I have had breadmakers previously but find that this is one is simple to use and makes lovely bread

Does what it say makes bread easy to use bread is OK

So easy to use. 5 minutes adding ingredients and presented with a tasty fresh loaf in a couple of hours. Minimal cleaning required.

As long as you stick to basic bread making, the machine is very good.

excellent results each time. Very easy to use and clean. Sturdy. Good purchase.

Love this bread maker, first two loaves were a bit heavy, but have now mastered it and bread comes out perfect every time.
Brilliant buy would definitely recommend this product .

It makes a good loaf of brea but it is difficult to see and read the scree

A perfect loaf every time I have used it. I had a Tefal one before this that I returned after a week as every loaf ended up like a brick. This one was a little bit more expensive but so worth it.

Make sure you’ve got some counter-top space or a spare cupboard as this bread maker is a bit of a beast. Together with its footprint, the height means you’ll need to have it somewhere that doesn’t have cupboards above it in order to be able to open the lid with ease. Given its size, it’s a slight surprise to open it up and see how small the mixing bucket is. The instruction manual requires its own instruction manual, it’s really unclear and there are so many functions that I decided to keep it simple at first.

And the results were surprisingly good. Basic loaves are easy to prepare and the machine really does all the work. This is perfect for those low on time but still keen to enjoy fresh bread. Despite ambitions to try some of the more advanced recipes and bread types, I haven’t progressed beyond the basics, but the ability to incorporate nuts, seeds and fruit looks really clever. The machine is easy to clean at least, if not to use, and the high price point will hopefully be justified, as it has with my other Panasonic devices, with long life and good service.

I had had a Panasonic 2501 machine and was interested in this as it said it took up minimal space. In fact it takes up exactly the same space in terms of its footprint but somehow the design makes it look smaller.

Be aware that this one does not come with a rye paddle so I ordered a rye paddle to go with it.

The menu now has 30 programmes rather than 27 and there is a good selection of gluten free recipes and some pizza options.

The nut and raisin dispenser is much better.

Most importantly the bread tastes as good as ever.

Makes delicious fruited bread that we’ve had a few times now using this. What I would mention though is that there are various models in this range and this one I got doesn’t have the various fancy things that the others do. Saying that it’s still so much better in terms of using as you can see the digital display and see what cycle it’s on throughout the bread making process.
I like it but it’s a heavy beast and wouldn’t want to have to lug it around kitchen to use it. It’s taller than my old one and doesn’t have a viewing window unlike that one. Taller and slimmer is how I would describe it but best checking measurements to see if it will either fit under kitchen overhead cabinets or on shelves and they had better be beefy ones with this weighty one.
It’s an awful lot of money I can say that . Yet the cost of bread and the smell and taste of it makes it worth having. Not tried out French bread baguettes yet. For seeded loaf and fruited one though tastes yummy but you do have to wait a time for it. Think most bread makers are like that though takes time. This machine does all the hard work like kneading, getting to the right temperature letting it settle or rise for appropriate time. You then just have the not do hard job of eating it.
Makes not loads of noise unless it’s on certain settings and going through the various cycles. First time round did wonder if something had gone wrong hearing a loud noise but no all fine.
Cleaning is easy apart from the metal thing at the very bottom of the bread silver pan thing. Can be taken out to clean but a brush still needed around that round bit to get any dough remains out of it.

A very useful kitchen gadget, though I do find my surfaces are covered with the footprint of so many gadgets!
Great for making different types of bread – I do find though I stick to one recipe over and over again. Probably because I am a creature of habit, but also because this machine is so reliable – it works every time.

The family all love the smell of the bread maker, and a loaf is devoured in minutes. It is so easy to use, and intuitive – the benefits of having another gadget outweigh the negatives.

Good quality, great value, and highly recommended.

This is a tad bigger than i was expecting and despite being described as ‘horizontal design is optimised to take up minimal space on your kitchen worktop’ it is still quite a big and fairly heavy piece of equipment. I actuallu have to pull it forward on my units to use as the lid opens and smacks my shelves above so you may need to bear this in mind if you have limited or small amounts of space.

My little one has wheat and gluten intolerance but loves a bit of toast or a sandwich so this is the perfect solution for me to ensure he can have the best of both worlds – even if Mummy needs a bit of practice in her baking skills! This bread maker by Panasonic is a great tool in helping me create decent tasting breads, cakes and dough that the whole family can enjoy and we know exactly what we have put in it. There is a programme for all manner of items and for me, I’m enjoying the trial and error of exploring with this maker.

