Stand Mixers Reviews

Love this mixer, easy to use, less space used and best of all it is user friendly (meaning you don't have to fight with getting stuff in and out of the bowl, including the bowl)!!!!!!!!
Can't beat the price, the power, the style, the size or the ease!

I used a Kitchen Aid for 10 years, but had outgrown it (I have four boys who aren't even teenagers yet). I had the option of upgrading from my 5 qt model to a 6 qt model, but after reading and talking to friends, I decided to switch over to the Bosch.

I watched eBay for several weeks and ended up paying $230 for it. I installed it myself and it is just wonderful. I did have to give up a drawer, but that is a small price to pay IMHO.

With the stainless steel cover over it, I don't even notice it and it gets stuff piled on it just like the rest of the counters. People have come over and not even noticed it. I have since purchased the food processor and blender. I am very pleased with this machine. I envision many years of happy use.

I bought the Bosch compact mixer about a year ago. The salesman promised me it would perform just as well as the larger mixer, simply do smaller quantities. Well, I have now used it on almost every possible type of recipe and the only thing it mixes well is a packaged cake mix. Cookie dough takes forever to mix. Cheesecake never gets smooth. Likewise with mashed potatoes. My bread dough doesn't get kneaded properly and turns out heavy and coarse. When I called Bosch's customer service to complain, they told me they couldn't compensate me just because I don't "like" the machine. Do yourself a favor. Buy a KitchenAid or a Sunbeam instead. That's what I'm going to have to do.

I liked the idea of a 3 in 1 machine (mixer, food processor, and blender) and bought the attachments. It works - but is slow and does not have enough power for my taste. I'm not a big baker - but usually use around the holidays to make holiday desserts. I wish I had bought the Kitchenaid mixer, Waring blender, and Cuisnart food processor. Eventually, I probably will.......

I have gone bought 3 different stand mixers and I liked "none of them" they were either too bulky, heavy, noisy, and pricey. This one is nice and compact, lightweight, and mixes great! I really think that this is ideal for a family that bakes alot, I do not however make bread, so I cannot rate this item on that.

Ok,
Maybe I'm just unlucky, But after 8 months, mine died. I don't have access the unit's failure rate, so perhaps this is just an anomaly, but I'm skeptical. I really didn't work it too much, in fact, due to an illness, it probably hasn't been fired up more than about 30 times.

If I hadn't paid a grand for it, I could just shrug it off, but in fact, for around the same money, one can purchase an upscale Kitchen Aid mixer, and a professional (built for bars and clubs) blender, and still walk away ahead. In fact, I own a 18 year old K5 Kitchen Aid...that still makes bread and whips better egg-whites than this unit ever did. My 5 year old industrial blender BTW, still makes morning smoothies with out breaking a sweat.

Sure, the best thing about this unit is it's looks, but for actual cooking, save your money and get some real tools, now...to find the box and receipt, and hold my breath....

You may have just blown the thermal fuse in the unit, by overheating it. With a little bit of know-how, you can fix it for like $1.25. Being still under warranty, you could get it fixed for free.

I hope this helps... Je77

This machine is not only beautiful, but very powerful. I purchased mine on eBay for $510. The stainless steel bowl is very big,it's great for huge quanities. I would like if they had a smaller bowl to go with this for smaller batches. It still works very well. I can't believe the power. It whipped my mashed potatoes with ease. The stainless steel blender is awesome. I used it for puree's. It does a great job. You don't have to worry about it leaking like the cheap ones.
I can't wait to do more baking with this great machine. I need to learn how to mix the ingredients when making a cake. The instructions on how to add them aren't very good. I would suggest you purchase a book about using stand mixers if you are a novice like me.

I purchased the bosch concept 7 with blender and food processor in March 2005. I think of something to make in it everyday. It came with the european dough hooks which some say are useless but my children are all raised so to make bread for just my husband and I it works great. However only making two loaves made me wish the bowl were smaller. Also even with a small batch the dough does work up under the center part that covers the shaft that the hooks attach to. It also worked into the center drive post. No big deal but I was surprised, it wasn't engineered a little tighter so that wouldn't happen. We have found the machine very easy to operate, very capable of everthing we've made in it but there are a couple problems we have. The blender blade unit cannot go in the dishwasher so you must take it off after every use. There is a spring loaded handle that you use to tighten it on and loosen it to remove it. It works to put it on but when the machine operates it must tighten it. We can hardly get it off. I don't have as much finger strentgth as I used to so I always need my husband to get it off and he even has problems. I've about decided to just wash the whole blender unit by hand and not take the blade assemble off. My next little thing is the cover for the drive mechanism. It is a large "lid" and very flat. My small hand won't fit over it so I can't grab it and just lift it off. It just sits over the drive mecahnism, it doesn't snap on or anything but I have to use both hands and kind of flip at it. It should be such a simple thing but I struggle getting it off every time. I've thought of buying a sticky backed knob or something and putting on it so I could just lift it off. These things of course have no negative reflection on the machine's usage. The bread I've made so far and the rolls have a nice smooth texture, with the gluten well developed. It mixes up cookies quickly with all ingredients mixed in well. The base unit is smooth and easy to wipe off and clean. The slow start is especially nice when using the blender. The bigger base on the blender makes it very stable. There are many more positives about this unit than these two minor negatives and they are most likely just because we are getting older, but they are frustrating.

I received a Concept 7 for my birthday this past May. It's powerful, sleek and stores nicely. We purchased the model with the heavy duty American dough hook and am quite pleased that we did. It easily handles large amounts of dough (I make 6 loaves of 100% whole wheat bread at a time). We haven't had any trouble getting the attachments on the base. They go on easily with little or no effort. Clean up is a breeze. Overall, this is a fantastic machine and I would recommend it to anyone.

This is a wonderful mixer.

Holds alot of ingredients. I can make loads of cookies and breads with only one recipe!!

I like the convenience of the attachments and they don't take up as much space as seperate machines.

Make sure you order cookie/batter whips (not available on Amazon) if you are making cookies. The wire whips will not work on cookies and the dough hook does not work well for them either.

I bought the stainless blender, food processor and citrus juicer attachments as well as the cookie/batter whips.