Hope bread is cheap where you are. The artisanal bakeries in my area are charging CAD 4-6 a loaf and you can only eat so much before it goes stale.

Most important thing in a breadmaker is one that pre-warms ingredients. A former colleague of my partner has a B&D machine (she uses it for mixing and kneading only) will knead and raise the dough twice before my partner's Hitachi(!) can raise it once, both started at the same time but the B&D waits to prewarm.