I received this in exchange for an honest review and I have got to say-- WOW. I sincerely expected this to be no big deal, just a way to get a free little mixer since I moved out of my mom's house. Then I used it to make ginger creams-- delicious cookies that are a pain in the a** to mix every year. They have molasses and shortening and like 4 cups of flour it's always the hardest cookie dough to get mixed. I used this mixer on the 1 setting and they were mixed so easily. I could not believe it if these ever broke on me I would definitely go buy a new one I am in love with this mixer.