Tom, I'm sure not gonna be much help. I've never spent more than $20 for a toaster, and they've all stunk. I was complaining to my sister about my cheap toasters, and was explaining that I was steeling myself to spend a whole lot more in order to get a toaster that would at least toast evenly on both sides. She said she paid $90 for her toaster, and it didn't toast evenly either. At that point I threw up my arms and gave up hope of EVER having a piece of evenly toasted toast. Dirty rackenfracken%%*)__)%&$^#%%()__@(%!!!!
