Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I suggest you consider a different mixer. Upon receiving this mixer I loved it. All the positive aspects mentioned in the reviews are true. But the downfall of this mixer is in the beater retention mechanism. In other words, the beaters will start falling out as your using it after a short period of time. The beaters are held in by very tiny plastic tabs, which break quite easily. You will end up with a perfectly new mixer, that the beaters won't lock into. I've used mine less than 12 times and now it is useless. Cuisinart doesn't offer a fix. Since I don't use the mixer that often, it is out of warranty. Still very,very poor design. Hope you have better luck. Mixer and price are good, if only the two little plastic parts didn't break.