World's Most Expensive vs Cheapest Toaster

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the toast right into your hand automatically. All right, we've got a really fun concept

Right now, you're looking at how you say, what type of bakery you're running over here, Lou. It is not a bakery. However, those are baked goods and they're here for good reason

That thing right. I ordered this. All right. Once upon a time, maybe the world's most expensive

most premium toaster. It's a whole different concept for how to toast bread, treat bread

And then I said, you know, the only way to really yze this thing, what could be the world's

most expensive toaster is to put it up against the standard inexpensive toaster. This is a

Procter Selects Traditions. I just bought this at the Canadian Tire for $13

Up against this one, which on Amazon currently is $373. And in Canadian dollars, it's over 500 bucks

It only toasts one slice at a time because that's how special it is

So it's the TO-ST1-T from Mitsubishi. We're going to do a taste test

Myself and Willie do. We have some premium bread from Cobb's Bakery, and we have some supermarket bread from the local Sobeys

That's Dempster's. You see that? That's Dempster's white official with the Canadian flag

First off, we're going to try to figure out if we can tell the difference between the toasters

tell the difference between the breads, and then tell you if there's any need at all for you as a human being

to consider the idea of owning, spending, or placing a $400 toaster on your countertop in 2020

And isn't it a beauty? It looks like Christmas, doesn't it? This is the Mitsubishi Premium Toaster

And you know it's premium right away because you crack it open and check the recipe booklet

Look at this. It's cinnamon, apples. The key to this expensive toasting tech is that everything is sealed in

The idea being that it keeps the moisture inside, whereas your typical cheapo toaster is drying out the bread because it's open on the top

It comes with this little tray. People are saying, man, you throw the butter on before you put it in

That's something you could do. People are saying you throw French toast straight into this guy

So we have the little spatula. This looks like some warranty information

It's all very serious. I feel like I've purchased an expensive appliance

This is the toaster. Got the nice wood grain on the top

Jack's a big fan of the wood grain right there. That will go with your decor. Quite a large item for the counter for a toaster for one slice Okay we remove the protective covering That where the bread goes It goes onto this tray

The whole thing seals up. There's a tremendous number of settings on the front

Regular toast, defrost, I don't know, and French toast. That looks like maybe for stale toast

And then there's different levels for how toasted you want it, four, five, six, eight

Now they claim to have taken some of their tech from the rice cookers that they obviously manufacture those as well. And those things

are all about keeping the moisture inside. You know, when you're talking about food

it often comes back to the moisture, the juiciness. They say that you cook a succulent meal. Now

you may be wondering, Lou, where are the toppings? All you have here is the bread. And that's because

we want the real ysis. We want to examine the bread and only the bread, the crunch and

the softness we want to put our sensory systems on high alert now let's compare that to the budget

unboxing experience the traditions by proctor selects it's actually not that complicated this

device there's nothing in the package it really doesn't need to be very lightweight it's a bit

marked up over here you would see this in a i don't know a dormitory you would maybe you got a

really cheap Airbnb, this is what would be in the house. If you can get the job done for 10 bucks

more power to you. But it's not the most satisfying interaction if you're constantly making toast. And

of course, there's not many settings. It's just, that's it. First things first, let's start with

the standard toaster, just to refresh what a simple piece of toast can be or is. Very short cable

on the cheap toaster. First, it's going to be the supermarket bread

in the $10 toaster. Now the beauty is we can do two slices at a time

on this one. Is that... Wait a second. Uh-oh. Wait a minute

The bread is too large for the actual... Yeah, the top of it is exposed

It's not going to get an even toast on there. This is a type of toaster

you just need that bread heated up a bit man you just need something other than the bread itself

yeah you got like five minutes and then you're out the door that's it you're going to take that

toast you're going to move on and you're not going to think about it too much it's sustenance

you're just trying to live level six this i would eat this toast this is not too toasted for me really

i mean okay yours is yours is dead all right we're gonna have to do that again i guess see this is

the issue as well with your typical toaster, consistent toast. And there's bagels

It's different, you know. It's hard, man. Yeah. Okay. All right, you want to grab yours

Okay. So definitely what we thought it not going to get the top portion very well All right you ready Yeah here we go

It tastes like childhood. It's not bad, but it's not special. Some would say it's a bit dry

We're gonna shift now to the premium bread in the $10 toaster

Now what's weird is that this bread costs almost as much as the toaster

You're talking about a premium bread from Cobbs. Shout out to Cobbs bread

I suppose the other thing we're going to get to the bottom of with this experiment is not just the difference

from the premium toaster to the cheap toaster, but also the premium bread to the cheap bread

And whether or not it's worthwhile to bother upgrading your bread if you're not prepared to upgrade your toaster

Or, or save your money on the toaster and just buy better bread. Right

That's strange. Look at that. That's much less toasted than the supermarket bread

Okay, let's give it a go. It brought it way better

It's crispier. The bread is a massive impact. If you just go with a slightly more premium bread

even on a $10 toaster, it's a huge upgrade. Now, that brings us, of course, to the elephant in the room

The Mitsubishi. And first, we're going to hit it with the supermarket white bread

Now, look at this seal chamber that's created in there. It's amazing

Okay, we close it down, and we're going to give it a start. makes a chime i like the red light and i like the dedicated start stop button

this was a bit nerve-wracking on the ten dollar item it definitely can't make good bread bad

i mean good bread is good bread good bread is good bread yeah 2020. oh yeah get it jack

whoa a little steam outlet on the back where's all that moisture coming from

Oh, okay. Wow

Oh my God. Oh my God. It's so even

It's fluffy. There's a fluff to it that a typical toaster can't achieve

The air of the bread is protected. Okay, now obviously the last thing to do

is for us to take the premium bread with the premium toaster. Yeah

It's the $400 toaster and the $4 bakery bread. Now we know what happened on the cheapo toaster This was a big improvement And we hope that the same thing happens over here

How is the bread turning brown then? There is a heating element on the one side

but how is the top of the bread brown? Where's that water coming from? Probably the bread

The bread. It uses the bread's own water. Science. Unreal

So good. This toaster enhanced the difference between the premium bread and the cheap bread

It increased the gap in quality. When we put the cheap bread in the nice toaster

it was like, okay, it's a bit fluffier. When we put the premium bread in there

it's what it was meant to be. If you get this toaster

you can't be putting regular bread in it. You gotta be getting the bakery

It's gotta be baked that day. That's a, I would say that's a game changer

Regular bread. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. It's real. I'm into it. What is that difference worth

Is that difference worth $400? And for who? I want to know who can justify it

Let's say even over the course of a year, it's less than a dollar a day

that premium toast experience. Yes. Then you leave your house, sure you're in an uplifted mood

The real value move is just upgrade your bread. This is only for the true aficionados

It's only for the true enthusiasts. You go with the premium bread and the premium toaster

and you feel like you're baking your own bread in there. So for the average person that wants to improve their toast experience

they should look at better bread. If you're a weirdo or a bread enthusiast or someone like us

that wants to have a strange toast experience, I guarantee you, you will have that

You will have the optimal, extreme, the ultimate toast experience with that right there, the Mitsubishi Electric $400 toaster

one slice at a time, because that's how special each piece of toast is to you