2LB 710W Convection Bread Maker Dual Heaters, 17-in-1 Stainless Steel Automatic Bread Machine Ceramic Pan, Nut Dispenser, Smart Touch Panel, 3 Crust Colors, 15H Timer, Keep Warm, Low Noise

I have had several bread machines, but finally this unit is absolutely ACE, the ceramic inner baking pan is fantastic. Easy to tip out the bread after baking and easier to wash. This is the best and the beast of bread making machines. Thank you 🙏

Great quality and performance

Really good. Deal price made it very reasonable. Replaced a faulty single element maker from same make with this for a few pounds more. Bread is lovely- even crust and tasty with our own ingredients , no rubbishy additives. Quite noisy but we have ours in a utility area so don’t notice it. Overall very pleased.

Good

Good

The good features: A wonderful ceramic coating on the breadbasket and paddle. A clever advanced design of the paddle that is really good at kneading the dough. Apparently reliable and no nonsense software - despite the challenges I have inflicted on it, it has shrugged them all off and kept on working. So, most of the hardware is pretty good. Now my problems. These all stem from the fact that my use is pretty demanding, 100% wholemeal bread that I expect to be fluffy, moist and well risen. [I have been spoilt by an upmarket Panasonic and expect other bread makers to measure up!] The bread maker “wholemeal” recipe was, in fact, a 50/50 wholemeal/white flour blend. This is a cop out - I want 100% wholemeal, not a watered down version. So I tried to adjust their wholemeal recipe to take 100% wholemeal, and got a dry, dense loaf that was distinctly uninspiring. Which is why the ‘official’ recipe was bodged using the 50/50. However, I persevered and learnt how to make a near Panasonic quality 100% wholemeal loaf with a series of adjustments. The primary problem is the programming, the problem is they are trying to cram a 5 1/2 hour process into around 3 1/4 hrs, and it fails under this kind of wholemeal duress. Basically, right at the start the freshly kneaded dough needs to be rested for an hour to allow the flour to interact properly with the water and develop the right characteristics BEFORE the yeast is added. Then, the second proving is way too short and needs an additional hour. Both of these can be done by use of the stop/reset button (for the initial resting, with yeast added during a restart of the programme at 1 hr) and the second proving extended using the 10 min pause button repeatedly during that stage. Very tedious but do-able. My only mechanical criticism is that the basket really needs a third heater element under the bottom, as it is very prone to winter drafts coming into the kitchen and has to be cuddled a bit to get good rising. So, overall this bread maker isn’t bad, and if you persevere you can actually get it to do really well. However the frustrating bit is that to make it ace - even give the likes of Panasonic a run for their money - all they have to do is add or modify some of the programmes. Just a software change, that’s all. Instead, they have tried to cheat on the recipe.

Great value

I can honestly say that this this bread maker would be perfect for someone who loves all things cooking, baking and experimenting with flavours. At first I thiught with all the different settings, I was sure to be confused as im not overly tech savvy. However once having a look at the instructions it actually became alot less daunting and easy to understand. Ive only made bread so far which you can do so in different flavours and sizes, but this bread maker can make so much more that im yet to explore including jelly, jam, cake etc. I think for the money is pretty good. I like that its rectangular as it fits into a corner well for storage when not in use. Just follow the easy guide and recipe manual and open a new world of baking, flavours & textures. I would highly recommend.