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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2022This is the 4th Bread Maker I've had in the last 8 years. It is easily the best. It is also the most expensive. I chose a Panasonic because they are regularly rated as Best Buys by Which Magazine, although this model, the SD-YR2540, has not as yet been reviewed by Which. The price quoted by ÍøÆغÚÁÏ was the best i could find, being £40 less than the recommended retail price. I took the trouble to ascertain, in advance, with Panasonic UK that spare parts are readily available for this machine. They are, and I ordered a spare bread pan and kneading blade from Panasonic. These are yet to arrive. 11th Jan spare bread pan arrived.
The first loaf I baked was the standard white. It was fantastic, easily the best texture and taste of any white loaf i have baked in a machine in the last 8 years. I have subsequently baked another 2 loaves, to test the various functions of this machine. I've not had chance to taste them as yet, but the loaves looked really good with a uniform colour all over and a good shape. I'm sure they will taste good.
This machine is very quiet when kneading the dough, unlike the 3 machines I had previously. Also it did not creep around the work surface when kneading, unlike 2 of my past machines.
The instruction and recipe book is very detailed, giving the times of each process occurring during the bread making cycle. It is so much better than manuals I have referred to in the past. This makes using the machine very easy.
As yet I haven't found any downsides apart from the high purchase costs of the machine itself and the spare bread pan and kneading blade. However this the top of the range Panasonic bread maker comes complete with all the bells and whistles. I suspect there will be some functions that I rarely / never use, but it willl be useful to have those options available to me. The build quality looks to be excellent and spares are readily available. This machine should have a lifespan of much longer than the average 2 years 8 months of my previous 3 machines. in which case it will justify the extra cost. So far I am extremely pleased.
