Should You Buy a Breville Toaster?

Breville is one of the most popular toaster brands as well as being well known for its electric kettles, blenders and fryers.

If you are wondering how Breville toasters compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared 940+ toasters by objectively and impartially analysing over 8,000 user and expert reviews and 30+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Breville are recognised for their wide selection of mid-range and moderately popular toasters. Their toasters start at $37 for the VTT476 which has 4 slice slice and go up to $137 for the VTT634 which has 4 slice slice. The average price of a new Breville toaster is $86.

Is Breville the Best Toaster Brand?

So are Breville toasters any good? We give every toaster a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all toasters we are able to impartially rank all the toaster brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Breville is the 4th best toaster brand out there.

Let's look at how Breville toasters compare to the other toaster brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Breville have better reviews than the typical toaster brand, with the average rating of a Breville toaster being 78%. Breville also have a number of great features including Illuminated Controls which sets them apart from the competition.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Breville toaster is $11 (based on a person typically using a toaster for 5 minutes per day), which makes them more efficient than most other toaster brands.

There's a smaller selection of Breville toasters available compared to other toaster brands, with only 5 Breville toasters currently on the market in the US. Breville toasters also tend to be more expensive than most other toaster brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.

What Do the Breville Toaster Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Breville toaster to work out the average distribution of reviews for Breville and then compared this to the other toaster brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		3
4 stars		0
3 stars		0
2 stars		1
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		1,211
4 stars		452
3 stars		132
2 stars		59
1 star		120

Over 75% of expert reviews and 84% of user reviews for Breville toasters are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 84% and 85% respectively across all Toaster brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Breville toasters by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other toaster brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Russell Hobbs	Breville	Smeg	Swan	KitchenAid
	60% 2 reviews	40% 1 review	80% 1 review	85% 2 reviews	90% 1 review
	100% 3 reviews	100% 4 reviews
			83% 1 review	56% 1 review	87% 2 reviews
			100% 1 review
	80% 1 review
			83% 1 review
Average	80% 6 reviews	70% 5 reviews	87% 4 reviews	71% 3 reviews	89% 3 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Breville Toasters Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 4 industry awards for Breville toasters. This means that Breville has more awards for its toasters than any other brand. The table below compares the number of awards received by Breville to other popular toaster brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning toasters

Number of Awards	Russell Hobbs	Breville	Smeg	Swan	KitchenAid
	3	4
			1	1	1
			1
			1
Total	3	4	3	1	1

How Reliable Are Breville Toasters?

We checked over 8,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Breville toasters. over 60 of these reviews mention reliability of which 82% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Breville toaster owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Breville toasters are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Breville toasters that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Well made product capable of handling thick slices of bread

A well made

yet each dial is sufficiently well made that it gently clicks between the numbers

NOT RELIABLE

Reluctantly bought a new machine when our trusty Homer Simpson model broke

not as sturdy as it looks

I first panicked as I thought it was broken

Features to Look Out For On Breville Toasters

There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Breville toasters that set them apart from the competition. These include Illuminated Controls.

Breville Illuminated Controls

Breville toasters that feature Illuminated Controls include the Breville VTT476 ($37), the Breville VTT470 ($39) and the Breville VTT702 ($38).

What is the Best Budget Choice Breville Toaster?

Breville VTT476

4 SLICES

2,000W

$46 OVER 5 YEARS

At only $36.91 and with a Kagoo Score of 87 the Breville VTT476 makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Illuminated Controls

Four slices

Defrost function

High-lift mechanism

Customers report that this toaster holdsa lot of slices, it toasts bread evenly and it's good-looking. It's a classic and cheap 4 slice toaster, great for small families.

96 Reviews	230 Reviews
87 Features	Fully-Featured
83 Popularity	Quite Popular
87 Value for Money	Very Good
81 Running Costs	$48 Over 5 Years
87 Kagoo Score	Excellent

Our review analysis indicates that Breville VTT476 has excellent user reviews with an average user rating of 91%, based on 230 reviews.

The cheapest price that we could find for the VTT476 in the US is $36.91 and in total we found 3 prices for it.

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