I have had a Wal-mart cheapie bread maker for several years. In the summer, I use it at least once a week. (My family are carb-aholics!) Its only "feature" is the delay cycle which I use constantly. I've never had any problems and always get nice bread.
In the winter it goes into the basement and I make bread by hand. The only reason for that is I love to bake bread by hand but I hate to heat the house up in the summer.