I don't like this Morphy Richards 48280 bread maker. It's poorly designed. Bread container is upright. This machine doesn't provide warm conditions, for dough to rise. So therefore your kitchen needs to be reasonably warm. The instructions aren't that clear. I tried wholemeal bread as advised. The dough almost didn't rise. The crust was too hard and too thick. The bread was very dry. I am getting much better results with bread, when making by hand. I wanted to save some money. But as they say, you get what you pay for. I will try again, but if it still fails to make good bread I'll return it to manufacturer.

I have been using the Morphy Richards 48280 about 4 times a week for the past 6 months. At first I followed recipes in booklet and although most were edible results were very inconsistent even though I am carefull to measure ingredients accurately.
A 2 lb loaf always seem to collapse just before cycle is finish so I only make 1.5lb now.
I have had far more success using 500 g bread mixes which I use 250g + 100g of white or wholemeal bread flower and adjust water accordingly.
II have used this method with Wright's, Tesco's, Asda's and Hovis bread mixes and all give similar results.
This is my first breadmaker.

I bought this Morphy Richards 48280 breadmaker thinking it was going to be great. My first loaf I made was the large 2 pound. At first it started out fine then it started struggling to kneed the dough I wasn't that pleased.
A few days later I made a medium 1/12 pound loaf it worked fine no struggling so I continued to make the medium loaf.
Anyway it is easy to use just programm it and leave it but in the end I got fed up with it and gave it to my friend and bought a new one.

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.

recipies suplied with Morphy Richards 48280 machine,as mentioned above the granary does not work,so I have baught another recipie book and that seems to work fine,not had machine long 3/4 months and love the taste of fresh bread(real bread)as it used to be years ago! I was brought up with proper bread as my uncles owned a bakery,sadley I never lernt the art of baking,but this machine comes close to what I rember... BIG DAVE

I bought the Morphy Richards 48280 Fastbake Breadmaker for £20 four or five years ago. I used it quite heavily for several months at a time and it always produced good white and 50/50 wholemeal loaves. I also produced good 100% wholemeal bread too, but it took a little tweaking from their recipe.
I have also had owned a few cheap breadmakers and I don't think this is any better at producing loaves but has lasted longer than the cheap Cookworks model. I also had a Snieder (not sure if the spelling is correct) from Asda. Its mechanism is very similar to the Kenwoods models. I sold this when I sold a house, but for less than £20 it always gave good results and I used it daily.
If you want to make bread everyday I think you will be happy with the results. I am not sure how long it will last though. It has lasted much longer than any of the cheaper models. However I would seriously recommend you take out insurance on whatever breadmaker you choose if you want to use it daily.

the Morphy Richards 48280 bread maker basically does exactly as it says on the box - it makes bread without you having to do any hard work - perfect!

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

Good if you make a loaf once a week. Bad if you make one every day. From my experience the moving parts are just not robust enough and spares are far too expensive to make buying them a sensible option.