I chose this mixer because it was very cheap (26.29) and although in the end we are really worth the money. Bought there 18 months, he began to make a disturbing noise and the next use he passed away. As said by some heated mixer and the plastic seal by which one fits your foot on the handle melted (I got a little burned with residues when I detached the foot and the metal tip covered in plastic melted touched my wrist).