To buy myself a kitchen aid?

I treated myself to a Kenwood Chef in 2020. I have, 5 years on, absolutely NO regrets

Go for it

OMG, what the hell have you done to me.

We need a picture 😬

I have a black one and use it a lot. It's a thing of beauty.

This guy on insta is worth a follow too. @mr._mixer

He has lots of hints and tips on maintenance if ever you need it. Put kitchen aid geekdom 😂

How could you possibly think this was unreasonable!!

You didnt even need to give any OP just the thread title will do

Enjoy your kitchenaid and hopefully it'll handle the loaves you plan to bake! (My kitchenaid struggled with some recipes but not others, kenwood handles all without issue)

The second hand kenwoods last forever and are great for bread. The older ones are the best. Not stylish but great to use.

Oh get one
you won’t regret it
Harts of Stur usually has some great offers, we got ours with free attachments and a lovely chopping board set to.
ice cream maker is good
as is the mincer
and the grater
I don’t do homemade pasta, so haven’t got that one yet

I had (admittedly, weird) dreams of saving up to buy one and having a lovely time in John Lewis selecting one to take home. I felt that getting the cheaper one would do the job and scratch the itch.
As it turned out, I reached my savings target in lockdown and couldn’t find a smaller one available for delivery. So I went for the bigger model. My only wish is that I’d ordered the white mixing bowl but I can’t justify that now.
It brings me joy.

Sorry £280

Argos has black and cream kitchen aid for £189

DH bought me one for Christmas about 12 years ago. At the time I was ready to murder him but it's honestly one of the best kitchen gadgets I've ever had. It makes such amazing cakes and batter mixes - but I thought I'd treat myself to the glass bowl as mine came with the stainless and it broke very quickly. And messily.

I have one and I can honestly say it’s the best investment if you’re a baker. I make my own bread, cakes and pastry along with so many other things. This is versatile and easy to use. Do it. You won’t regret it.

I’ve had mine for 12 years (my mum has had hers for longer) and it’s still going strong. I love it!

I'm firmly in the Kenwood camp - even the newer ones are better than the KA. I inherited my Mums 60 year old Kenwood a few years ago, my Kenwood is almost 30 and there are 10 year old and 5 year old ones in my children's kitchens. The KA is much heavier, much louder, some attachments are not dishwasher proof, it's capacity wasn't as large as stated and it's motor died just out of warranty. I will never buy another (their customer service was terrible too).

Wait for the sales for black Friday, look on lots of different sites too. The money you save can go towards good quality ingredients like vanilla bean paste, or towards some extra pans.

I ‘won’ the auction for one on eBay last year. I paid about £200 and its colour is the one I really wanted, that was selling for over £500 new.

I would also see what Black Friday turns up, or look at Facebook marketplace or AO outlet site, Lakeland outlet on EBay or The Amazon warehouse. I bought my magimix from the Lakeland eBay outlet site for over £200 less than rrp. I hope you enjoy your new machine I have never regretted my want of the top of the range magimix

I love mine. Worth the money especially at £200 off. Get a colour you will love as it will be put on the counter permanently.

Ask for some attachments for Christmas. I recommend the glass bowl as an extra to the stainless steel, as eg you can see egg whites being whipped more easily, and mine came with a lid for covering what you’ve mixed up eg cream/buttercream/dough, if you are being organised!

I have a Kenwood hand electric hand mixer from 1978 used most days. I have an original magimix used by a large family and passed on to me, I have had it over 40 years, absolutely brilliant. I was given a kitchen aid, brand new but too heavy for my friend to move to clean under, it is awful, can’t cope with the load it is meant to, it does very little, takes up loads of space is very difficult to keep clean and has spent more time being fixed than being used. My sister in law has my mother in laws krnwood which is still going strong after 60 years. I guess things are not made to ladt anymore!

Not unreasonable but they do take up an awful lot of space, are heavy to move around and not hugely reliable hence it is possible to get a reconditioned one. I have one, I bake most days. I don’t use it anything like as much as I thought I would. I find my old kenwood electric hand mixer much more versatile. If you are going to do Italian buttercream, ganache, egg yolk and sugar or anything else that needs whisking over heat (which I think is most patisserie) then it will be useless.

If you get one get one of these
Pasta Maker Attachment Set for KitchenAid Stand Mixers Included Noodle Lattice Roller, Spaghetti Cutter, Pasta Roller and Cleaning Brush : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

It is brilliant
I bought my kitchen aid artisan from ebay- new unused and it saved a few quid
there are ones on there now from £199

Do it! I bought mine over 13 years ago & its as good now as it was then.

You'll find an electric hand held beater cheap and small and works perfectly unless you are also needing a dough hook