De'Longhi Icona Toaster

The De'Longhi Icona Vintage Toaster is a four slice stainless steel toaster. It's available in two classic colours - Beige (pictured) and Azure Blue. Both of them have chrome accents, as well as a mahogany finish. It certainly gives off a traditional vibe, and it would easily suit a classic or retro kitchen.

From a feature perspective, the Icona Toaster is up to modern standards. It has six levels of browning to meet your preferred taste, a defrost button for the toasting of bread straight from the freezer, reheat to warm up toast that has cooled down, variable width slots for the toasting of larger (and smaller) items, a convenient high lift, and more. We go into detail later.

About De'Longhi

Founded in 1902, De'Longhi is a brand of small appliances, although they originally manufactured small industrial components. They currently sell items such as kettles, toasters, hot water dispensers, cookers, and much more. They're known for their classic Italian style and quality engineered products.

Specification

We now look at the features in a bit more detail:

• Variable Browning - With six levels of browning, you're sure to find your ideal setting. Whether you prefer gently tanned toast, or a deeper, darker brown with a good crunch, this toaster can accommodate.
• Defrost / Reheat / Cancel - "Defrost" will allow frozen bread to be toasted, even straight from the freezer. "Reheat" will heat up toast which has cooled down. "Cancel" will prematurely stop the toasting cycle.
• Independent Operation - It's possible to use only two slots, saving energy in the process.
• Variable Width Slots - The slots can be adjusted in width to allow for different sized and shaped items. For example, bagels, crumpets, extra large slices of bread, home made bread, etc.
• High Lift - The toaster has a high lift to allow for the easy removal of smaller items. It's useful as it ensures no burnt fingertips.
• Crumb Tray - There's an extra deep crumb tray underneath the toaster. It slides out easily to allow for emptying.

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Matching Kettle

The De'Longhi Icona Vintage Kettle is designed to match the toaster. The pair are perfect for kitchen redesigns. They can be bought on amazon.co.uk.

Video

For more information, there's a short video on amazon.co.uk showing some good shots of the toaster as well as some close ups.

Summary

In summary, the De'Longhi Icona Vintage Toaster achieves its purpose. It has a vintage design and exhibits a retro feel. It would certainly match any classic or retro kitchen. The features are very much modern. With six browning options, an independent two slice operation, defrost, reheat, variable slot widths and a high lift, you're sure to have your preferences met. We rate the Icona Toaster 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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