"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 06 Aug 2017 10:25:53p, Cheri told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 9.45...
>>> On Sun 06 Aug 2017 09:24:09a, Cheri told us...
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>>>>> I have a Kenwood stand mixer I bought about 1969, still going
>>>>> strong. I do give the works a feed of oil every few years.
>>>>> It's a bit on the noisy side now, but I don't really mind that.
>>>>
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>>>> I have a KA from the 70's and a newer KA from 3 or 4 years ago
>>>> that I got by saving rewards points until I had enough to get it
>>>> free, the thing is, the newer pale yellow one is in the garage,
>>>> and I am back to the older one since the newer one has had many
>>>> problems. It's a shame really that the newer appliances are not
>>>> built to last as well as the older ones.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Curious... Why did you buy the second KA?
>>
>> I didn't buy it, I used credit card rewards...frankly, I wanted a
>> pale yellow color to match my kitchen. When I got the other one so
>> many years ago they only came in white.
>>
>> Cheri
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> I don't know when you got the two KAs, but your first one was
> probably made by Hobart and the second one was probably not. To the
> best of my knowledge, Hobart never made any stand mixers other than
> white. After KA separated from Hobart their quality went downhill
> for quite a while and there were many complaints, especially about
> the gears. They have since made improvements, but I don't think the
> new ones are equal to those from Hobart.

I got the white one in the 70's and the newer one 3 or 4 years ago. The
gears seem to slip on the newer one, also the knobs on the speed and the
head lock broke immediately, the head keep loosening even though I do go
underneath and tighten often, and that's just a few of the annoyances, but
it does look really nice in the garage. ;-)

Cheri