I was given this mixer as a gift after wanting one forever. I have killed two hand mixers in the past month so it was greatly needed. I absolutely fell in love with my mixer! It's so easy to use and it just makes cooking and baking so much easier.
I have arthritis in my hands and kneading dough for breads and coffeecakes became too painful. The dough hook does a wonderful job and now I am able to continue baking for my family without any painful after-effects.
I absolutely love this mixer. For 30 years I've been mixing cookie dough by hand. Due to a hand injury I bought this mixer to avoid damaging my hand again. It worked like a charm! It easily handled my toughest cookie dough recipes and got me through my Christmas baking in record time. DO NOT HESITATE TO BUY ONE FOR YOURSELF!