I have only used this mixer a handful of times and the last time I used it, I discovered that the chrome coating on the beaters was peeling off after I found silver flecks in my cake batter! Not only is this a health hazard, it shows how cheaply made the beaters were for the coating to break down after only five or so uses. What's worse is it looks like I can't even buy replacement beaters for this model if I wanted to. I'm really unimpressed with this product, don't be fooled by the convenience of the storage and buy something worth the money!

Unfortunately I am not happy with this recent purchase. All 5 speed settings are fast. Flour and batter mixtures are quickly flung out of the bowl on setting 1, this should be the slowest setting. Prior to this I had a mixer, different brand, that had obvious speed differences across all setting. The settings on this Breville mixer are all fast, so I will be looking for a new electric mixer.

I had asked my kids to purchase this mixer for me when my little supermarket cheap model finally packed it in after many years use. Initially I was pleased with the fact that it can all be stored together with attachments, however the auto retract button is in an awkward place and sometimes whilst mixing I would accidentally rest my hand too close to the button causing the cord to quickly retract and pull out of the power plug. There is also not a lot of difference between high and low speed and low speed is definitely not low. Then yesterday when using the dough hooks to mix a simple bread mix the whole motor packed it in. I thought it must just have been an overheat safety thing so I let it cool down and tried again but no, it’s dead.