DeLonghi

Advantages Removable lid which is dishwasher safe
Disadvantages Everything else

...Perhaps in future I will refer to ciao reviews before purchasing anything. I have just learnt by my experience. Having just purchased a Delonghi F603 deep fat fryer, believing Delonghi to be a reputable company, I am appalled by this fryer. In fact the item I have cannot really be called a fryer. It takes over 15 minutes to preheat, even then not reaching a frying temperature, merely slight bubbling, resulting in warm soggy greasy potato pieces, rather than chips. Despite turning the temperature control to maximum, and setting the timer to 30 minutes, even a small piece of bread dropped into the oil does not even brown. Either there is a technical problem with the particular one I bought, or this product is totally useless. Straight back to the store with it. AND I WON'T BE GETTING ANOTHER DELONGHI F603.... Read review

Advantages Retro, stylish, easy to use and looks good in the kitchen.
Disadvantages Gets hot on the outside.

..., it was unbreakable (sadly). The DeLonghi Pop Up is a rather simple but classy little number. It is as shiny as a Cyberman's helmet in its polished matt stainless steel coat which is specially designed to avoid greasy fingerprint marks after use. It has a kind of retro look with elegant curves and won't look an eyesore on any worksurface. There are no digital settings just a simple slide down mechanism and a couple of knobs to fiddle with. ₪ Useful features ₪ The absence of any complexities makes this toaster simple to use. Unsurprisingly, it toasts. You can toast one or two slices of bread at once. You can toast other things too of course, waffles, pancakes, teacakes, brown bread, white bread, grainy bread and home made bread to name but a few. Another useful feature which is new to me is the crumb tray; shame on me for just... Read review

Advantages Reliable mechanically, looks good, thickness variation good
Disadvantages Toasting ability

...I bought this toaster last year following the re-decoration of my kitchen, so I wanted to go with the traditional old fashioned cream theme and this toaster fitted the criteria perfectly (looks wise). The Delonghi toasters are a very well known stylish brand, they look good and come in either two or four slot versions, mine is the four slot toaster. Well things started off well and bless its little cotton socks it has never let me down mechanically, even after the barrage of knives forks etc.. that have been poked into it to get crumpets and the such like out (yes I know you shouldn't do it but we all do) but the same cannot be said for how well it actually toasts my bread. There are two dials on the side of the toaster on the four slot to enable you to alter the browness of your toast, but I must say that these are absolutely... Read review