This is a great mixer. I had the tilt head before but this better and instead of tilting the head you just lower the bowl. Also one review stated that the beater hit the bowl well if you read your instructions it tells you to run the mixer with the beater to see if there is enough room and if you need to adjust there is a screw on the neck to adjust the beater. The bonus was the extra bowl you can use it for cake mixes etc.

Worth the buy! Is a beautiful blue, like a dark robin egg color. It is about Has a larger bowl than the standard, and comes with 2 (!!), a larger and smaller bowl. Much better attachments, and this cool spoon to get EVERYTHING off the whisk. More speeds, more power, better safety feature (in my opinion). All around worth the buy! Add the fact that it is basically the same price as the standard KitchenAid makes this an amazing deal!

I decided to upgrade my mixer when this one went on sale. The smaller one I had before wouldn't shut off (the slide lever needed repairs). I have a small home based cookie business so I use my mixer to make alot of dough & icing. My 5 qt is probably 15-20 yrs old and still works but could use a tune up. I love that this new one has slower options. I no longer have to deal with flour flying out of the mixer because the lower level lets me slowly incorporate my dry ingredients. This also came with an extra smaller bowl and a cool spatula with a clipped tip that makes it easier to clean off ingredients off the blade. Very happy with my purchase. I also love the color. I chose "Ice" which is aqua. The picture looks like it has a more sparkly/metallic finish, but its actually matte.

Absolutely love this mixer. I chose the blue one, which is so cute. It works so well. I was having trouble mixing cookies and dough up because of arthritis. But with this mixer I’m back in the kitchen again making cookies and fresh bread. And my family couldn’t be happier.

This was a great buy. It lives up to its name of being an aid in the kitchen. The color is perfect and it makes bread making a breeze. We need this for our business and it has been a huge help since they day it arrived. We've been able to make so many more perfect loaves of bread and pasta for a meal service project we've been tasked with managing.

I love it. I don’t know how I lived without it. I love the extras, the small bowl, scraper and whisk. I made pizza dough last weekend and will be trying fresh pasta next. It is easy to use and there is a lot of information that KitchenAid provides in their manual, their YouTube videos and recipes online. When you make it yourself, you can control what goes in and I believe it will always tase better.

The 5.5 qt mixer has plenty of power and the larger bowl means ingredients don't spill over the top. However, since the head doesn't tilt you have to remove the attachment by twisting and lowering it into the bowl of ingredients, even with the bowl lowered. Also be sure to read the instructions on how to remove/insert the bowl. It fits over a peg on each side and a spring catch in the back. It's easy once you see how it's done but not necessarily intuitive.

Bought 1st one for my daughter's graduation present. Ran for about 5 minutes before it died. Returned and exchanged for new one. The 2nd one ran for about 7 minutes before it died. Returning tomorrow and getting my money back. Not worth it. I have a 20 yr old model that works like a champ. Had to finish with it both times the new ones died. Gave 1 star because it did not allow 0 stars.

I bought this several weeks ago, washed all of the bowls and utensils and just stored it due to being out of town. I used it for the first day today and in the middle of my mixing it just stopped working. I tried a different outlet but that did not help. Not sure what happened but my previous Kitchen Aid that I had for almost 10 years never had an issue. Glad I bought the extended warranty.

When using the small bowl one of the mixing blades scrapes the bowl. We exchanged the item and the same thing is happening. Customer service is sending us a new bowl and mixing blade. Hopefully that works.but I am doubtful. For the price we paid I feel we should be able to use all the accessories