true, and somehow i doubt that thieves know they are desirable items, to people who cook/bake. i’ve toyed with buying one for forever, and as cool as i think they are and look, i just can’t justify the $300 or it would be.
I always had a hand mixer because I couldn’t justify the $300 for a stand mixer either. My neighbor was selling her Mother in laws stand mixer in a garage sale and offered it to me..... $25. Seriously - it obviously is older and probably has a smaller motor but it works like a charm and when it dies I WILL buy a new one, no matter what it costs. lol I love it.
I still prize my Harvest Gold one that I bought in the late 1970s. BUT, if you are getting one of the kind with the arms that raise the bowl, make sure that you have a place to put it. That model will not fit under most overhead cabinets. They need to be put on an island, or on a penninsula with higher overheads.
I have to keep mine in the laundry room where the cabinets are higher, and haul it into the kitchen when I want to use it. That’s how I am sensitive to how heavy they are. I should probably replace it with the model where the bowl screws into the base, but mine is still perfect so I continue to haul it when I want to use it.
Price? I think mine cost $250 at a discount store in 1978. With a coupon and a sale, you could probably get one for about that (think Kohls) today. That is actually cheaper, if you consider inflation.
I bought it to bake my own bread, something that I don’t do any more. My husband bought the meat grinder attachment for it about 20 years ago and has butchered many a deer with it.