10 best waffle irons: rating of good models according to user reviews

Hav­ing an elec­tric waf­fle iron in the kitchen, you can cook deli­cious home­made waf­fles or waf­fle rolls at any time. Man­u­fac­tur­ers offer a vari­ety of mod­els — for thin and thick waf­fles, for one or more serv­ings. We will find out what mod­els are on the mar­ket, why they are inter­est­ing, and what users say about them.

Kitfort KT-1620 — Customers’ Choice

This is a con­ve­nient and inex­pen­sive waf­fle mak­er for bak­ing Vien­nese and Bel­gian waf­fles. Dif­fers in a pre­sentable look and styl­ish design. The body is made of high qual­i­ty stain­less steel and plas­tic.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• tem­per­a­ture adjust­ment is pro­vid­ed;
• there is a non-stick coat­ing;
• the cord (0.7 m) has a stor­age com­part­ment;
• there is a work indi­ca­tor.

Users have left a lot of reviews about this pop­u­lar mod­el, on the basis of which one can judge the main advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages of the most pop­u­lar waf­fle iron.

Advan­tages:

• The waf­fles are beau­ti­ful and embossed. Vien­nese ones are espe­cial­ly good — thick­er dough fills the space bet­ter.
• Waf­fles do not burn, you can adjust the tem­per­a­ture and brown waf­fles to the desired con­di­tion.
• Mod­er­ate cost.
• Fast cook­ing.
• Com­pact, takes up lit­tle space.

Flaws:

• Dur­ing oper­a­tion, the case heats up — you have to take it by the han­dle.
• The instruc­tions do not spec­i­fy the amount of test to be applied.
• A small amount of bak­ing — only two waf­fles at a time.

When you first turn on the waf­fle iron, they sim­ply warm it up — an unpleas­ant smell may appear. The next time you turn it on, there is no smell.

Watch the video review of the Kit­fort KT-1620 waf­fle iron mod­el below:

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,955 rubles.

Sinbo SSM 2517W — Inexpensive novelty

Com­pact and ergonom­ic design for uni­ver­sal use. It has a beau­ti­ful mod­ern design. With its help, you can cook not only waf­fles, but also toasts, sand­wich­es, puffs. On the work­ing sur­face — non-stick coat­ing, waf­fles do not stick and are eas­i­ly sep­a­rat­ed. The body is made of high qual­i­ty met­al and plas­tic. The pan­el is designed for Bel­gian waf­fles.

The new waf­fle iron has only one mode. There are no reviews for this prod­uct yet. But its advan­tages are vis­i­ble to the naked eye — the mod­el is afford­able, ver­sa­tile — you can cook dif­fer­ent pas­tries, and it looks very nice.

The cost of this mod­el is an aver­age of 955 rubles.

Kitfort KT-1611 – Best Belgian Waffles

Waf­fle iron for bak­ing Bel­gian waf­fles. Body white, red, or oth­er col­or. Pro­duc­tion mate­r­i­al — plas­tic. It dif­fers from oth­er waf­fle irons in an unusu­al­ly nar­row shape. The device looks styl­ish and bright. Very com­pact, does not take up much space in the kitchen.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• there is a non-stick coat­ing;
• cord 0.7 cm and a com­part­ment for it;
• there is an indi­ca­tor of work;
• one mode of oper­a­tion.

Advan­tages:

• The body is easy to clean from dirt.
• Easy con­trols and good cov­er­age.
• Attrac­tive design.
• Mod­er­ate cost
• Great oppor­tu­ni­ties for culi­nary imag­i­na­tion.

Flaws:

• Three months after active use, fruit fillers burn. Clas­sic waf­fles do not burn.
• Very short cord.

In gen­er­al, this mod­el is approved by users. About 90% of the infor­ma­tion is pos­i­tive. There are prac­ti­cal­ly no draw­backs to this waf­fle iron. Except for minor details. This is a good pur­chase for any kitchen. By the way, many users wrote that they received the waf­fle iron as a gift. If you are think­ing about what to give to a friend, rel­a­tive or young fam­i­ly, this mod­el is quite suit­able for this pur­pose.

In 4–5 min­utes, the device pro­duces a pair of lush, even­ly baked waf­fles. With­out oil, you can cook any snacks — pota­to pan­cakes, pan­cakes, ham­burg­ers. This mod­el deserved­ly wins in the nom­i­na­tion “the best Bel­gian waf­fles”.

An overview of cook­ing in a Kit­fort KT-1611 waf­fle iron can be seen in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bwd8Ae0WOE

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,190 rubles.

Kitfort KT-1624 – Best Viennese waffles

This device has a round body. Posi­tioned as a toast­er, type — waf­fle iron. The work­ing pan­el is divid­ed into 5 sec­tors — 5 serv­ings are baked at once. Con­trolled by smooth adjust­ment.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• there is a tem­per­a­ture adjust­ment;
• 5 oper­at­ing modes;
• there is a non-stick coat­ing;
• hous­ing made of plas­tic, ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed;
• there is a lid lock;
• there is a car­ry­ing han­dle;
• legs are rub­ber­ized.

