Cuts my baking prep time, especially making breads - kneads wonderfully on the dough hook and barely vibrates on the counter, can go over 10mins kneading dough on a 3.5-4 and not even get hot. Creaming paddle does an amazing job, creaming butter and sugar without having to scrape down the bowl constantly, incorporates eggs effortlessly and not once has my mix split. Love the dust shield too, it's easy to add ingredients through the flap and no kitchen dust clouds. The glass bowl is really cool too, I like being able to see what's going on in there without having to stop the machine and peek in. I've used my MIL's KA Artisan and my mum's KW chef XL, so it was quite the toss up and I'm so glad I went with the KW, beats on power, price and apparently customer service too! Already have my eye on several attachments. Appliances online were a dream to deal with too and I'm really happy with my new machine.