Which Bread Maker?

recovering_spendaholic

Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone but they had the Panasonic new 255 in my local Costco on Monday for £54 + VAT (£63.50 inc VAT) which I thought was a good price - I can't decide whether or not to get one as I don't know how restrained I could be diet-wise with fresh bread like that!

Dotmatic

I also have a Panasonic SD253 and would highly recommend it, I use my breadmaker every day, sometimes twice a day and have done for many years now. Friends of mine can never understand how I get so much use out of it, they have cheaper breadmakers and say they aren't satisified with the results so gave up using it, I'm not saying that all cheaper models aren't as good I think it's a case of going by recommendations.
HTH

beingjdc

The Panasonics are pretty much considered the Rolls Royce I think, £90 in Comet but I'm sure can be had for less. Otherwise for £50 you can get a decent Kenwood or Morphy Richards.

My breadmaker cost about £2.50 from Tesco and is commonly known as a baking tin. My mother swears by her Panasonic though (that's by, not at).

jasmine33

I bought the Panasonic 255 about 3 weeks ago from Amazon for £85 with free postage. I use it every day and the bread is perfect - so much tastier then shop bought. I can use it with the timer or without and it has an automatic raisin dispenser. The instruction book is very easy to understand and there are loads of recipes - I am working my way through them. I would recommend this to any one `.

mamaoba

I had a panasonic for about 3 years and it did make lovely bread -

BUT.......

When the non-stick coating on the pan wore out it was £35 for a new one!:eek:

Then when the paddle bit went 2 months later - that was v. costly too!

Now the bread has stopped rising and the new parts this time add up to £45:eek:

I've decided to go a compact morphy Richards fastbake for £25 instead as panasonic must make massive profits on new parts.

Also my fridge is 11 years old, my cooker 20, my iron 20. I like things to last if they cost a premium iykwim. I personally felt 3 years of regular use (4-5 times a week) wasn't good enough for the high price of this product. Morphy Richards seems to have better customer service and cheaper parts for replacement. I'm just hoping the bread it makes will be OK!

3 years product life doesn't seem very old style to me!

Kadeeae

I've had a Panasonic SD255 for about 3 months +/- now and really enjoy it! It's so simple to pop ingredients in and have a loaf ready in the morning, or if you're going to be busy and unable to make a loaf by hand.

I'd had a breadmaker before and hated it as it was horrible to try and clean - but have had no troubles with the Panny It's also responsible for starting me 'on the road' to making my own bread, by hand, from scratch. Was too scared to before, then after awhile of making the bread in the machine I started just making dough and then finishing on my own. Now am moving to all by hand - never would have happened without the machine!

It will still get lots of use for 'overnight' breads and those busy times when by hand isn't possible.

Ishtar

My first bread machine was a Kenwood Rapidbake (I think it was the BM200). I had that one for six years before I wore it out. There is a newer version around and it's fairly reasonably priced, so might be worth a look. I never had any problems with it at all and I was very sorry to see it go - so much so that I had to think long and hard as to whether I would buy the same machine again.

However, I've now got a Panasonic SD255, which I have to say is fantastic...I know it's expensive, but quite honestly it really is the bee's knees. I've only had one bad loaf out of it and that was down to operator error - a combination of late nights, and a toddler interrupting my sleep leading to mis-measuring of ingredients!

Out of the two it would be difficult for me to say which was best, but if price is a concern, then you wouldn't go far wrong with the Kenwood (IMO!!). The co-op currently has it for £45 here with free delivery.

D.

Fizog

Definitely the Panasonic SD255 - I got mine reconditioned on ebay for £40 about three years ago. Still going strong I love it. I've reduced the salt in our bread and fat and no one notices. It makes fab malted granary with Allisons bread flour.....Save up for the Panasonic it was the best in Which
Good things come to those that wait

Mardrew

I've had my Panasonic SD253 for almost a year and I've surprised everyone, including myself, how much I've actually used it. The breadrolls are so scrummy and I'll never buy another shop pizza.

Kind regards

Mardrew

lil_me

I have a MR Fastbake, does the job well enough for me I might buy Panasonic if I manage to kill this one.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4211376/Trail/searchtext%3EFASTBAKE.htm just under £40.

Sometimes get them on here http://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/wizz400/index.pl?REFID=mruk&ORPGM=productSearchSpecialOffers&ORPGT=perl&ORLID=ENG but not any at the minute.

Might be worth asking or looking on freecycle first, been a few rehomed on the one I use lately.