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Wouldn't Buy It Again But Decent Enough To Keep Using For Now – Solidly average for this Kenwood stick mixer. We ordered this one online with credit card reward points, it replaced an old Sunbeam stick mixer which we had had for ages and was…

getting worn out. Most of the features of this stick mixer are great: solid main stick mixer attachment made of metal, feels good and sounds fast; mixer bowl with lid is good, works well, a bit fiddly with getting the blade in and out of the bowl and getting the lid on; other attachments are not used much by us. The main problem for us and the reason why we wouldn't buy this one again is because of the lid of the bowl mixer, it says do not immerse, we figured the dishwasher would be ok, apparently not, the lid filled up with water on the very first wash and the water has never come out again. There is no way of separating the lid top and bottom to empty the water out and if we store the mixer with lid connected in our cupboard it leaks brown, stinky, rusty water into the mixer bowl from the lid and we can't use it without washing it. Now the mixer bowl and lid have become a permanent fixture in our drying rack because that is the only way to stop the lid from leaking into the bowl!! Super frustrating, our old stick mixer bowl had a lid that was open on the underside so no problems, I think Kenwood should change their design or at least make the lid come apart so the water could be emptied out.

Wonderful car for small and growing families – We bought this car second hand off my parents when they upgraded to a newer model, my Mum has loved it the whole time she owned it and the best thing for us was the car was single…

owner from new, only driven by an old lady! (sorry mum). It's an excellent car for us, we have two small kids and needed more room than the small sedans we were driving previously. Ours is an automatic, which my wife was worried about initially as she had only driven manuals, but we have both gotten used to it. The main issue for us with the automatic is that unless you put your foot to the floor you don't get much power or acceleration, you really have to give it some to get going quickly. My wife uses it mainly to ferry our kids around during the week, we think it's quite good on fuel efficiency and it has loads of space for weekends and holidays away. Plenty of room on the back seat for 2 car seats with enough room between them so the kids can't touch each other, a necessity for us. The roof rails are excellent, you can put roof racks straight on the car with no installation problems. Front seats are very comfortable for two adults, all the dials and switches are within easy reach for the driver, love the bluetooth enabled audio system for making hands-free phone calls and the cruise control which was new for us. Heaps of storage in the front area, between the front seats, under the dash, the glovebox, and plenty of space for bottles and other things in the doors. Nice ride height for seeing over smaller cars when driving but still low enough our kids can climb into it by themselves. Good interior size, plenty of leg room for front and back seat passengers, plenty of head height for front and back seat passengers. Love the fold flat rear seats, although we don't get a chance to use them yet with the car seats. Putting car seats in and taking them out is a bit of a mission, the anchor points are very low down on the backs of the seats and quite hard to reach, especially when removing them. You have to fold the seats down to access them so it's a bit of a Tetris game to get them in and out. All in all, a wonderful car, I would recommend this car to anyone who is looking at buying a small SUV type car.

Very useful machine! – We had this given to us as a gift and we've loved it from the start. Solid design, easy to use and take apart for cleaning (especially because it's dishwasher friendly). Love…

all the attachments and the different things you can do with it. Has made baking a lot easier since this replaced our old mixer. No problems with ours, has worked perfectly since day one.

Good oven for cheap price – We've only had the oven a week and no problems so far. Hot plates and oven heat up well, fan and light work well. Our previous oven didn't have a light or a fan so they are good…

features for us. First time we heated the oven up we noticed the nobs on the front of the oven got quite hot, otherwise no worries. It's easy to take apart for cleaning, easy to get the door off for cleaning. It also has a large tray at the bottom of the oven which is removable from the front, good for cleaning and catching spills, also gives handy access to the oven feet for height adjustment. We have a base screwed to our kitchen floor which the back feet of the oven slide into to prevent the oven tipping, we bought an oven the same size as our old one hoping this would still work and it does. So far seems to be a very good oven, just need to adjust our cooking times and temps to account for the fan.

Best Vacuum Cleaner I've Ever Had – We upgraded to this vacuum cleaner from a particularly dodgy one that we had previously purchased. We've found this one to be excellent. It has good suction, useful attachments…

and a very long cord, which means we can vacuum almost our entire house without changing powerpoints. It's easy to use, easy to empty the chamber and easy to dismantle and clean when required. The fact that the extra cleaning accessories are attached to the vacuum cleaner handle I find a bit annoying, they fall off during use quite often and we've found it easier to leave them off and grab them when we need them.