The Panasonics all consistently seemed to be rated best.
Bread making is a slow process machine or not. The best breads made manually are from sour dough which arguably can take a hundred years or more ...... so machine pread taking 4 hours plus is no issue!
The great thing is that you bung it all in and it makes perfect bread EVERY time.
The secret with a machine is to get into a routine so for example if you want bread every morning you prep it last thing at night. Also develop your own recipes. It takes some time to do but well worthwhile. I developed my own cholla recipe which is very rich (has egg, honey, milk etc) and once developed you then have your own perfect loaf. It seems to last without going stale and is great with smoke salmon and also great toasted.