That’s pretty much it. I love it.
I’ve been making bread at home since covid. Used my Kitchen Aid stand mixer with the dough hook until now, but that always left a huge mess to clean up. Now I prep a week’s worth of dry ingredients in ziplock bags and only have to clean up one mess. I use butter powder rather than regular, and that makes things super convenient.
Before I go to bed, I dump in the water and one of the ziplock bags, set the timer, and have fresh bread waiting for me in the morning.
I don’t think I’ll ever buy one, the idea of an appliance that takes up that much space and only does a small number of things I already do without it doesn’t appeal that much to me.
Although I want to point out these machines make more than just bread. Off the top of my head you can make jam with it, when some fruits are going out of season and going for cheap it definitely looks like less cleanup than making jam the regular way.