SideSwipe for KitchenAid 4.5 and 5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixers

by SideSwipe Spatula Mixer Blade

• Scrapes sides & bottom of the bowl automatically for thoroughly-combined, fluffier mixtures. Safe wattage draw.
• Alternating Soft-Swipe fins allow chips and nuts to pass without being crushed PLUS are extra-long to accommodate minor variations in mixers & bowls
• Preferred over Beater Blade by Cook's Illustrated (America's Test Kitchen)
• Heavy-duty reinforced nylon frame won't crack in dishwasher like other plastics; Aluminum Core offers durable connection to mixer
• Also available in All-New RED version for 2011, Amazon number B00652YXIC

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• ASIN: B001LF8O7E
• Item model number: KTH-1
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,686 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

SideSwipe revolutionizes mixing and virtually eliminates the need to stop your mixer and scrape the bowl to get all your ingredients mixed in. The original spatula mixer blade delivers better results because of its unique alternating silicone fins. The ultra-flexible fins' bi-directional scraping provides a more thoroughly-combined, fluffier end result than you can achieve with a standard flat beater. And it mixes your recipes faster, too! SideSwipe is perfect for mixing most everything you use your stand mixer for - cakes, frosting, cookies, mashed potatoes, creamed butter and much more! MODELS: Replaces the flat beater for ALL 4.5-quart and 5-quart KitchenAid stand mixers with a hinged, tilting head mechanism, including Artisan, UltraPower, Classic, Classic Plus, K45, K45SS, KSM75, KSM90, KSM110, KSM130, KSM150, KSM151, KSM152, Canadian and glass bowl models. Does not fit bowl-lift models that use a crank. Patented in US, Canada, Australia; other Foreign Patents pending. BPA FREE.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Update 5/2010.... January 7, 2010

By Katawampas TOP 500 REVIEWER

Amazon Verified Purchase

This really does decrease the need to scrape the bowl when beating. Do you really NEED this option? Well, no. But it's handy. How many times have I been measuring out another ingredient when I should have been watching/scraping my bowl? Many. So, this just saves a little time and aggravation. You can NOT use this beater when making bread dough but it's great for cake & cookies as long as the dough isn't overly stiff. I've successfully used it with cake batters, chocolate chip cookies, muffins & biscotti cookie dough.

I have a KA Artisan. Make sure you are buying the correct beater for your version of KA. Check your beater-to-bowl clearance before using. You can ruin the beater & make your mixer work twice as hard if you don't. Someone has posted a good video of how to do this on YouTube. Just search on Beater-To-Bowl Adjustment.

I give it 4 stars because it is a bother to clean the batter out of all those fins. I don't think that anything could be done to change that; it's just a bother. Even though the fins are silicone, the batter does not just fall off. I mention it because I know someone who doesn't use their SideSwipe for this reason. I have posted a photo at the top of the page to show this.
Bright side: If you like to lick the beater, there's more to lick!

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Update 5/2010: Well, this beater is already falling apart. Some of the fins have developed cracks & will fall off the beater if I continue to use it. I have used this maybe 12 times at most (mostly for cake batter & I hand-stirred in the chocolate chips & nuts for cookies) so in my opinion, this is not a very good product. I checked bowl/beater clearance prior to using - followed instructions for using on the package. GRRRRRRRR I gave this to a bunch of people for X-mas presents. Luckily, they don't bake much.

130 of 136 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars My SideSwipe Defective November 8, 2009

By L. Liebermann

I received the Side Swipe blade as a gift. It worked great at first. After using it about 20 times, I made some cookies and while washing the blade I noticed two of the top fins were missing and two more were cracked and ready to fall off. I had to discard the entire batch of cookies since I did not know which cookie had the fins in them. After breaking several cookies I found one fin in the middle of a cookie. Very dangerous if someone was eating it. I tried to contact the company several times and received no response. They have no telephone and only an email, to which they never seem to reply. I definitely would not recommend this product!

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it! August 17, 2009

By penny pincher

Amazon Verified Purchase

After manually scraping down the sides of my Kitchen Aid mixer for several years while making cookie dough, I think this product is heaven sent! It installs just like any other Kitchen Aid mixing tool except that you may have to adjust the height of the tilt top to account for the extra silicone on the bottom of the tool. It's a simple procedure and the directions are on the back of the package for added convenience. Anyhow, the amazing thing is that the product works just as described...it scrapes the sides of the bowl as you mix your dough and it did a beautiful job blending all the ingredients together. If you're in to baking, this is a wonderful accessory to have in the kitchen! Go ahead and try it...you'll love it too!