The instruction manual isn’t the best ether and it actually has sections for several models, so you need to know which you are using and which part of the instruction to follow – tad confusing, thank you Panasonic! Once you’ve mastered the instructions, you simply have to play around and experiment. This one has the ability to kneed and rise the bread (though I’m not overly convinced on the timings of this as my bread seems to sag). It also has an automatic raisin/nut dispenser that mixes additional ingredients to help ensure they are evenly distributed throughout the loaf – but I’ve yet to explore the full range of this.

Overall, I like that I can throw everything in, pick a programme and come back to tasty bread. The only negatives are the not so ‘optimised’ space saving design and the terrible manual – but the recipes give a great starting point and ideas you may never have thought of combining.

Got this to upgrade and so glad I did love the new design it’s so much more better for space.
There are 25 different programmes ranging from Basic Bread to French, Italian, Brioche, Rye, Gluten free etc. The majority of the baking programmes have various options such as the size of the loaf medium,large and xtra large the colour of the crust (Light, Medium or Dark) . Each programme has 4 different processes a resting period, the kneading process, the rising process and baking. Each loaf type has a different combination of processes and takes a different time from start to finish. There is 2 sensors to keep a eye on room and internal and the program will adjust . You can also make doughs pasta jam and chutney aswell as cake. I love this gadget and its so easy to use .

I have made hundreds of loaves in my 72 years and most have been disasters
Never wanting to give up, this will be my third bread maker and I have finally
Had success. Thank you panasonic.

Whilst I can bake cakes and cook meals, bread is something I have never got to grips with. I have tried baking a loaf in the past and had no luck. I had high hopes for this bread maker and despite almost throwing it out and giving it a one star review, it has come through for me. Actually, it has always been there for me, I was the one at fault!
For some reason, my loaves were sinking or stodgy and I had followed recipes and instructions, but somewhere I was either missing a step or misjudging ingredients. To be fair to me, the instruction manual is not the easiest to follow. However, after some trial and error, I am pleased to say that I can now bake a loaf to perfection around 99% of the time. The occasional I get a measure wrong and the bread is either dry or stodgy, but I am pretty much where I need to be to bake a tasty loaf that is appreciated by the family.
This is pretty much a case of throw in the ingredients and let it get on with it. The more it is used, the easier it gets to make a loaf. I am hoping that in a few months when I can do it blindfolded, we will do away with shop bought bread completely. The large loaves are often wasted as we don’t use a huge amount of bread, but these smaller loaves are an ideal size to reduce wastage — and save money.

I have been using a bread maker to make my own bread for a very long time and have found that the breadmaker itself plays a huge role in how good the end product is. Cheaper models have always tended to produce a denser loaf with more expensive models (my last one cost over 250 and lasted about 8 years) producing a lighter fluffier loaf, but often at the expense of not fully incorporating all the ingredients during the mixing – this was the case with the last breadmaker I had (not a Panasonic one). The SD-R2530KXC has been a revelation though. I always knew Panasonic breadmakers were meant to be one of the best around and now I am even more certain about it.

In the box you get the breadmaker (fairly large and in glossy black plastic) along with a measuring beaker with lid, a small double sided measuring spoon and a sour dough starter measure.
The breadmaker has a removable baking container that holds a small mixing paddle (this is fixed vertical and doesn’t fall flat like some) and has a wire handle for removing it to get the bread out once finished.
The top of the breadmaker has a 2 part lid – the very top section gives access to the fruit/nut dispenser for automatically dispensing these into the mix at the right point and the bottom section is where you get to the main body of the unit. The right-hand side has the control panel for selecting the correct program for the type of bread you are making and then the size and crust colour.
The instruction book provided is comprehensive and covers this model and the 2 above it (they have extras like a yeast dispenser and a couple of extra programs but otherwise function the same). There are instructions on how to use it along with recipes for many different bread types (as well as things like jam). The most important section to me is the program guide as this tells you how long each stage takes – when I first put it on, I wasn’t expecting a wait period at the start when making white bread, so thought the breadmaker had a problem. A quick glance at the program guide told me that there was indeed a 10-30 minute wait at the start.

