ability to toast up to 4 things at once, and since were now a family of 5 it seemed like a good idea. The toaster works fine, bread will toast nicely based on your toastiness preference. Good toaster, the bread toasts pretty evenly on both sides. Make sure you don’t set it too high though. I only have it set to 2 but it goes up to 7. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]