I saw a cool combination four-hole toaster/two-egg cooker at Mental Floss this morning and was truly interested until, that is, I read one line of a customer review by someone named “Tim” from Atlanta (see red text below):
PRO’s:
1. Basically it does what it says-
2. I like the toast/muffin & eggs getting done at the same time.
3. The egg poaching works very well.CON’s:
1. There is still a horrible burnt paint smell coming off the toaster evert time I use it – Which, Given that it is MADE IN CHINA, makes me a tad nervous.
2. For some reason the toast comes out very dry, regardless of the setting.
3. It is very large & clinking looking.
4. Just saw it at a local warehouse store for 1/2 of the price on Amazon.
While it’s almost impossible to avoid Made-in-China products these days, it’s easy to avoid products that emit a “horrible burnt paint smell” when they’re being used. I’ll keep looking.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Skunkfeathers // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:23 am
Eh…it’s probably just designed to burn off the lead-based paint before another product recall occurs….
2 hotoffthepress2 // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:42 am
Skunk — Thanks for another astute observation!
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