Swan ST10091N 4 Slice Toaster, White, Variable Browning Control and Extra Long Slot, 25mm x 250mm, 1200W, 1400W

8 reviews for Swan ST10091N 4 Slice Toaster, White, Variable Browning Control and Extra Long Slot, 25mm x 250mm, 1200W, 1400W

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   agnes gibson – March 24, 2025

   good value

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Jacqui – April 20, 2025

   Nice shade of grey. Easy to use as takes any thickness bread and even crumpets. Adjustable heat settings with option of frozen bread and pop up when you want.

3. 

   Rated 3 out of 5

   Dr. David A. Gilbert – May 3, 2025

   The slots are 25cm, my old toaster was 13.5cm, so I think it’s a squeeze to get 2 full slices of bread in each long slot.
   Having said that, they’re fine for a big slice of non-factory bread, or for say both halves of a bagel or at least 2 crumpets.
   The manual doesn’t tell which of the cryptacally labelled buttons are which.

4. 

   Rated 2 out of 5

   Mrs S. – May 5, 2025

   Whether you put the bread upright or sideways, no matter how lightly the rest of the slice is toasted it always seems to burn the top edge – see photo of two fresh wholemeal seeded slices done at 2-3 on the browning scale. Anything above a 3 and your bread is totally carbonized, though I suppose this might be ok for frozen slices. The problem is worse with thicker slices, eg of homemade loaf or buns, but thin slices are at risk of leaning against the element and getting scorched on one side while remaining under done on the other. And if the bread is stale, even on level 1 the crust will be cinders. I guess they expect you to stand over the toaster watching it like my gran used to with her pre-war flip-side toaster and hit the ‘eject’ button as soon as you smell it burning, or in my case, when the fire alarm goes off in the hall…. Basic sliced bread, pittas, crumpets and halved bagels just about fit, but the slots are not wide enough for doorstops, halved teacakes or hot cross buns, which get jammed in and start to char almost instantly, or long enough to do more than two at a time.

   TBH I am unimpressed with this toaster. Although it looks great, the pleasing aesthetic in no way compensates for the lack of features. I bought it to replace a 27-yr old long-slice toaster, also a Swan, which had
   1) an ‘eco’ option to heat only one rather than both slots for one slice of toast
   2) wider slots with wire supports inside each slot that closed around the bread and held it equidistant from the heating elements
   3) longer slots that could fit, for example, three halved hot cross buns side by side without getting stuck
   4) a lift-up and look feature, so you could check while toasting, rather than eject and reset
   5) separate crumb trays for each slot, recessed into the casing so there was no little stick-out handle

   Swan designers, take note.

   How hard should it be to find a toaster anywhere near as good as the same budget brand from the 90s?

   Well, the answer is – impossible. I would send it back, except I only bought this one after scouring the entire internet including twenty pages of toasters on Amazon, right up to the fancy £400+ items, and not a single one has the eco option anymore. When I posted a question about this on another page where the listing was unclear, in fact, I had dozens of replies suggesting this was a weird and unreasonable thing to demand and no one in the whole world has ever heard of such a thing before, like a Mandela effect or something. Why??? Long story short, everything was better in the 90s, even toasters.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   MRS Diane Cutler – May 14, 2025

   After reading some of the reviews i was a bit unsure whether to buy this toaster,however i did and its great.it toasts perfectly and it looks good and is easy to clean.although its a long toaster it is slim and fits easily on my small worktop.i would recommend this toaster as the bread (hovis) fits in and so does uncut soardough bread however thick or thin you slice it.

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Julie – May 18, 2025

   Excellent

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Trina – May 26, 2025

   Good quality toaster value for money

8. 

   Rated 1 out of 5

   Mrs S. – June 12, 2025

   Awful product. Does not toast evenly and often only toasts just one side.
   I have requested a refund from seller after reading similar reviews.
   This is currently being processed.