Advan­tages:

• ease of use;
• con­cise design;
• clear instruc­tions;
• the dough does not burn and bakes even­ly;
• attrac­tive shape of waf­fles — “hearts”;
• afford­able cost;
• easy to clean;
• heats up quick­ly;
• com­pact­ness.

Users did not find any short­com­ings in this waf­fle iron. They can only exper­i­ment with recipes.

The waf­fle iron is sim­ple in design, which seems to have already been per­fect­ed. There is absolute­ly noth­ing to break here. Users prac­ti­cal­ly do not find short­com­ings. The device allows you to quick­ly and eas­i­ly pre­pare deli­cious waf­fles — neat, beau­ti­ful­ly shaped, with­out burn­ing.

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,290 rubles.

Spektr-Device Lakomka EV‑0.8/220 – For thin wafers

Elec­tri­cal appli­ance of domes­tic pro­duc­tion. Designed for bak­ing thin, crispy waf­fles. Has a sim­ple design. Looks like a diplo­mat. The body is met­al. The device is made accord­ing to tra­di­tion­al tech­nolo­gies, accord­ing to GOST-1984. In addi­tion to waf­fles, it can bake cakes, pan­cakes, bis­cuit cook­ies. The device is made of qual­i­ty mate­ri­als.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• one mode of oper­a­tion;
• instead of non-stick coat­ing — poly­mer pro­tec­tion;
• max­i­mum heat­ing tem­per­a­ture — 175 ° С;
• tem­per­a­ture of work­ing sur­faces is main­tained auto­mat­i­cal­ly;
• There is over­heat­ing con­trol.

Advan­tages:

• ease of main­te­nance;
• com­pact­ness;
• speed of heat­ing and cook­ing;
• reli­a­bil­i­ty and main­tain­abil­i­ty;
• the dough does not stick at all;
• easy to clean.

Flaws:

• you need an adapter to con­nect to a euro sock­et;
• the case is very hot;
• no inter­change­able noz­zles;
• there is no way to reduce the heat­ing pow­er.

This waf­fle iron will suit con­sumers who pre­fer old and proven tech­nolo­gies, not chas­ing exter­nal gloss and new­fan­gled tech­nolo­gies. From the fact that Lakom­ka does not have a dis­play, the waf­fles that she bakes do not get worse. But, giv­en the prim­i­tive­ness of the tech­nolo­gies used — the device is prac­ti­cal­ly no dif­fer­ent from Sovi­et waf­fle irons, its price for many con­sumers seems clear­ly over­priced.

The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion and review of the Lakom­ka EV‑0.8/220 waf­fle iron in the fol­low­ing video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M3mSeJmb‑Y

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,950 rubles.

VITEK VT-1595 — Bright design and 5 servings

Waf­fle mak­er with plas­tic body. For bak­ing Vien­nese waf­fles. The device has an orig­i­nal design. The body is made of light green and blue ele­ments. There is a pic­ture on the cov­er. The shape of the waf­fles is hearts. Like most waf­fle irons of this type, the mod­el is made in Chi­na.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• there is a non-stick coat­ing;
• there are indi­ca­tors of readi­ness and work;
• rub­ber­ized legs.

Advan­tages:

• ease of use;
• the case does not heat up;
• qual­i­ty waf­fles;
• Beau­ti­ful design;

Flaws:

• no remov­able pan­els;
• no ther­mo­stat;
• large waf­fle molds

This waf­fle iron is the per­fect gift for a sis­ter or friend. The device has an attrac­tive design — it looks like a box or a box in which girls like to store all sorts of trin­kets. A big plus of this mod­el is the abil­i­ty to bake 5 por­tioned heart-shaped wafers at once, as well as excep­tion­al safe­ty — it is impos­si­ble to get burned on the plas­tic case.

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,450 rubles.

Gemlux GL-WM-888R – High Power Model

This Chi­nese device is designed for bak­ing thick waf­fles. The waf­fle mak­er has an orig­i­nal design — it looks like a big red but­ton. The case is plas­tic, there is a con­ve­nient stand. The cir­cle is divid­ed into seg­ments — into 4 por­tions.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• tem­per­a­ture con­trol;
• non-stick coat­ing;
• work indi­ca­tor;
• There is a remov­able crumb tray.

Advan­tages:

• so that the dough is even­ly baked, the device is equipped with two rotary molds;
• molds are made of alu­minum with an inno­v­a­tive tita­ni­um-ceram­ic coat­ing that does not emit harm­ful sub­stances when heat­ed;
• adjustable ther­mo­stat allows you to bring the waf­fles to the desired col­or of the crust — light, medi­um, dark.

