Hamilton Beach 3.5 Quart Stand Mixer for Kitchen, 6 Speeds, Tilt-Head, Dough Hook, Whisk & Flat Beater, Black

I purchased the unit to make marshmallows, which are test to any mixer, as they get tougher as they whip up (for 10-12 minutes). While I was waiting the arrival of my mixer/ being shipped, I borrowed my neighbors Kitchenaid to make a few batches in the meantime. The motor overheated and began to smell like burnt wire. I was not impressed, as the Kitchenaid was $200 more at the store!!! Just goes to show: Apparently it's not "all in a name", or an overrated pricepoint ! On the contrary, my Hamilton Beach outshines, and outdoes the opponent, outright. Just keeps going strong. No overheating, no burning smell. No lag on the motor. I can't say enough and how happy I am with this product.

I had to finally retire my 1956 model Sunbeam Mixmaster because it was losing power. I looked and looked at different brands of mixers. After deciding I wanted a planetary mixer I read reviews. This model seemed to fit the need. I have had it for over two weeks and here at Christmastime I love to make sweet breads and of course sugar cookies. This machine has done wonderfully so far! I have made around 16 loaves, and 4 doz. cookies so far. My friends and neighbors will be blessed! For a fraction of the cost of a Kitchenaid I have a stand mixer that is amazing. Gonna make some chocolate chip cookies now.

This is the first stand mixer I have ever had. Of course I wanted a Kitchenaid, but after reading the other reviews for this mixer, I ordered it. It is a great value. Some complaints I have heard of the Kitchenaid is that it leaves unmixed dry ingredients on the bottom of the bowl. This bowl is designed with a raised center, which eliminates this problem. I definitely recommend this product.

My wife loves it. After retiring she took up baking as a hobby. I love that. This mixer has the same orbital mixing function as the much more expensive Kitchenaid and the same three basic attachments - dough hook, whisk and paddle. It seems powerful enough for what we use it for. Hasn’t bogged down yet. The mixing bowl is on the small side but that hasn’t been a problem for family use. Easily accommodates enough batter for two or three cakes. I gave it three stars (average) for durability because e we only had it for two months. Like most people we have limited counter space and this mixer takes up as much room as a coffee maker. At one third the price and half the size of a Kitchenaid it is perfect for our needs.

I was making a cake that required a 4 minute mix on medium speed. About 2 minutes into this I thought about a stand mixer since my hands were getting tired. My daughter had bought herself a 500.00 Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas and said her only issue was the beater didn't reach the bottom of the bowl. Imagine her surprise to see my "fraction of the price"mixer worked better than hers' did,including mixing from the bottom of the bowl. I Love this mixer.

I ordered this on a Thursday afternoon and it was delivered by FedEx on Saturday! If you are ordering this thinking that it will be as fast and as heavy duty as the Kitchen-Aid, don't. It is a 6 speed and will not beat as fast as the 12 speeds but is an excellent buy. If you bake for a living you should probably go with a 12 speed but for the regular home baker this is a wonderful little mixer. I have mixed pretzel rolls, brownies, cookies, muffins and a cake with this in the few short weeks since purchase! The pretzel rolls called for 4 cups of flour and never once had a problem with stalling and it did not move around at all....the suction cup feet work great. My kids love to put the ingredients into the bowl and turn it on to watch it mix. Very light weight. The only thing I don't like about it, is how the attachments come off....you pull them straight down and sometimes that results in slinging batter on the counter or banging you hand! But for apprx. $70 that can be overlooked!

So far I have made corn bread, mash potatoes, coffee cake, and sweet dinner rolls during the time I have owned the Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer... I have to admit that when I first unwrapped the Hamilton Beach Mixer I had my doubts especially when I found out how the attachments were hooked up... I thought to myself that this was going to break within a matter of months if not weeks... After using the Hamilton Beach for the last 2 weeks I am confident that I have a durable peace of equipment on my hands... There have been times when the Hamilton Beach had bogged down, but this has also happened to me with my old 300watt Kitchen Aid Mixer, and my mother's 350watt Kitchen Aid Mixer when kneading bread... My suggestion for this particular machine is not to knead any dough that calls for more than 3 1/2 to 4 cups of flour at a time, just to be on the safe side... Other than that I have no problems with the Hamilton Beach and would like to give another review after owning and using it after a six month period… Thank You

I couldn't wait to try my Hamilton Beech mixer, so I decided to bake a pound cake to test it. It worked quit well and my cake was ready to bake in about 20 minutes with nooooo messy clean up job to tackle. It's not a quiet machine, but it's not too noisy either. I'm gonna make pizza dough tonight--will let you know how that works out. It doesn't take up much counter space and it is easy to operate.

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I am a proud owner of a 40 year old kitchen aid that still works beautifully however I needed a mixer for my summer home and did not want to invest too much for something that would only be used for two months out of the year. After a lot of research I found this Hamilton beach. I was aware that there were issues but they seemed minimal so I purchased. Well it does mix ok but when you want to add ingredients you have to shut off and raise up, or ingredients get stuck on the little well At the top of the attachment-annoying and time consuming. I decided to keep because it suits my need well enough,but this is s very solvable problem. Not sure why Hamilton beach doesn't address.