GeeGee—January 20, 2026
I absolutely LOVE my new FlashXpress! It replaces my old FlashXpress which was 5 years old. It still worked but everything was taking longer. The new one is terrific - great toast, frozen dinners, baked and oven fried potatoes, reheating pizza, toasting bagels and frozen waffles. I use it 2 or 3 times a day so I'm amazed the old one was still working after 5 years. I waited until they went on sale. My only (minor) complaint is the little ledge that collects crumbs but cleaning that is a small inconvenience. I considered a Breville but was put off by the higher power and the reports of how hot it got. This panasonic has enough power for my purposes. Read more
G. Hearn—November 21, 2012
I had the "old model" of this oven for around 5-years or so. I broke one of the infrared bulbs (while cleaning it) last week. Fortunately I found out that they have started to make this oven again. They had stopped (or at least stopped importing them) when I checked a couple of years ago for a friend of mine who wanted one. But this "new model" is exactly the same as my "old" one except the name on a couple of buttons has changed, and also it's now silver instead of white. Frist, let me just say what this toaster oven is NOT. . .It is NOT a replacement for a "traditional" oven. If you're looking for something of that sort, then I highly recommend you check out one of the Breville or Black & Decker models. This Panasonic toaster oven will NOT cook a chicken. . or bake an 8" pie.. . or bake a cake. But what it does. . .it does VERY well. This oven works by infrared light. You can Google to find out exactly how this works, if you want the specifics. Because of this, there is no pre-heating required. The lights will turn on-and-off while the oven is in operation. This can be a little "confusing" when you start to use it, but you'll get used to it. This oven works WONDERFULLY for the following items: * Toast - using whatever bread you like. . . however thick you like * Toasting bagels or English muffins * Heating pastries or croissants * Baking biscuits (Pillsbury frozen buttermilk biscuits are my favorite) * Heating frozen appetizers such as breaded cheese sticks, chicken fingers, etc. * Pizza - reheating or baking. Either a small whole pizza or a slice of a large pizza * Frozen garlic bread * Cookies Though the guide says that you can bake cakes and pies in it. . . I've tried, and it didn't work for me. If you're baking small tarts which are perhaps a half-inch thick. . .or a cake where it's no more than ½ inch thick.. .then perhaps you could get it to work. . but again. . . this is not like a "traditional" oven, so I think if you're going to bake such things, then you would be much better off using a "traditional" oven. It's wonderful that there is no pre-heating. I put frozen biscuits in, and 20-minutes later they are just perfect. The oven has some preset buttons on the front where you can also choose from "light" (shorter cooking time) to "dark" (longer cooking time). . . or. . . you can choose the temperature and length of cooking you would like, up to 25-minutes. The pan that comes with the oven is 9-inches square. This is certainly the maximum size for the oven. You will learn by trial-and-error what works best with this oven. But after having one for around 5-years, I can HIGHLY recommend it. I have never seen a toaster oven which works like this. . .which has pre-set buttons. . .which doesn't require pre-heating. . . . and does such a fantastic job. It's hard to believe that I get so excited about such an item. . .but this is one of those rare occasions where something just works well. . . REALLY REALLY well. P.S. If you are not using the preset buttons, this toaster oven has a timer up to 25-minutes. If you press the "up" arrow to increase the time, it goes in 30-second intervals up to ten-minutes, and then it goes by 1-min intervals. If you want to bake something on the "higher-end" of the timer, then use the "down arrow" to start with and it will go from 25-minutes backwards. Read more
V Jo—May 2, 2025
Love it! Love it! Love it! (Did I say I love it?). I want another one. Just in case mine quits working or Panasonic quits making it. This little oven is SO versatile. You can make or re-heat lots of foods in this little gem. I HIGHLY recommend this product. Especially, it is SO good at re-heating. Works great to re-heat the fast foods from places like McDonald’s. I use the quick re-heat to get those fries I ordered, and brought home, nice and crispy like I like them. The toaster feature gets your bread toasted to perfection. (4 slices at a time. I use farm home made bread. Nice thick slices…). I love the way it can bake. Everything comes out perfectly! My only problems with this oven are the size; (It can only do single servings.) and the temperature slide for baking leaves out some of the mostly used popular settings. i.e. 395… 425. No “400”. You can only pick 395 or 425, nothing in-between. That’s a bummer, but I work around it. I use this little oven constantly. The waffle button works perfectly for Eggos and the type. I like the thicker ones and it works great for that as well. I just up the temp one setting for the thicker waffles. I highly recommend this oven. You will enjoy using the pre-sets as they can be tweaked for temp and level of “doneness”. I just wish that Panasonic would make a larger version, so that when my friend comes over, I can do two portions, or a nice 12-inch pizza. Read more
