My son bought this after kitchen aid tragically burnt out, and was excited for it. If you plan to make any sort of dough that requires kneading, like pizza dough, or bread dough, save up and buy a kitchen aid. This product has poor torque needed for kneading, the dough hook design is poor for dough as well as it doesn't grab any of the ingredients from the side of the bowl, its also designed in such a way that instead of bringing the ingredients together to knead them, it chops them up into small pieces, causing poor gluten development, and resulting in rough dough that lacks the smoothness it requires. It rocked so hard when making dough, using the below the recommended speed (3 for kneading, I had it on a 2), that the head popped up so hard it bent the locking mechanism. The rocking is so bad it shakes the whole counter and the bowl cover rattles like crazy. I guess its to be expected when its constructed with such light weight materials. I had to stand over it and hold it down firmly to finish the dough, which came out poor. If you only plan to make things like icing, using the cream attachment, or making batters for cakes and such, this product would be great for you, but if you plan to make any doughs requiring kneading, I do not recommend this product. The unit requires a better locking mechanism, hardier construction than plastic, and a weighted bottom rather than suction cups that don't really do anything.