Fits my K5SS perfectly!
Love it! My biggest issue using my KitchenAid was having to stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl and under the blade.
This beater works great. I made a batch of cookies and it beat the butter and sugar perfectly..no stopping and with my new 1-piece splatter guard attachment (KN1PS), I can now add ingredients without it going all over the place.
I agree with another reviewer and wouldn't put this in the dishwasher, and I don't think I would try mixing bread dough or tripling recipes, but for creaming butter and sugar it is a dream! When I use butter or cream cheese I make sure it is soft..if I haven't given it enough time to soften on the counter I help it along with the microwave.

I love this mixer attachment. It works great, much better than the standard one that came with the mixer. It does a better job of getting everything mixed and not leaving dry ingredients stuck to the side of the bowl. The frame of this attachment is very hard plastic vs the original attachments being die cast metal. At first it felt cheap, but now I like how light it is and the fact it makes less noise (rattling around when stored in the bowl).

FYI...few things to know

1) Make sure you do your research to know the exact model of your mixer. You can't eyeball it. Apparently there were many more Kitchen Aid models than I thought (many look the same, but they have different bowl dimensions). It's important to know your model to ensure you get the correct size attachment. I had to return the first one I bought.

2) I didn't know this, but your mixer is really easy to adjust/fine tune the height of the mount where you attach this. It's recommended to adjust it when first using this attachment because this attachment rubs on the bottom of the bowl....so you want an exact fit. If the mount is too high, then the blade doesn't wipe the bottom of the bowl and leaves dry ingredients unmixed. If the mount is too low, then this might not fit at all or rubs too hard on the bottom of the bowl, literally wearing down the plastic spatula type blades over time.

I've had this for a year now and it's my go-to attachment. I use it 90% of the time vs the others. This really should come standard with it.

This paddle attachment is perfectly fitted to the 6-QT Professional 600 Kitchen Aid mixer (KP26M1XPM), and really should have been the one sold with the unit. The rubber edges do a fantastic job of cleaning the bowl as it mixes, and you will have practically 0 residue on the sides of the bowl and near-perfect mixing. Well worth the investment, and a significant step up from the standard attachment.

I was so excited to try my first beater blade that scraped the sides of the bowl while mixing, and was pretty disappointed with this one. I've used it on several occasions since purchasing it, and have found that I'm not able to fill my mixing bowls as much as normal because this beater causes the batters to fly out of the bowl when the volume is at a normal amount compared to when I use my regular beater blades. I tried this blade using a recipe that normally had plenty of room at the top of the bowl, and didn't come close to spilling out, but part way through using this blade, I had to stop altogether and mix the rest by hand because I was loosing too much flour as it was flying out. I've also found that when mixing things that have wet and dry ingredients such as cake batter, dry clumps form along the rubber 'scraping' portion of the blade. Also beware, the middle portion of the blade that attaches to the mixer is OPEN at the bottom with a large hollow center, so your mixes will get stuck in there, creating uneven recipes and it's also difficult to clean. I'm not sure if the middle break in the rubber at the bottom of the blade is necessary so it doesn't get suctioned to the bowl, but batter also gets left in this crevice as well. This may just be a lower end / less expensive version of the real thing, which is probably why this model has so many issues, but I would not recommend this blade unless you're using it for very light use such as whipping room temperature butter or something similar.

I bought this because the beater that came with my kitchen aid just wasn't cutting it...THIS should be the blade that comes with the mixer! This eliminates the need to turn off the mixer, scrape the bowl, and turn it back on again.

The white part is made of a plastic material. I think for professional bakers this could be an issue, but I only use my mixer once a week or so, so I don't foresee this being a problem. Besides, if this does break down the line, the price is great, I would probably buy the same item again depending on how long the first lasts.

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