Things that do not need the world. In the test today: The Tineco Toasty One, a toaster with a touchscreen. But always slowly, the bread warmer has a few cool tricks up its sleeve that might convince you.
The Tineco Toasty One – it is a smart toaster – is available at a price of 349 euros. (Source: manufacturer)
IntelliHeat toasting algorithm? 4 inch touch screen? GoldenCrispy technology? We’re standing in front of a snow-white toaster and we’re probably wondering as much as you are: does it play Doom? Can the part speak? Do I need an app? It doesn’t matter – finally a kitchen appliance that’s great for debate!
Contents
A toaster in the boot process
operation and functions
The result: crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside
We didn’t like that so much
Conclusion: You need this toaster if you ….
price and availability
The Tineco Toasty One seems a little “overengineered”. This development is based on practical questions. For example, the toaster can control each of the two bread slots individually, so the inserted toast can be browned to different degrees. If you want to enjoy your toast golden brown in the morning, but someone else in the family prefers only a very light browning, this can now be easily arranged.
A toaster in the boot process
The manufacturer has undoubtedly succeeded in processing the toaster, which costs 339 euros. The white stainless steel is pretty to look at and practical at the same time because it is easy to clean. There aren’t many buttons. Even a slide to press down the toast is missing.
It is controlled solely via a touch-sensitive, four-inch screen on the front. There is only one discreetly embedded power button. Let’s press that now. And marvel at the fact that Toasty One first runs a small boot sequence across the display. “Hopefully the part doesn’t support itself immediately,” the (obviously hungry) colleague blasphemes from the background.
operation and functions
You can now continuously select different degrees of browning using the slider on the touchscreen. As mentioned, this also works separately for each slot in manual mode. Alternatively, you can simply press the toast symbol on the display that most closely matches your ideal.
Tineco Toasty One in everyday life
There are also different modes, including smart, fresh, reheat, and frozen options. “Smart” means the mode mentioned for stepless selection of the degree of browning. The remaining modes are self-explanatory. If you don’t want to wade through the menus every morning, you can easily save your favourites.
We were initially skeptical as to whether you really needed a display on a toaster – and we remain so. What is certain, however, is that the operation of the many functions is considerably simplified via such a display. For example, the touchscreen will also tell you when it’s time to teach the crumb drawer. We don’t even know when we last did this on our old toaster…
The result: crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside
Whether the “IntelliHeat toasting algorithm” or just plain heating wires are responsible for it doesn’t matter to us or you. In any case, the toast slices come very close to the degree of browning selected on the display. However, the browning is not completely even – there are clear “grooves” in the heating wires.
The toast slices – we tried spelled, wholemeal and white bread slices – remained pleasantly fluffy on the inside, as promised by the manufacturer.
We didn’t like that so much
Not so nice: Patience is required when there is toast in the left slot that is only to be heated very slightly, while a slice of bread in the right slot is to get the “full blast”. Because Toasty One (not to be confused with the Airforce One) only releases both slices of bread at the same time, in combination. Sometimes one pane has already cooled down while the other is still steaming.
In general, the toasting process takes a comparatively long time, sometimes up to two minutes. Another problem: Since Toasty does not transport the slices of bread by hand, but with the help of a motor-driven carriage, the remains of particularly fresh slices tend to stick to the upper grid.
Because the question is sure to arise: No, there is no app for the Toasty One. It really would be superfluous. It cannot be integrated into the Smart Home either. He also cannot speak, only beeps as a reminder. At the end of the toasting process, the toaster remains switched on and also produces heat. We would have wished for a faster automatic switch-off here.
Conclusion: You need this toaster if you ….
- … often toasts two slices at the same time, but wants to choose different degrees of browning.
- … likes modern, high-quality design. The optics of the excellently processed Toasty One reminds us of noble kitchen helpers from KitchenAid.
- … you are not able to coordinatively operate a manual slider in the morning, but you still just about trust yourself to press a touchscreen.
- … would like to determine your perfect degree of tanning and simply call it up every morning.
price and availability
The Toasty One is available from the manufacturer Tineco here, but also from Amazon. There is no price difference, the smart toaster with touchscreen costs 339 euros. We have also tested a smart wet/dry vacuum cleaner from Tineco. You can find out what it can do in the test report for the Tineco Floor One S5 Combo.
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