I know no one comes to this site for advice on appliances but, hey, when something works for me, I can't shut up about it. I recently pitched my old Black and Decker toaster…the one that somehow managed to burn crusts into black styrofoam while leaving the center of my bread rawer than when it came out of the loaf. Its replacement in my kitchen, the Oster model 6335, is everything I ever wanted in a toaster. It's sturdy, it's easy to clean and it toasts whatever I want to toast to perfection. Most often, this means bagels…and it even has a special button for bagels (I think it only toasts one side of each half) and it has suitably wide slots. Better still, it has a "frozen" button which figures into the timing, the fact that the inserted item is frozen. So you can slap a frozen bagel into the thing, walk away and come back to a perfectly defrosted/toasted delight.
I've had mine about three weeks and have yet to be undelighted. Here's a link if you want to order one through Amazon but I'll warn you that prices on it seem to vary a lot. That link will let you buy one for $31.90 plus shipping but if you search the 'net, you may find it for a few bucks cheaper. You'll also notice a lot of places offering it for as much as double that. Apparently, when Consumer Reports recommends something (as was the case here), a number of merchants hike the price, figuring there will be those who will buy on that endorsement and without comparison shopping. Caveat, as they say, emptor.