Stand Mixers Reviews

This is a replacement mixer for my wife and she loves it, not to mention the great cause receiving the $50.00 Donation. We have the Big Red stand mixer also but this is special and, of course, when you say "Kitchen Aid", you've said it all concerning kitchen appliances. Go get one for yourself and "enjoy" a great mixer. It does everything that anyone could expect from a stand mixer AND you donate to the National Cancer Society. What more could one expect?! This program just may deserve SIX stars. Enjoy yours.

Apologies for that lame title. I am, however, glad I got this attachment. Whether you have a high-yield orange tree or whether you get your juice oranges from the farmers' market, or Costco or wherever, this is an excellent purchase for your DeLonghi mixer.
Why?
- Unlike some standalone citrus juicers, you have the awesome power of the DSM-7 turning that juicing cone. Nothing slows it down.
- I was worried about leakage on to the mixer. No such thing. I went berserk on the first day and liquefied 38-40 oranges and produced over half a gallon of juice. I don't even have to wipe a drop off the mixer.
- I was worried about the height, since I need my manual juicer low enough so I can comfortably press the orange half. The DSM-7 sticks the juice cone way high up. But the cone design and rotation speed require very little pressure so I don't need the lower position.
- The collecting bowl can hold 600ml. Comfortably, three glasses of juice for most. Or two really big glasses. I like that.
- The metal strainer design is nice because it seems to hold the nasty pulp behind and let only some of the good, non-bitter pulp and sacs go into the collector so the juice has excellent body and texture. No seeds get through at all.
- One of the things that few manufacturers think of refining is the pouring design. DeLonghi (Kenwood) isn't one of those. The juice pours out clean, without trickling down the sides of the collector or escaping down the center hole.
- The juice cone has a nice shape that is smooth and doesn't tear up the orange from the inside. Leaves a clean inside where the stringy pulp looks neatly ironed back. I've used a lot of juice cones, both manual and powered, and this one is really well designed. Transparent hard glass-like plastic that's easy to clean.
- Assembly and disassembly is neat, fast, clean. As is cleaning. There are no sharp inside corners or areas that can accumulate dirt. Everything is smooth and flowing, and the see-through cone lets you make sure nothing stayed inside after washing.
- My six-year old was able to juice 12 orange halves by himself. It's that easy and that safe (do keep watch if you are going to let your kids use your stand mixer though). He was also able to attach the juicer on the mixer
- If you like more body in your juice (like Grovestand minus the awful taste of carton juice) just run the delonghi's spatula gently over the collected pulp in the strainer.
- The collecting cup is graduated so you can see 200, 400, 600 ml levels, probably good to read one, two or three glasses of juice. Even if you exceed 600ml, the design is very forgiving and you won't have that extra orange half make the deep collecting cup overflow.
I love the design. It is so well thought out - the size, the materials, shape, compatibility, ease of cleaning. I was a bit skeptical and considered buying a standalone juicer. But I'm glad I got this one. The only fault is that you need a DSM-7 or DSM-5 to use it. Not going to cost it any stars.