[Small-Appliance-Cooking] need idea for new toaster oven

[Smyth, Charlene R]

I have found it very easy to use and love it!!!

Charlene


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From: Small-Appliance-Cooking <small-appliance-cooking-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Small-Appliance-Cooking
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 3:51 PM
To: Mike Sedmak via Small-Appliance-Cooking <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Gerald Levy <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Small-Appliance-Cooking] need idea for new toaster oven


Avoid this talking toaster oven like the plague.  Like the talking microwave that BlindMiceMart also sells, it is an overpriced ripoff at $339.  Just because it talks does not mean that it is easy to use.  I read the instructions for this model, and making a slice of toast involves setting the temperature and timer with a series of keystrokes, which is more complicated than simply twisting a mechanical timer knob. The Black & Decker model I mentioned in my previous message is much easier to set and costs one tenth as much.  But here's the dirty little secret that the crooks at BlindMiceMart won't tell you about their precious talking toaster oven.  It uses the same quartz heating rods as the cheapest models. In my experience, these rods only last about three or four years before they burn out or otherwise fail, well after the warranty has expired.  So spending $339 for a toaster oven that might only last a few years doesn't make a lot of sense.  But some blind consumers are under the illusion that just because merchants like BlindMiceMart sell talking appliances, they really "care" about accessiblility, and they go the extra mile to ensure that they are well designed.  But in reality, all they care about is the bottom line.


Gerald



On 3/8/2020 3:27 PM, Mike Sedmak via Small-Appliance-Cooking wrote:
> A recent AFB Access World article reviewed a talking toaster oven:
> https://www.afb.org/aw/21/2/16911
>
> On 3/8/20, Gerald Levy via Small-Appliance-Cooking
> <small-appliance-cooking at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Go to Amazon.com, and type "4 slice toaster oven" into the search
>> field.  You will get dozens of results, most of which are good, old
>> fashioned mechanical models with simple to set knobs.  For instance,
>> Amazon sells the Black & Decker 4 slice toaster oven, model TO-1705
>> for a very affordable $30.  It has three mechanical knobs for
>> temperature, mode and timer which can be labeled with tactile markers
>> at strategic points around the knobs.  I have been using a similar model for years.
>> Hamilton Beach Oster, Bella and KitchenAid also make mechanical
>> toaster ovens.
>>
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-DECKER-Controls-Stainless-TO1705SB/dp/B0
>> 71K1KM3Z/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=black+decker+4+slice+convection+toaster+
>> oven&qid=1583693525&sr=8-3
>>
>>
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/2020 2:44 PM, Michael Russillo via Small-Appliance-Cooking wrote:
>>> Hi list, since our old toaster oven stopped working now, does anyone
>>> have an idea where I can get a new one that's accessible and not the
>>> touchscreen type of toaster oven?  I don't want to pay an exorbitant
>>> price but anything from, say, $70 to $100 would be more in my range,
>>> as long as it's pretty accessible.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
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