Haden Stratford Toaster Review

The Haden Stratford Toaster is a modern two slice toaster with a stainless steel exterior and black plastic accents. It has seven browning control settings which alter the toast's colour and texture - light brown and crispy, golden brown, dark brown and crunchy, etc. There's also a matching kettle available to coordinate with the toaster.

Its other features include a defrost function which allows bread to be quickly toasted from frozen, a reheat button to restore the toast's temperature, self-centring guides to allow for an even brown, a removable crumb tray and wide slots to allow for the toasting of larger items such as crumpets, bagels and thicker slices of bread.

About Haden

Haden are a brand of home appliances, with a particularly large selection of kitchen appliances. They sell toasters, kettles, microwaves, blenders, coffee machines, cookers and similar. They have a reputation for innovation and are a popular brand in the UK.

Specification

We now list the features:

• Browning Control - As mentioned above, there's a browning dial which allows you to adjust the toaster to make toast with your favourite shade and consistency.
• Defrost / Reheat / Cancel - The toaster has these usual three buttons. "Defrost" takes in frozen bread and turns it into warm bread ready for toasting. Therefore bread can be toasted from frozen. "Reheat" warms up toast which has cooled down. "Cancel" stops the toasting cycle midway through.
• Self-Centring Slots - The toasting slots automatically centre so as to help provide an even brown.
• Wide Slots - With wide slots, you can toast larger items such as crumpets, tea cakes and thick cut slices of home made bread.
• Removable Crumb Tray - The toaster has a removable crumb tray to allow for the easy disposal of crumbs.

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Matching Kettle

Haden also sell a matching kettle. It's known as the Stratford Kettle and it matches the toaster's style very well indeed. The pair are on amazon.co.uk.

Summary

Overall, the Stratford Toaster is a good toaster. It's fairly compact which is perfect if you have limited space. It has a modern stainless steel casing with black plastic accents. The features are wide ranging too and include browning control, defrost, reheat, wide slots for larger items such as crumpets, self-centring guides for an even brown and much more. We rate the Stratford Toaster 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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