Following the recipe (and it is important to put the ingredients in the order the recipe says so the yeast doesn’t get killed by the salt too early, and the ingredients mix thoroughly) I tried a basic white loaf. From experience with my previous breadmaker I choose a medium size with a dark crust. The whole program took about 4 hours in total and the final result was perfect. All the ingredients mixed well with no flour left in the corners (this was a problem with my previous breadmaker), and the end result was a delightfully fluffy loaf of white bread with a dark crust all the way round. It tasted really good too and stayed fresh for a couple of days (it may have stayed fresh for longer if I hadn’t eaten it all by then)

Since this first loaf, I have made a number of loaves and all have been perfect too. I am now wondering why I stuck with other brands for so long and didn’t get a Panasonic, knowing that they were supposed to make the best in the business – they really do.

I got this bread maker as an Amazon Vine product to review so it was free of charge. I have to say, otherwise, I wouldn’t have considered paying this much money for a bread maker! And if I did I’d expect it to be perfect! This isn’t quite perfect and there are a few things that annoy me about it but, that said, it works well and the bread it makes is really good.
In the box you get the bread maker itself, the instruction booklet, and some plastic measuring devices: one beaker with a lid and two measuring spoons.
First thing to say is it is pretty huge. The listing talks about it being ‘space saving’ and ‘sleek’ to take up minimal room on your work surface but that seems pretty overrated because the thing is a big beast! At 15 by 9 inches and 14 inches high it only just fits under the cupboard above my countertop and, unless you pull it out from beneath the cupboard, you can open the lid. If you are someone who has such a big kitchen that you can pop this somewhere on your work surface and not have it get in the way, lucky you! For me it’ll have to go in a cupboard when not in use and that’s going to take up a lot of cupboard space.
The top of the bread maker looks very technical with lots of buttons and recipe modes but actually is pretty simple to use once you’ve worked out how. There’s a long list of numbered recipes for different bread types. You select the number for the type you want, the size (M, L, XL) and the darkness of the crust and press start. The display then shows you the hours and minutes until the bread will be ready, which is a helpful feature. You can also set a delay so you can put all the ingredients in the machine, say, before you go to bed and set it so the machine starts going such that you’ll have fresh, warm bread waiting for you at breakfast time – yum! It doesn’t have any kind of internal clock though so it’s not like an alarm clock where you set it for 9:30 am. Instead you have to work out the length of hours and minutes from now to when you want it and set the timer for ‘8 hours from now’.
The operation is pretty straightforward. You just put the kneading arm into the detachable pan, put the ingredients in the pan in the order they tell you in the recipe, put the pan into the bread maker, close the lid and set the controls and then just wait till it’s done. There’s also a little compartment so if you want ‘bits’ in the load, like raisins or nuts, it drops them in later on in the kneading process so they don’t get all mashed up by the long knead.
It’s pretty quiet in operation, mostly just a low whirr, though mine does squeak during the 5 or so minutes of the kneading process which could become a bit tiresome but stops the knead is done.
You get a lengthy instruction booklet and this is where my irritation kicks in. First, the booklet included covers three different models of bread maker, all of which have cryptic alpha-numeric names so good luck remembering which ones your model. Each has slightly different functioning – two have yeast dispensers, one doesn’t; and slightly different numbering of the recipes, for instance if I wanted to make pizza dough for one it would be recipe 25, another recipe 24 and for the third recipe 23. Completely, needlessly over complicated. I mean, come on guys, you made a highly technical piece of equipment that you are charging not far short of 200 foot and you are scrimping by making one booklet that covers three different models? How much would it cost to make the separate booklet specific to each? A days work for the booklet designer, a couple of days? And it would only be a one of cost at the layout stage. For that cost I expect a booklet that says ‘here is your SD-R2530 and this is how it works’!
And apart from the needless complication of having three tables of data/instructions on every page, two thirds of which you have to ignore, the instruction booklet has obviously been designed by someone who knows the function and technical details of the machines inside out – but clearly has never had to follow a recipe to make something in real life!
The information is spread all over the booklet in a seemingly random distribution. I’ll give you an example: suppose I want to make a brioche loaf.
Page 8 shows me a diagram of the controls
Page 10 tells me the number of the brioche recipe and how long it takes.
I have to go on too page 21 to find the ingredients and then back again to page 15 for the instructions.
User-friendly? I think not.
I guess as you get used to it it’ll get easier as you know things off by heart, cross out the columns of information irrelevant to your machine and put post-its to mark the pages that have the information you want. But for 170 odd pounds, really I expect the manufacturers to have some level of concern about how enjoyable and easy my experience is trying to learn and master how to use the damn thing.
Having got that off my chest, I have to say that the bread it produces is really good. Someone bought be a bread maker as a present many years ago and I got rid of it because the bread always came out pretty solid and dense and seemed too stale by the next day. The bread this machine produces is beautifully risen, light and fluffy and seems to stay fresher for a few days. So, for all my moaning, I’m enjoying the final produce!
I’m looking forward to trying the brioche recipe (once I’ve thumbed through the multiple pages the recipe is spread over!), a panettone for Christmas, maybe, and some of the others. I’ve found their recipes come up a little too salty so I’m cutting their salt amounts down a bit. One or two of the bread recipes are a bit off the wall – matcha tea and chestnut or bread made with tomato juice.
There are even recipes for cakes, or even jam. There’s a section for gluten-free bread to which isn’t something I’d usually bother with but will be very important to some people I know.
Bottom line then: good product, great bread, a bit pricey but you get what you pay for, I guess, it’s just a shame about the unhelpful instructions – it’s just not a good way to start when your first trying to get used to the machine. And first impressions are important. If anyone from the company actually takes the trouble to read reviews like this,I suggest you put a bit of time and effort to address this issue.

