How’s it holding up?

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t actually buy it, but I have a kitchen aid mixer that was a wedding gift to my parents, 6 or 8 years before I was born. I’m 36.

    I also have some of my grandfather’s power tools that work fine despite being 40+ years old (tho I’m terrified every time I use them - the cords attach to the mechanicals with screws, and there are no failsafes - I don’t use them enough to spend hundreds on new ones)

    All the stuff I “bought for life” myself has failed to live up to the hype. They really don’t make shit the way the used to.

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      1 year ago

      I hear ya. The KitchenAid stand mixers are still tanks though. I have one that’s a couple years old. I abuse it a lot. It cares not.

      • Bonehead@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Hobart KitchenAid mixers are tanks. Everything made after Hobart sold KitchenAid to Whirlpool is crap in comparison.

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            1 year ago

            I agree, I have a Whirlpool version and it’s still a tank. I think some of the criticism comes from the fact that the newer mixers use a plastic sacrificial gear, which is designed to fail before the motor. Other than that, they are virtually identical to the Hobart version (you can buy parts from KitchenAid/Whirlpool to repair/restore a Hobart mixer)

        • insomniac@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Nonsense. I drive my Whirlpool Kitchenaid hard and I’ve never had an issue. But they are still easy to repair. And still made in Ohio. Besides some tweaks, there’s not that much difference.