This mixer is the best I’ve had in a long time. I previously had the big kenwood with every attachment. I always wanted the glass bowl. I was nearly put off by other reviews but decided to go ahead. Yes I paid for the kenwood name but who wouldn’t. My advice is treat it with care and do not force the bowl to lock in position on the mixer stand. It holds perfectly well for mixing on half lock. This way you don’t have to force it to unlock. Very powerful. Bought the flexi blade for 15 as an extra and it works great. Great price especially over 5 months.

If my mum loves it, what more is there to say.

What can I say.. It’s certainly a solid bit of kit.. Very useful and a good bit of torque to mix those dough’s. The splash guard is a good idea and already saved me a lot of clean up time 🙂 (don’t turn the dial up full then turn your back.. lol) Nice that the speed is gradual upto your setting.
Bowl itself is really heavy duty and so expect it to be heavy.
Only downside I can see is the weight I’m gaining, and word getting around I’ve started baking again 😮
It’s definitely not a top shelf storage item, as I said before, it has some weight to it, but that being said, it doesn’t move around when mixing.

On the whole I’m very happy with this appliance. It has certainly lightened the workload when knocking up dough for baguettes, pizza, naans and donuts and making cakes is a pleasure.

As some have said, it is a little noisy and the glass bowl is very heavy. The plastic ring at the bottom of said bowl is probably not the best of materials. Metal or rubber may have been a better choice. While I have not broken it, I can see how this might occur. It is perhaps advisable not to lock the bowl in too tight. Doing so could lead to stressing the collar and also result in making the bowl difficult to remove.

Care also has to be taken to mixing ingredients. It is important to periodically use the plastic spatula to scrape the sides when mixing in order to get uniform mixing and avoid clumps of unmixed clumps of butter in a cake mixture for example.

In terms of the heavy, and perhaps poorly designed, glass bowl, it might be worth considering the metal bowl which can be purchased separately – though at over 80 is somewhat expensive.

I bought this mixer on black friday at a massively reduced price after watching it for a long time. It’s exactly what I expected so great value for money and I am getting great use out of it.

I love my new mixer, very sturdy and easy to use. Bought when on offer great price.

Great value for money a great addition to my kitchen, home baking has just become easier.

Absolutely love this mixer and it makes my cakes rise so well

I got my Kenwood K Mix when it was reduced and I’m generally very happy with it! It makes light work of usually very menial jobs; my daughter loves to bake and so we use our K Mix all the time! Cake batter, icing and I even knead my chapatti flour in it! I had an issue with the plastic piece under the bowl, it kept getting stuck in the mixer, but Amazon sent me a replacement, so happy days!
Definitely definitely recommend this. I’ve got in black and it sits on my counter top in pride of its place!

Excellent product; bought the meat grinder attachment too and worked brilliantly. Best mixer I’ve owned in my 51 years!

Very good and sturdy mixer except the plastic locking ring on the bowl broke within a week customer service were brilliant sending us a new bowl

I was looking at a cheaper option (Russell Hobbs 25930 Go Create) but opted for the Kenwood brand (at more that 2x price). I think this was the right decision; the Kmix exudes quality. It’s simple to use and clean. The glass bowl is heavy but you can seen what is going on inside. All in all it’s a great addition to the kitchen and encourages you to cook.

Edit (20.1.20)- has been used less that a dozen times and the plastic ring on bottom of bowl has broken meaning the bowl cannot be properly locked to the base – a quick search shows this is a common problem with the glass bowl (which Kenwood have not addressed) – let’s see what they say…

I’m really pleased with this buy. Firstly, it’s stylish (nearly went with red but cream suited our kitchen more). The attachments are easy to clip in, there is plenty of space in the bowl, and the controls are very simple to use. Makes a big difference to the consistency of bakes… well worth the investment if you intend on using it frequently like we do!

I’m absolutely thrilled with my new K-mix. With the exception of one detail, which I’ll come back to, this thing oozes quality, and I wouldn’t hesitate to give 5 stars if it weren’t for the niggle which I’ll come back to below. It looks and feels solid and durable. It’s heavy, smooth, shiny and looks beautiful. The beaters fit smoothly and securely. The movement on the speed adjustment dial is silky smooth. When you switch it on it’s much quieter than my mum’s old Kenwood Chef, but seems no less powerful. The speed dials up smoothly, and even on full speed there’s no wobbling or movement in the body of the mixer. I made a sponge cake by just throwing all the ingredients in together (rather than creaming butter, sugar and eggs first), and they were all whipped together into a smooth and fluffy batter in no time at all, with no un-mixed ingredients left around the sides of the bowl at all.

I actually like the glass bowl. It’s heavier than my mum’s stainless steel one, but I love the fact I can see whether the ingredients are being mixed at the bottom (and they always are – I haven’t had any dry ingredients left clinging to the bowl at all). BUT the one thing I have a concern with is the plastic collar around the base of the bowl, which carries the thread which enables the bowl to lock into the base of the mixer. It just doesn’t fit with the quality feel of the rest of the mixer. It doesn’t feel durable, and it doesn’t even work that well – it’s a bit of a struggle to get the bowl to fit in properly and takes a bit of wobbling around to get it to fit in and then twist to lock it (even harder with a heavy bowl full of ingredients), and having read other reviews about this part eventually cracking I can see that this is a real possibility. It’s a shame that despite the consistent feedback in reviews over the past couple of years Kenwood haven’t come up with a solution to this obvious problem.

Having said that, the price I paid on Amazon for the mixer is 100 less than they are charging in our local stores for the exact same model, so I can pay the rather steep premium for a stainless steel bowl (close to 70), and still be quids in, so on balance it’s all good thanks to Amazon’s great pricing.

I would like to see Kenwood fix this issue though – whether by switching to a stainless steel bowl as standard, or by coming up with a better, smoother and more durable solution than a PLASTIC collar. It’s such a shame for this beautiful, quality mixer to be let down on such a small but important detail.

Solid, heavy, seems very well built. Only time will tell if it’s durable. The glass mixing bowl is a tad tricky to mount on to the base but that could be me. Tried all attachments and very happy with the results especially the whisk (egg whites whip very well and quickly). Un-happy with the small detatchable metal cover that protects the accessory coupling as it keeps detaching. Seems a reliable machine and my confidence in using it increases each time.

What a lovely bit of kit. If you’re choosing between the kitchen aid device and this you do need to touch both. The power for this is adjusted with a smooth rotary dial, the kitchen aid with a ratchet. Both look very good. Personal preference was for the rotary dial. Built to last a lifetime.