Good looking toaster, and on paper the motorized Cuisinart is a perfect substitution for a Breville motorized Smart Toaster at roughly half the price.  In reality it's not remotely the same. First, the controls are a bit too fidgety.  Nothing works better than a simple mechanical slider for darkness.  Now that's smart!  Still, the controls are not what I would call a dealbreaker.  The dealbreaker is the bagel setting toasting on both sides, and burning the bottom regardless of which way the slices are oriented.  Bagels probably make up a third of our toasting needs, so not having a properly working bagel setting simply won't due.  Maybe our toaster had a problem, but other reviews suggest it wasn't just ours.  I returned it and didn't chance another.  I expected better from Cuisinart.