Kitchen Aid Mixer

I didn't reply at first because I am unfamilar with the Bosch Brand. I have used the Kitchen Aid however since I was a little girl. My mother had one in the early forties. That mixer, which she swore by, lasted until it died of metal fatigue about 1974. She replaced hers with a new one, and it was working fine when she died in 1991. I bought my first one at auction during about 1972- it was of the 1940's vintage. I received a new 4 1/2 quart model in about 1979 and it is working fine. I have the food grinder- love that, the slicer shredder- skip that one, and the pasta extrusion plates- skip those. I have their cook book- definitely get. I knead bread dough, make wonderful cream puffs and even make pie dough using their directions. Frankly, anyone offering harm to my mixer is definitly on my()list. I even have the hand held mixer and I like it. OH, yes more petigree, my old 1940's auction special was given to a friend and it lasted till about 1983 when it finally decided it only had one speed- high. That day my friend called up and yelled at me for getting her spoiled; she just hated the idea of buying a new one, but she did. Ok, I can recite chapter and verse of all the kitchen aid mixers I have known. I guess you can figure out I think they are great.