KitchenAid KV25GOXOB Professional 450 Watt 5™ Plus Series 5 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer Onyx Black

Pros: HD motor, high torque
Not too noisy
HD attachments

Cons: None, if you think it is too big and heavy you should not have bought it.

Overall Review: This particular mixer went on sale at Newegg a few weeks ago for $219 free shipping. I've been waiting for the Pro 600 watt / 6 qt. model to go on sale, but I could not ignore this sale. It is a small step down, 5 qt. instead of 6 and the motor is 450 watt instead of 600. I decided to put it to the test on the inaugural use. I made a ground meat mixture for meatballs using this mixer. 2.5 lbs of ground chuck and 1.5 lb of ground pork along with all the add ins. I t filled the bowl to the top (practically) i used the paddle mixer attachment and to my pleasant surprise it handled the mix without showing any effort. Not one strain or groan. It mixed to ingredients (and there were many) perfectly within a 2 to 3 minute span. I did not have to scrape the bowl. The mixture came out of the bowl easily and the paddle was easily cleaned of the mixture. Wash up was a breeze.

This mixer is not light. It is a substantial piece of counter top equipment. Too big to leave on your counter top unless your surface area is huge. I have a portable SS food prep table I use for preparing beef jerky (one of my hobby's) so I have it on the top counter of that and plan to leave it right there next to my dehydrator. As the holidays approach I plan to roll that table closer to the kitchen as it will be used a lot.

I'm also making hints to the wife about attachments as Christmas is approaching.

I don't have anything negative to critique on this mixer. Short of a commercial mixer,this will do just fine. Thank You Newegg for making this mixer available at a fantastic price.

Pros: nice and big.
great price tag. (got it because of discount at time of purchase)

Cons: Dough Hook Attachment and Mixer are coated instead of stainless steel as depicted

- The dough hook has a big deep scratch/ chip on the enamel coating

-The mixer box was not taped at the bottom. when i lifted the mixer's box out of the newegg box, the mixer began to slide out.

- No splash guard as depicted

- there was lots of leftover grease smeared on the sides of the lift track.

- small sctratch on the unit itself.... annoying but i can ignore.

Overall Review: The unit looks great. I picked the unit up a month ago to save as a b-day gift for my SO. We're mainly bummed about the dough hook's coating being chipped... we dont plan to pay $15 to buy a new hook when we just opened up a "brand new" unit.

i stand by the 2 egg rating due to the packaging and annoyances. I have yet to test the unit out, will come back to review the unit once i get a replacement hook to test the unit out.