I stand when I’m mixing. I’m at home. I have a pulse. I can say “Aukey”.
But I’m considerably more than 5 quarts, though I might be a quart low at the moment.
There was a time in my life I really wanted a stand mixer. There was a time in my life I wanted to play professionally too. Life moves on, and I grew out of wishful thinking. Besides, my time is spent working, eating, sleeping, and writing comments on a daily deal website, and there is just no time to bake.
@hchavers Well you could write half baked comments on that daily deal website and kill two birds with one stone. Mix up those words and alphabet letters and see what happens.
@PersonandStuff Aukey got booted off of Amazon. Like many such outfits have done in the past, they appear to be dumping their current-brand merch to disposal specialists. I would be unsurprised if the “Aukey” name becomes entirely unsupported in the next six months, at which point any “manufacturer” warranty would become worthless.
Meanwhile, the same actual product is also sold by Amazon itself, for less than half of what Aukey shows as MSRP on the Aukeyhome dot com website.
I really want to click buy it. But I doubt I will ever use it. I had a 6 quart kitchen aid that I kinda inherited sitting on the shelf for years. I used it once, attempting to make fudge for xmas, a massive batch, & it didn’t work out so well. Turned it on & the ingredients in the bowl splashed out making a bit of a mess.
This one has a splash guard included…! I can attempt that fudge making thing again! Or not.
Edit: the Kitchen Aid went moved out due to neglect & now resides at my sister’s house. She used it a bunch for a while now it sits neglected over there.
This seems like the use case for buying such a cheap mixer: Figure out whether you’ll actually use a mixer so you can think about getting a nice one for several hundred dollars.
@bugdave@crispy1260@Kidsandliz
Should one then presume all the great reviews for this on the Walmart site were also paid for?
I’m waffling back and forth about pulling the trigger on this deal.
@bugdave@crispy1260@steeltoesenator Somewhere or other there is a site that rates fake reviews (can’t remember what it is called). Of course if it took a data leak…
As for the “other” brand of stand mixer that everyone has, I actually have two of ’em, and the hand-me-down model is still working fine at ~70 years old. Something tells me the Aukey might not be.
It can mix up to 22 egg whites, 7 pounds of mashed potatoes, or 11 biscuits at once
What’s the NIST official size for a biscuit? OK, I understand why you’d whisk egg whites, but usually you add sugar, flour, something
If you’re going to measure something by lbs then why not bread dough? At least there’s some chance you would have weighed that, potatoes you just cook as many as you feel you might need.
Don’t get me started on recipes that call for some weight of a vegetable. Onions, celery, potatoes etc. are indivisible - you can go small or large but never fractional.
@ergomeh And don’t get ME started on recipes that call for veggies based on size - what is the NIST official size for a “small” onion? Exactly how much liquid is in "the juice from a small onion?
Saw one chicken recipe on seriouseats.com which called for “four half chicken breasts (about 1one pound)”. One commenter bitched about not having nearly enough sauce for the chicken. She’d apparently missed the weight notation - the recipe was apparently written before chicken breasts became as bloated as they are today.
For some inexplicable reason, after debating with myself for over half an hour, I decided to purchase the Aukey Home 5-Quart Stand Mixer only to have my repeated and repeatingly frustrated clicks on the “purchase” link be IGNORED! WHY? WHY?!? WHY!!!
@Jantho Try refreshing the page when that happens, and try turning off any ad blocker or script blocker that may be in your browser or its plug-ins. (Disclaimer: I don’t know if those measures make any difference here, but they’re essential when trying to use many other commercial sites.) (If your browser or plugin allows just exempting this site only, that’s usually the safer choice.)
Getting one for my son and his new apartment. He frequently bakes so hopefully this will not be a dud. We’ve had a Kitchen Aid for decades that gets a fair amount of use.
Not to be a buzz kill, but it would be nice if, interspersed with the fun and games here in the forum, we could actually see some info, maybe some real info on whatever product is being sold on any given day.
@andrewkl So here’s my take, as an experienced baker, KA owner, & gadget bargain hunter:
The downsides to this vs. a KA are likely durability, sure. But also, availability of parts and accessories. Want an extra bowl (my most useful KA accessory by far), or a replacement beater/whisk/dough hook? Almost certainly not available. Obviously there’s no spot on the front to use the motor for KA-style accessories like a pasta roller or meat grinder. If something breaks, it’s almost certainly not worth opening up, because you won’t be able to find any replacement parts for the internals.
