We had a house fire and I lost my Bosh mixer. The insurance would not give enough money to replace it. I got a Kitchenaid to replace the other mixer because so many of my friends said they loved theirs. I am so glad that events worked out the way they did! I gave my new Kitchenaid a heavy workout over the holidays and it performed wonderfully. I am now one of the people that will recommend the Kitchenaid mixer over the other brands.
I bought it few months ago and I so happy for it. I use it a lot to bake and it works perfectly. Before it, I bought another brand and I returned it because the knead and whipwas not good due to beaters don't move around the bowl and I could not unlocks and tilts back for easy access to the beaters and bowl.
I debated this purchase for years because I am just a regular housewife cook and do it when I have to, not all the time for the fun of it or anything. But, I use it for EVERYTHING now and am so glad I have it! The only negative is that it sometimes doesn't seem to get all the way to the bottom of the bowl and leaves a little unmixed but I'm not sure that I'm just not doing something right?