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 Shame about the poor design May 14, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Was gifted this breadmaker and was very pleased until I used it. As I see it there are 3 serious design flaws. Firstly, the LCD panel is both small and mounted horizontally making it almost impossible to read all the information available. Next, the lid only just opens past 90 degrees, I burnt my wrist on first use when I pulled the bread pan out, the resultant jolt made the lid shut on me. Finally, and by far the worst in terms of useability, the clips that hold the breadpan in place are totally inadequate and the breadpan disengages from its drive when Kneeding making unattended use impossible. I only managed to make 2 loaves before contacting Kenwood who offered a refund,I got the impression that they were well aware of the problem. Shame really as it made a great 1kg white loaf and has many versitile settings.
 Minor design flaws, but produces great bread. April 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Firstly, if you buy this machine, go to Currys (its 10 cheaper than Amazon). This is a good quality, stylish (if a little retro looking)machine. The bread I have made is good. However, you may need to experiment using a recepie from another source and not the one provided with the machine (e.g, it tell you to use vegetable oil, not butter as part of the ingredients).
Two minor critisizms: the display clock ought to be at a 70 degree angle, and not flush on the appliance, it is very difficult to read withought looking directly down on to it. Also, you must take the bread out from the baking tin after its finished the bread making process, otherwise the condensation will make it go all soggy! This is common to all breadmakers.
The bread container itself should have been made a bit bigger! But this is a minor gripe. My girlfriend bough a machine from Lidle for 23, it works just as well as this one. So don't spend too much money one a breadmaker, they are all pretty good! The ket is experimentation and care in adding the ingredients. This is a good machine though so far...
 Great bread, a few little issues, but not bad for the money. January 29, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this to replace my old Morphy Richards specifically for the traditional oblong/vertical loaf shape as I didn't like the thought of having a bread "tower". If Morphy Richards had made a machine with a traditional shape loaf, I must confess I would have bought that without question.
At first I was not terribly impressed, as it had a lot to live up to. On the down side, the clips holding the pan in place do seem kind of flimsy and it has come out of position twice, its also pretty noisy and the recipes were all very different to my old breadmaker. Additionally there is no delay function on the dough programme, which is annoying when you want to go out and come back to pizza base mix late at night!
However, on the plus side, using both my old and new recipes I have now made many many loaves of bread which do seem to rise more than with my old machine and are lovely and soft inside.
As with all breadmakers you have to be quite careful with the measurements, so I don't understand why Kenwood can't provide a cup that has printed mililitres in 10s rather than 50s but as I use my old Morphy Richards cup this is not a problem for me but would be annoying if not.
On the whole, if you are looking for a traditional shaped loaf then I don't think you can go far wrong with this machine for the money even with its little pitfalls.
 Mmmm... January 7, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Not overly impressed by the clips holding the pan already mentioned by other reviewers.
The first 500g loaf is in preparation as I type this and so far, I've had to reposition the pan 3 times as it lifts and pops out of it's proper position when kneading which leaves the motor running but without the blade doing anything.
I can't see that I have repositioned the pan differently to the previous occasions but it just went through what seems to be the final stage of kneading without it popping out so, fingers crossed, but, and it's a shame, it now seems to me that leaving it to run without supervision is taking a "bit" of a chance.
Unfortunately, however good the produced loaf will be, the poor design of those pan holding clips mean that I am not terribly confident about using the timer function.
 Excellent Value January 6, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to expect with this breadmaker as it's quite cheap but have been over the moon with the results. My 1st attempt went horribly wrong but that was my own fault for just jumping right in rather than reading the instructions - so be warned the ingredients need to be put in the breadmaker in order! Since then I've had excellent results, and it is so simple with such fantastic results that I am no longer buying bread from the supermarket I am making it all myself. If you want a breadmaker buy this one.
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