BELLA Stainless Steel 2 Slice Toaster

Really nice looking toaster.
Good price tag.
Works as expected.

This toaster is nice looking and works very well. Great price

Very easy to use, if u want to stop it has a push button to immediately stop it. Good value for the money.

This toaster does not fully toast off-the-shelf sliced bread (see photo). The slices barely fit completely in the slots (It’s not tall enough.). There’s nearly a full inch at the top of the slices that doesn’t toast; It’s the same for both slots. Although the intensity setting and range actually does a wonderful job in the area that actually affects the slices (at least on one side), the toaster is poorly designed in that the heating elements cannot affect the entire surface of even store bought sliced loafs of bread. There is no way, it would completely cover the surface of some of the homemade or local bakery made sliced bread or most bagels that I have seen.
It should also be noted that the outside heating elements run hotter than the inside heating elements. The toast comes out darker on one side than the other; You can make toast that is nearly burnt on one side and only lightly tanned on the other. Perhaps this is a useful feature for someone, not me.
I paid $18 and some change for this toaster. It’s not worth my time to return it, but I wanted to be sure my fellow Prime Members were aware of this substandard product.

I was somewhat disappointed in the toaster because it does not hold a full piece bread. To toast the whole piece, one has to turn it upside down to toast the top half..

Don’t be fooled, this little toaster can do it all. Can it toast extra long slices of bread? No. Can you shove buttered bagels in and expect it to last long? You could, but probably shouldn’t, and should be ashamed, you toaster abuser. Other than that, I’ve only used regular sized bagel slices, Texas Toast, wheat bread and standard white bread (all unslathered, you heathens). They have all fit. I have not had any one-sided toasting issues (yes the middle coils heat up) and all the breads I’ve tried fit from top to bottom. I also ordered mine from the open box special and it arrived in pristine condition. I love my toast on the light/medium side a little after the 2 setting and it toasts beautifully. Soft on the inside but light gold and crispy on the outside. Apartment dweller here and if like me you are short on space, this is a tiny toaster, similar in size to the one I had to replace, the bargain priced plastic white toaster in (insert Big Box Store), so it csn fit in cramped spaces.

Now some downsides. If, like me, you have to put your toaster away for to lack of space, being thin S.S, it heats up on the outside so no handling right away. I let mine cool for a minute before putting away in a cabinet. Keep that in mind if you have small kids too. And last, unlike my Cheap Plastic Workhorse that lasted 10 years, fingerprints stay printed unless wiped off ..as is common for stainless steel, so if this is something that will bother you, look for something not standard S.S designed, maybe brushed or “enamel look” metal or stick with plastic. Oh and cancel button works great and it also has an area to store the cord underneath and of course a crumb tray. Great little stainless steel toaster for the price of a plastic one!