KA-THR Original Plastic BeaterBlade

This is my second purchase of a scraping mixer blade, but the first of this brand. My other was a cheaper, knock-off version that did the job, but I do notice a huge quality difference in this one. This feels so much sturdier. It works perfectly for my K4SS bowl lift model. It scrapes the sides perfectly and is SUCH a help when mixing any kinds of batters or frostings. Love it!!

I am trying to write a review for the KA-6LR but it is linking to the KA-5LR.I actually have both the 5LR and the 6LR. I have both a Professional 5-qt Lift-Bowl Itchen-Aid mixer that is over 20 years old, and a refurbished 7-qt Professional Lift Bowl Kitchen-Aid mixer. I have used the KA-5LR for several years now and have about three on hand at any time to be able to switch beween different cake batters without having to wash the paddle in between. Same for the American Buttercream Frosting I make which can be made from soft to stiff depending on my cake design needs.I was thrilled to find that there is now a KA-6LR for the standard 7-quart Lift Bowl mixer as one has not been on AMAZON before. I purchaed one and I will be purchasing a couple of more for the same reasons I have listed for the 5LR. I absolutely LOVE the 6LR rubber sided paddle. It fits the 7-qt bowl snuggly which I thought would be a problem, but it did absolutely fantastic on my double batch (4-lbs confectioner sugar) frosting at stiff consistency. I do not need to scrape the bowl anymore, but I do have to scrape the beater halfway through the mixing cycle because dry flour, mix or sugar can sometimes get caked on the sides of the rubber. But no big deal. So easy to use.Both the 5LR and the 6LR are heavier than the past models - much improved. I have only had one problem with an early model 5LR where the rubber pulled away from the plastic paddle, but none of those problems since my first one. I have only broken one 5LR when I didn't have it on the mixer completely and was mixing dough. It broke when it came off when the dough was too stiff . Totally my mistake.

If you were putting off getting a flex beater don’t!!! So many headaches gone and much better results from creaming. It is plastic so it is noisy but I can survive.

I was surprised there were so many options to replace or add to the mixer. I chose a beater very different from the original. I wanted a beater of better quality than the original. This is it. Better quality and great idea to add rubber paddles to the beater so bowl is scraped as you blend or beat. Works great. I love it.

Plastic body of blade seems sturdy. Does a good job of keeping materials from sticking to side of bowl. However, this blade did not snap on as solidly as the original metal one. It fit loosely on mixer, but did not come off, so I guess it will be ok.

Item is too large, makes a ticking noise when in operation. Doubt rubber edging will last. Will operate smoothly if you only raise bowl 3/4, but then you need to keep holding it in place. NOT happy!

First time writing a review… I love this blade! It made me fall in love with my KitchenAid mixer all over again. I have the 7 quart mixer and for 2 years now, I have literally been lifting the bowl up with my hands so that the paddle will reach the bottom of the bowl! Very dangerous! I was all set to toss it and give up on the KitchenAid brand, but I decided to give this blade a try. It is incredible. I just made my cream cheese frosting. It blended my softened butter and cold, unsoftened cream cheese completely smooth. The edges of the blade scraped every side of my bowl. When I put the powdered sugar in one cup at a time, it immediately blended it in a quarter of the time it used to. The unexpected surprise was that the sugar didn’t come out of the bowl at all. It was directed down into the bottom and blended better than ever. I’m going to make cookies tomorrow for my students, and I can’t wait to see how it performs!

This is my second actually. The first one snapped in half while I was making up a big batch of cookie dough. I knew I should not have let it go quite so long. But I had that one for at least ten years of not easy work, so I still think it's a great product and bought another. I love that it is made in the USA and it is very sturdy. When I was waiting for the new one to come, I made a batch of gingermen with the original KA blade and was really unhappy with how long it took and how much scraping of the side I had to do! Apparently I had gotten spoiled all those years using the beater blade. Just, I guess, be careful if you are mixing something very stiff for a very long time and your beater blade has gotten very old.