Breville Smart Toast BTA845

Bought a 4 slice smart toaster from the good guys ( 5/01/22 ) toasts good until I try the crumpet setting then it proceeds to the point were it was about to set the toast on fire and I canceled it and the smoke did not stop for a couple of minutes
Took it back and they refunded my money as they did not have any in stock.
I then bought another from Harvey Norman and it was the same again ( I took samples of the black toast in on both occasions) they also refunded my money and the staff said that they notify Breville There is an obvious fault with this unit that could potentially case a fire in your home

After one year of very occasional usage (less than once per week) it has completely stopped working and I have been told that it cannot be repaired
Expensive rubbish

Last Breville for me

I purchased this toaster for $200 and time level from 1 to 4.5 gives you light toast. when adjusted to 5, toast burns. Never ever will I be buying anything breville. here's my review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THuO8SntTHk

After owning one of these for many years and being totally satisfied with it we bought a new one without hesitation. It is a total disappointment. As others have stated it toasts totally erratically and only on one side generally. It is also so slow it drives us mad. Extremely disillusioned. The old one is almost worn out but works much better.

The only job of a toaster is to cook the bread.
You would think that spending almost $200 on a toaster that it would do that and more.
The look of it is great, the functions and usability is great but it doesn't evenly cook a slice of bread.
One side is always more then the other, you have to keep turning the bread so it cooks evenly and doesn't burn.
The crumpet function, puts all the heat on one side, so doesn't matter what setting its on, you have to stop it or it will burn.
I actually returned the first toaster because it wasn't cooking evenly (thinking it was a faulty one) but the second one was exactly the same.
Definitely not a smart toaster. My mums $10 toaster cooks better.

I bought this about 8 months ago. I decided to splash out the $159 which was a discounted price from it's original $200 plus pricetag and thought I was getting a decent quality item that would at least do perfect toast and last a long time. To begin with this toaster wasn't bad at all but as time wore on we started to notice how it toasts unevenly just like the cheap ones do. It cooks crumpets only on one side and burns raisin toast to a crisp even on the fruitbread feature it has. On thicker slices in particular crumpets that are frozen and wh...

Ba 845 I think. Continually unable to use. This week: Yesterday won't lift toast ... today lights flash ... cannot use. Wasted a heap of money on this item. Toaster will be in the trash today. Buying a cheap one from the supermarket. No need for Breville to post a 'please call' as we won't return to this page.

I bought this Breville Smart Toaster on Wednesday 29th March, I have used it once and then the next time I went to use it the right hand side does not heat I can find nothing about troubleshooting in the manual, so back to The Good Guys today (Sunday) for a replacement. I have checked all the power points and each one working fine. For an expensive toaster I would have thought I would have gotten more joy out of it.

Decided after replacing a number of cheap toasters to get something of higher quality. Brought unit home, first unit would only toast on one side. Returned for replacement, replacement toasts both sides but unevenly. Contacted Breville support and didn't get past "take it back to the supplier who may or may not replace it or refund purchase price". Would have expected more at the price... Will be avoiding Breville products in future.

Purchased at Williams Sonoma, I thought I was purchasing a superior product but the toaster's electronics stopped working properly after six months. The lights start flashing and it won't toast. The first time I was able to reset it after a while by unplugging and waiting. Not great if joy have to get on your way. But, after a few times, unplugging didn't work.

From the start, some toasts weren't evenly browned. Within a few weeks, one of the lights stopped working. I have lived with it, not having the time or inclination to go through the hassle of warranty repairs. Now two of the 4 slots has stopped working. In the bin it goes, and will never buy this brand again. And I don't believe the wonderful reviews of this toaster written elsewhere, I presume they are Breville propaganda.

This $200 toaster failed after 2 months then the replacement simply lost its toasting capability after 26 months... 2 months past its warranty. It might look k good but it seems the mechanics are just after same as a cheap toaster. I think my days of expensive toasters with a loads of features are over.

Swapped fly buy points for this (1st) Smart Toaster and after 6 weeks went into fault constantly, lights started flashing at any time when not in use, only cooks one side of each piece of bread and not the other, piece of crap DUMB TOASTER.
Rang Breville who told us we were operating toaster incorrectly and would have to take it to Geelong from Tarneit (100 ks round trip x 2 ) if we wanted it to be ASSESSED as faulty. Rang Fly Buys who decided to exchange it for us, waited 5 weeks for replacement to come, told wife to put new one straight on ...

Purchased the BTA845CB, motorised Breville Toaster, took it home, followed the "burn in" process. Dropped four slices in, and was disappointed to see one side toast, the other only slightly on the edges. Checked operation, and toaster looks to be locked into Crumpet/fruit toast mode. Disconnected from the power supply, tested, and same result. Not happy :-(
Took back to the outlet, scrutinised what was available, and only option, take another. Got home, unpacked, and tested. @%$#@%$# same result!!!! Now very unhappy.
Very disappointed and...

I bought this toaster and had it for 3 days and took it back. It is crap for the price you pay. Toast was cooked so unevenly, one side was brown all over the other side was parts brown and parts uncooked (and this was only one piece, the other 3 slices were all over the place. When I looked inside the toaster the elements were all so unevenly lit up. I tried cooking toast 6 times and no better. Each timed I turned toaster on at wall the right hand side lights kept flashing on and off and the carriage just kept rising up and down and wouldnt s...