An excellent toaster, looks good and works well and is very good value for money. The previous reviewer said you can't switch it of if you feel the toasting time had to be ended. I wonder if he actually meant that as there is a cancel button and, what's more, the instruction booklet clearly states: "The toasting cycle can be stopped at any time by pressing the cancel button"! As indeed it can. He also said he burned his fingers getting pieces of toast out of it. The answer is obvious, at least to me and the instruction booklet: "lift the loading handle upwards above the starting position". I'm just pleased I ignored his review and went ahead and purchased it.