Our toaster suddenly stopped working after very regular use by my partner over three plus years and it was a good one, same brand as this but base model. So opted for same brand and same two slot design as it takes up minimal space. However, this toaster is a higher model than one we had. It toasts everything perfectly and evenly and the defrost setting is ideal for me because I don’t use bread more than once or twice per week so keep my sourdoughs in freezer. The defrost setting on this makes frozen bread taste like fresh without the chewy weird consistency. It was on sale AND I had points to use so am very pleased!