This is everything I expected, and more!
This review is going to fly in the face of everyone who said in their reviews, "I wanted a Kitchenaid" or "It's not a Kitchenaid"... One thing is for certain, it's not a $300 Kitchenaid.
Here's what I have discovered so far. I just received this and used it already and will modify this review later if I see it necessary.
1. It's beautiful. It doesn't take up a full acre of counter space. I plan to keep mine on the counter as soon as I whip up a cover for it.
2. It's heavy! The sheer weight of it tells me that this machine is not messing around!
3. SUCTION CUPS!!! That's right, I said suction cups. There are four suction cups on the bottom that suck right onto the counter. Because of that, there's not even a hint of a wiggle when it's working.
4. It's sounds great! It's not whisper soft, no... but it doesn't sound like a helicopter taking off in my kitchen, either. It has that "I'm not a pansy piece of crap" appliance sound. It...
So far so good. Lots of power, great price.
It was two weeks before Christmas and all through the house there was a horrible wailing. From our old stand mixer there arose such a clatter that we surely knew what was the matter.... Looking around for a replacement, we really didn't want to spend a lot on a mixer just before Christmas. The Westinghouse SA61950 has almost no on-line reviews yet, but it looked good and seemed like it might be up to our use which includes making bread at least weekly.
So far so good, plenty of power to finish up kneading the bread without hand work. The bread hook is a great design and easy to get on and off. The mixer has what they call "Planetary mixing action" which means that the beater moves around in the bowl to get to all sides. This a good thing, I can't imagine why anyone would make a stand mixer and not have either the mixer head or the bowl move.
The box does have a big disclaimer "for home use only" so it does suggest that they at least don't want to warranty the...
Better for me than a KitchenAid!
I have always wanted a KitchenAid Mixer. I have also always wanted to learn to bake from scratch. So I decided I was going to get into Cupcakes. But I needed a stand mixer. My little Procter Silex 125-watt Hand Mixer just wasn't gonna do the trick. As I started to research KitchenAid mixers and looking at my budget, I finally came to realization that since I'm new to the baking adventure and since I was unsure how long this "phase" could last, it wasn't in my best interest to plunk down $350 on a KitchenAid mixer that may or may not drip oil into my batter (which in research was found to be a VERY common issue for KitchenAid). So I researched mixers over a week time period. I came across this Westinghouse and was immediately smitten with it because it had the same "style" as KitchenAid as far as using a paddle over normal mixer beaters. It had all the wattage as the KitchenAid. The basic difference outside of cosmetics was that the Westinghouse mixer is a straight up mixer...
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