Russell Hobbs Luna Toaster Review

The Russell Hobbs Luna Toaster is a 2 slice toaster available in red and grey. It has a stainless steel body with coloured sides and a high shine finish. It's a fast toaster with an up to 50% speed increase on the older Russell Hobbs 22360 Toaster. It has useful features such as a high lift to avoid burnt fingertips, a lift and look feature to not interrupt the toasting mid-cycle and a variable browning controller to adjust the intensity.

Another feature of note is its extra wide slots. It's therefore capable of toasting thick hand cut slices of bread. There are three additional functions which allow the toaster to toast from frozen, reheat toast and cancel midway. There's also an easy to remove and easy to clean crumb tray to ensure minimal mess.

About Russell Hobbs

Russell Hobbs have, since 1952, sold kitchen and other household appliances. They sell kettles, toasters, mixers, choppers, juicers, mini ovens, slow cookers, deep fryers and more. They're particularly well known for their innovative and stylish products.

Specification

We now look at the features in more details:

• Fast Toasting - When Russell Hobbs compared the Luna Toaster to the Russell Hobbs 22360 Toaster, they found there was an up to 50% quicker toasting time.
• Extra Wide Slots - The toaster's extra wide slots can accommodate large hand cut slices of bread, as well as frozen slices.
• High Lift Feature - The toaster has an in-built high lift feature, allowing you to remove the finished toast without burning yourself.
• Lift and Look - There's an added lift and look feature, meaning you can check on how your toast is doing without stopping the toasting cycle.
• Cancel, Reheat or Defrost - The "Cancel" button is self-explanatory - it stops the toaster midway. "Reheat" will bring an already cooked piece of toast back up to temperature without the toaster starting from scratch. "Defrost" will toast bread from frozen.
• Variable Browning Control - There are six levels of browning available. Such a wide range allows you to make your favourite kind of toast.
• Removable Crumb Tray - A removable crumb tray is present underneath the toaster. It allows for an easy clean up.

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Matching Kettle

Russell Hobbs sell a matching kettle, known as the Russell Hobbs Luna Kettle. It's available on amazon.co.uk together with the toaster.

Summary

Overall, the Luna Toaster is a sound choice. Its stainless steel outer with coloured walls and sleek curves makes it look the part. It doesn't disappoint on features either, with a fast toast, extra wide slots for thicker bread, a high lift feature for convenience, a lift and look feature to satisfy your curiosity and six variable browning options. Overall we rate the toaster 4 out of 5 stars.

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