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Breadmakers come in all shapes and sizes

Sharing our expertise

We’ve tested dozens of breadmakers to discover which performs the best, and over the years we’ve developed a good understanding of what each brand tends to do well and not so well.

In this guide, our experts share what they’ve learnt about each of the biggest breadmaker brands and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each, to help you decide which might best suit you.

Bear in mind that this guide only offers brand overviews, so for full reviews of each of the breadmakers we’ve tested, make sure you check out our individual breadmaker reviews.

Best breadmaker brands

In this guide, you can find out:

• how many breadmakers Which? has tested for each brand
• how well each brand generally scores on a range of criteria
• how much breadmakers from each brand tend to cost

And subscribers can also find out:

• the average score each breadmaker brand gets in Which? tests
• how many models of each brand have been awarded Best Buy or Don’t Buy status
• the pros and cons of each breadmaker brand

Click on the brand links in the left-hand panel to find out all this information for each of the leading breadmaker brands.

How Which? tests breadmakers

In our lab we bake over a dozen loaves in each model – including white, wholemeal, seeded and by using the delay setting - to see how well it performs.

We also rate each breadmaker on a range of additional criteria, including noise and ease of use, and have found a significant difference between the best and worst models. We award each model one to five stars for each of these criteria, and award the best-performing models Best Buy status.

Check out our breadmaker reviews for more details on how we test, to see the test results for each individual breadmaker we’ve tested, and to find out which are Best Buys.