Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this unit for $49 as an Epic Daily Deal or whatever it's called. Here is my unbiased review (and why I sent it back): The unit is made of really lightweight plastic, which I didn't find to be a bad thing. I have a small kitchen and the weight makes it easy to lift and store on a shelf, out of the way. The manufacturer seems really intent on the suction cups so I will say: Yes, it has them. They work. They are not a huge deal. It probably doesn't need them. The instruction book says not to run this unit more than 3 minutes at a time. I think that is a bit concerning - it seems like a lot of things would need longer than that to get mixed properly. If the motor can burn out that quickly, I think that's a concern. I cook every single day from scratch and am a comfortable baker. I made three things using this unit: - I made a cake mix, from a box. It was easy to set up the mixer and run it with the beaters, but I felt like the mix was mostly sticking to the sides of the bowl and not feeding through the beaters enough. Even after using the unit's slider to offset the bowl by an inch or two, I still had to get a spatula and scrape the sides back into the center regularly in order to get anything to mix. But the unit is very small and there isn't a lot (any really) of maneuvering room to do this. It was a real pain, and a wooden spoon would be faster and just as effective. - I made some dough, which starts by creaming a stick and a half of cold, diced butter into a pile of flour. I tried doing this with the dough hooks and they were 100% useless. I switched to the beaters, and they were only marginally better. Again, the ingredients stuck to the bowl instead of through the beaters, with no room to scrape the sides. And again, three minutes was not enough for this process. Not nearly. In this case, I think maybe a food processor or just plain old elbow grease with a pastry knife is still the way to go. - I made some cookies (toll house recipe). Same issues as the cake mix, only the mix was stickier so the issues were even worse. In the end, I think any standard (cheap) hand mixer would do a better job, as they have the same power as this unit and are infinitely more maneuverable, work with any bowl, and store in a smaller space. I packed this one up and sent it back disappointed.