This mixer may be okay for someone that doesn't bake very often, but for someone that does, it is very underpowered, especially with bread doughs. The mixer gets hot after a couple minutes of mixing. In addition, the mixer head moves back and forth as its mixing. I don't think this mixer would have a long life with all the movement while it's mixing dough. My other complaint is that there is no circular shield at the top of the mixer paddle and dough hook attachments. Without this shield, dough works its way up into the mixer shaft, and when that happens, a black metallic dust drops down onto the mixing paddel.