Timeline for Why don't sandwich toasters have an on/off switch?
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| Feb 13, 2013 at 20:00 | comment | added | Vitaly Mijiritsky | @Ben Not quite. Your answer says that it's because the cable is the most explicit indicator. This is equally true for all other electrical appliances and yet they all have buttons. Benny's answer explains how a toaster is different from other appliances and provides convincing reasoning for the lack of the button. | |
| Feb 13, 2013 at 10:53 | comment | added | Ben | @vitaly didn't you eventually mark the correct answer that says the same thing my answer did? | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 19:04 | comment | added | Deer Hunter | Having a switch in a toaster is a safety failure... | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 14:12 | comment | added | Dvir Adler | If that is indeed a usability fault with no better reasons than historical ones, I guess whoever introduces a home sandwich toaster with an on/off switch would disrupt the market | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 13:24 | comment | added | Vitaly Mijiritsky | I haven't encountered one with a button that's meant for home use. The electricity cable is a good indicator for all electrical appliances, but still most of them do have a button :). Why should the toaster be any different? | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 10:25 | comment | added | user12741 | Really good point. Also, it could be based on the idea that a toaster is not something you need to be plugged in all day. It's a device you use for maybe 10 minutes a day, and it often shares a power socket with other devices such as the coffee machine (just like a mixer does for example). It may be an invalid idea, but it's possible that manufacturers never thought of the idea that people would want to keep it plugged in the whole time. | |
| Feb 10, 2013 at 8:23 | history | answered | Ben | CC BY-SA 3.0 |