That said, the specs are impressive for the price. High-capacity motor and metal gears (assuming that’s true of ALL the gears) suggests that it might not be a total piece of crap. If you’ve got someone on your list who’s kind of into baking or is just starting out in a new home, this could work for quite a while. But if you have someone on your list who has specifically asked for a KA, and you were intending to grant that wish, this is NOT a way to fulfill that wish while saving some bucks. Head on over to the KA site and get a Pro Plus 5qt with very good Black Friday pricing.
@andrewkl@tet3 I got a really nice silver KA from my MIL about 15 years ago. It’s heavy-duty and heavy, and works a treat, but probably won’t last as long as my mom’s: 60 years or so. I use mine 15-20X a year, and the meat grinder attachment is great. This cheapie version will probably burn out if it’s put under a lot of strain (thick batters/dough/etc), but might be good for a young person just setting up house, with an actual interest in baking…
Which is it, meh? Does the dough hook function so poorly that you end up kneading by hand? Or is it so easy to use that a turkey can thaw some Sara Lee croissants with it?
@tet3 Aukey appears to be dumping their current merch after getting booted off Amazon for buying reviews. They’ll probably go into zombie mode when the warehouse is empty, if that’s what they are doing. It’s a common tactic. By way of just one example, TackLife pretty clearly has evaporated after dumping a big load of their stuff to Mercatalyst at a really attractive price. Their stuff wasn’t awful, but they weren’t willing to live with honest reviews, and they got caught trying to bugger the numbers.
Their stuff wasn’t awful, but they weren’t willing to live with honest reviews, and they got caught trying to bugger the numbers.
@werehatrack Yeah, I’ve purchased a couple Tacklife products back when they were on Amazon; they worked just fine and the price was right. It’s a shame that they resorted to cheating to try and get ahead instead of continuing on the build-up-the-brand-naturally path.
I’m spending way too much time looking into this product I’m not buying instead of finishing my pie baking…
But, what’s up with the warranty? If you buy direct from Aukey, it’s 2 years. Only 90 days, from meh. No manufacturer warranty mentioned at Walmart but they of course have the extended warranty upsell. Are these not new, or are they seconds? Maybe Aukey price is 5x meh’s b/c they know they’re going to have to send a couple replacements.
@tet3 Sometimes in exchange for a great deal, the handling of the warranty is also transferred – hence meh carrying the responsibility instead of Aukey.
@tet3 Sometimes, when a seller’s name is booted off of Amazon, the seller quietly evaporates as soon as all of their existing inventory has been moved off, be it via retail sale or by disposal to a specialist like Mercatalyst. When that happens, the product becomes essentially unsupported, and the “manufacturer’s” warranty is worthless. And make no mistake; Aukey is not a manufacturer. They are selling a product made by an offshore company that does not have and does not want the hassles of maintaining an actual presence in the US. Meanwhile, the booted seller quietly registers a new seller name, orders up merch boxed with the new label, and goes right back to selling the same stuff, but without accepting or acknowledging liability for anything they sold before.
TackLife is an example of one that’s in the post-endgame phase, having no product left to sell on their own webpage, and responding to no contact attempts. I would be entirely unsurprised if Aukey were to be equally vaporized in the next few months.
Specs
Product: Aukey 5QT 600W 9-Speed Stand Mixer
Model: USAN1023878
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$145.99 at Walmart
$299.99 at Aukey
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Dec 2 - Monday, Dec 5
Time for a funky mix!!
@yakkoTDI How about some music from a white boy?
Not the product I was expecting to see from this brand name.
@PooltoyWolf meh thought you’d get a charge out of that though…
@Kidsandliz Only if this mixer has a USB-C port!
I stand when I’m mixing. I’m at home. I have a pulse. I can say “Aukey”.
But I’m considerably more than 5 quarts, though I might be a quart low at the moment.
@phendrick you could probably remedy that problem mixing up a quart of margarita.
When you need to portably recharge your sourdough starter.
F it. I’m in
/giphy didactic-designed-sheet
/giphy withered-ghastly-illusionist
Needed a good stand mixer for ages, happy to see a great deal on one today!
/showme Aukey Home 5-Quart Stand Mixer with Pulse Function, banana for scale
“It can mix up to 22 egg whites, 7 pounds of mashed potatoes, or 11 biscuits at once.”
Why would you put biscuits into the mixer? To make smaller biscuits?
@mcanavino If you wanted to make a dozen biscuits, this may not be the mixer for you.
