My Husband (sweet man that he is!) gifted me the Artisan 5qt mixer for my birthday last year. On the 3rd use, a chunk of the base glass cracked and broke off, and the bowl—now broken off from the grey plastic ring that screws it into the mixer base, flew off onto the counter. I was so disappointed! Husband epoxied the grey ring back onto what was left of the glass base, and we were hopeful that it might hold, but it broke right back off on the next use. From a well-known and trusted name like Kitchenaid, this is definitely NOT the quality I was expecting! Very disappointing! Will be looking for a stainless steel relacement bowl now, as those don’t have any cheap glass or plastic parts to break off while simply mixing cake batter.