Dis­ad­van­tages: high cost.

Com­pared to pre­vi­ous­ly pre­sent­ed mod­els, this Chi­nese waf­fle mak­er stands out for its high price. How jus­ti­fied is it? Con­sumers have yet to learn about this — the nov­el­ty has just appeared on the mar­ket. Its main dif­fer­ences from com­peti­tors are exquis­ite design, high cost and a sig­nif­i­cant advan­tage — a rotary mech­a­nism that allows you to even­ly bake Bel­gian and Vien­nese waf­fles.

The cost of this mod­el is an aver­age of 4,665 rubles.

Rommelsbacher WA 1000/E — German quality

These “Ger­man” waf­fle irons (the brand belongs to a Ger­man man­u­fac­tur­er) do every­thing in the same Chi­na and Turkey. The device is designed for bak­ing Bel­gian and Vien­nese waf­fles. Case col­or — black or steel. Mate­r­i­al — stain­less steel. Waf­fles are baked in the shape of hearts. The device has a styl­ish, mod­ern design.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• tem­per­a­ture con­trol;
• 5 oper­at­ing modes;
• non-stick coat­ing;
• work indi­ca­tor;
• There is a cord stor­age com­part­ment.

Advan­tages:

• con­ve­nient menu — many recipes avail­able;
• the dough does not stick;
• waf­fles are tasty, ten­der, even­ly fried;
• beau­ti­ful design of the device;
• high qual­i­ty;
• fast heat­ing;
• no need to use oil — the non-stick coat­ing is very high qual­i­ty;
• roast­ing pow­er is adjustable.

Dis­ad­van­tages: some users report that the waf­fles are not crispy — they may need to change the recipe, or buy a waf­fle mak­er for thin waf­fles.

The bak­ing speed in this waf­fle mak­er is from 30 to 80 sec­onds. Hav­ing such an assis­tant, you can save a lot of time. The qual­i­ty of this device is high­er than that of ordi­nary Chi­nese waf­fle irons — Ger­man con­trol still affects.

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 6,575 rubles.

Princess 132400 – Combination waffle maker

Waf­fle iron with an elon­gat­ed plas­tic body. The coun­try of ori­gin is Chi­na. For cook­ing two waf­fles at the same time. Equipped with con­trol dumps for switch­ing on and heat­ing.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• 1 oper­at­ing mode;
• non-stick coat­ing;
• work indi­ca­tor;
• non-slip feet;
• over­heat pro­tec­tion;
• ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed han­dle;
• cov­er with a lock;
• Rotate 180 degrees for even heat­ing.

Advan­tages:

• waf­fles bake well;
• ease of care — no need to wash, just wipe with a nap­kin;
• takes up lit­tle space;
• afford­able cost;
• qual­i­ty mate­ri­als;
• reli­able, made of strong mate­ri­als.

Flaws:

• no timer and autostop;
• lit­tle pow­er — it heats up for a long time (5–7 min­utes), and when you lay the next por­tion of the dough, you have to wait;
• it is dif­fi­cult to remove ready-made waf­fles — there is a risk of burns;
• few waf­fles at a time — to make 3–4 serv­ings, you have to spend an hour.

There is noth­ing out­stand­ing about this waf­fle iron — an ordi­nary device that will sat­is­fy the needs of one per­son. If you need to cater for the whole fam­i­ly, look for an option with more serv­ings.

Cook­ing waf­fles and an overview of the Princess 132400 waf­fle mak­er, see the fol­low­ing video:

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,960 rubles.

Chudesnitsa EV‑3 — The best domestic manufacturer

Waf­fle iron for bak­ing Bel­gian waf­fles. The case is durable, met­al, with plas­tic ele­ments.

Addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion:

• tem­per­a­ture con­trol;
• non-stick coat­ing;
• work indi­ca­tor;
• non-slip feet.

Advan­tages:

• stain­less steel body;
• real crispy waf­fles are obtained — “like in child­hood”.
• waf­fles do not stick and do not burn.

Flaws:

• low heat­ing, bak­ing time — from 10 min­utes, but the waf­fles still turn out pale;
• short pow­er cord;
• The pack­age does not include a cone for fold­ing the horns.

One of the users apt­ly described this device with one phrase — “back — to the past.” The main dis­ad­van­tage of this mod­el is a long and weak heat­ing, so many con­sumers rec­om­mend bak­ing waf­fles at max­i­mum pow­er.

The cost of this mod­el is on aver­age 1,510 rubles.

When choos­ing a mod­el, con­sid­er the per­for­mance of the device and the type of waf­fles it can bake. If you are impressed by sim­plic­i­ty and reli­a­bil­i­ty — take a domes­tic waf­fle iron, if you are a fan of new tech­nolo­gies and styl­ish design — a wide selec­tion of import­ed devices is open to you.