Ordered this waffle maker on [....] for around $50 a few years ago. We used the waffle iron about once every other month for the last 4-5 years. Just recently the iron stopped working just as a lot of people have noted where the iron turns on but never warms up. Seeing how some people only got a few uses before their irons failed, seem lucky that we got several years of use out of it. Although this would seem that these units will end up failing at some point. Due to the unreliability of the product, we won't be rebuying this iron.

Loved the waffles but on 3rd use stopped getting hot. We were very disappointed however, Amazon did accept the return. Thank you Amazon.

Yes, this was great until it stopped working. Took it into the local Waring repair shop and they still have it because Waring will not send them the part and the shop says they won't pay their bills anyway. So now I have to pick it up and send it back to Waring. It was under warranty, but if you can't get it fixed, what's the point? I loved this until it died, which is a very common problem. I tried to post this problem on QVC, and they denied my submission. And good luck trying to contact Waring directly. Hopefully if you already have this product you aren't one of the people with the burned out thermostat.

My wife and I received this as a wedding gift last year (we had registered for it). We soon were in the habit of making Belgian waffles every weekend. This product turned out very good Belgian waffles, and we would make an average of 3 waffles each weekend. When we had house guests, they too were treated to hot, fluffy Belgian waffles.

Then the honeymoon ended (for the waffle maker, not our marriage). Just over 1 year later, the unit inexplicably died. It turned on (as evidenced by the light), and you could here an internal "click" as though something was engaging (the heating element?), but it just wouldn't heat up any more.

Because we enjoyed it so much, we took it to an appliance repair shop and they pronounced it DOA. The heating element had "burned out", or so they told us.

We're at a loss to explain this. We literally never moved this unit from its place on our counter. We never dropped it, got it wet, or otherwise caused it any trauma. Over the course of 1 year we had maybe used this product a grand total of 40 times, and yet the heating element "burned out" on an appliance that is *designed* to get hot?!? I find that truly inexcusable.

So, if you don't mind spending about $2 per use for a Belgian waffle maker that will eventually die on you one morning out of the blue, then be my guest. Otherwise, you might try another brand that's more reliable than this one. As for us, we're going to give the Krups model a try next.

We bought a GE Waffle Baker for 19.95, and some Krusteaz Belgian Waffle mix,
and made 6 delicious waffles this morning. I'm glad I didn't spend big bucks on waffle makers.
The appliance makes a great product, and, depending on how crisp you like
your waffle, you bake them for just 3,4, or 5 minutes.
Don't waste your money on the super expensive waffle makers.
This little baby is perfect.