I would actually have given this item 5 stars except for one thing: the name is misleading. It is not a stand mixer - the item is a hand mixer which you attach to a stand.
As a hand mixer, it's fine. There are certain jobs that a hand mixer is best for: making French buttercream, meringues,and genoise cakes. You really don't need a super duper powerful 9 speed hand mixer for this, in fact, it's overkill. The vast majority of people who have expensive stand mixers use them infrequently. You don't need a stand mixer to whip egg whites. Back in the day, people whipped cream and egg whites with a whisk....imagine that.
Genoise and buttercreams require at least 5 minutes of beating, which is very boring, and hard on the hands. That's what this item is good for. You have work with it, rotating the bowl, and scraping with the spatula - but you have to scrape down the bowl if you use an expensive stand mixer as well. There are many recipes that tell you to "scrape down the bowl" - using a KitchenAid. So I can't hold that against this item.
You need to learn to work with this item. If you have a small recipe, put something underneath the bowl so that the beaters get to all the ingredients. This is no big deal.
Re: bread. This item is not powerful enough to mix bread doughs. I used it once and it was really laboring hard. I figured out a way to mix the dough, putting the liquid ingredients into the bowl and adding 75% of the dry, then finishing off with hand kneading. I don't mind this, because I think that hand kneading is the only way to go but some might object. I have also read that many more expensive mixers have a problem with bread dough. If you are a dedicated bread baker, buy a more powerful genuine stand mixer.
To conclude: this is a reasonably priced hand mixer, which performs more than adequately, and which can be used for hand mixer purposes that require prolonged beating.
If you want an expensive stand mixer, buy one of those.
Note: I only recently bought this item. If it breaks down, I'll revise my review.
PS: The vast majority of electronic appliances are now made in China. If that's a problem, take it up with the management - of the United States, as well as the company. Otherwise, go back to using hand whisks.
Update May 14, 2014: I note that many reviewers here criticize the bowl. This is not a valid criticism of the actual mixer. Use a different vessel depending on what you are baking, or cooking. Please see this classic Julia Child video on the subject:
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Julia begins by pointing out that the bowl that came with her mixer isn't going to do the job - so she changes the bowl. You have to know what you are doing. YOU are in control, the mixer is just a tool.
I repeat that for what it is: a hand mixer that you can attach to a stand, it's fine. If it should break within a year, I'll report that promptly.
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