Sunbeam MixMaster 350 Watt, White | Soft-Start Technology Stand Mixer Import To Shop ×Product customization General Description

Sunbeam MixMaster 350 Watt, White | Soft-Start Technology Stand MixerThe glass bowls are VERY heavy. Much too heavy for me to lift. I’m a small person. Fortunately I have my old bowls and they work very nicely. Disappointed to definition of the speeds are no longer written on the knob as they had been in the past. You need a cheat-sheet near by. Overall I guess the machine is alright but they don’t make them like they used to. The biggest reason I’m staying with this brand is the Kitchen Aid is much too heavy to move and I don’t like it taking up space on my counter.

Sunbeam for the win!!My Gran had a Sunbeam & my Mom & I received them as wedding gifts- after making thousands of cookies – my Moms died- so I ordered a new one for her 80th birthday- she used my Grans while we waited for her new one! Sunbeam has impeccable quality & longevity- we both have a Kitchen Aide, but end up using our sSunbeams most of the time for ease of use & great results! 💕👍

Surprisingly efficient!For the past 20+ years I have owned a Krups stand mixer (removable head, small white plastic rotating bowl, and beater attachments that oscillate around and also move from side to center of bowl and back again-a nice design which doesn’t seem to be offered anywhere these days). It’s a great little machine which has served me well, but the bowl is just too small and, with larger recipes, clean-up becomes difficult when batter wells up into the motor. I’m not a professional baker by any means but I do a fair amount of cookies, cakes, tarts, etc (not much into breads though).So I first purchased a KitchenAid – way too heavy unless kept on the counter but way too tall to fit under my cabinets on top of the counter. Also, the deep bowl design makes adding ingredients very difficult (I’m not a fan of the splatter shield – too tedious and more items to wash). Just not user-friendly in my opinion. So that went back to the store.Next I tried the Breville stand mixer (about $300) -seemed like a great quality machine and much more manageable in terms of size/weight, but the same issues with bowl design, splatter shield, etc. So that went back.I then tried the Sunbeam 2371 (the above-referenced item) and the Sunbeam 2351 (also sold on Amazon). The 2371 is a relatively inexpensive machine but works quite well. I tested both Sunbeam models with the same recipe on the same night – a double batch of chocolate chip cookies which uses almost 10 cups of ingredients, including butter, shortening, sugars, flour, eggs. The 2371 whipped it up beautifully, the bowl turned without any problems, no flour dust anywhere thanks to the nice slow start, and easy removal of the beaters when done. Yes, due to the large amount of batter, towards the end some of it did well up against the bottom of the head, but not unexpected since this was a very large recipe – and stopping the machine to scrape the mixers down pretty much solved the problem. I was able to add ingredients without stopping the machine and could even scrape down the sides a bit as it was turning.Now, the same recipe with the 2351 mixer: For some reason, even though the 2351 has a 450 watts motor (versus the 350 watts for the 2371), it did not seem as powerful and also it did not blend the ingredients as well; I had to scrape both the bottom and the sides of the bowl much more frequently with the 2351. The 2371 seemed much better at reaching ingredients at the bottom of the bowl as compared with the 2351. Also the slow start on the 2371 was better – I had a bit of flour dust flying around with the 2351, which is even more noticeable because of its black color. Also, it was almost impossible for me to eject the beaters on the 2351 without using the strength of 2 hands, which means you are unable to catch the beaters when they finally do release – annoying when they’re full of batter and are potentially falling into the bowl or onto the turntable if the bowl has already been removed.A few other nice features on the 2371 are the power surge button, the fact that the head comes off if you need more flexibility for storage, and it comes with TWO glass bowls (glass is nice since it can go into the microwave and can be used for other purposes as well). In summary, if you want a really powerful machine and you don’t mind the deep bowl design, then go with either the KitchenAid or the Breville. (I preferred the Breville because it is lighter and shorter so it can fit under your counter, but it doesn’t offer the various attachment possibilities that KitchenAid offers, if that is important to you.)The reason I gave the Sunbeam 2371 four-stars is because it does vibrate when the mixer is operating at higher speeds – primarily in the area where the head attaches to the base – although I didn’t need to use the higher speeds all that much anyway. I believe it is due to the detachability of the head and the fact that there is a small gap where the head attaches to the stand (doesn’t sit totally flush), and thus the vibrating. It would also have been nice if it were constructed of the die-cast metal as the 2351 is, but …. if it does break in the next 2 years, Sunbeam provides a 2-year warranty and at this price, why not go for it (unless you’re really a professional baker)?

Just OK.Like others I really wanted the Kitchen Aide, but I lack the space. This will replace my old Sunbeam. I got it because my old one could not mix room temp butter well in cookie recipes. Apparently, the new one can’t either. The mixer part is identical to my old one. However, the new bowls are higher. The beaters and dough hooks are more cheaply made this time. I actually weighed them. Old 6.5 oz. New 6.1 oz. Trying to register it I was on the phone with the call center in the Philippines for 30 minutes. My Model number is 2371 on the box and mixer, but customer service said that is not the model number! He wanted me to put a completely different model number on registration. Since this product is not sturdy, I may need warranty and putting a false model number could cause problems. Contradictory statements all over Sunbeam website. On mine it says it comes with a 2 qt and 4 qt bowl (true). But in the description it says it comes with stainless steel bowl (not true). The phone numbers for customer support will take you to a person who does not know what a mixer is! Sunbeam used to be so reputable. My mixer is made in China. Sunbeam address is Canada and they operate out of Florida. They also are under the name Jarden and if you call, you get the Philippines. If you are purchasing this in a store, be careful. Right on the box, it says your product might not look like the one on the box. That being said, if I had to do it again, I would probably buy the same one, since it is easy to store in my cabinet, is easy to life and is fairly inexpensive. I paid $117. Today it is selling for $167! Same mixer. Go figure.

Not like the older model but good enoughI ordered this two years ago and use it often for baking cookies and cakes. I was replacing a Sumbeam stand mixer I had for about 25 or 30 years. This mixer does what it needs to do. I also like that the bowls are deeper then on my previous model. My first impression was that this was cheaply made, light weight, and kind of wobbly compared to my sturdier old one. It is also taller so no longer fits on my storage shelf where I kept the older model. I had considered a Kitchen Aide but I did not want to spend that much money. I just wanted something similar to my old Sunbeam that I loved for so many years. After two years of use, I can say that this is a good mixer, does what it should, and is affordable.