Info and forum posts by 'dstratten'

RE: Breadmaker Bargain £11.98 at Wooworths

Actual costings to make a homemade loaf of bread

1.5kg of flour from Sainsburys = £0.56 - 1 loaf needs 500g so thats £0.19
1/15th of a full pack of hovis yeast = £0.06
2 Tbs Milk powder = £0.02
25g butter = £0.05
1.5 Tsp salt = £0.01
1 Tbs Sugar = £0.02
Electricity - lets say £0.05
350ml water = free (ish)

So total for a fresh loaf of bread in the morning is £0.40 (d`oh Rich was spot on to the penny !!!)

I use a Panasonic SD-252 and get consistently perfect white and brown loaves and make at least one per day for the missus and kiddies sandwiches. I`ve had a couple of cheaper breadmakers in the past and they have been pretty useless but the Panasonic is worth its weight in gold (well almost)

RE: Tevion 8 In 1 Programmable Remote Control £4.99 Aldi Bargain

I picked up one of these for a fiver today.

After using the Tevion MD 41666 learning remote for the past 6 months or so and finding it a very capable bit of kit albeit very badly laid out I spotted this new one in Aldi (3910 model).

Its much more ergonomically designed than the old 41666 and it has a better LCD display as well as the same learning functions.

Only problem is that it wont control my Sky+ box which is what I`ve purchased it for. I`ve tried all the codes (I`m about to go and try some more) but more alarmingly it wont learn from the old remote.

I`ve gone through all the steps - it comes up with "succesful" on each button programming and will try and transmit something to the Sky+ box but nothing happens on the box itself.

I`ve also tried programming it from the old 41666 remote which operates the Sky+ box perfectly but with the same result - programming appears to be fine but when you try and use it nothing happens.

Very strange !!!!! I`ve sent over an Email to Medion tech support to see if they have any ideas - they have been brilliant in the past with getting stuff sorted for me.

If all else fails I`ll use it on the kiddies TV which is missing a remote.

This item was edited on Monday, 12th September 2005, 18:03

Mico 311 DVD Recorders now down to £117 (ish) at Sainsburys

Popped into our local (Wellingborough) Sainsburys on Friday and they had reduced the remaining Mico 311 DVD Recorders down to £117 (brand new units - not refurbished).

Unfortunately they had sold out by the time I saw this but there may be other stores with them at that price.

Just thought I`d let you lot know in case you wanted a "bargain".