I had a stand mixer before, where the bowl turned and it always felt wobbly or was going to fly off onto the walls!  So I was totally unexpected at the beater moving against the bowl and just how AWESOME this mixer is!  I keep it on my counter so it's always available and now I won't have to be rooting around in my appliance drawer for my hand held mixer and attachments!  I made a chocolate cake and frosting the other day and I couldn't believe how easy it was!  I'm already looking forward to making Christmas cookies, which has always been so tedious.. I.just received the quick start slice/shred attachments which are great.  Thanks KitchenAid for making my life so much easier, and I hope to do a lot more creative recipes with your help! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]