice-newgen

[New Judge]

//Why not toast 2 and keep one back for next time. Cold toast is nicer to me//

Yes I quite agree, bobbin. Toast should never be eaten hot. But the problem with your idea is storing the unused slice. I find that toast goes very brittle if kept for any length of time.

Edit: This shows what we have been reduced to: discussing toasters and how to store unused toast! :-)

[barry1010]

That Russell Hobbs single slicer is £33 here http://www.anthonydunkley.co.uk/russell-hobbs-24200-compact-home-small-toaster-stainless-steel.html free delivery

[barry1010]

Thanks, sj - but how many single slices of bread would you have to toast before you starting making a saving on the electricity over the cost of the toaster? £149 is a bit pricey

[teacake44]

10.52, Crumbs, whats happening to us all.

[Old_Geezer]

Only those with excellent fire insurance Giz.

At £39 I'd guess Russell Hobbs found there was enough profit to try it.

0.002x365x80= £58½ over a lifetime. You're right, it does add up. Then there's the Earth to consider, go green.

[bhg481]

In winter, of course, the heat from empty slot is not wasted as it goes to warm the house, thus offsetting the normal heating costs; you need to take this into consideration when working out the savings for a 1-slice toaster.

[davebro]

It's Brexit's fault!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/28/eu-inefficient-toasters-ban-delayed-avoid-pro-brexit-press-attack

[aelmpvw]

'spose i'm going to get a load of popups now i've joined this thread

[barry1010]

My toaster is broken. There is all bits coming out of the bottom :(

[bednobs]

your calculation assumes a slice of toast every day though

[alavahalf]

What are pop ups.. never seen one!

[barry1010]

I would describe this problem as inefficient appetite. One slice is never sufficient.

[barry1010]

Only a third of the electricity is wasted, not half. The central element is heated whether you have one slice or two

[davebro]

"I would describe this problem as inefficient appetite."

I'm watching my weight (go up)!

[douglas9401]

You know all that electricity that's used to run your fridge is not being put to best use by you not having cereal and cold milk?

Alzo, launching hot cheese on toast from a horizontal machine contravenes health and safety laws bread-wise.

[chamois]

Buy yourself a Sage toaster. I have a four slice model. You can toast on one side of the bread only if you wish- the setting is intended for crumpets etc. It has wide slots. You don't push the toast in, you just press a button and it takes the bread slowly into the toaster itself. It also has a facility where you can check toasting progress by ejecting the toast slowly allowing you enough time to check progress and then taking the toast back in again. And it can toast at the press of a button for a further 10 seconds.
Its all done via buttons. My model cost around 150 quid so they aren't cheap but there is a two slice model and the price has come down.

[Theland]

More money than sense ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆

[barry1010]

Wonderful toaster, Chamoid, but it doesn't do what the OP wants. It will not heat up just the amount of element to toast one slice on two sides

[chamois]

Theland, it's nothing to do with more money than sense. Ask the thousands of people every year who buy Dualit toasters. There's such a thing as reliability and not having to put up with cheap and nasty toasters that are not fit for purpose, unreliable and fit only for the local tip within a few years.
Personally, I've had enough of putting up with such crap.