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fasten your seat belts please I'm about to take a look at a $500 toaster hi I'm a Jacob Mart for Cena today I'm taking a look at the KitchenAid Pro Line 4 slice toaster so again 500 dollars and this is a toaster that's absurd all it does is make toast for that same amount of money you could buy a new laptop you could make a down payment on a used car you get an entire oven range or craft a makeshift shelter out of 6 tongue Hamilton Beach toasters but nope one $500 toaster and that's what it does it toasts and here's the fun part this $500 buddy myth doesn't toast any better than the $30.00 Hamilton Beach classic Prohm toaster it's no faster it cooks no more evenly in fact it consistently under-cooks your toast if you've you burned toast as a terrifying natural disaster this thing might work for you but otherwise be prepared to run it through a cycle or two to get well done toast or even medium done toast and forget about thick slices or thick breads with those on medium it didn't even deign to brown it at all you're paying 500 bucks and you're getting an underpowered machine sure it looks like an airplane but it toasts like a wuss though it does have some nice features to go along with its designer style once you put in the bread it'll pleasantly ding and automatically lower it for you saving you from that Oh so laborious task of pressing down a lever however I actually found that more annoying than helpful in practice sure it's cool to show off but I like to get my bread centered and have my presets pressed before I start the toasting cycle well this guy I always had to cancel it and get everything set again and then push it back down its td's that said because it senses the weight of the bread if you don't come get your bread right away after it finishes toasting it'll sense that it's still in there and after 45 seconds lower it back down and keep it warming for you honestly that's pretty great and I kind of wish all toasters had the same feature but that's about the only clear-cut advantage you get from this guy if you love toast as much as I do maybe splurging a little bit makes sense if so I recommend spending a hundred dollars and getting either the Frigidaire Professional or the Cuisinart lever less I don't recommend spending $500 not on this guy for more please be sure to check out my full review and all of our other toaster and appliance reviews on cnet.com it's now safe to move about the cabin for CNET I'm Andrew Gabbar