Lidl - Professional Food Processor/Mixer

New Home · 28-11-2015 12:14AM

You'll have to check with them, maybe if you ring their customer service number -see a few posts above- they might be able to tell you where to find one, if they haven't been all sold out.

cloneslad · 28-11-2015 12:27AM

Lyra Fangs wrote: »

Any chance this is still available?

Good few still left on coolock, I was in earlier and saw them. Red and silver

jay0109 · 28-11-2015 12:31AM

There was a good few still on sale in Lidl, Cork St, D8 a couple of days ago

Lyra Fangs · 28-11-2015 12:33AM

jay0109 wrote: »

There was a good few still on sale in Lidl, Cork St, D8 a couple of days ago

Awesome! I'll have a look in there tomorrow

akagugs · 29-03-2016 11:00AM

Hi Guys,
Sorry to drag up an old post but this particular mixer is on sale in LIDL again this Thursday. Now that you've had a chance to use it for a few months, would you recommend it?
I intend to use it mostly for mixing batches of bread dough, nothing too heavy. Maybe between 500g to 1kg flour per mix.

New Home · 29-03-2016 12:38PM

I'm quite happy with mine - it's not exceptional, but it's good for what I paid for it.

It does take up a lot of room, and it's as noisy as you expect it to be, but not much more than your average electric beaters.

The part where the arm is attached to the base seems to 'wobble' a bit when mixing heavier dough, but then again I've seen Kenwood models do the same - obviously the Kitchenaid ones with the metal body wouldn't have that problem, being heavier.

The only thing that annoys me a little bit with the mixer part of the machine is that, with lesser quantities, the whisks/attachments don't seem to reach near enough to the sides and the bottom of the bowl, and I have to 'lift' and scrape the mixture quite regularly - this probably wouldn't happen with larger quantities.

Also, be warned that the instructions say that you can't keep it working at a certain speed for more than a specified number of minutes or the motor will overheat, and it also specifies 'rest' times, which is something you probably wouldn't have with 'industrial strength' machines.

The blender part is superb, but I haven't used it as much as the mixer part.

Would I have preferred to 'road test' a few models before my purchase? Without a doubt. Would I buy it again, in hindsight, not having 'road-tested' any of them? Yes.

I'd probably give it a 7 or even an 8 out of 10, but that's comparing it to a Kitchenaid one, which is easily 5 or 6 times the price.

akagugs · 29-03-2016 01:17PM

Hi,
Thanks so much for the great reply, i really appreciate all the information as it's been tough to find reviews online. I have heard that mixing bread dough can be a strain on even the best mixers so I'm glad that this one does the job. I have a couple of days to make my mind up on this or hold off and get a K Chef of some description.

New Home · 29-03-2016 01:34PM

No problem!

jwwb · 29-03-2016 05:31PM

Aldi had a "premium mixer" priced at 200 but saw it at 150 today. Not on their site anymore but think this is it here http://aldi.medion.com/md16480/uk/?refPage=medion

akagugs · 30-03-2016 02:35PM

Ah great jwwb, I'll have a look in the local one tomorrow and see if it's still there. If not maybe this one will do the job for a year or two.

DERICKOO · 30-03-2016 07:49PM

Just bought one they were not on the shelves as yet, girl said if in the system and it scans OK.They will be gone first thing tomorrow morning.1300wats hope it wont take off.

Twatter · 31-03-2016 11:14AM

I bought one last time they were available to replace my hand-me-down kenwood chef.
I used it a few times but wasn't impressed with the need for constantly scraping the bowl down. I never used the other attachment that came with it and it has been boxed up ever since. I'm tempted to put it on adverts if it wasn't so heavy for posting.
I have since bought a k-mix which is much neater and i am very happy with for my needs. The bowl on the lidl one is very large so may be better if you were making large batches.

jwwb · 16-01-2017 11:18AM

Back today at €69.99

ani_mal · 01-03-2017 09:09PM

So, I always wanted to have one of those mixers
got one on sale for 69.99 Euro.
happy days right?

So I made 4 attempts to use it for making dough.
1. shortcrust - didn't work out had to scrape the sides all the times, there was plenty flour on the bottom of the bowl the hook didn't reach there either
2. beating egg whites I needed 3- the same as above, didn't reach the bottom so didn't even reach my egg whites
3. yeast dough- it took the mixer about 15 min to mix but still wan't done. and didn't mix the sides as well as bottom wasn't touched at all.
4. blender- hmm will do. its not something I would highly recommend but for 69.99 euro I guess it is acceptable. Blender is VERY noisy and even after a minute fruit, veg or seeds weren't milled to smooth consistent form.
5. the shield for the bowl, very flimsy in my opinion hard to fit it on as the arm has to be down all the way (so you don't have much wriggle space) and when arm goes up the shield has will come off/slide off.

Mine went back to the shop, I think I prefer better brands.

Wine Goddess · 17-10-2017 06:15PM

Professional mixer in Lidl Rathfarnham today for 99 euro.

Lidl - Professional Food Processor/Mixer

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