“You’re gonna need a bigger” mixer.
/image gonna-need-a-bigger-boat
@mcanavino To smash them back into flour so you can make bread, of course.
There was a time in my life I really wanted a stand mixer. There was a time in my life I wanted to play professionally too. Life moves on, and I grew out of wishful thinking. Besides, my time is spent working, eating, sleeping, and writing comments on a daily deal website, and there is just no time to bake.
@hchavers Well you could write half baked comments on that daily deal website and kill two birds with one stone. Mix up those words and alphabet letters and see what happens.
Blend that turkey!
@blaineg For that, you need the BlendTec over on SideDeal.
I don’t understand. How is this so cheap? It must suck, right?
@PersonandStuff Aukey got booted off of Amazon. Like many such outfits have done in the past, they appear to be dumping their current-brand merch to disposal specialists. I would be unsurprised if the “Aukey” name becomes entirely unsupported in the next six months, at which point any “manufacturer” warranty would become worthless.
Meanwhile, the same actual product is also sold by Amazon itself, for less than half of what Aukey shows as MSRP on the Aukeyhome dot com website.
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Multi-Speed-Stand-Mixer-Attachments/dp/B07RKKNX2G
I really want to click buy it. But I doubt I will ever use it. I had a 6 quart kitchen aid that I kinda inherited sitting on the shelf for years. I used it once, attempting to make fudge for xmas, a massive batch, & it didn’t work out so well. Turned it on & the ingredients in the bowl splashed out making a bit of a mess.
This one has a splash guard included…! I can attempt that fudge making thing again! Or not.
Edit: the Kitchen Aid went moved out due to neglect & now resides at my sister’s house. She used it a bunch for a while now it sits neglected over there.
This seems like the use case for buying such a cheap mixer: Figure out whether you’ll actually use a mixer so you can think about getting a nice one for several hundred dollars.
Aukey went from Anker competitor to kitchen mixer maker. Guess this is what getting banned by Amazon does to you.
@bugdave Why did they get banned at Amazon?
@bugdave @Kidsandliz Paid for positive reviews on the site and got caught when there was a data leak.
@bugdave @crispy1260 @Kidsandliz
Should one then presume all the great reviews for this on the Walmart site were also paid for?
I’m waffling back and forth about pulling the trigger on this deal.
@bugdave @crispy1260 @Kidsandliz
They’re still selling it! Changed name to Offacy
https://a.co/d/9pEj5Ar
@Kidsandliz here is more info on what happened. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/aukey-kicked-off-amazon-following-fake-reviews-allegations
@bugdave @crispy1260 @steeltoesenator Somewhere or other there is a site that rates fake reviews (can’t remember what it is called). Of course if it took a data leak…
@crispy1260 @Kidsandliz @mattig88 wow! The non-paid reviews say it shocks them!
@bugdave @crispy1260 @Kidsandliz @steeltoesenator I believe you’re thinking of fakespot, which has saved me from some dubious products with rave reviews crowding out the real ones.
As for the “other” brand of stand mixer that everyone has, I actually have two of ’em, and the hand-me-down model is still working fine at ~70 years old. Something tells me the Aukey might not be.
I’d hope that at a mixer your dance partner would have a pulse. “laughing”.
@Kidsandliz You’ve obviously never attended a zombie mixer.
Nothing like “laughing” for
. My joke was ‘off key’.
My daughter would love this but I’m concerned about quality
Plus my mother has a kitchen aid that will need a home sometime in the future
You have to love the units:
What’s the NIST official size for a biscuit? OK, I understand why you’d whisk egg whites, but usually you add sugar, flour, something
If you’re going to measure something by lbs then why not bread dough? At least there’s some chance you would have weighed that, potatoes you just cook as many as you feel you might need.
Don’t get me started on recipes that call for some weight of a vegetable. Onions, celery, potatoes etc. are indivisible - you can go small or large but never fractional.
@ergomeh And don’t get ME started on recipes that call for veggies based on size - what is the NIST official size for a “small” onion? Exactly how much liquid is in "the juice from a small onion?
Saw one chicken recipe on seriouseats.com which called for “four half chicken breasts (about 1one pound)”. One commenter bitched about not having nearly enough sauce for the chicken. She’d apparently missed the weight notation - the recipe was apparently written before chicken breasts became as bloated as they are today.
Ok, let’s mix it up a bit.
