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Title: Not Hobart quality
Review: For years I used the old Hobart kitchenaid mixer with great satisfaction. I used it so long that the carbons had to be replaced. In those years I had only one repair--of an electrical part connected to the switch. I bought this new "professional" model because my many attachments for the old mixer will fit the new. Shortly after I got the new mixer I had to return it for replacement. The gears failed. Now after a year of so of intermittent but serious use (nothing that would have strained my old mixer), the gears make a loud click every so many revolutions. Many cookbooks (Julia Child, etc.) recommend speed 4 for bread dough, but the new kitchenaid recommends speed one or 2--a sign, I believe of lesser quality. I'm disappointed, but feel somewhat trapped by all the attachments I have that will work only with kitchenaid. If I were young and buying a mixer, I'd look elsewhere.
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