Hello - Thank you for taking some time to share your thoughts on this toaster. We're always happy to receive feedback on our appliances, especially our smaller appliances. We are going to be forwarding the information you've shared directly with our product team. This way we can focus on making improvement for our models going forward. We're always trying to craft the best appliances we can and your feedback helps the most with this. Let us know if you have any questions, we're always happy to help. - Jonathon@GEA

Greetings Rabbelrouser, We're super happy to hear that you like your toaster! We can understand your concern about the slowness of the toaster. Thank you for your continued support. Mike@GEA

While we’re happy to hear you’re enjoying the style of this toaster, we’re sorry it’s not browning evenly on both sides. If you continue to experience this issue with browning, please take advantage of your warranty. You’ll find this information on page 7 of your user’s manual here: https://products.geappliances.com/MarketingObjectRetrieval/Dispatcher?RequestType=PDF&Name=49-9000001-2.pdf. Thank you for taking the time to review your toaster. We’ll be sure to pass your insight along. All the best. -Gina@GEA