nightseer

Might be worth waiting until after Christmas, if you have time. In NZ, at least, you tend to get a lot of sales starting Boxing Day. Also, once you've norrowed down what you're after, you might consider googling to see if there's any online review things done. I know you can get that sort of thing for computers and the likes, and down here we have the Consumer magazine, which does independent tests on a sample of leading brands for various items (unfortunately, the online service is subscriber only, and the actual mag that I have here is for cameras, a couple of financial things, and car insurance... which probably won't help much!)

Our old Kenwood mixer lasted over 20 years - and the beaters and plastic bowl are still in really good condition - but the hinge rusted and broke, so it stopped working a couple of months ago. The new one looks nicer, but also a bit flimsier, so we'll just have to see how that lasts. Hopefully it's stronger than it looks (although when you think about it, 20 years is a long time for any appliance these days - toaster, electric jug, microwave, oven, fridge... I don't think any of the others are much more than 10 years old). The one thing I really don't like about our new mixer is the metal bowl! *shudders* Have to use the rubber spatula to get mixtures out now, cos I can't stand scraping the bowl with a metal spoon anymore! *g*

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