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Thank you all for your very interesting discussion and recommendations. Based on what I read here, I abandoned all hope of finding an excellent modern toaster, and instead purchased a 1947-vintage Toastmaster 1B12 in eBAY. This was a Christmas gift for my significant other Mary Ellen, who's long fought with our state-of-the-art Hamilton Beach model POS (acronym) toaster that takes forever and only browns one side. Oh my gosh. The Toastmaster, made 66 years ago (when I was 5) is amazing. It is FAST, toasts evenly, is beautiful, and is sturdily constructed. The eBAY seller inherited it from her great-grandmother, who obviously took very good care of it. Anyways, thank you. I'll recommend vintage toasters to friends.