We’ve scoured the web to locate the best selection of toasters. We’ve got options for those looking to keep things simple, with modest two-slice toasting needs. We’ve got solutions for families who need to be hitting four slices to get out of the house on time. We’ve even gone so far to include a few quirky ones that might have you thinking again about all of your preconceived notions of what a toaster can be. At the close of the list, you’ll even stumble across a few toasting accessories – yes, they exist. I had to temper my natural enthusiasm when I heard about this revolutionary type of toaster, because I’ve been burned before. In fact, this terrible month has also been a toaster rollercoaster. First, my mind was blown when I read that the numbers on a toaster dial refer to minutes, rather than darkness of toast. Then I discovered most toasters don’t possess timing chips, so the numbers relate to an arbitrary scale of brown-ness after all. What a waste of feelings. Still, I was determined not to pre-judge the tunnel toaster, an original design that slides bread slices horizontally into a wraparound grill, for more even toasting. Other benefits include accommodation of unwieldy foods, an easier-to-clean tray and the fact that toast is lovely. The SMART Tunnel Toaster is a new way to toast your bread, croissants, paninis and anything you could possibly need to toast. This clever design features a sliding bread tray, completely removable from the heating unit and a heating unit in the form of a dome shape tunnel. The tray is designed to be removable and catch the crumbs for easy cleaning and with a unique clamp to cater for all all kinds of bread. It also features a very versatile temperature control with 7 adjustable temperature settings, reheat, defrost and cancel functions. Could the Smart Tunnel Toaster be the future for toasting? The Tunnel Toaster's sliding bread tray accommodates different sizes of bread as well as bagels, croissants and baguettes, something ordinary toasters can't do.

If you want to jump straight to the cream of the crop, head to our round-up of Best Buy toasters for models that are easy to use, fit a variety of different breads and toast brilliantly. This toaster has a unique sliding toasting tray that will fit two standard slices of bread in addition to a wide variety of products such as crumpets, waffles, baguette, croissant or ciabatta. The crumb catcher ensures the work top remains clear of crumbs and makes cleaning the toaster very easy. A variable heat dial, re-heat and de-frost settings allows you to finely tune your toasting requirements. Creation Consumer Finance Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no. 311518). The SMART Tunnel Toaster features versatile temperature control, re-heat button and de-frost button.The unique shape of the tunnel toaster ensures all of the bread toasts evenly and you have full control of the level of browning thanks to the toaster's variable temperature control.

Sliding tray holds two slices of standard bread, or any shaped bakery product, irrespective of sizeThe sliding tray’s unique clamp is designed to fit many kinds of shapes including baguettes, bagels, croissant etc.

The Smart Tunnel Toaster has a slide-in bread tray that lets you toast bread, bagels, croissants, baguettes, and much more. It has variable temperature settings plus reheat and defrost functions. And, to make it easy to clean, it has a crumb catcher! The unique shape of the tunnel toaster ensures all of the bread toasts evenly and you have full control of the level of browning thanks to the toaster's variable temperature control.

A button press opens the grips, and I lay my bread to rest. I slide the tray inside the chapel-shaped oddity; the tunnel glows red. It’s not unlike conducting a cremation. The device bears a warning: “Do not insert fingers.” Is it, by omission, an invitation to jimmy in other body parts? Weirdly, I do want to slide my fingers inside the hot, red tunnel. It would be so easy. Not convinced by the side-loading toaster? Our most recent tests also included traditional two-slice toasters with some handy extra features, such as the three models below.