Bella 2-Slice Slim Toaster Review: Tiny Footprint
The Bella slim toaster fits a full sourdough slice, and the counter barely notices.
Bella slim toaster reviews, read properly: a 10-inch slot in under 4 inches of counter depth for about $20 — and the two flaws buyers keep reporting.
Bottom Line
For $20, this is the slim toaster I'd point most small kitchens to — the space savings are real and the toast is good, not flawless. If your counter is measured in inches or your bread comes from a bakery, it's an easy yes. Just know the top edge of a slice tends to toast lighter, and about one buyer in nine reports a unit that died young.
Is Bella a good toaster brand? On this model, yes with limits — buyers praise the slim footprint and the long slot, and they consistently flag two things before you spend the $20.
Most toasters are shaped like a toaster because nobody asked. Bella asked: the usual two slots turn sideways into one 10-inch slot, and the body slims to 3.58 inches.
That slimness is the whole sell, and buyers back it up: it slips between microwave and wall, lies flat in a drawer with the cord wrapped underneath, and at 2.46 pounds it moves with one hand. The long slot is the quiet bonus — sourdough and Texas toast go in whole instead of cut in half. Full disclosure: this is a spec-sheet-and-buyer-reviews verdict, not a six-month test in my kitchen.
Now, the bad news, in two parts. Toasting is good, not great: the repeat complaint is the top inch of a slice coming out paler, and one owner flips the slice for an extra 30 seconds as a workaround. And the eject spring has opinions — more than one buyer describes toast launching clean off the machine. Funny once. Less funny at 7 a.m.
The number to respect: 11% of 17,753 ratings are one-star, mostly springs and heating elements dying young. At $19.98 (as of July 2026), I can live with that lottery. At $50, I couldn't.
Against a $35 stainless two-slot Cuisinart, you lose the bagel button and some browning consistency — and keep $15 and half your counter depth.
