I really, really wanted to be the exception, but mine was leaking the blue gel/fluid when I removed it from the freezer. On a bright note, my first KA stand mixer was my grandmothers, and my daughter has it now. In all those years, through new mixers as gifts, pasta, sausage, and apple corer, attachments, blenders, hand mixers, etc. Our family has NEVER had a faulty product. That says a lot!