This is a big machine. It comes with a measuring cup with a lid, measuring spoon and a smaller sooon for sourdough starter (think that’s what I read!). The bonus of this machine vs my older broken model (and it’s not that it works!!) is two fold. Firstly with this there is a compartment where you can place dry ingredients such as seeds/nuts for inclusion into the dough later on in the process. There’s no need to keep an ear out for the alarm and pop them in part way through. Secondly is there is a timer. By this I mean at 9pm at night you can place your ingredients into the machine, set which menu options you want and then decide how many hours later you’d like your bread to be ready by. I needed just over 11hrs to wake up to a nice warm seeded loaf as provided in the recipes in the manual (there are three pages of different ideas). Another plus is that when turning the loaf out the paddle actually stayed in the tub!! Whether this will last or turn out to be down to it being a new machine only time will tell but it was nice not having to dig it out for a change!!
There are options to create jam and cakes but I’ve yet to try these as it will pretty much always be used as a bread maker. One happy baker here

This is incredible, i am a first time bread maker user but this was so easy!
Ok i cheated and used a bread mix and the bread mix option but you just measure it and add water shut the lid and press a button 2 hr 30mins later i had perfect, fluffy, crusty, delicious fresh bread that just popped out of the container with no mess, the container only needed a wipe and its clean!
Never buying a loaf again.
This thing does so much other stuff too i haven’t even scratched the surface of its capabilities but if it produces other stuff as good as the bread its a complete win.
The actual machine mind is large and i was worried about how much heat it would produce but it only got warm on the outside so its find for use under cabinets/ on surfaces.
Menu was pretty clear, I’d give the instructions a good once over before you start.
Quality feeling product.

I am completely stunned how amazing this bread maker is. This is my first bread maker i ever have and there is nothing better than making your own bread. Waking up by smell of fresh bread in the morning. Just incredible. Since i am diabetic i noticed in many breads from supermarket they put caramel to make bread look more brown and in consequences there is too much sugar which insanely brings mu sugar level up. Thanks to this bread maker i can make my own, so i put what i want and i least i know what i can expect from this bread.

This beadmaker is fully automatical. All you have to do is simply drop ingredients and set up program. There is 30 different automatical programs included depending on your personal preferences.

This icludes:

12 bread programs
4 gluten free
7 Dough
4 sweet
3 manual

as well settings for size of the loaf (small, medium, large), wholemeal or white bread. Amount of options is huge. Best thing is that you don’t have to know or remember all of this. There is book included with all recipe for you to just simply follow, every single ingredient and time how long it is gonna take. This bread maker allows you to delay program up to 13 hours including time for making bread. Which in my opinion is plenty anyway. I always prepare it on evening and set up to finish at 7 am. Very handy.

There is also included menu of programs included on top next to buttons to help with selection of program if you don’t have book next to you. I love nut dispenser. I filled it with poppy seeds, sunflower, pumpkin. Taste of it is incredible. I does take literally 4-5 minutes to prepare. From now on i always make sure i have flour in my cupboard and yeast. Superb, completely worth the money.

