The Dash Clear View Long Slot is an affordable toaster that has a single long slot with room for two slices of regular sandwich bread or a longer piece of bakery bread. It stands out for one unique design feature: a glass panel that lets you watch your items toast. Since you're meant to keep an eye on the toasting progress through the window, it doesn't have a cycle countdown indicator, but you'll find typical toaster settings like buttons for bagels and frozen items, a shade selector with seven settings, and a cancel button. It comes in a range of glossy colors to match your style.
Our Verdict
The Dash Clear View Toaster offers good performance for everyday use. This single long-slot model has room for two slices of sandwich bread side by side or one slice of longer homemade or bakery bread. It has a unique design with a viewing window and two sets of quartz elements, like those you'd find in a toaster oven, rather than the typical wire heating elements in most toasters. This setup produces toast that's evenly browned across the entire surface, except for the bottom edge, which burns on higher settings. It toasts quickly, too, which prevents your bread from drying out too much. This toaster is also a good choice for bagels, as it offers one-sided toasting, letting you toast the inside without browning the outside. Unfortunately, it leaves a lot of crumbs on your counter after toasting.
Toasts very evenly.
Toasts quickly without drying out food.
Offers one-sided toasting for bagels, buns, and English muffins.
Burns toast's bottom edge on higher settings.
Requires cleaning of countertops after every use.
The Dash Clear View Toaster is great for toast. It toasts quickly, which helps retain moisture, so your bread doesn't dry out before popping back up. Overall, it toasts very evenly on both sides, but because of its unique design, it also starts to burn the bottom edge of your bread when toasting to a golden-brown shade or darker.
Toasts very evenly on both sides.
Toasts quickly without drying out food.
Burns toast's bottom edge on higher settings.
The Dash Clear View Toaster is fantastic for toasting bagels. Using the 'Bagel' button enables one-sided toasting, so you can brown the inside of an everything or sesame bagel without toasting the outside. This toaster works quickly without over-drying your bagel and toasts evenly, though it tends to char the bottom edge on higher settings.
Toasts very evenly.
Toasts quickly without drying out food.
Burns bagel's bottom edge on higher settings.
The Dash Clear View Toaster is bad at containing crumbs. It has a long, narrow crumb tray, and while it does catch some crumbs, seeds, and loose grains, plenty still fall through. You'll have to sweep up the debris every time you toast if you want to keep your counters clean.
Requires cleaning of countertops after every use.
The Dash Clear View Toaster is pretty bulky considering its 2-slice capacity. It's slightly narrower than a typical 2-slot toaster, but it's much longer, so it extends quite far onto your counter.
Bulky for a 2-slice toaster.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Jul 13, 2026:
We've updated the writing in this review to match the changes from 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.
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Updated May 14, 2026:
We added a note about the BELLA 4-Slice Slim in the Capacity box for users who want to toast more bread at once.
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Updated May 11, 2026:
We mentioned the BELLA 2-Slice Slim in the Body box for users who want a more compact single long-slot toaster.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Dash Clear View Toaster comes in ‘Red,' 'Cool Grey,' 'White,' 'Black,' 'Cream,' and 'Aqua.' We tested the Cool Grey variant. See the label for our unit.
If you discover another variant, tell us about it in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Toaster Comparisons
The Dash Clear View Long Slot is a budget-friendly toaster with a single slot that's long enough for two slices of sandwich bread or a longer slice of a homemade or artisanal loaf. It has a unique design with a glass panel on one side, so you can watch your toast as it browns. Typical toasters, like the GE 4-Slice G9TMA4S or the Cuisinart 4 Slice Compact Plastic Toaster, brown bread by heating thin nichrome wires until they glow red hot. Since this would block the view into the toaster, the Dash instead uses the type of tubular quartz elements usually found in toaster ovens, with one set above and one below on each side of the toasting chamber.
This setup delivers better toasting performance than other long slot toasters we've tested. For example, the Dash toasts much more evenly than the Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice, a higher-end metal toaster, and faster than the Smeg 4-Slice TSF02, a significantly pricier model. Overall, while you may find the Dash's viewing window somewhat gimmicky, this budget toaster is a great buy, as long as you don't mind regularly cleaning crumbs off your counter.
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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.
The Dash Clear View Long Slot delivers better toasting performance than the Breville Die-Cast Smart Toaster, but the Breville offers some quality-of-life features that may sway you. Get the Dash if your priority is toast that's evenly browned on the outside and soft on the inside. It's also better at toasting a bagel on one side only. If you need more capacity or are more interested in high-end quality-of-life features, consider the Breville. While the Dash has a glass panel that lets you keep an eye on your bread as it toasts, it doesn't have a cycle countdown indicator like the Breville. The Breville also includes a 'Lift and Look' button, which raises the slots mid-cycle so you can check toasting progress away from the glow of the heating elements, and the 'A Bit More' button, which adds a little time to the end of a toasting cycle.
The Dash Clear View Long Slot is a better toaster than the Smeg 4-Slice TSF02 for most people. Both models toast very evenly, so you can get consistently browned bagels or toast with either, but the Dash finishes toasting faster. The faster toasting speed makes the Dash more convenient, but also helps retain moisture, so your baked goods stay soft and fluffy on the inside while the outside browns. Each model comes with a couple of typical toasting options, like a button for frozen foods that increases the timer and another for one-sided bagel toasting. The Dash also includes a viewing window, so you can keep an eye on your toast as it darkens. That said, with two slots, the Smeg has a larger capacity, so you may prefer it if you usually make four slices at once.
The Dash Clear View Long Slot and the Beautiful 4-Slice Toaster with Touch-Activated Display both deliver impressive toasting performance, but while the Beautiful comes out ahead overall, you may prefer one over the other depending on which design suits you best. Choose the Dash if you prefer longer slices of homemade or bakery bread, since its single long slot can accommodate a wider variety of baked goods. It's also a good choice if you want a toaster with more personality, thanks to its unique viewing window. Go for the Beautiful, on the other hand, if you need more capacity. It may not fit longer slices, but it has two sets of slots that operate independently, helpful for busy mornings when two people want to toast at once. It also includes a gluten-free bread button, an uncommon addition.
Test Results
While this toaster is about as compact as many smaller two-slot models, it's still pretty bulky, given that it has only one slot. If you're looking for a single long-slot toaster that takes up less space, consider the bella 2-Slice Slim, which has a smaller countertop footprint.
If you're looking for a long-slot toaster with more capacity, consider the bella 4-Slice Slim, which has two long slots.
