Breville A Bit More BTA720 Review

Best for one to three person households that toast daily and care about getting the same shade every time, including bagels and artisan slices. Families of four or more should choose the Cuisinart CPT-180 or Breville 4 slice model instead.

The slider based browning control with an LED progress bar replaces vague dial numbers with a visible stage indicator. Owners consistently report that a chosen setting repeats well across bread types, with small adjustments for frozen items.

Lift and Look is the quiet star: raise the lever mid cycle to inspect, lower it, and the cycle resumes rather than restarting.

Extra wide slots self adjust to hold bagels and thick slices centered, and the bagel setting balances cut side browning against crust warming. The crumb tray slides from the front, which makes the weekly empty realistic.

The stainless body wipes clean but shows fingerprints, and the 2 slice limit is absolute: there is no way to speed up a four person round.

Against the Cuisinart CPT-180 Metal Classic, the Breville is more precise and better finished, but toasts half as many slices per cycle; the Cuisinart adds dual controls and a 3 year warranty at a mid tier. Against the Dualit NewGen 4 Slice, the Breville is automatic and sensor timed, while the Dualit is manual, heavier, and repairable for a much longer service life.

Choose by household size and philosophy: automation now, or mechanics for decades.

Living with the BTA720 is mostly about finish and routine. The stainless body wipes clean but shows fingerprints, so owners who care about a spotless counter will wipe it often, and the cord is shorter than some expect, which can decide where it sits in the kitchen.

At 4.4 lbs in an 11.25 x 7 x 7.75 inch body, it stays planted without dominating a 2-slice footprint, and the front sliding crumb tray makes the weekly empty a habit that actually happens. There is no noise story here beyond the end-of-cycle pop; the learning curve is simply the first few mornings spent finding your slider number for each bread you buy, after which the repeatability owners praise takes over.

The A Bit More button earns its name on the mornings a chosen shade comes up pale. Instead of restarting a full cycle and risking a burnt second pass, it adds an extra cycle, and owners say it rescues underdone toast perfectly. That correction is the feature owners praise often.