I was gifted this mixer for christmas after my old kitchen aid stand mixer died while making Christmas cookies this year. I did have it for 15 years and I got its use out of it. the only thing I find strange about my new mixer is that it sounds slow and bogged down while it's running. I might just not be used to how the new mixers run though, since I had my old tilt head mixer for so long. But a nice new upgraded was needed. Here's to another 15!