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hey I'm cnet's right Kristin this is a review of the Hamilton Beach classic chrome to slice toaster wait come back don't stop the video don't go anywhere I know I know the toaster just hold on don't stop the video just yet give this thing a chance it might not be the most high-tech thing you're gonna see on CNN today but i bet you eat toast more often than you think and that makes toasters relevant this one does a good job an average job i would say it never wow me but it never disappointed me and it looks okay doing it it's got this shiny build it's a little shiny for my taste I would want it quite so reflective I like more of a brushed metal look I do think that the classic look gets a bit undercut by these buttons on the side if you take a look it's got this kind of cheap plastic look the font isn't great the lights look really dated it looks more like something from the 80s and I don't know it just doesn't look great in my opinion the bottom line is that this is just an average toaster and that's really all you can expect from it at thirty bucks that said the design of it isn't the greatest and there are other toasters that cost about the same in my opinion look a lot better so I say shop around find one that fits your aesthetic a little better than this one and go with that you can also consider splurging on a higher end unit if i had to pick i'd go with the cuisinart cpt 440 that's a 100-dollar model that looks very nice did a great job in our performance test has a cool lever lyst build but again 100 bucks that's a lot to spend on a toaster I couldn't blame you one bit if you didn't want to so if you are in that camp feel free to go the cheaper unit I'd probably go with one other than this thanks for watching you can check out my full review of the hamilton beach classic chrome 2-slice toaster at cnet com along with the rest of my small appliance reviews for seen that appliances I'm right Chris you