I've used my mixer for a couple years, and the bowl just broke last night while I was mixing pretzel dough. I was quite surprised since all that was in the bowl was yeast, water, and butter! I am not impressed - for the price, I would expect a product that withstands the test of use and time! Overall, my mixer is not what I hoped it would be. If I am mixing dough it bucks and jumps around, and sounds like the engine is about to shut down. I bought this to use for doughs that are too stiff for me to mix by hand (bread, cookie, etc). If I had known that it only works well for soft dough, then I would have skipped buying this since I can mix that just as easily by hand!