Are breadmakers really money saving??

Becles

Once you start eating HM bread, the shop bought stuff tastes yucky! Even my sons say so

Miss_Behaving

I've just got a Panasonic SD253 and have to say it's brilliant. I thought the first loaf I made might not work but it came out perfectly and tasted fantastic. I even managed to set the timer last night so that I had fresh bread this morning - I'd had several glasses of wine so can vouch for the fact that it's easy to use!!

Amazon are currently selling this model for £76.97 with free delivery - I looked in the main electrical stores and they were asking £98 or more! The customer reviews on Amazon are certainly worth looking at and will prpobably convince you to get one.

Curry_Queen

Yes, the Panasonic is a brilliant machine and I've not yet had one failed loaf with it. I have to agree with Becles too that shop bought bread tastes weird now compared to HM bread

Gingham_Ribbon

We have the panasonic too and I can't begin to describe how fantastic it is.

I made the cinnamon and raisin loaf this morning and we had it for breakfast. WAY better than buying toasted teacakes at the local cafe.

Neither my son or my husband will entertain bought bread any more. And I have to agree with them. I went shopping today and bought about 9 bags of the value Morrisons strong flour. I'm hoping that'll be enough to last a fortnight, because we're getting through a loaf a day at the moment and I'm barely getting any of it!

The value flour is lovely and I don't bother with milk powder as curry queen suggested it'd be fine without and she was right. So for us it's way cheaper BUT since the boys are eating more of it, maybe it's working out more expensive after all...

Newbird

Hi folks, well, no luck on the boot sale today, bit of a long shot I know. I've been doing some homework tho, had a look in Comet, and read reveiews on Amazon etc. It looks like I'm going to have to invest in the Panasonic. I really want to do the raisin/nut bread thing. Also spoken to MIL who has a Breville, and its been dumped in the back of the cupboard, as she said sometimes they couldn't eat the results!

Users say the Panasonic ones are the best for wholemeal too. From what I've read they do vary quite a bit. Soooo I've gone from considering a cheapy second hand one to...convinced I need to get the top of the range version!

Hmmmm, sposed to be money saving here... LOL.... :doh:

Also while homework surfing found this useful site, for flour, ready made BM mixes, cake mixes too...http://www.wrightsflour.co.uk/pages/clubnew/breadmachine.htm

Curry_Queen

I also have a Breville and it made mediocre white loaves and failed completely with wholegrain/granary loaves, and I used it infrequently, which is why I ended up with the Panasonic

Yes it is more expensive, but I don't regret for one second buying it, and certainly wouldn't be without it

Magentasue

The thing is ... if you buy a £20 machine (like what I did) and only use it for a few weeks knowing you can buy better bread in a superarket, you haven't got much for your money. Whereas, when you shell out for one of those gorgeous Panasonics you get brilliant bread every day.

Newbird

Ok, I'm absolutely convinced now!

I'm looking around for the best deal on the all singing all dancing one.

Curry_Queen

I think the cheapest around at the moment is at Amazon which is £76.97 with free delivery. This is for the SD253 which has the nut dispenser facility too so you can just hit the button and go rather than hang around to add any extras

Alleycat

Well, all this talk of bread makers has made me decide that I definately want one. I was a little concerned about the whole cost thing, but glad to read the advice on that too!

I've just done a quick calculation on our current bread consumption and as we go through usually 3 loaves a week (though this would be more with scrumptious homemade bread) x the 83p it costs for our usual hovis I've worked out that we spend £129.48 per year :eek: !! Thats not including pizza bases, fruit bread etc that I buy as and when.

I know what I want Santa to bring me this year!

Thanks everyone for all your useful info and advice.