The best sandwich presses and jaffle makers for quick and easy toasties

When a plain old sandwich just won’t do, it’s time to call in the sandwich press or its cool cousin the jaffle maker to give your lunch a major upgrade.
To help you pick out your next kitchen must-have, we’ve rounded up some of the best from brands like Breville and Sunbeam to help up your toastie game. 
NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.
This versatile kitchen appliance lets you set different cooking times and temperatures from 70° to 240°C on the LED screen to make your ideal toastie. Now 60 per cent off, it can also be used as a grill with seven pre-set cooking modes for beef, burgers, bacon, chicken, sausages, fish and frozen food.
The Sunbeam Big Fill Toastie Maker has 17 per cent more room than previous models so you can really pack your fillings in. Simple to use, it is made with a non-stick, easy-to-clean coating and can be stored upright when finished to save kitchen cupboard space. It’s not just great for making a tasty lunch, but it can also cook pastry to make delicious desserts. This model comes with two jaffle plates, but you can also buy the four-plate model.
Using a dishwasher-safe sandwich plate, the De’Longhi Multigrill Easy Jaffle Maker can make two delicious toasted sandwiches, cooked to perfection. It has a built-in grease collector to drain away the oils from your food as it cooks, making for a healthier meal. You can also buy additional plates to cook other delicious foods including a waffle iron plate and a grill plate.
Selling for just $59, the four-slice Russell Hobbs Sandwich Press is built with non-stick cooking plates and a floating hinge that sits flat on top of the bread for an even toast top and bottom. It also has a lid-locking system so you can store it upright and take up less room in your kitchen.
Using The Toast and Melt Sandwich Press by Breville, you’ll be able to toast two sandwiches at once and adjust the height of the top press plate to four levels, including the option to also make open-faced toasted sandwiches. Buy yours now for $65 to score a 28 per cent saving on Amazon.
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Why buy multiple makers when you can buy one that can do it all? This Healthy Choice press can make the two classic toasted sandwiches simultaneously using one of the three interchangeable plates. These plates can be switched to make two waffles or for grilling a panini. 
Now available for $84.96 on Amazon, the Sunbeam Café Style 4-Slice Sandwich Press is built with a patented height control lever and plate lock to adjust the height of the top press plate to any level. This means you can cook up a feast as small as a slice of toast up to a sandwich filled to the brim.
This press can heat up evenly across the plate in two minutes and has a non-stick coating and curved corners making for a quick and easy clean-up. You can get this press as a four-slice press as well as a two-slice press and a six-slice press.  
The Breville Big One Sandwich Maker is built with a non-stick coating and has a green ‘ready light’ letting you know when it’s hot enough to start toasting. Its deep toasting plates are also great for cooking thicker slices as well as pastries, croissants and other varieties of bread.
Made from stainless steel and aluminium, this Davis & Waddell appliance comes with removable, non-stick plates to switch between a tasty jaffle for lunch or some bite-sized doughnuts for dessert.
This stainless steel sandwich press by Westinghouse is made with a cool-to-touch handle and lockable lid to avoid any accidental burns so you can focus on what you’re putting inside your toastie.
This non-stick Essentials For You appliance makes four mini jaffles to feed the kids and make a delicious snack for the big kids.
Designed similarly to the original sandwich maker made by Breville in 1974, this maker is able to seal, cut and cook two sandwiches into triangular jaffle pieces. It is able to seal in the heat and cook evenly thanks to the locking clip on the handles. Not only does it work with standard bread types, but can be used with brioche, flatbread, croissants and puff pastry.
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