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written by kesi-man on 13/04/2021
It can make up to 2lb of loaf within almost 1 hr. Its fast. I also got measuring cup and recipe book with it.
written by ahReid428 on 18/01/2016
breadmaker given to me, still in box after for 5yrs. Put ingredients in and mixed but did not heat up to bake. I cannot say yes or no on the product as I have yet to use it, but so far its not looking good.
written by Supersteve2444 on 20/07/2015
I bought this Morphy Richards 48280 Bread Maker 2 Years Ago and It Lasted 3 Years and the gear system started making a funny noise then the paddle would not turn round and eventually it would not turn at all and Morphy Richardssaid no parts available so i had to scrap it so i will not buy morphy richards as you cant buy spare parts but it did produce good bread while it lasted
written by on 02/11/2010
Easy to use, but does not last.
The motor on my first model burnt out after 16 months, within the two year guarantee period. Morphy Richards replaced it with a brand new model, no quibbles. But the replacement has now suffered the same problem after 16 months and I am now out of the original guarantee. A shame, because the bread has been excellent and it is easy to use.
written by on 08/10/2010
These breadmakers are cheap and effective. Once you've worked out how to get the best bread from them they are very easy to use. the basic weakness is that the electronics get hot, so they don't last all that long - about two years on average. I would be prepared to pay more for a machine which lasted longer.
written by on 02/07/2010
Bought the machine (Fast Bake Breadmaker) 9 months ago. had a number of 'failures' at making wholemeal bread but put it down to lack of pratice.
Last week the thing would not heat so two full loads of ingredients wasted. Morphy Richards don't want to know. Admit that sometimes components fail to work but refuse to compensate or replace, Have offered me a 10% discount off a new machine.
I told them that they were morally obliged to replace or repair but they simply brushed off such a suggestion.
Customer service at its worst!
As a pensioner, I cannot afford to subsidise large, money-grabbing companies. Shame on them.
DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE
written by on 01/04/2010
I've used this Morphy Richard Breadmaker model 24280 breadmaker for over 7 years. I can't possibly count how many loaves and pizza bases it's made. It's been used at least twice a week and sometimes every day some weeks, mostly overnight on the timer. The clip that holds the paddle has only just gone last week. Yes, as it got older there was a hole in the bottom of the loaf and we couldn't leave it on the timer because it got as bit leaky, yes, some of the recipies needed a bit of tweeking, when we had diabetic/salt intolerant friends round we used hardly no salt and honey instead and we got great bread. It's a great machine and well worth the money, 7 years of great bread! Who can argue!
written by on 01/04/2010
This breadmaker is useless. The paddle spindle has broken already after a year, but before that, the results were hit and miss, despite following the instructions carefully. Ingredients for some of the breads aren't too healthy either. Lots of sugar, milk powder and sunflower oil!
Over-all each loaf has cost us about £4 to make bearing in mind the number of loaves we made until the spindle broke. I think we'll buy a panasonic next time.
written by on 20/01/2010
We've had our Morphy-Richards FastBake breadmaker for three years. After about a month the spindle refused to turn. Morphy-Richards told us it was the way we'd washed it! Nonsense! However, they sent a new one under guarantee. Like many other people we didn't like the large hole in the bottom of the bread, so now we just use it to make the dough, let it rise in the machine, then tip it out and put in a proper bread tin. After 45 minutes in the airing cupboard it's ready to go in the proper oven. First class results every time! don't like M-R's recipe though, we leave out sunflower oil, using butter instead. The same for the milk powder. Why use that when real milk's cheaper! Now, like many other people, the paddle spindel is acting up again. But why do we have to buy a new bucket when all you want is a couple of bushes? Puzzled, in Norfolk!
Written on: 05/12/2010
I found this review very helpful because whilst I havent yet had any problems with my paddle, I have found that making a loaf on Fast Bake, the ingredients are not mixed properly and when the loaf is baked in the machines tin, the bottom of the loaf has a high density of ingredients whilst the top of the loaf is light and fluffy. By putting all the ingredients in the machines tin and using olive oil instead of vegetable oil then using the "Dough" setting for mixing, then letting the dough rise in the machine before leaving it in a warm place to rise, I get a much superior type of loaf which lasts for a full week or more before going dry. For a brown loaf I use 300gms of Wholemeal flour and 300gms of Strong White Bread Flour with 600Ml of water
written by on 30/07/2009
have used my Morphy Richards 48280 bread maker for over 3 years nearly everday it still makes great bread excelent !!!
written by Marta155 on 11/06/2009
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.
written by Daves Dough on 20/04/2009
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.
written by alexraw on 22/02/2009
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.
written by speedscot on 05/01/2009
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.
written by djc25 on 06/11/2008
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
written by ybother on 30/09/2008
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.
written by darren dodds on 11/09/2008
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!
written by glimbo123 on 18/08/2008
This Morphy Richards 48280 broke down after 6 months use. Breadpan stuck in the machine. Noisy, difficult to remove spatula from bread.
written by on 30/07/2008
Never had a bread maker before we got our Morphy Richards one so no comparison. Only had this one 5 weeks. I have found it okay up to now, however, as suggested it is necessary to keep adjusting recipes when different flour types used. Never had a loaf that has not been edible.
written by jsalamander on 23/06/2008
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.
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Salchicha's Response to Supersteve2444's Review
Written on: 16/04/2020
Too late to help Supersteve2444, but for anyone else ...
Morphy Richards don't sell parts, and security screws are used to deter disassembly, but parts are available elsewhere. The 4828x series has the same parts as the Cookworks XBM1038 and Sunbeam, Donlim and other brands. Belts, pulleys, drive fork and base fork seat can be obtained at Aliexpress. Wear in the base fork seat, which can result in the paddle not rotating, can be repaired by replacing the bronze bush for just a couple of pounds.