Who can recommend a breadmaker?

[mummalish]

Looking for a breadmaker that has a timer delay, so that I can wake up in the morning to fresh bread.

If anyone can recommend theirs, I would be very grateful.

Thanks

The panasonic one is very good. It can be delayed up to 13 hours.

Panasonic is brill, got mine reduced on amazon, do shop around for the best price, it really varied when I bought mine.

Glad you said that, the panasonic one has the best reviews. Pricey, at over £90 though.

Panasonic is worth the money. They come up second hand on ebay for around £25. If you shop around you can normally get one for about £60 new.

I've got a Panasonic - use it everyday, so well worth the money. The only thing about fresh bread in the morning though is it is really difficult to slice... tend to make it late at night so it is cool and ok to cut in the morning for sandwiches etc. I read somewhere (Martin's Moneysaving Expert I think) that a breadmaker would pay for itself within a year, given cost of bread in supermarket...

Mum is still using the panasonic we bought her ten years ago. Mine is about 4 years old. They are quite heavy duty and last well. Mum's has been used at least every other day

Another vote for Panasonic, and agree with happynappies about not being able to slice it first thing, I think someone on MN told me you should leave it 5 - 7 hours before cutting, or you get squashed uneven doorsteps!

I agree, the Panasonic is great. We make the regular bread reveral times a week, but it's also got a rye bread function which we use from time to time and is also good.

Another vote for Panasonic here. I have had another make and it was useless. I wouldnt bother with the nut dispenser one either. You can still add nuts/seeds in theordinary model.

Panasonic, have had ours for nearly 6 years, we do 2 loaves a day have had to rplace the bucket once.

Have the Panasonic SD254 I at work and it's great. Difference between SD254 and 255 I think is that the 254 does not have the raisin/nut dispenser.

The Rapid Loaf white or 50 white/50 wholemeal I find is great for everyday bread. Quick to prepare and takes just under 2 hours in the machine.

Instruction Manual - Should you want to know more about the recipes, times etc.

Titch - how did you get a new basket and how much?

I can agree about the Panasonic, and I had a lesser breadmaker (Kenwood) previously which was reliable enough but the bread wasn't nearly as nice. BUT±

Yep, Panasonic. I have had 3 and this is by far the best.

Googled, ended up being about £50 so next time we will replace the whole unit.

It's funny, but whenever there's a thread about breadmakers on here, Panasonic always comes out as the best. I am actually wondering why any other company bothers to make them!

I also recommend the Panasonic - fantastic bread, hard working machine which just does the job.

Another Panasonic recommendation - it is excellent

Thanks Titch, have also been Googling and the costs vary from around £50 to £70.
So that is a NEGATIVE point about the Panasonic, which Panasonic UK I feel should do something about... surely a replacement bread pan can be supplied at a lower price. As you say Titch, new machine won't cost much more and you get a new blade then as well (which is around £14 on it's own).

Wonder if anyone has come up with a way of reapplying anti-stick to the pan... expect there is some demand for that.

I completely agree about the replacement parts being far too expensive. We replaced our entire machine not long ago because we needed a new pan and raisin dispenser and it ended up being cheaper to get a new machine than the parts.

The old machine was perfectly fine and it offended me greatly that I ended up having to take it to the tip.

Well, panasonic it is then. May not bother with the expensive version with the nut dispenser thingy then.

Quite excited now.

Waitrose strong bread flour I use at work. What other flour types do people find good to use?

what model does evryone have i was wondering wether its worth getting the more expensive one or not?

I have the cheaper one, decided I wouldn't use the nut/fruit dispenser, I have never missed it.

If you are new to breadmakers, I would strongly recommend you get an electric knife too - the bread is so soft when it's fresh that it's almost impossible to cut with a normal knife.

Waitrose essentials strong white flour or Tesco's own strong white flour or indeed Sainsbury's. Hoever alwasy use Hovis granary for our brown loaves.

Allinsons bread flour here