Bought as a replacement for a similar previous product, in which the ceramic spindle had cracked due to heat and turning fatigue. Good to see this has now been replaced with a metal spindle, presumably as a response to customer feedback. Produces excellent well shaped and perfectly baked loaves, every time, and easy to use the timer and menu options. Only downside is thet the paddles are rather loose fitting on the spindles, meaning there is a risk that they might work their way free and spoil the process. Used a small foil wedge to prevent this happening.

Excellent product easy to use, first try turned out an amazing loaf family loved it

Bakes very good bread On a bit of a learning curve with all the different options and all the different flours and bread mixes So far the winner is Wrights Multi seed bread mix

Nice looking machine. An upgrade from another I’d had for 15 years. As the nut dispenser was working intermittently I decided to purchase a new model. Very pleased and think it will be even better when I’ve mastered the new instructions. The old one went to my daughter who doesn’t like seeded bread!

Fantastic item. My old bread maker died over Christmas and I read the recommendations in Which magazine, which is why I chose this machine. It has moved on a bit since my old one. Lots of options for making different breads and it’s got an over night timer. It is much bigger than my old machine so storage is a problem and the programme takes much longer( 4 hours). I like how the yeast goes in separately too.

Fantastic. I’m a keen and experienced baker, I make my own sourdough, but the process I prefer take 48 hours from start to finish. Sometimes there is a need for faster bread and this machine delivers splendidly. My favourite is the french program, long enough to use sourdough together with a bit of yest, it makes fantastic crusty bread. The bread kneading manual program is so effective I prefer to use it to make panettone (very difficult dough) to my Kenwood cooking chef. It takes the bread machine only half the time and has spectacular results, never have had such a beautifully developed panettone dough before. Highly recommend this Panasonic breadmaker.

Love it fresh bread every morning so easy to use and economical. CR

Great bread machine, that makes a superb loaf. The default basic-white programme takes 4h, but to be honest I cannot tell the difference in quality with the rapid programme at just 2h (just follow instructions and use more yeast). The only criticism I have is that when the machine dispenses the yeast from the top hopper it is REALLY noisy. Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang.... sounds like someone is hammering at the house door.