This is the first review I've ever written, but I felt strongly enough about this mixer to speak up! It's very disappointing. I used it once for a soft chocolate chip cookie dough. Even on speed 5 (which isn't much different than speed 1) it's pretty weak, and one of the prongs of one beater broke. Even before the beater broke, something about the design made dough splatter outside of the bowl, which is something I never experienced with other hand-held mixers. I used to make cookies all the time with my old mixer and never had a problem. I'll be returning this.