My husband bought me this machine for Christmas. It was used every day from Boxing day onwards and stopped working on 4 January. Not even a full fortnight!

My husband never keeps receipts and boxes for stuff so consequently the only avenue of return was to contact Morphy Richards. The silver sticker which was meant to have a serial number on was somehow missing from my machine so they would not replace it.

Fortunately it was paid for by credit card and so it is being returned to Argos for a card refund. They have been very good about it,

In the short time it was working we tried many of the recipes which came with the machine. The booklet makes you make sure you use the exact proportions in their recipes, going on about how they had been developed for THIS machine alone etc.

Most of the loaves it makes are heavy and soggy in the middle. The crust does not brown up enough and the supposed Fastbake didn't work properly. To make that recipe edible you have to put it onto the extrabake setting and cook it for at least another half hour!

The french bread recipe had nowhere near enough fluid, none of the ingredients bound into dough at all.

None of the recipes rose enough so the bread has a semi-unleavened taste and texture, which is fine if that is the effect you're after! The "troubleshooting" guide in the back is all about user blame. YOU didn't measure the ingredients properly. YOU had the water too hot or too cold. YOU did something wrong to make the loaf or machine fail. Nothing at all to do with the machine being completely useless!

In all, we probably had about 5 loaves worth of ingredients completely wasted on loaves that were inedible or when the machine stopped working.

Phoning Morphy Richards was a poor and expensive machine and I was kept on hold for 25 minutes before they answered. Then it was MY fault the machine had no serial number on it and they basically refused to be of any further assistance once they had ascertained that "fact"!

Fortunately when I phoned Argos and said they could either refund the card or we ask the bank for a chargeback, they have been very helpful. Sadly though in going through all this I discover Argos sells the machine for £20 more than most other places so we'll be getting a refund and spending the money better elsewhere.

This Morphy Richards 48280 broke down after 6 months use. Breadpan stuck in the machine. Noisy, difficult to remove spatula from bread.

I replaced my first one as the non-stick coating peeled off within four months. I was extremely carefully with the replacement, oiling it before every use. It lasted just over a week before the coating started to wear off, causing the ingredients to stick to the pan which produced very odd swirly patterning on the loaves. I am getting a full refund on it tomorrow and investing it in a better quality machine.

On loaf number 4 the blade seemed to have a problem turning, and then the motor started making a clonking noise.

I returned the Morphy Richards 48280 breadmaker to the shop today, and I got a replacement. I tried making some dough (not even baking anything), and when I turned out the dough the fixed part of the rotor blade underneath fell off. It had been welded to the bucket, but the metal to metal bond failed totally. I will return again tomorrow (if they believe me). I am undecided what to do next, and I am tempted to change to another brand.

Not buying another Morphy Richards 48280 now it has stopped working.Bread pan failed quickly. Replacement lasted a little longer. No spares available.

I wouldn't buy another Morphy Richards 48280 breadmaker.

The loaves are of varying quality, and wholemeal or rye bread is a disaster every time.

Owned a different make of breadmaker prior to the Morphy Richards and had no failures in over 2 years. After 2 months I have still to produce a loaf that hasn't collapsed and had a poor texture. Am now making adjustments to 1 recipe only with customer service assistance. What about all the others? I have no confidence in the machine and regret buying it.

I bought the Morphy Richards 48280 to replace a faulty machine [different manufacturer]and now regret it. This machine has a loose mixing paddle "You must remember to dig this out before slicing the loaf". [My previouse machine had a fixed paddle.] The outside of the loaf was very well done even though set on the lightest setting and undercooked on the bottom inside edge. The recipes were poor using cupfulls of flour and not ounces or grammes. A very poor loaf.