Breville A Bit More vs Cuisinart CPT-180 (2026)

Breville toasts 2 slices with a slider, LED progress, Lift and Look, and A Bit More. Cuisinart toasts 4 slices across two independent dial panels with bagel, defrost, and reheat per side.

Published reviews and owners give the Breville the edge on repeatability at a chosen shade. The Cuisinart is close after a short learning curve and can satisfy two preferences at once.

Cuisinart offers 3 years limited versus 1 year for the Breville, an unusual reversal of the price order. The Breville feels denser and better finished in hand.

The Breville measures 11.25 x 7 x 7.75 inches at 4.4 lbs, while the Cuisinart measures 11.75 x 10.63 x 7.5 inches at 6.1 lbs, so the Cuisinart claims noticeably more counter width for its four slots. Cleanup access also differs: the Breville crumb tray slides from the front, while the Cuisinart trays sit at the rear and need the unit pulled forward. Both use stainless housings that wipe clean, though the Breville finish shows fingerprints readily. In a small kitchen the 2-slice Breville is simply easier to place and keep tidy day to day.

The Breville runs 1000 watts through two extra wide slots, while the Cuisinart runs 1650 watts through four 1.5 inch slots. That gap is about throughput, not toast quality: the Cuisinart serves a family round in one pass, while the Breville has no way to speed up a four-person round.

Both handle thick bread and bagels. The Breville slots self adjust to hold slices centered, and the Cuisinart slots are built for thick bread, so neither is limited to thin sandwich bread. Let morning volume decide: capacity for families, shade precision for one or two. That is the trade behind every other difference here.