The Hamilton Beach Contemporary 2 Slice Toaster is a good basic toaster. It’s no-frills and simple to use. You turn the dial to your preferred toast level, put in your bread, and push down the lever button. I’ve toasted bread and bagels and they come out nicely toasted. I really appreciate the feature where you can also lift up the lever button to bring up the toast to take it out. Cleaning out the crumbs is easy – open the bottom latch to clean out the crumbs. There is a cancel button to easily stop the toasting. The toaster is also compact and doesn’t take up much space on the counter. I like this toaster and would recommend it.