Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker Reviews

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Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker
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Summary

The Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker makes 3 different sized loafs – medium, large and extra large. There are many comprehensive bake modes including; 100% wholemeal, multigrain, gluten free, sandwich bread, dough setting for pizzas, rolls etc.

This Breadmaker has a "bake only" mode, an angled easy to use control pad, and a cool touch housing. There is also a rapid bake function that lasts 1 hour 55 minutes, or you can use the 13 hour time delay. There is also a 10 minute power interruption protection in case of a power cut.

The Panasonic Bread Maker has a dispenser that adds additional ingredients automatically into kneading process and rye bread mode. For example, it will automatically add raisins if you're making fruit bread.

It has modern styling and comes in a white finish. A UK recipe book is included.

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Brand: Panasonic
Timer Capability: With Timer
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Average Ratings for Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker

  • Ease of Use4.8 stars
  • Durability4.2 stars
  • Style4.4 stars
  • Service & Support2.5 stars
  • Value for Money4.5 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.4 stars
  • Overall Rating4.5 stars

32 Reviews For Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker

  • Guest 2nd Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    PLEASE!!! Do not buy this useless machine; it is totally unfit for purpose.

    Unfortunately, it is not possible to place a review on Amazon that rates a product at less than 1 star otherwise this product would be negatively rated.

    Got it from Amazon (usual great delivery service) because of the great reviews there & elsewhere. We've tried it in the last two days and it's going back tomorrow. What it does is hilarious but at £90 it's no joke.

    We have used brand new ingredients, recipes have been followed to the letter (gram & millilitre) and it doesn't even come close to making anything resembling bread. In fact, if you want some house bricks or a pile of doughy gunge it's great. If you want bread, forget it.

    Ckearly, the positive feedback at Amazon has been written by Panasonic employees or people paid to do so.

    In all the years we have been buying hardware, both internet and otherwise, we have never found anything so obviously unfit for purpose.

    I repeat - DO NOT BUY THIS PILE OF UNMITIGATED JUNK.

  • Skirrid Rank: Corporal 26th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I had an LG bread maker for 10 years before I bought the Panasonic. I was very pleased with it, but must say that the Pany is better. It makes a bigger, lighter, better shaped loaf, but I find that the bread is so lovely and light that the XL size is very difficult to slice without making a mess of the loaf. It's even too big to fit in my electric slicer, so I stick to Large.
    I use the machine almost every day, mostly for Wholemeal, White, Pizza Dough and occasionally Malt bread and Pesto bread. ...

  • Guest 3rd Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    My Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker broke within 8 months despite very light use. Programme function faulty as no longer heats in the rest/knead cycle. Loaf insufficiently risen at bake point.

    Poor quality for the price. Cannot recommend.

  • Guest 14th Jul 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    My Panaonic SD255 bread maker is brilliant. My only critism is that the `buzzer` is useless, because it's hardly audible and I therefore have to set another alarm. I purchased the machine from a friends recommendation after she has had hers in use for almost ten years.
    I have not purchased any `processed` bread in over a year and even whilst working, with a little organisation it is used almost daily. The only inconvenience caused with baking home made bread, is weighing out the flour, but I ...

  • Guest 4th Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Beware of expensive parts from Panasonic. I owned (until a couple of weeks ago when it gave up the ghost after years of service) the predecessor to the 255. The machine was brilliant and bread fantastic. But, I was apalled to find that to replace the pan and paddle would cost £66; more than some currently rated other makes of bread maker. Not sure how this is justified.

  • dyrck 14th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker is my first bread maker so have nothing to compare it to but its difficult to see how it could be better.

  • honeyrose 13th May 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Wanted breadmaker for home baked bread after our local baker closed and this does not disappoint. The Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker makes very nice white loaves, much better than we managed by hand (ours never rose much) plus it means you don't have to hang around kneading dough and waiting for the dough to rise, the machine does it all. Ideal for anyone who wants tasty home baked bread.

  • marcatgibbons 19th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Perfect bread every time.Good recipe booklet.
    Only takes 4 minutes to put a loaf on.
    Haven't bought bread for two years since buying my lovely Panasonic breadmaker.

