Russell Hobbs Buckingham Toaster Review

The Russell Hobbs Buckingham Toaster is a four slice polished stainless steel toaster with black plastic details. It's a sophisticated toaster with variable browning control, the ability to toast bread from frozen, a reheat function and the ability to operate only two slots at a time to save energy. We like how the Buckingham Toaster is up to 55% faster than the older Russell Hobbs Deluxe Toaster (18117-56).

As you can see in the above picture, there's a blue strip of light which illuminates whilst the toaster is working. The toaster is suitable for both modern and classic kitchens, and also office kitchens. There are two crumb trays underneath the toaster which allow for easy cleaning.

About Russell Hobbs

The Russell Hobbs brand has been around since 1952. They're a leading supplier of small kitchen appliances, and are renowned for their innovative and quality products. Among them include toasters, kettles, blenders, mixers, pressure cookers, microwaves, and more. They're a pretty safe brand to go with for toasters.

Specification

The Buckingham Toaster's features are as follows:

• Independent Slice Operation - The toaster is able to toast only on two slots if necessary. This is great if you're energy conscious.
• Variable Browning Control - The toaster has two variable browning controls, one for the left and one for the right side. There are six options available.
• Blue Illumination - A blue strip on the bottom of the toaster illuminates when the toaster is switched on. It indicates that the toaster is indeed working, and also produces a stylish effect.
• Wide Slots - The toaster has wide slots meaning it can cook larger items such as crumpets, tea cakes or even just thicker slices of bread.
• Defrost - There's a defrost button which allows for toast straight from frozen bread.
• Reheat - There's a reheat button to save time.
• Cancel - There's a cancel button to stop the toaster mid-cycle if needed.
• Removable Crumb Trays - There are two crumb trays underneath the toaster. They are removable so as to allow for easy cleaning.

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Matching Kettle

The Buckingham Toaster has a matching kettle known as the Russell Hobbs Buckingham Kettle. The pair are available on amazon.co.uk.

Summary

All in all, the Russell Hobbs Buckingham Toaster is a good toaster. It has a modern style with a polished stainless steel finish and black plastic accents. Its biggest highlight in our view is the ability to only use half of it to save on energy. Its wide slots are very handy too, however. Its other features are somewhat standard - defrost, reheat, cancel and a removable crumb tray. We rate this Buckingham Toaster 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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