With a large 4 slice capacity your morning toasting routine just got quicker. The independent 2 carriage operation means that you can toast 4 slices in one go or if you’re only wanting 2 slices, this will save energy, allowing you to only pop down one half if needed.
65% Faster Toasting*
At Russell Hobbs we understand that toast is mostly eaten at breakfast time – one of the busiest times of the day. So if you’re in a hurry first thing in the morning, you’ll appreciate the Retro’s Faster Toasting technology – giving you 65% faster toasting*.
*When tested against Russell Hobbs toaster 20720
A Host of Practical Features
The Retro Toaster has a 'lift and look' feature so you can see how your bread is browning without cancelling the cycle.
It also features a Frozen Bread function so that you can toast bread straight from the freezer - a great time saver if you’re rushing around in the morning. It has a Cancel feature so you can stop the toasting process at any point and its Reheat setting allows you to warm up toast. And, when it comes to keeping your work surfaces crumb-free, a built-in crumb tray will catch bits and slide out for easy emptying
Lift and Look Function
Check on the progress of your toast as it browns without having to cancel the cycle.
Cancel, Frozen & Reheat functions
With these handy functions you’re in control. You can toast bread straight from the freezer without waiting for it to defrost. You can reheat your toast or cancel the toasting cycle.
The Retro toaster gauge is a designer feature with a practical function – it shows the time it will take to make the toast at the selected browning setting.
Toast your bread to the degree of golden to suit your taste
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Model Number | 21692 |
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Colour | Cream |
Slots | 4 |
Slices | 4 |
Extra Wide Slots | Yes |
Extra Long Slots | No |
Lift & Look Function | Yes |
This can be due to type, thickness or freshness of bread - uneven cut bread will not toast evenly. Also try using different bread type.
On 4-slice models around 95% of the outer elements will glow red after a number of uses but the inner elements will not as they only have half the power of the outer ones.
Yes you can, just press the cancel button.
Yes you can toast bagels (some of our toaster have bagel feature) and other bread types).
Before cleaning make sure you have unplugged your toaster and let it cool down. Then slide out the crumb tray clean it and then replace and try to do this regularly. Wipe the outside of the toaster with a damp cloth, and then dry.
It is better to use slices of bread. Dry/stale bread toasts more quickly than fresh bread and thinly sliced bread toasts more quickly than thickly sliced bread.
The toasting time is automatically altered to give you the same degree of browning as you would get with unfrozen bread toasted on the same setting.
It is a tray at the bottom of the toaster that collects the loose crumbs - This tray should be regularly removed and cleaned.
The browning control allows you to choose how much you want your bread toasted.
Before cleaning make sure you have unplugged your toaster and let it cool down. Then slide out the crumb tray clean it and then replace and try to do this regularly. Wipe the outside of the toaster with a damp cloth, and then dry.