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 8,100 user and expert reviews and 40+ 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 $41 for the VTT470 which has 4 slice slice and go up to $120 for the VTT892 which has 4 slice slice. The average price of a new Breville toaster is $118.

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 9th 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.

At an average purchase price of $118, Breville toasters tend to be more expensive than most other toaster brands. Breville also have better reviews than the typical toaster brand, with the average rating of a Breville toaster being 78%.

Breville 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 3 Breville toasters currently on the market in the US.

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		1,221
4 stars		453
3 stars		141
2 stars		64
1 star		121

Over 75% of expert reviews and 84% of user reviews for Breville toasters are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 85% and 86% respectively across all Toaster brands.

Purchasers of Breville toasters frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, and they have won a total of 4 awards.

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 8,100 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Breville toasters. over 60 of these reviews mention reliability of which 80% 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

sturdy - well built (like me

trusty swan I was dissapointed that it would not toast 4 slices at the same time as they stick out of the top

NOT RELIABLE

Needed to replace my slim-line toaster when the handle broke

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

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 VTT470 ($0).

What is the Best Budget Choice Breville Toaster?

Breville VTT476

4 SLICES

2,000W

$45 OVER 5 YEARS

At only $62.79 and with a Kagoo Score of 83 the Breville VTT476 makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Illuminated Controls

Four slices

Defrost function

High-lift mechanism

The highest scoring 4+ slice toaster on the market, with low running costs and a fair price. Customers report that this toaster holdsa lot of slices, it toasts bread evenly and it's good-looking.

96 Reviews	230 Reviews
84 Features	Fully-Featured
84 Value for Money	Very Good
77 Running Costs	$44 Over 5 Years
83 Kagoo Score	Excellent

Our review analysis indicates that Breville VTT476 has exceptional 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 $62.79 but in total we found only 1 price for it.

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