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Title: Nice looks, but mediocre quality for a critical feature
Review: The DeLonghi toaster looks good and has some good features. However, when it wore out after only a few years, I took it apart, and found what I consider a major design defect. The darkness control mechanism is based on a small plastic V-shaped part which slides between two sets of high-power electric contacts. One side of the V melted off completely, so the toaster only does the warming cycle. It may be that this part took a while to melt off, but it also seems inevitable when you put a plastic part against a hot contact. I wonder how you say "planned obsolesence" in Italian.
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