Customer Reviews:
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 LOVE it! October 7, 2008
A. Crawford-Small (UK)
With the ever-spiraling costs of the bog-standard loaf in the supermarkets, and given an increased need for sandwiches (with my daughter starting full-time school and therefore the need of packed lunches)I figured it might be a good idea to invest in a breadmaker. My parents have the 254 Panasonic breadmaker, and after doing a test run in theirs I decided to invest in the 255. I haven't regretted it for a minute.
It's easy to use, you have loads of different programs (so if you're organised, you can set it to have a loaf first thing in the morning when you get up, or, like I've had to today, you can wack out a "rapid bake" loaf instead) and you have all the measuring tools you'd need. I've done white loaves, wholemeal loaves, sandwich loaves and I've used it to make dough for some Danish cinnamon rolls. It's fantastically easy to use and clean. Yes the alarm telling you your loaf is ready isn't terribly loud, but then who wants a siren going off and scaring you witless?
Biggest testament to it - my bread-shy son will now eat sandwiches, and my daughter, after years of nibbling the soft bread and leaving her crusts, now consumes all the bread put in front of her.
I suppose my biggest concern is what it's doing to my electricity bill, oh, and it's not doing wonders for my waistline but it's definately, hands-down one of the most useful gadgets I've ever bought. I LOVE IT!
 Machine gave up after half a dozen loaves October 5, 2008
Fiona (Wales)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very excited about the first few loaves I produced with this breadmaker, however after 6 or 8 very successful experiences, suddenly all that came out was a flat, soggy, unmixed cooked blob - three times in a row, doing everything the same as had worked before. I noticed that the paddles were very loose and from what came out can only surmise that the turning mechanism stopped working. Customer care at Panasonic were absolutely no help, so I had no alternative but to return it to Amazon.
For people having problems with this breadmaker - please change your flour September 27, 2008
C. Healy
When we bought our Panasonic breadmaker 2.5 years ago, I left a glowing review here. Recently it started to produce flat stodgy loaves and we were very disappointed that it hadn't lasted longer than two and a half years. Having researched replacing it and putting the old one on Freecycle or sending it to a Panasonic repair centre, we decided to give it one last chance and bought Waitrose own brand flour. The results were amazing and we now have the quality of bread we have had for the last two years. We had already experimented with changing the ingredients, but obviously not enough. We had been using Hovis and Sainsbury's flour and Hovis yeast previously.
Brilliant baking September 20, 2008
Constantine (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful bread, every time. I personally like rye bread, and it does it beautifully. After only a week, I'm addicted and make a daily loaf. Look forward to experimenting with permutations and combinations of flours. A really good, easy loaf is made with Sainsbury's ready mixed flours, such as multi-grain. the whole process only takes 2 hours.
My only criticism is the very quiet, short-lived "beep" to let you know the cycle is over. As the book says not to leave it in the machine when the bread is ready, this is an issue. Set another alarm?
Great Item September 17, 2008
Ms. O. Zhylinska (London, UK)
I bought this breadmaker 2 weeks ago after extensive research. It is easy to use, to clean and has produced excellent bread (and two teacakes :). Never ever again I am going to buy bread in the supermarket!
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