GSI Toaster
This is a very smart design. It folds up flat and takes up a lot less space than the traditional circular toaster. The cooking grid heats up rapidly, much like a camp heater. Your toast will be done in no time with this gadget. And the plastic bag insert and little carry pouch make using this a breeze. I highly recommend this product.
Good design, mediocre manufacturing
This toaster is quite practical, easy to store and fast at toasting. It's convenient for toasting one piece at a time.
The design is nice, somewhat slick. Also, it comes with a convenient case to store it.
However, the one that I've got looks like a return... the cut on the grid is badly done, and the structure is too loose ...it doesn't quite stay 'unfolded'.
It works
We've gone through a number of other camp toasters -- the kind that hold multiple pieces of toast at angle -- and always been disappointed; they took forever to toast and we actually had problems with heat reflections warping our (cheap) camping stove. I bought this on a lark and was amazed.
The GSI toaster holds a single slice but can toast 4 pieces faster than the competition holding 4 slices at once -- we've compared on the same stove. It does a better job diffusing heat, so no stove parts warping and paint peeling. It's just better. The one downside is you have to watch your toast carefully to avoid burning it.
Also, we've noticed that the steel mesh on the bottom appears to be hand-cut and might not be perfectly smooth along the side.
This is a great device. We've bought 2.
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