Bread Makers > Morphy Richards Bread Makers > up to 30 GBP

Advantages: Simple and easy to use. Great tasting fresh bread.
Disadvantages: The kneader sticks inside the loaf

This is a really simple compact easy to use machine. Practical, does the job and is inexpensive. I purchased this machine a year or so ago as it was on sale where I work and I had often remarked that I would like a bread maker. This machine is really simple to use and comes with its own measuring spoon and measuring beaker. It has four buttons, the on/off switch and then a row of three, one which is for a basic white bread which has a programe ...
...for French bread which has a programe time of 2 hours 30 minutes and the third one is for whole wheat bread which has a programe time of 2 hours 40 minutes. The instruction booklet is simple and explains how to use the machine, it contains four recipes, Basic Bread, French Bread, Wholemeal Bread and White Bread using French Bread Programe. There is a troubleshooting guide at the back. There is just one tiny little problem I find with this machine, ... Read review

Advantages: delicious recipes, easy and flexible to use, pizza, rye, seed, cake and roll options
Disadvantages: blade getting stuck in bread, need to be at home when cycle finishes

I've had mine for about 6 months and love it. Although the price tag is hefty (£95-100 new from mainstream retailers, £80 ex-display or refurbished) it is honestly worth it if you love bread. Size: 37x34x26 - imagine a miniature microwave turned on end. Then you have to have space to open the lid, as it's "top loading". The pan sits inside; you can make M, L or XL sized loaves. The smallest size is similar to unsliced loaves in Sainsbury's. To feed ...
...Options: once the ingredients are in, you can 'rapid bake' a loaf in 3 hours, or standard bake in 5 hours (the crust will be crispier and nicer). Or you can program your bread to be ready later - up to 13 hours (ready when you get up!). You can also ask it to mix and rise the dough without baking it - great for cake, pizza and bread roll making. The pizza dough recipe makes enough for 2 medium pizzas, and seriously, you will never go back to supermarket ... Read review

Advantages: Simple to use controls
Disadvantages: Can be tempremental

Home made bread at the touch of a button? Not quite. Whilst the smell of home made bread is irresistable to most everyone, this machine has a few drawbacks. If you follow the recipes in the book to the letter, you will end up with an over-risen over-sweet dough. My advice, leave the sugar out. It'll taste much more like "normal" bread, and is really only there as insurance. Be careful not to scratch the paddle or slice through it as it tends to stay ...
...make sure also, that the pan is cleaned thoroughly and isn't left to soak or the paddle sticks and won't go round. With a little bit of persuasion you can get it moving again. I have made good use of my machine for about 4 years, but the seal on the bottom of the pan has finally given up the ghost. It is simple to use, and there are several quite nice recipes in the book. With a bit of practice you'll have nice bread whenever you need it. ... Read review

Advantages: Price, size and ease of use.
Disadvantages: Recipes aren't very successful

I have had my Kenwood breadmaker for about 4 months and I have to say that I have been very pleased with it. I had looked at the more expensive breadmakers but decided on the Kenwood as I have other Kenwood products which Im very happy with. To start with it's a good size, not too big and doesn't take up a lot of room on my work surface. It's very easy to use, particularly the timer which I use a lot as I like to bake during the night using off ...
...the baking pan in place and I found these quite tight at first but they have gradually slackened off with use. Overall I think the Kenwood BM250 is very good value for money and I would recommend it as long as you don't use the recipes provided. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to clean, wide range of bread and cake recipes, small footprint
Disadvantages: slightly noisy

...recipes to volumes. The Panasonic has three loaf-size options for many recipes M, L and XL (varying in height only, and approximately corresponding to the range of sizes found in a supermarket) and many baking options including whole wheat (5 hours), rye (3.5 hours) basic white and brown loaves (4 hours), sandwich (crustless, 5 hours), French (6 hours) and Italian (4.5 hours) gluten-free (2 hours) and also a dough only setting so you can cook rolls ...
...pizza mode. There are quick loaf modes too, which can be finished in under 2 hour buts require slightly different recipes and are perhaps less consistent in quality. The results are good. Not perhaps the best bread I have ever eaten, but certainly the freshest. It really doesn't cut easily straight from the machine unless you give it a chance to cool down a little, which can be frustrating. The basic white or brown loaves are the easiest, but you ... Read review