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Best vintage toaster? |
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| Post# 601260 , Reply# 2 6/5/2012 at 16:24 (346 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
 Our last two have been Proctor Silex and the quality has definitely gone downhill. The one that was just replaced was from around 2000 or so and it worked ok and was fast but never toasted evenly. The current one is new but takes forever and only pops up when it feels like it. | ||
Post# 601261 , Reply# 3 6/5/2012 at 16:27 (346 days old) by norgeway  (mocksville n c ) |
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Radiant Control, all around best as far as im concerned. | ||
| Post# 601280 , Reply# 4 6/5/2012 at 18:16 (346 days old) by wayupnorth (Maine - Vacationland ) | ||
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Post# 601316 , Reply# 5 6/5/2012 at 20:38 (346 days old) by rp2813 (SF Bay Area) |
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 Our Sunbeam self-lowering is the best at what it does out of all toasters I've ever owned or used. Perfectly even toasting every time. In those infrequent cases where the toast isn't quite done, when the toast is lowered again the machine knows to only provide a brief amount of additional toasting before raising the perfectly finished product. With any other toaster, lowering the toast again triggers a full cycle which will burn the toast if you don't intervene.
Where Sunbeam self-lowering types fall short for me is in processing anything other than plain white bread. It was a crap shoot with bread of any other texture or density. | ||
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Post# 601339 , Reply# 7 6/5/2012 at 21:56 (346 days old) by toploader55 (Barnstable, Ma.) |
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Post# 601342 , Reply# 8 6/5/2012 at 22:05 (346 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) |
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Post# 601400 , Reply# 9 6/6/2012 at 06:18 (346 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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We have my in-laws Sunbeam T-20 from 1957 and it is still going strong. I can also do English muffins, and bagels in mine. It all comes out perfect every time. | ||
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Post# 601411 , Reply# 10 6/6/2012 at 07:33 (345 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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 and I agree with each of the posters......you can not go wrong with any of the 3 (the GE Toaster Oven is especially good if you like to do english muffins)....BUT I do give an extra nod to the Sunbeam self lowering toasters for a couple of reasons.
Reason # 1 due to the fact that they were made from 1949 to circa 1997 there is still quite a few of them around. Reason # 2 Usually all these toasters need to work properly again is a adjustment to a screw inside the crumb door of the toaster (but the two T-20's and the one T-35 I have had have worked just fine and needed no adjustment at all). Of course if you wanted to be really different you could get Toastmasters version of the self lowering toaster.....they were the only toasters I have ever seen that had an electric motor in them......PAT COFFEY | ||
| Post# 601425 , Reply# 11 6/6/2012 at 08:34 (345 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I'm watching 3 of the Sunbeam self lowering radiant control toasters on ebay, hopefully I can grab one of them. | ||
| Post# 603101 , Reply# 12 6/12/2012 at 18:56 (339 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I won a sunbeam radiant control model vt-40 on ebay for about $20. About when was this model made? It looks to be in nice condition too! I will post an update when it gets here. | ||
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Post# 603123 , Reply# 13 6/12/2012 at 21:31 (339 days old) by xraytech (S.W. Pennsylvania, near Pittsb) |
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Post# 603127 , Reply# 14 6/12/2012 at 22:28 (339 days old) by rp2813 (SF Bay Area) |
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Post# 603423 , Reply# 15 6/13/2012 at 20:12 (338 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Haledon, NJ) |
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For toasting regular sized bread it's hard to beat a late 1930s Toastmaster 1B6 or similar. I've been using mine almost every day for almost 25 years. Perfect toast every time, and it's very fast.
Ken D. 
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Post# 604449 , Reply# 17 6/18/2012 at 10:59 (333 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.) |
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I got this information from the website at the link bellow which is dedicated to the Sunbeam Radiant Control Toasters. This web site will be able to tell you all about your new find. Congratulations on your purchase.....PAT COFFEY
CLICK HERE TO GO TO appliguy's LINK | ||
| Post# 604471 , Reply# 18 6/18/2012 at 11:40 (333 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Thanks! That answered my questions! It sounds like the mechanicals of the toaster are really simple. | ||
| Post# 604472 , Reply# 19 6/18/2012 at 11:42 (333 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Anybody want an almost new proctor silex toaster.... | ||
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