I have been waiting to give my review until I really tested this Hamilton  Beach Mixer over the last 5yrs.
This is what I found.
I bought mine in 2010 and use it about 3 times a week since I bought it in 2010. It has never failed to give me the best performance I could imagine. I mix everything from cakes, rolls dough for bread and pizza, you name it and I mixed it. The large capacity stainless bowl hands large dough mixes for 2 large loaves of bread. Heavy cookie dough is no problem. Plenty of power plus it has metal gears.
Plenty of speed to whip heavy creams and I even use higher speeds for kneading dough to save time when making rolls and reads.
I recommend this unit and would put it up against any higher priced Kitchen Aid mixer.

Pros: Durable, powerful, easy to clean, should last many years
Cons: none