Dualit

Classic toaster Max Gort-Barten's first successful product was a flip-sided toaster patented in 1946, and the Dualit Classic still looks like the post-war catering kit it grew from: a squared, polished metal box with nothing decorative about it. That plainness is the design. The Classic is aimed at people who want a toaster to last and be serviced rather than thrown away, and it costs several times as much as an ordinary model, so the price only makes sense if you plan to keep it for many years. It also takes a fair amount of counter space. The company, which has been in Crawley, West Sussex, since 2003, has since added versions with a bagel setting.