/giphy malignant-loved-bird
For some inexplicable reason, after debating with myself for over half an hour, I decided to purchase the Aukey Home 5-Quart Stand Mixer only to have my repeated and repeatingly frustrated clicks on the “purchase” link be IGNORED! WHY? WHY?!? WHY!!!
@Jantho You just bought 10
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As a fellow robot, I understand your pain.
Getting one for my son and his new apartment. He frequently bakes so hopefully this will not be a dud. We’ve had a Kitchen Aid for decades that gets a fair amount of use.
Not to be a buzz kill, but it would be nice if, interspersed with the fun and games here in the forum, we could actually see some info, maybe some real info on whatever product is being sold on any given day.
Just sayin’.
@andrewkl Real info – like the specs that’s always listed in the opening post?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/aukey-home-5-quart-stand-mixer-with-pulse-function#637efa51efc5b8e4ec526910
@andrewkl Probably because no one owns one of these. So nothing left except jokes and conjecture about how meh it may be.
@andrewkl So here’s my take, as an experienced baker, KA owner, & gadget bargain hunter:
The downsides to this vs. a KA are likely durability, sure. But also, availability of parts and accessories. Want an extra bowl (my most useful KA accessory by far), or a replacement beater/whisk/dough hook? Almost certainly not available. Obviously there’s no spot on the front to use the motor for KA-style accessories like a pasta roller or meat grinder. If something breaks, it’s almost certainly not worth opening up, because you won’t be able to find any replacement parts for the internals.
That said, the specs are impressive for the price. High-capacity motor and metal gears (assuming that’s true of ALL the gears) suggests that it might not be a total piece of crap. If you’ve got someone on your list who’s kind of into baking or is just starting out in a new home, this could work for quite a while. But if you have someone on your list who has specifically asked for a KA, and you were intending to grant that wish, this is NOT a way to fulfill that wish while saving some bucks. Head on over to the KA site and get a Pro Plus 5qt with very good Black Friday pricing.
@andrewkl @tet3 I got a really nice silver KA from my MIL about 15 years ago. It’s heavy-duty and heavy, and works a treat, but probably won’t last as long as my mom’s: 60 years or so. I use mine 15-20X a year, and the meat grinder attachment is great. This cheapie version will probably burn out if it’s put under a lot of strain (thick batters/dough/etc), but might be good for a young person just setting up house, with an actual interest in baking…
Which is it, meh? Does the dough hook function so poorly that you end up kneading by hand? Or is it so easy to use that a turkey can thaw some Sara Lee croissants with it?
yea, it’s gotta be something…
@tet3 Aukey appears to be dumping their current merch after getting booted off Amazon for buying reviews. They’ll probably go into zombie mode when the warehouse is empty, if that’s what they are doing. It’s a common tactic. By way of just one example, TackLife pretty clearly has evaporated after dumping a big load of their stuff to Mercatalyst at a really attractive price. Their stuff wasn’t awful, but they weren’t willing to live with honest reviews, and they got caught trying to bugger the numbers.
@werehatrack Yeah, I’ve purchased a couple Tacklife products back when they were on Amazon; they worked just fine and the price was right. It’s a shame that they resorted to cheating to try and get ahead instead of continuing on the build-up-the-brand-naturally path.
I’m spending way too much time looking into this product I’m not buying instead of finishing my pie baking…
But, what’s up with the warranty? If you buy direct from Aukey, it’s 2 years. Only 90 days, from meh. No manufacturer warranty mentioned at Walmart but they of course have the extended warranty upsell. Are these not new, or are they seconds? Maybe Aukey price is 5x meh’s b/c they know they’re going to have to send a couple replacements.
@tet3 Sometimes in exchange for a great deal, the handling of the warranty is also transferred – hence meh carrying the responsibility instead of Aukey.
@tet3 Sometimes, when a seller’s name is booted off of Amazon, the seller quietly evaporates as soon as all of their existing inventory has been moved off, be it via retail sale or by disposal to a specialist like Mercatalyst. When that happens, the product becomes essentially unsupported, and the “manufacturer’s” warranty is worthless. And make no mistake; Aukey is not a manufacturer. They are selling a product made by an offshore company that does not have and does not want the hassles of maintaining an actual presence in the US. Meanwhile, the booted seller quietly registers a new seller name, orders up merch boxed with the new label, and goes right back to selling the same stuff, but without accepting or acknowledging liability for anything they sold before.
TackLife is an example of one that’s in the post-endgame phase, having no product left to sell on their own webpage, and responding to no contact attempts. I would be entirely unsurprised if Aukey were to be equally vaporized in the next few months.