"Christopher Green" > wrote in
oups.com:

> How many years do you expect to get out of that Wolfgang Puck mixer?
>
> Our family hands down Hobart-made KitchenAid mixers as heirlooms. They
> are built like the proverbial tank.
>

Well, they were once, but I'm not sure that can be said of those currently
produced.

Wayne, who owns a KA K5 purchased in 1972