  • Guest 7th Apr 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Great results on all the recipes tried so far (9) Can't wait to try more. Good instruction & recipe book with the Panasonic SD255 breadmaker. Can't fault it.

  • SusanH67 Rank: Sergeant 30th Mar 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I bought the Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker just under a year ago, having become fed-up of the rising price of tasteless supermarket bread. Since then I have only bought one or two loaves - and even premium loaves pale in comparison to what my machine makes. I bake 2 or 3 loaves a week, usually wholemeal. My 3 children (2 teenagers) now prefer packed lunches to canteen/supermarket lunches. I used to regularly throw stale bread out for the birds, this never happens now and even the crusts get eaten. ...

  • Guest 26th Mar 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I bought this Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker 9 months ago, after becoming increasingly fed up of the tasteless bread I was buying at the supermarket, and it's rising price. Since buying it I have bought bread once or twice and even when I have gone for the 'premium' products I have found it to be less good than my breadmaker's bread. We now eat loads more bread and my 3 children prefer sandwiches made with it to school dinners. We bake wholemeal bread mostly, sometimes white, and sometimes the Itali ...

  • Guest 23rd Mar 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    The Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker makes excellent bread. The paddle which mixes the dough comes adrift and gets stuck in the base of the loaf 9 times out of 10. It has done this since day 1 and is extremely annoying. Panasonic kitchen suggest adding more water, use different flour etc. Have tried everything. My two daughters have the same machine and when I use theirs in exactly the same way, it is o.k. My friends have had the same problem as myself and got replacements from Curry's without hesit ...

  • lydiasouthan 22nd Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker produces perfect bread everytime. my children will now eat wholemeal...i use the 70% recipe in the manual. its really easy and quick to use. i can whizz up the ingredients in 5 mins and set the timer for the morning. have not bought bread since i bought the machine. if i need it fast the machine can produce super bread in under two hours. brilliant! Would recommend to anyone. Love the fact that i know exactly what is going into my bread.

  • badgerb 6th Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Fantastic machine and that is coming from someone who has tried most makes. I had the 253 previously so a word of warning the recipe quantities are different. I found that I needed to add 20mls more water than the recipe and I highly recommend you use Fast acting yeast. I used ordinary dried yeast with the previuos model to perfection but cannot seem to get it right with this one. Fast acting is perfect. They have eliminated all the imperfections the previous model had, but have added one by mak ...

  • sevans 27th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Am enjoying experimenting with my Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker making different types of loaves from the recipe book. Think it is worth investing in good quality bread flour. I love the timer, we have cheap night time electricity. It's great to wake up to hot fresh bread.

  • Guest 2nd Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Panasonic SD255 is the second panasonic bread maker i have owned and it is an improvement over the old one which was excellent and went on for years.

  • Archibald 28th Oct 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Panasonic SD255 is a nice looking machine that doesn't look out of place on the kitchen worktop. It doesn't take up too much room like some breadmakers I have seen. Have persuaded three friends to buy one after tasting the delicious bread.

  • Guest 2nd Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    Just like an earlier Panasonic breadmaker model when it fails you have to take it to a particular agent, not where you bought it, for repair, in this case because it does NOT dispense seed at right time but when the bread has been mixed and risen. This failure is within 6 weeks.
    I feel Panasonic should make their electronic control panels easier to obtain so that the machines can be repaired more easily as in our experience this is the part that fails. Having said that this model's paddle fits ...

  • Noel Dobson 25th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have compared this Panasonic breadmaker to another with similar features and find the Panasonic has a definite edge on design and on quality of construction. So far it is making better bread. With the graphics set at an angle it is easy to see and use on a standard height work surface. I would have liked more information regarding the chemistry of bread making and what variations within any recipe could be made. I had to work out my own by trial and error. e.g reduction of salt and addition of ...

  • evaneil 18th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Used the Panasonic SD255 Breadmaker the moment I opened the box, went for an XL loaf and BOY was it great, the smell, the taste, the size! More importantly you know what you put into it.

Product details

Panasonic breadmaker with automatic raisin/nut dispenser; 3 different loaf sizes; Comprehensive bake modes; Easy to use control pad; Cool touch housing; Rapid bakemode; 13 hour time delay; Raisin/nut more details...