During the COVID lock-down and the untouchables like scenario, as a bread eater I was a bit worried about eating a bakery product plus couldn't go out regularly so had an option to stock and eat it stale! Was trying my hands on baking, using the convention microwave, but: 1. It demanded too much effort, kneed, rise, knead, knead, knead and then bake. 2. Plus everytime you bake I was not sure when its done, so had to keep poking it and checking it! 3. The entire kitchen used to be heated up due to the oven and messy with all the flour and other things around and all over it, I never had baked a bread so didn't have the molds! All in all, was not happy and was looking out for options. Finally a friend came to rescue and recommended me this sharp bread maker machine. Initially I thought it was an expensive but and couldn't find much informational videos on this, but I decided to take the risk! To be honest, since day 1 I became a pro in baking breads and cakes! Tough this product lacks advertisement or maybe it doesn't need one, let me share my thoughts on this: 1. This made my life so much easier, weigh ingredients and dump it on the machine (which is about 10 mins of my time) and choose the menu and bingo, start! No dirty hands, no messy kneading, no need to keep checking the rise and baking process! When it beeps remove the baked bread or cake, that's it!! 2. The way the machine works is too perfect, it picks up with dough from every corner and kneads it perfectly (attached image). It is surprising to see it doing with just one blade and a rectangle shape, wonder how much efforts a designer/R&D would have put for this! 3. Each menu is set very precisely, it kneads, rises and bakes and a perfectly baked product is ready! They have even paid attention to minute detials and options to select the weight and crust preference! 4. The power cuts are also taken in consideration, all I read was it has a 10 mins memory for power-loss, but there is more to it. When the power goes in any of your knead or rise cycle for sure you can restart the entire process (or even define one in the custom menu). When it goes while you are baking there is a very well separate menu for this! (though this was all there but had to learn in while it happened to me and searching on the web). 5. Jams!! Making jams is so much easier, cut peal the fruit and add sugar as per your need and hit the start and your jam is ready in few minutes! No efforts to put in like stirring while making on the gas! 6. And super easy to clean only one non-stick vessel! All in all, to summarize this is an effortless superb product, never been so happy to bake things (as they are coming out well) and mix and match things to make new recipes and interesting for the kids to eat healthier options and no fragrance beats the freshly baked aroma in the house! One can still feel the price pinch as breads are very cheap in India, but to be honest, we are in control here and we know what we are adding, what quality and what products to make it more healthy and tasty, be home and you can enjoy the fresh pro baker breads and cakes at ease! This machine is so easy to use, been asking my 6 year old to help me with this and he is happy to do it, within no time he might start baking! Attaching images of my home made orange date cake, mango jam and few breads, wheat, mix, white with taste additions of saffron, cinnamon and/or cardamon! Many more still to come, happy baking!!

Pros Very easy to operate and can prepare healthy bread at home with less effort. Cons The recipe provided in the booklet mentions high protein flour. It would help if recipe with regular flour is provided. When the power goes off in between, the operation resumes only if there is a short break. Else the operation has to continue from the beginning. It would have helped if there is a provision for automatic restart or manual provision to restart at a particular step. As soon as the operation starts and the kneading is in progress, need to scrap flour from the sides using a gentle spatula. Else some flour gets stuck to the tin. Need to do this for just a couple of minutes and hence not reducing the stars Giving below a recipe that I am using to get a good whole wheat bread Whole wheat bread - Tangzhong method Ingredients: Whole wheat flour - 3 cups Sugar or honey - 3 tbsp Salt - 1 1/2 tsp Amul fresh cream - 3 tbsp Olive oil - 2 or 3 tbsp Instant yeast - 1 tsp Water - 1 cup For the tangzhong or water roux: Whole wheat flour 3 1/2 tbsp Water - 3/4 cup Method: First prepare the water roux by mixing the flour and water with no lumps and cook it on a low flame on sauce pan. Stir it continuously so that no lumps are formed and you get a smooth custard like thick sauce. Allow it to cool. Pour water into the bread tin. Add salt, sugar, oil, fresh cream. Add water roux Add flour. Add yeast on top of flour such that yeast does not touch water. Choose option 3 ( whole wheat bread). Once done remove from tin and cool it on a wire rack till its completely cool. ( 2-3 hrs minimum ). Slice and serve

Reviewing after 3 months of usage. Happy with its performance. In comparison with my previous bread~maker, this one still keeps the program in memory for sometime when the currency goes off (booklet says upto 10 min!) and resumes from where it stopped! This is a huge advantage! Almost always i put in ingredients late night, start the machine and go off to bed. In the morning a fresh bread is ready for sandwiches/french toasts for my school kids (yes, i dont remove the loaf right away as the instruction book advises. Guilty! But my bread is never soggy) Using this machine heavily for making dough~ it never failed! It performs well even when fully filled in with water+flour. Very easy to clean, no leakage. One more thing to mention, i get a fresh multigrain flour from a local farmer store& mill, and guys, the taste and aroma of the bread is really good! I dont buy the high~gluten flour as the recipe~book advises. Instead I kept playing with different types of flour and liquid (try milk, dahi and even cream), and eventually have had developed recipes which really worked with the kind of flour I use. Somebody here was saying to be ready to feel a strong taste of yeast. Go ahead and get fresh (not expired or close to expire) yeast, and you neither feel nor smell it in the bread. Recommended! P.S. attached pic of 900gr and 700gr loaves, used Medium and Dark crust function.

either the motor or the belt is bound to go and you will incur atleast 3000-4000 after a year of use. if you ok with that then buy this bread maker or else do not. the deisgn is so that that the revolving spinlde connected to the more will jam, what ever you do, thus breaking the belt or then burning the motor.