Breville BR1 Breadmaker (Breville Breadmaster)

Member Name: silverb

Product:	Breville Breadmaster
Date:	29/01/01 (996 review reads)
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Advantages: Ease of use

Disadvantages: Countdown Timer in half hour increments

Did a lot of research on Breadmakers before I decided to buy one. I unfortunately couldn't find many reviews for English machines, but plenty for U.S. machines. So I visited a lot of stores and had a look at all the available machines in my price range. It was a toss up between the cheaper Morphy Richards machine and the Breville. The BR1 was my eventual choice because although it has a small footprint (taking up less space on the worktop), it's bread pan looked bigger.
I'm pleased with my choice because having made at least 1 loaf in it every day since I bought it, I haven't had any failures. Bread comes out of the pan with a shake and no need to pre-grease it. Another deciding factor was that the Breville website is fantastic. The problem feedback link is fantastic and the response time to any enquiries excellent. The only slight niggle I have against the machine is the fact that the 'time left' (til the end of the cooking cycle) would be better if it wasn't in half hour increments. But apart from this the machime is dead easy to use. Just three buttons to set it and off you go.

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