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Question: Do the beaters touch the bottom of the mixing bowl?
Document: I had this same model, approx 35 years old, and it was THE best mixer! It was much heavier duty than this new one; all metal, while this one is mainly plastic. Don't like the fact the beaters don't touch the bottom of the bowl in this new one so doesn't blend mixtures together as well.
Consequently, I just ordered stainless steel bowls to fit ($31.00) this new mixer. *One of the beaters is shaped like a cone and has a nylon button on the bottom. It is inserted into the socket on the side of the mixer closest to the side of the bowl. It makes the bowl rotate while mixing.
I've had both kinds - Sunbeam and KitchenAid - The reason I like the Sunbeam more is that the bowl, rather than the paddle or whatever, moves. With a KitchenAid, batter that gets on the bottom or sides of the bowl stays there. In order to scrape it up, it's necesary to turn off the mixer, lift the head, scrape off the bowl - maybe several times during the mixing of one cookie batch or whatever you're making.
As a result it is possible to both mix and "fold" ingredients -- folding is not something that can easily be accomplished with something like a KitchenAid.As such, one should always use this mixer with a spatula in hand, and as the bowl and beaters spin the spatula is used to loosen and shift the batter from the bottom and sides of the bowl.
I am so disappointed with this mixer. When trying to make a cake that requires that the yokes be whipped I discovered that both the wisks and beaters are setup from the bottom of the bowl and could not pick the the egg yokes. Also creaming the butter for the frosting was next to impossible. I called Sunbeam and they recommed that I prewisk the eggs yokes and butter before adding to the bowl. If that is the case why have a stand mxer at all.
After I bought it I told my daughter and she said that she got one 4 years ago and it did not work. I thought that they would have had to improve it by now. First of all the beaters do not have a shaft going throiugh the middle and a tiny bolt holds them together at the bottom. This seems to weaken the beaters. I tried to cream butter and it threw the butter out of the bowl in chunks. It was sooooo bad.
This mixer does fine if you fill it up and scrape it down. However, one of the regular beaters has a 1/4 inch plastic knob on the bottom which keeps the beaters from scraping the bottom of the bowl. Hence -- don't even try to whip up one or two egg whites. They'll just sail around the bowl without touching the beaters. Making a meringue is OUT. Other than that it works like any other mixer in this price range.
Took a while to find this mixer with 2 glass bowls. hIt is a grood replacement for my previous one,only surprise was the depth of the bowls, only change we would make is  go back to old bowl sizes, as they were easier to work with and beater rested in bottom of the bowl.But the mixer has a lock to prevent the mixer from falling back down into the bowl when you are cleaning the beaters & prevents the item being mixed from raising the beaters up in the bowels.
This is a terrible product. The bowl spins and the beaters do not. It broke after about 6 months of light use. The motor burned out mixing cookie dough.It was a gift so I do not have a receipt to have it replaced or fixed,
I have made bread with the dough hooks and they worked pretty well mixing in all the flour as long as I scraped the bowl periodically. I like that the beaters don't have a "stem" going down through the middle; they're easier to clean. The mixer portion of the machine comes off so it's fairly easy to store.
Answer: Yes, they do, and because it shifts location ( from the bottom ) it cleans the sides also.