Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Quick-Check Lever vs BELLA 2-Slice Slim

The Oster 2-Slice Toaster with Quick-Check Lever and the BELLA 2-Slice Slim are both simple, budget-friendly toasters, and while neither one offers very good performance for everyday use, they both toast quite evenly. Get the Oster if you want extra quality-of-life features, like buttons for bagels and frozen items, which add a little time to a toasting cycle, or its namesake 'quick-check lever,' which lets you check toasting progress mid-cycle. Get the BELLA if you want a toaster with a wider toasting range, so you can brown denser breads in a single cycle, or if you want a faster toaster. It's also a better choice if you want a compact, long-slot toaster for longer slices of bakery bread.