I’ve been using this bread maker for almost 4 weeks now and I have to say I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would.

Out of the box the machine looks sleek and stylish with a plastic outer casing which prevents any hot parts.

It comes with all of the equipment you need inside, including the measuring spoons, sourdough/measuring jug and a recipe book.

Now, the first test was a basic white loaf. There are plenty of recipe’s within the book and this is the first, the recipe is simple to follow – just add everything in the order listed.

Once you have put all of the ingredients into the tub you select the menu using the arrows on the top, select the size of the loaf, the colour of the crust and whether or not you want a delayed start. Then off it goes.

It shows on the display the time remaining and what it is upto at any given time.

The loaf turned out great, it had a nicely crusted top and as you can see the inside looked great.

I will say if you haven’t used one of these before make sure you read the book fully and check where it tells you to place the salt and yeast as it does vary slightly between recipes.

I’ve tested quite a couple of loafs using the nut dispenser, both a seeded loaf, and a raisin loaf and I have to say it worked perfectly, the seeds and raisins were really well spread out throughout the bread and none had sunk to the bottom or got stuck in one place.

The other function I really wanted to try was the sourdough.
It takes a bit of work to make a sourdough usually, but with this you can make it pretty quickly – still over 24 hours mind you.
You can make a sourdough starter in the machine and just leave it in there for 24 hours, after this it is ready to make the bread and it worked really well.

But it’s not just bread this machine can make, it would be perfect as an all in one for someone with a small kitchen, as it also has a cake function, a jam function, compote, and can be used just to mix or bake by itself.

I’ve still got to try out the gluten free loafs, but it’s worth saying there is a different order in the recipe book for going gluten free, so pay attention.

All in all I’m really impressed with this, I struggled to see how it would be better than my old bread maker but it is head and shoulders above it and I’d definitely recommend this to anyone who loves fresh bread but doesn’t want the hassle.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it just haven’t used it yet. I’m sure it will be as good as the old one.

I was delighted with the chance to review this as my last breadmaker died just as lockdown ended. This is a model upgrade on my previous one (which lasted for almost 3.5 years of virtually daily use)

The main improvements are the container for adding nuts, raisins etc which is nice and a really great sourdough setting that actually works brilliantly.

I do not think you will disappointed with it – I loved my last one and the shape of this one gives you more free worktop space – which is always fab and the white looks nicer in the kitchen.

This is quite a hefty, solid, decent quality bread machine. It is really extremely easy to use and very versatile. It has loads of different pre-set buttons on it.

You can make Bread, Pasta, Pizza, Cake – pretty easy so I see making all these although I’ve only made bread in it myself so far! I’ve made 3 different types of bread – 2 were bread mixes (Rosemary Focaccia Bread and Cheese with Sun Dried Tomatoes) and a bog standard granary/multi-seed loaf. All three came out perfectly and my only problem is that it is so easy to make that I may just be eating much too much bread for my own good!

I never had any idea to buy a bread maker for my home as I was quite happy with spending less than a pound for a bread from supermarket.
However, this Panasonic SD-R2530 is really changed my perspective. Now I like the beautiful baking aroma spread in my home and love that soft warm load of breads that coming out of the tray.
Few months ago I got a book called “bread making for dummies” which actually a great help in this case.
Its operations and handling is pretty straight forward and I absolutely love this device sitting next to the rice cooker in my home.

Very pleased with the results. The first loaf I made on basic rapid, that is 2 hours, and dark crust. It was almost gone for dinner, so I made the second one on timer, was ready at 7 am, both large loaves, second is medium crust. The taste is great, nothing like the packed bread at the shop, and I used sourdough mix. Looks like the second one is slightly bigger, may be because it was on a longer programme /4 hours/ and also stayed overnight on timer. I decided to buy a bread machine just because I read they put sth called peri..sth in the shop bread against mould and it unlocks diabetes and gaining weight. I have read a lot of reviews before deciding on Panasonic SD2500WXC model, considering baking, functions and reliability. My daughter uses Russel Hobbs for about 60 and is not pleased, so I intend to buy another like this as a gift to her. This shows how pleased I am. Also arrived in time and in perfect condition.

As a coeliac, I’ve been struggling to find a good breadmaker that does gluten free. The Panasonic SD 2500 is amazing. It’s so easy to use even for a complete novice like me. Makes gorgeous bread as the photo shows. I love i