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Manufacturer: Morphy Richards
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Binding: Kitchen & Home Brand: Morphy Richards EAN: 5011832017956 Feature: Unique kneading blade - drops down during the breadmaking cycle Label: Morphy Richards Manufacturer: Morphy Richards Model: MR8285 Publisher: Morphy Richards Release Date: 2004-01-15 Studio: Morphy Richards
Features
Unique kneading blade - drops down during the breadmaking cycle Bakes a 1.5lb & 2lb Loaf Fastbake setting Choice of 12 settings Light, medium & dark crust settings
Compact brushed stainless steel design Unique kneading blade 3 loaf sizes 600watt Fastbake setting Choice of 12 settings 13 hour programmable timer Light, medium & dark crust settings Add ingredients signal Large viewing window Includes measuring cup & spoon Recipe/instruction booklet
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: broken after 3 years Comment: Mine has broken now just after 3 years usage as a single person. The menu screen has gone which makes the machine useless to me. Any one else had this problem?
I also noticed that the kneading blades non stick coating was coming off, which made me wonder where are the pieces going?
In all taken into account the expensive price for this breadmaker compared to others I think it was not a good deal. Thinking of buying a cheap model which will probably last as long. Customer Rating: Summary: Some good features but read the reviews Comment: We've had our MR48268 Fastbake for almost 6 months and baked about 60 loaves with it. We are very satisfied so far and the following comments may help MR to do better and help users to get along the learning curve quickly.
The natty fold down paddle is a good idea, but not quite followed through. Be sure to clean it thoroughly after each use and oil the hinge on it and it will always fold down leaving a greatly reduced hole in the base of the loaf. However poor quality control and 'fettling' means that ours would not stay upright when the baking tin was vertical when adding ingredients. It is a fiddle to load ingredients with the tin at an angle. Wear is beginning to achieve what production control could not and the extraneous burr is wearing off so that it is more inclined to stay upright while loading ingredients.
The triumph of marketing over common sense meant that the (nice?) stainless steel outer casing was covered in a large promotional sticker (Why? - I've already bought it!) with glue that does not yield to detergent, surgical spirit or anything else - until someone finally suggested olive oil and paper towel.
Be confident with varying the recipes. The first recipe was more like brioche than bread, but we soon eliminated all oil (fat) and milk powder and 60% of sugar and salt (and so 20% less yeast). As for many users we know, we have not bought any bread since buying the machine, we generally use a mix of white and brown or malted flours. Using only organic flour we reckon the cost of a loaf could be around half of what we were paying before. It smells wonderful in the kitchen, and is particlualrly scrumptious when fresh.
We almost never buy pizzas, but home-made dough from the machine has led to pizzas that are a knock-out with people who usually buy pizzas. We've not yet made any of the larger loaf size and have only tried the occasional herb additions to the bread. Dried tomato bread remains a pleasure in store.
The one slightly worrying thing is the appallingly loud clunking and thrashing about that occurs sometimes during kneading. This seems to get very bad for a few bakings and then get better. However, when it does it, it sounds as though some part of the gearing between motor and paddle is about to fly apart and, given the complete inaccessibility of the working parts of the machine, would be beyond easy repair. We do worry whether this machine will last much beyond its 12 month guarantee. If the machine fails at 12 months with 120 loaves baked, it will be not only sad but will have put up the average cost of production by about 50p a loaf. Other breadmakers we know of such as Panasonic or Cookworks have been running with friends and family for years.
The spigot/shaft in the bottom of the baking tin is just out of vertical and from the start has begun to cause a slight scratching of the PTFE lining in the bottom of the tin - no problem yet, but another quality shortfall.
If the paddle had been properly finished, the shaft set vertical, the sticky label excluded and the machine were running consistently quietly, this would undoubtedly be a 5 star machine. If it does break just out of warranty, I would reluctantly have to think about buying a different machine as repalcement. 3Jan09
Customer Rating: Summary: Morphy Richards 48268 Breadmaker (Stainless Steel) Comment: This was my first foray into bread making and for just over a year the Morphy Richards has produced a fair selection of results. It really doesn't like wholemeal and results have been varied, from the sort of thing that could stun a pigeon at forty yards to reasonable facsimiles of a kind of loaf. Rye bread does not bake well and neither does gluten free, the machine cannot mix the heavier doughs efficiently. As I bought the machine to cater for a consumer with a wheat allergy this has been a bit of a blow. However Christmas has seen the demise of the machine with bread not mixing properly and the results coming out with the texture of a housebrick. Sadly Christmas also saw the demise of the warranty so time to look for another machine. The favourite has to be the Panasonic SD255 as it hasn't the looks but seems to have the performance, highly rated by `Which' and Amazon Customers and recommended by friends too. Customer Rating: Summary: What a crock! Comment: Firstly, the drop down paddle wouldn't stay up, then, once you had made sure it was mixing properly, it didn't fall down when it was supposed to! It gets worse.. the spindle made a loud clonking noise, making the whole machine shudder across the kitchen worktop. This machine has gone back to Amazon today. Customer Rating: Summary: half baked breadmaker.... Comment: it worked well for a while, but now the breads failing to rise to any occasion. shame. it would be bothersome to return and will try an alternative instead.
