The Black+Decker 2-Slice Toaster is a budget-friendly toaster with a plastic body. It has a dial with five presets, as well as bagel and frozen settings. Its plastic design makes it lighter than metal toasters, which is nice if you want to store it on a shelf and move it onto the counter when you're ready to use it. Its slots are on the wider side, so it's well-suited for thickly sliced bread.
Our Verdict
The Black+Decker 2-Slice offers good performance for everyday use. It's an excellent choice for toasting bread, since it toasts quickly and evenly without leaving your slices too dry or too crisp, but its simple design means it doesn't offer much utility beyond that. It has wide slots, so it's a good choice for thick slices of sourdough, but its 'Bagel' button just adds to the timer instead of enabling one-sided toasting, so it's not ideal for bagels, or other items that are best when toasted only on the cut side. It also has a button for frozen items, but it doesn't offer any other special features. This model is decent at containing crumbs, though, so you won't have to clean up after it too often.
Toasts quickly and evenly.
Doesn't dry food out while toasting.
Wide slots can accommodate thickly sliced bread.
Doesn't offer one-sided toasting.
No cycle countdown indicator.
Requires fairly frequent cleaning after use.
The Black+Decker 2-Slice delivers excellent toasting performance. This simple model toasts remarkably evenly on both sides and across both slots. It doesn't take long to make golden-brown toast, and it doesn't dry out your bread while browning.
Toasts quickly.
Toasts both sides evenly.
Doesn't dry food out while toasting.
No cycle countdown indicator.
The Black+Decker 2-Slice is decent for bagels. This toaster includes a 'Bagel' button that adds a little extra toasting time, but unlike some models, it doesn't enable one-sided toasting. In fact, bagels, English muffins, and other items made to be toasted on one side only come out darker on the outside and lighter on the inside, rather than the other way around. That being said, it toasts very quickly and evenly, without leaving your bagel too dry.
Toasts quickly and evenly.
Doesn't dry food out while toasting.
Doesn't offer one-sided toasting.
No cycle countdown indicator.
The Black+Decker 2-Slice is decent at containing crumbs. A few crumbs fall past the crumb tray, but it's not a huge amount. So, your counter stays relatively clean day to day, but you'll have to clean up after this toaster fairly regularly.
Requires fairly frequent cleaning after use.
The Black+Decker 2-Slice has a compact design. It doesn't take up too much space on your counter and fits easily on a shelf or in a cupboard when you're not using it.
Compact design.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Jul 13, 2026:
We've updated the text in this review to align with Test Bench 1.2.
- Updated Jul 13, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.2, which adds three new test boxes: Size, One-Sided Toasting, and Moisture Retention. We also updated the Usage and Performance Usages at the top of the review to reflect the new tests and provide clearer buying guidance for users. You can read more in the Changelog.
- Updated Apr 24, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.1, which includes several new tests, including Capacity, Features, Crumb Management, and Toasting Speed. You can read more in the Changelog.
- Updated Dec 15, 2023: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This toaster comes in one 'Black' variant; you can see the label for the unit we tested. It also comes in a 4-slot variant, the BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster with Extra Wide Slots, which has the same design but may perform differently.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Toaster Comparisons
The Black+Decker 2-Slice Toaster is a budget-friendly toaster that delivers excellent toast performance but lacks extra features. Like the Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Quick-Check Lever, this model has buttons that add extra time for frozen foods and bagels, but it lacks a way to check your toast mid-cycle, countdown indicators, and one-sided toasting. This makes it a less impressive choice overall, but especially for bagels, buns, and other foods that are best toasted on just one side. If you toast a lot of bagels, options like the Breville the 'A Bit More' 2 Slice and the Smeg 2-Slice TSF01 can toast the cut side while leaving the outside warm, but completely untoasted. That said, they're much more expensive than the Black+Decker, and if you just want a simple model for toast without a lot of extra features, this inexpensive model toasts faster and more evenly than those pricier options.
If you're looking for a recommendation, check out our lists of the best 2-slice toasters, the best 4-slice toasters, and the best toasters.
The Black+Decker 2-Slice T2569B is a better toaster than the bella 2-Slice Slim for almost everyone. It toasts more evenly than the bella, so your toast comes out well-browned on both sides, batch after batch. It has wider slots, so you can use it for thicker slices of Texas toast or sourdough, and it offers more features. Neither option can toast on one side only, but while the bella has only a shade selector and a cancel button, the Black+Decker has buttons for bagels and frozen items that add more time to a toasting cycle. It also leaves fewer crumbs on your counter. That said, as a long-slot toaster, the bella can accommodate longer slices of homemade or bakery bread, and its single slot means it fits into narrow spaces a typical two-slot toaster won't, so you may prefer it if you have very limited counter space.
The Dash Clear View Long Slot and the Black+Decker 2-Slice T2569B are both budget-friendly toasters that make fantastic toast, but they meet different needs due to their designs. Get the Black+Decker if you tend to eat sandwich bread and want a toaster with a pretty standard 2-slot design. It toasts quickly and evenly without leaving your slices too dry, but it doesn't offer many extra features. If you prefer homemade or artisanal loaves and want a toaster with a bit more personality, then get the Dash. Its single long slot can accommodate longer slices, and it offers one-sided toasting, which is handy for bagels and buns. Plus, it includes a window on one side so you can watch your bread toast. While it toasts almost as quickly and evenly as the Black+Decker, its unique design means the edges of your bread sit close to the lower heating elements, which can cause them to char. Unfortunately, the Dash also leaves more crumbs on your counter after toasting.
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