Panasonic SD-YD250

A very good product – I originally bought a second hand SD-250 for my daughter but I was really the one who wanted to check out breadmakers as I had been making bread by hand on our live aboard yacht for over 10 years and considered myself pretty reliable. Well it worked extremely well and made much lighter and better bread than I could by my method. So when we moved… Read more

off the yacht a year ago I bought another secondhand one for us. Again it has performed very well and we make a few different styles. When our extended family visits that breadmaker is running at least once a day and has not missed a beat. The only minor issue is the lack of an automatic ingredient dispenser eg adding the raisins after the first knead. There is a sound signal to advise you to add them but you can just add them in the beginning if you think you might miss the signal. I do not wash the bowl after use - just wipe out any crumbs as I do not want to degrade the non stick surface.

In summary very reliable and enjoyable product.

Excellent – Very easy to use and excellent results. only failures usually due to forgetting an ingredient or the impellor, or yeast being too old. My father has an older model and recently got a replacement belt for his which was quite easy to source, so good parts are still around. some special favourites are tomato & basil bread , herb bread and fruit… Read more

loaf. easy to use and great results 99% of time.

timer means you wake to a lovely aroma of hot bread,

controls allow for just the right settings you like, soft crusty etc.

Also can vary the size you require. Sometimes a little difficult to get the loaf out despite the non stick.

bread dough seems to stick the impellor to the shaft at times.

loaves dont get time to cool down, usually dissappear before that.