It depends from person to person- while some people want their bread loaves to be perfect and horizontal in shape, the others might not need their bread shape to be perfect and it can be baked in brick shape as well. On the basis of the space that you have on the countertop, you can have the bread shape option. If the space is small, then you will have to settle for vertical bread shape and if the space is good enough, then the horizontal bread makers can be obtained.