Breadman Bread Machine Review

The Breadman Bread Machine is handy, does a lot of time consuming chores but mine seems to do it's best on loaves of Pumpkin Bread or Pound Cake; items that lend themselves well to a heavier loaf.  Regular white bread that should be light and soft comes out like the heavier pound cake. My next try at getting it to perform the way I want is to go against the receipe suggestions and actually dissolve the yeast in a lukewarm cup of water and have it be the first ingredient poured into the pan. My idea is that following the receipe, and adding in the yeast with the dry ingredients, is not allowing it to activate. If my idea doesn't work, the machine may be showing up at my local swap meet soon. I just don't have the space to store a machine that isn't doing the job.