I have a direct drive Kenwood with the white base (cheap one!)It goes well enough but the quality of the plastic bowl is not great.It seems very light and flimsy compared to my old one. I dropped the little insert for the feeding tube on the floor and it now has a crack in it.I saw a cooking programme on TV once where this woman was using one and the handle broke off the side of the bowl as she twisted to remove it from the base.After seeing this I have been careful with mine. For the price I think it is good value.
cookessentials,
Aug 24, 10:36pm
There are a number of brilliant ones available.I guess it depends on your budget.
lythande1,
Aug 24, 10:45pm
Hmm. Probably people will say the expensive "chef" ones but I did this recently with toasters, I wanted a proper toaster that does both sides the same, harder than you'd think. The best thing I found was to look up some "best" reviews, pick the best from that then go read all the USER reviews. Amazing what that bought up, gives you an idea of reliability too. I can only vouch for my 29 year old Ralta which is still going strong, it got knocked off a bench too about 17 years ago, required a bit of a repair to put it back together. And it still went perfectly, still does now.
wildflower,
Aug 24, 11:28pm
Kenwood is good. My dad bought my mum one about 35 years ago and I still use some of that and some of the new one I got, (depending on what I'm doing as they're both different.)
peaknuckle,
Aug 25, 2:54am
New kenwoods are crap though. The one we brought from Briscoes for about $200 is only just over a year old and this is what happened. I was making shortbread and had the mixture in the processor when it got caught under the blade unknown to me. It built up in less than a min, forced the blade up and the top of the blade spun and melted the top lid. Now it is useless, blade cant hold onto anything in the lid as it has melted away. Not built for mixing at all!
wron,
Aug 25, 3:34am
Mines a Breville professional, good solid machine, but I'd love a Magimix, French made - check out Consumer magazine at your local library for reviews.
bunny51,
Aug 25, 4:21am
I have a kenwood and it is great, never had any problems with it. (It is the one with the siver base, not the white one) Can't remember how much it was though, and I got it on sale
neil_di,
Aug 25, 3:24pm
It depends on the model of kenwood. I have the Kenwood FP 920 series and itis really solid and capable .reasonably expensive but worth it.Of course a magimix would be the dream but I'm happy with Kenwood.
cookessentials,
Aug 26, 2:42am
Kitchenaid are also direct drive. 10 year warranty and three bowls in different sizes which is great.
Bottom of page four. rrp $299, on sale for $249. I got it when it was $199
kiwibubbles,
Aug 26, 11:11pm
yep def recommend a kenwood. it was one of the few with a bigger bowl, and heaps of attachments.
hyborn,
Aug 27, 9:19pm
duckmoon what is the size motor on yours - have you tried it out with a few things to see how it goes!
katalin2,
Aug 28, 1:32am
the above reviews are for the huge industrial model. I have a Magimix 3200 which is a good family size model- I would not be without it, use it almost daily. Review from the same site as above for the Magimix 3200 :
"This machine is everything i had hoped it would be and more, i read a write up on www.magimix.org and decided this was the machine i needed, this advice was spot on. The bowls are strong and easy to clean, the blades very sharp! and the discs very Quick ! but most important to me it is quiet!" this person gave it 5 stars out of 5.
obviousas,
Aug 28, 6:41am
Look for an old Kenwood. They used to be made in UK. We bought one 20 odd years ago from a garage sale. It weighs at least 5 kg. Used it today to make fish balls. Just put in hoki about 250 gms and done in 15 seconds. In went the 2nd lot of 250 gms. By the time the 4th lot went in, the fishmeat had invaded the tiny gaps and nooks
I just had the same problem. the meat got trapped under the blade, also in the middle of the bowl and into the axle. Our Kenwood processor is between 30 to 40 years. They still have not fixed the problem! We knew its limitations and was extremely careful not to over extend the weakness.
But I still say go for the old Kenwood, 30 years and more. The best $20 I ever spent.
My sister also has a Kenwood Chef. It cost a bomb to start with and you just add different functional options as when they came out or when you have saved enough. Although Chef was good, the attachments like the meat mincer was not rust proof. This was in the 60s and 70s. It looked like a mini Trojan horse.
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