I bought my sunbeam cafe series 9200 in the hope of making my life a little easier. I own a small cafe and bake all the slices and cakes myself. This mixmaster meets all my expectations! It has timer with memory, pause button and broad variable speeds all while not making a heap of noise. Highly recommended for anyone that loves to bake!! Oh and if you want perfect pastry or meringue.. this will be your new best friend!

This machine has a high pitch squeal from day one under no load. The bowl had metal swarf inside and is very roughly machined inside, glass would be safer. The scraper attachment bounces in and out of contact with the bowl. It looks the part but lacks quality materials and finish. I suppose it's better than a spoon!

I purchased this unit specifically for mixing and it hasn't let me down. For what I want it is excellent. I love the pause button and that it tells me how long its been mixing. I also love the graduating of the speed increase and decrease. Like I saide it absolutely suits me for what I want and it's not overly loud.

While we were away looking at other appliances I purchased this machine.
I wish I had done some research. It's not strong enough to do what my previous mixmaster (sunbeam too) did easily on half the power.
It sounds like it is really struggling with a double batch of biscuit mixture (3 cups of flour)
It also seems to get flour everywhere even with the protective cover on over the top.
I like it when it is running well ( no double mixtures) and I like the timer but overall I am disappointed in this product. I think if I lived closer to where I purchased it I would return it.

I bought this appliance to make cakes and bread. I was told it would do this job, but I have since returned it as it was no where near strong enough to manage even soft bread doughs and it didn't mix cakes properly either, leaving about a 1cm of mix around the sides of the bowl. It was also noisy and moved on the bench when mixing dough. It is quite heavy, so this surprised me. For the price tag of over $800 it was a total waste of money. I am disappointed as the old sunbeams were great.

Had my first one for a few months until it kicked the bucket. The resistance and speed was gone! Like it was spinning in neutral?! I got a replacement under warranty. The replacement is really noisy and its mixing seems inconsistent, IRT its speed. I just want a refund this time. I'm not willing to try a third :( The best thing about the whole machine is the timer.

Husband thought he was buying a quality piece of equipment. Which it was until the brass cog that turns the bowls chewed itself out. The machine now makes a god awful screeching noise and wont turn the bowls. Tried to get a replacement part from a Sunbeam repair agent but after only a few years this part is unavailable making the whole machine useless. Really annoying because the mixer part works well. Wont buy Sunbeam again if they're not going to support their products for longer than 12 months..

Ive used many a MixMaster over the years (including KItchenAid) and this new Sunbeam MixMaster is AMAZING!

VERY user friendly and makes fabulous cakes and biscuits! I got mine in red and looks so sleek and sexy on the benchtop.
The Balanced head is so good. You can lift the head with a finger thats how easy it is.

I have kneaded doughs in this machine, and it hasn't bounced around or rock ed back and fourth, adjusting its power to suit the load.

I have spoken to sunbeam, and they say that some new attachments for the POWER DRIVE are on there way. WIll have to be on the look out for these attachments when released :D

Second machine in two weeks and it appears the second gearbox gone (presume this is the case due to noise).
We previously used a Bosch hand mixer with dough hooks that outperformed this failure.
The first machine failed after mixing two cake mixes and the second after attempting to make pizza dough on its first use. From all the other similar comments I think sunbeam should look at recalling the product due to major fault.
We have generally been pleased with other sunbeam appliances but now will have to consider another brand.

Bought it a few days ago, used to knead bread dough. Less than 15 minutes, overheated and motor stopped working. Not sure is out of luck or this is a poor quality product for $400:-(

Great Christmas gift - lasted 2 1/2 minutes. Mix 1kg pizza dough and gears broke in moments. Going back to Kenwood, previous one lasted 20 years.

We bought our planetary on june 2012.
on the 6th of September we brought our machine to the local repair shop. Once they told us the problem was the gear box, we had to call the sunbean customer service to get the code of the piece and communicate it to the shop. Then it seams like if the wrong piece has been send. End of the story: we were suppose to receive a call from sunbean 3 weeks ago ( this is what the repair shop told us ), as we didn't hear anything we wrote an e-mail to sun bean... Still waiting, and still without planetary. Wrost customer service ever!

Had my mixer for approximately 15 months and used 2-3 times a month. Set up one day to make a sponge for a special occasion and nothing happened. Power on, pause button off, turned dial and mixmaster never worked again. Considering the age, use and care given to appliance I would not waste my money again. 5 year guarantee on motor means nothing. Extremely disappointing - although now I don't cook special treats I am losing weight - so that is the only good point.

Heavy, Didn't seem to mix right to the bottom of the bowl, expensive considering how long it lasted.

I had the machine for a few weeks and I love it......I was the packet queen until now. Looked at Kitchen Aid but this one seemed a lot better with a lot more functions....since I bought the machine I have made cookies..cakes....pizza base.....quiche.....and now have control what goes in to it.......the mixer is beautiful looking machine....the functions are great and easy to use......
looks....functions....easy to use......and attachments