I have just bought my third one of these, the previous two having each lasted about three years of regular use before dying or falling apart. I use it regularly, both to toast my lunch wraps and also to cook steak, chicken (pounded to a consistent thickness), bacon and vegetables (there's only me to cook for). There are only two things I don't like about them - all the labelling information wears off very quickly so you have to judge the depth setting by feel and when you open the lid it drips grease etc over the coil at the back, which is then difficult to clean, and bench (I'm attempting to prevent that this time by covering with cling wrap or foil)

If you turn off the toast and melt appliance when it is still heating the hotplates (just the red light illuminated) it causes arcing in the GPO switch, probably due to the high current draw. We have 2 of these units in different houses and both exhibit this phenomenon. Once both the red and green lights are illuminating, turning off the GPO switch does not result in arcing. I presume this arcing effect will result in switch damage if it happens too often and is of concern! Otherwise appliance is great and both are used often by family members!

Works super fast and does a great job. Much better then the old one I had.