Sunbeam Heritage 2346 2347 2348 2349

Pros: Retro look. Quality fit-and-finish. Includes stainless steel mixing bowls.

Cons: No flexibility with bowl rotation feature. Stiff-working buttons. Man... is this thing LOUD!!!

The Bottom Line: Works well, looks cool... but what's up with all the noise?

Review: In my opinion, the best room in the house is the kitchen. My baseline culinary activity begins with twice-a-week bread baking duties, with a cake or pie thrown-in as an occasional tasty treat. The winter months are especially kitchen-oriented due to...

Pros: Reasonably constructed, good power, easy to use and carry, affordable. Very attractive.

Cons: The design of the bowl and rotating mechanism may seem flimsy to some users.

The Bottom Line: This is a good machine for light-duty use (cakes, batters, whipped topping, meringues, cookies). If you are going to be making bread or heavy doughs, get a KitchenAid.

Review: The Sunbeam Heritage is an inexpensive metal stand mixer that uses dual beaters, similar to those on a hand mixer. The unit has two motors: One to rotate the beaters, and the other for rotating the bowl. The bowl rotates the opposite direction of...

Pros: Price

Cons: The motor could not handle much. not easy to change out beaters

The Bottom Line: I would never buy one of these modern Sunbeams again. I hear the older ones were good but this one was junk. Motor was not worth the $99.

Review: I was sooo excited to get a stand mixer from my husband for Christmas. I had always wanted one and finally i had one! I read all the directions on using it and even thought some of the recipes that came in the booklet were good. I decided to make a...

Pros: roomy bowl for big batches of dough, easy to clean, affordable, and is darn cute.

Cons: Release button for the beaters is a bit difficult to push, especially with arthritis

The Bottom Line: affordable, easy to use, gets the job done, and it is cute

Review: I bought the Sunbeam 450 watt Heritage mixer recently and have been very pleased with it. I previously owned a Hamilton Beach, vintage 1968, that finally wore out and this replaces it. This Sunbeam works even better than my original mixer and is...

Pros: Attractive

Cons: Very noisy, defective; those with arthritis or a weak grip will hate the tilt-release.

Review: We received this as a gift about 18 months ago.

We loved the look and feel of it, and the speed-control dial.

(By the way, those with arthritis or other hand-strength problems will NOT appreciate the force required to push the...

Pros: stylish, fast, durable, easy to clean. easy to use

Cons: heavy, buttons hard to push, head hard to raise up

The Bottom Line: Buy it for your average baker, but not for someone who is baking weekly or more.

Review: This standing mixer was a Christmas gift to be two years ago. I haven't used it for heavy duty baking and it is still in good condition. I liked the many settings though they don't seem to be adequately named. If a recipe says to "cream" something...

Pros: Very heavy duty; space to add ingredients while mixing, rotating bowl; shifting bowl stand.

Cons: Can't rotate bowl backwards, tilt release sometimes hard to work.

The Bottom Line: If you're a serious baker who is looking for a heavy duty mixer that will last a generation or two, this is for you.

Review: I learned to cook on a true vintage Sunbeam Mix Master - my mother's model from the 1950's. I grew up with it and when I got my first job in the early 1970's I bought my own stainless Mix Master. It was my first purchase for my "hope chest".
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Pros: Serves it's function well.

Cons: Too powerful, and noisy.

The Bottom Line: I like it, the pros outweigh the cons. Great for a first time stand mixer owner.

Review: I purchased the Sunbeam Heritage 2349 Stand Mixer about two years ago at a discount store for a little more than $80. I'd always wanted a stand mixer, but wasn't about to shell out a few hundred dollars on a Kitchen Aid, especially since I'd never...

Pros: Nice feature set. Flexible to use. Not overly expensive

Cons: Tilt Release poorly designed. Overall poorly manufactured.

The Bottom Line: A seemingly solid product in the store arrives home only to expose poor manufacturing after a short period of use.

Review: I bought this mixer for my wife for Christmas this year (less than 3 months ago). She asked for a mixer and was quite taken with the look of this one. She simply asked that we not spend a fortune on a Kitchen Aid model for now.

The mixer...

Pros: Heavyduty motor, easily understandable, comes with 3 types of beaters & two bowls.

Cons: Heavy. Like others mentioned the tilt button can be difficult.

The Bottom Line: While it might not be the most popular mixer on the market it definately has it's place. I would choose this over the KitchenAid any day!

Review: I received this mixer as a wedding shower present in June of 2007 after having registered for it at Macy's. When I did my registry I knew I wanted this mixer in particular because I wanted a mixer that I would be able to walk away from while it beat...