The toaster works well. The bagel setting is confusing. I am used to high heat on the inside face and lower temp on the outside. This toaster increases the toast time and the outside gets pretty toasted. Other that that it is a good inexpensive toaster.
We wanted a nice toaster that would handle bagels, since they are wider thank regular bread or English muffins. The Cuisinart does just that. I like the setting and the ease of use of the machine.