Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior

I HAVE LOST THE PART THAT MIXES WHERE CAN I PURCHASE A NEW PART.

I was lent this Russel Hobbs Jnr 10882 bread maker to try by a friend as he wasn't getting on too well with the bread rising.

I use a Panasonic SD255 and used their recipes for making both white and wholemeal bread in the Russel Hobbs. Just as my friend found I wasn't able to get the bread to rise very much and found the end product very dense compared to the Panasonic.

I suspect the problem is to do with the shorter length of time the Russel Hobbs takes to process a loaf, this seems to be about 2 hours less which makes me wonder if more rising time is needed.

I eventually tried making a white loaf on the longer wholemeal setting, this was slightly more successful but not a lot.

Overall with out too much thought I will keep using the Panasonic.

This machine makes a good size loaf and the odd cake when required. The main advantage to the normal large machine is that it is a size that can be left out on the worktop aiding regular use. I have enjoyed using the different programms for pizza dough to sweet brioche along side the usual wholemeal settings.

As an initiate to breadmaking I would lied to have known about the paddle leaving such an imprint in the bottom of the loaf.

This Russell Hobbs Breadman Junior is easy to use, timing facility is excellent, good variety.

The recipes are easy to use and all seem to come out well. Very convienient and good easy to use features.

The Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior is my favourite kitchen equippment. Using it daily for over at least 3 tmes a week without any problem.

I will definitely recommend this Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior. It was worth every penny.

Being new to baking I never realised there's a difference between Dry Active Yeast and Instant Yeast. Although the recipes specify Dry Active Yeast I've been using Instant Yeast with absolutely no problems. Every loaf baked with my Russell Hobbs breadmaker have been perfect.

The Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior is very easy to use breadmaker with good variety of menus.

The recipes only use dry active yeast; none use instant yeast.

The Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior needs to have more flexibility on using other ingredients; eg. non-gluten flours and healthy products.

None of my bread has come out good since I started using the machine, so I have lost interest.

It would be better if there were more trouble shooting tips in the manual and if the Russell Hobbs 10882 Breadman Junior worked as well as it did the first couple of times it would definitely be a winner!