Cooks great waffles... If you replace the plastic clips everytime! I have gone thru 3 sets of replacement clips. Cook one round of waffles... and the plastic hinge clips break! Don't buy this one!
I have had to get two of these in last month since purchasing for my wife for X-mas. the hinge pins keep shattering after cooling and the machine falls apart.
I've used this product twice and while putting it up both side plastic bolts that promote the open and close movement fell off on the floor and broke into two pieces each. I guess its still useable, but the movement will not be as easy.
The pins that act as a hinge will break. Ours came broken. We asked for and received new pins under warranty. The pins went in fine, but the 1st time we used it they both broke again
Purchased the B & D belgian waffle maker. The plastic pins that hold the top to the bottom broke out the first use. I called cust. service and they sent me two new ones. Those broke within a week after replacing them. Either this particular appliance was defective or it is very poorly made. Would not recommend it. I will contact customer service to see if I can get my money back.
One of the plastic plugs that serve as hinges broke on our first use. It's cheap, but you get what you pay for. The few waffles we made came out fine. Odd that the cord comes out beneath the hot lower plate - - don't know how that would hold up over time.
We were making waffles first use... Hinge pins broke (both at same time and in same place) leaving us with a hot waffle maker that would not close. The hinge assembly is weak and poorly designed.. Prone to breakage. Note, we did not drop, over extend nor stress the hinge in any way... It broke while opening the waffle maker when in use... I suspect a cold shot area on the hinge pins or stress cracking of the plastic due to heating???... Whatever the case hinge pins are a big problem here. do not buy. it is unsafe....