Tineco Toasty One test: The toaster of the future?

The topic of smart homes has become increasingly important in recent years. It’s not just our vacuum cleaners that now move through the home fully automatically. Things like security systems, lighting and doorbell systems are also increasingly being integrated into the home network. The manufacturer has already proven in the past that Tineco is also an expert in the field of smart homes. The company was particularly convincing with its vacuum wipers such as the Floor One S5 (test) and Floor One S3 (test), which can also be integrated into the WLAN and used with a practical app. Now, however, the US manufacturer is going one step further. With the Tineco Toasty One, a smart toaster has been created without further ado. It doesn’t have WiFi, but it wants to revolutionize toasting bread. Of course, this raises several questions. Do we need it? Who spends so much money on a toaster? We clarify it in the Tineco Toasty One test.

Tineco Toasty One test: Why a smart toaster?

Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, I’d first like to ask myself how Tineco even came up with the idea of making a toaster smart, of all things. To clarify this, let’s take a look at current standard models in the toaster sector. You can already get these for little money. My current toaster has a dial for the degree of browning as well as two buttons for defrosting and keeping warm.

In particular, the adjustable browning level always has a bit of a lottery character in my opinion. After all, every toast behaves differently here and a classic toaster relies solely on the time factor. The shorter the toasting process, the lighter the toast and vice versa. In many cases, the toast does not meet the customer’s expectations. According to Tineco, this is precisely the problem it wants to address with its Toasty One.

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Thus, one should be able to set a certain degree of browning in a targeted manner. In doing so, one can select different types of bread and also other baked goods to achieve perfect results. The smart toaster also provides information about the duration of the toasting process. Does this also work in practice? We take a closer look and sit down at the breakfast table.

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Design and workmanship

4-inch RGB display
round design
combination of black, white and stainless steel

Let’s start with the looks first. The Tineco Toasty One is anything but a compact toaster. For this reason, it should have quite a bit going for it in terms of design. Although this is a completely different product category, Tineco stays true to the rest of its design line with its smart toaster. In other words, the colors black and white dominate here.

The whole thing is rounded off with shiny stainless steel. The round shapes also ensure that the toaster doesn’t come across as too bulky. Still, I can imagine that it might take up too much space in slightly smaller kitchens. Another parallel to Tineco’s vacuum wipers is the LED display. This measures a whopping 4 inches on the Toasty One and is touch-sensitive. Everything takes place on the control center of the household appliance.

Here you not only get the most important information presented, but you can also regulate your individual toasting process. It may sound silly, but the first toast I toasted using the smart toaster felt kind of cool. Finally, Tineco turns what would otherwise be a natural process into a real science. In part, I felt reminded of brewing coffee here.

Of course, you can opt for a filter coffee maker for the price of 20 euros. Alternatively, however, there are high-quality and -priced portafilter machines that require more work and patience, but the result justifies it. Does it look the same with the smart toaster from Tineco?

The practical test

Automatic and manual mode
Both toasts can be toasted differently
Adjustable degree of browning

Now it’s time to set the breakfast table and plug in the Tineco Toasty One. We want to test the smart toaster namely in practice. Once turned on, it reveals two different modes. Besides the Smart mode, you can also select a manual mode. In Smart mode, the sliced toast is prepared completely automatically. Once the toast slices are inserted, you now decide to use the right, left or both sides.

Following that, you need to decide on the tanning level. Here, you can also find names for the different shades on Tineco’s website. From light to dark, they go by the names Moon Light, Honeymoon, Sunburnt and Night Sky. The #ToastYourWay makes it clear that Tineco clearly wants to do marketing via social media here.

The practical thing about the slider is that you also get a kind of preview of the finished result at the same time. So you know what you can expect. The fact that you can have both slices of toast prepared differently at the same time is definitely a big plus. After all, it’s a matter of taste what degree of browning a toast should have.

By looking at the percentage, you can see how finished the toast is.

Once you have decided on everything, you just confirm the input and you are ready to go. The degree of browning of the toast at the current time can be followed on the display the whole time. If you have made up your mind at the last minute and want to revise your previous selection, you can quickly change your mind. To do this, you simply have to cancel at the right time.

How does the toast taste?

The most important question, of course, is how the end result tastes. The result was perfectly toasted slices of bread that not only tasted good, but also had the desired degree of browning. It didn’t matter whether the toast slices were previously frozen or not. Even though the degree of browning differed significantly between two slices, the final result was exactly the same as the preset.

Das Ergebnis entspricht dem zuvor eingestellten Bräunungsgrad.

By the way, the keep-warm function is also particularly practical, as it turned out afterwards. If you go to the kitchen in the morning to load the Toasty One with slices of bread, you can still comfortably take a shower afterwards without fearing cold toast. Thanks to the reheat function, even slices that have already been toasted can be reheated without becoming dry.

Manual mode for other baked goods

Unfortunately, the Smart mode is only suitable for classic toast slices. But that doesn’t mean that other things can’t be toasted with the Toasty One. The manual mode is suitable for this. This also scores with different toasting levels – four in number. On top of that, you can also make other specifications for the “toasted food”. For example, the toaster wants to know whether the baked goods are fresh or frozen. Reheating is also possible here. I tried the whole thing with a croissant and was convinced by the result.

The right toast for everyone

In the long run, the setting of the desired toast can perhaps annoy one or the other a little. Apparently, Tineco has also thought of this and opened the possibility for presets. So you can save up to eight toast settings. These can then be selected via one of the handy shortcut keys.

There are four toasting levels in manual mode.

If you have to be quick, the smart toaster’s automatic shut-off function proved practical in the test. This way, you don’t have to worry about the toaster being on for the entire workday on your way to work.

Instead, this turns off automatically after ten minutes of operation. Also practical but now also standard in any classic toaster is the crumb tray. This is where a lot of bread residue collects over time. This could be pulled out in the test exceedingly smoothly from the toaster.

Tineco Toasty One Test: Conclusion

Of course, the Tineco Toasty One first makes you shake your head at first glance. This may be further strengthened once you consider the high price. But what can I say? I had a lot of fun with the smart toaster during the test days. The device achieved perfect results, especially in the main discipline of toasting. The control via the chic color display is intuitive. Especially when you want different degrees of browning, the Toasty One is a real revolution. Finally, these can be roasted in parallel.

Not quite as smart, but rather classic, the Toasty One seems when you want to toast buns or other baked goods. Since this is only possible in manual mode, I then feel reminded of my toaster for 20 euros. Speaking of financial aspects, we have already reached the Achilles’ heel of the smart household helper – the price. With an MSRP 339.00 euros, it is anything but a bargain. However, if you’re a real toast fetishist and are into a high-quality piece of technology, you’ll definitely find what you’re looking for here.