every design was wrong
I bought this mixer online, and i couldn't have been more disappointed. It looks good in the picture, but everything about it is just a little bit wrong. This mixer drives me crazy! I wish i had bought any mixer but this.
First of all, it looks like a nice metal mixer with a metal bowl. Well, the bowl is metal, but the rest of it is just painted silver! It's just made of cheap plastic.
Second of all, the dial on the right with all the speeds on it: from the look of it, the mixer has several speeds, one for each number. However when you try to turn the knob, what you find is that it has three speeds- low, medium, and high. The numbers are there for decoration!
Then we come to the two metal mixing blades. One of them has an annoying plastic piece on the end that is always getting food stuck in it. I've had plenty of mixers that are designed well so that they don't have to have this hard-to-clean part. It gets food stuck on both the inside and the outside...
Good mixer for the money
I needed a stand mixer, and Amazon had this as the lightning deal of the day. For the price, it was a bargain. I did not realize the stand was plastic, or I probably wouldn't have bought it. I'm glad I didn't know. The plastic is solid and it does its job. I haven't had the mixer long, but I haven't had any problems with it. I do have experience with sunbeam products, though, and I feel confident that if any issues arise they will repair or replace the mixer. I see others comparing this to the kitchenaid mixers, and I just don't think that's fair. Compare items in the same price range, and you will not find a better one. Yes, at some point, I would like to trade up to kitchenaid. At eight times what I paid for this one though, it had better be impressive! This model comes with two medium weight stainless bowls, whisk attachments, standard beaters, and dough hooks. I seldom bake bread, so I haven't used the dough hooks, but for cakes, cookies, and the like, it's great. If you are like...
Sunbeam Mixmaster Stand Mixer, Chrome
I was disappointed in this mixer after having used Sunbeam mixers throughout my 45 year marriage. I use a mixer frequently and want one that has a detached head. Hand mixers are not powerful enough for my needs.
This mixer was plastic. The bowls required twisting into holding slots. The beaters were similar to hand mixer beaters--not heavy duty. I returned the mixer, had my old one repaired, and bought a 1980 model on e-bay to keep as a spare.
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