I have purchased severeal of these units for various birthdays, Christmas presents, wedding showers, etc... and at least TWO of the units have failed in under 2 years. Initially everyone loved the product with all the handy dandy attahments, but with only 1 speed-HIGH-these units are no longer useable. I trust Consumer Reports for most of my purchases and this unit was highly rated, but obviously they do not use the product for many years to determine its longevity!

I have only used this mixer once - and have not used the various attachments. I thought the mixer was comfortable to hold and did a good job. Compared to my old mixer, the mixers themselves were very lightweight. I don't know how durable they will be as time goes by. Thought it was pricey. Only time will tell if this mixer was worth the price of $44.

The mixer is great, it does perform many different tasks. However, this isn't the first one I've purchased. After some use, it stops working except for 1 speed.

I had a mixer like this years ago and loved it. This one has lots of power and I use it all the time. A great product.

I'm not one to write reviews, but this product deserves kudos from me. I know that packaging text will indicate that this mixer is not suitable for institutional use, but we use this model exclusively in our bakery for small mixing jobs not suitable for our 12qt mixer. We have tried all of the higher priced *******-Aid and O*str products but they failed in less than a year's worth of use. The secret is the direct drive motor assembly.
No plastic gears to strip or metal gears to fail. These units would last almost indefinetly if it were not for the failure of the speed switch. It will reach a point where all you have is high speed and pulse and we have used them in this condition until the switch fails completely, but the motor never, ever fails. Plenty of torque for the thickest, heaviest batter. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is the issue with the switch, which may be due in part to our extensive use.