Saw that the New Metro beater blade was plastic and reviews said they break. What is the SideSwipe made of?
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This particular one with the spaced fins is made of hard plastic. The blue fins are made of a thin, flexible, rubbery silicone. I think if you tried to mix something very thick or dough-like, then there might be a problem. I use it for mixing regular things like cake batters, frosting, eggs etc. It is great so far. It is much better than the original metal blade that left my mixtures discoloured and greyish like the metal. The yellow one is recommended for food service industry, which suggests it might be stronger. Hope this helps. :)
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According to research it is silicone. I've used mine very often and not a single problem.
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I am not sure what is it, could be coated metal with a rubber coating for the blades or it might be plastic. It seems very rigid (except for the blades) but is pretty light weight like aluminum would be. Feels durable to me, I use it to make a pretty thick cookie dough, and have had no problems. hope that helps.
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I haven't had any problems with metal flaking off the beaters, but I haven't had the mixer very long. I will watch out for that though.
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The beaters are metal. They are not coated. This is my second HB. It's a little different than my first one but works the same. It's a great mixer.
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I use the plastic as it glides over the pavement. The metal tends to scrape the pavement and since it doesn't glide it gets rather rough and impedes the forward action of the machine.
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Plastic, they are not too rigid, they are easy to clean, can't beat it for the money, 2 speeds too...
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They are made of flexible plastic. I love this rake. I use it when I vacuum.
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I actually don't know. I thought at first it was PVC, but when I strike metal against it, it doesn't sound like plastic (and I can't remove it to inspect closer). So, yeah, it might be. But it might be nylon too. It isn't steel - perhaps on the pepper mill.
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I am not a KitchenAid Rep, you would have to contact KitchenAid regarding your warranty. I can assure you, the New Metro Design Beater Blade is by far the best for mixing dough, frosting etc. I would recommend this product to anyone.
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the blade is plastic. having shoveled snow many times with various shovels I found this the best I have used. I prefer it to my snow thrower for moderate snow falls say up to six or eight inches. Well worth the money.
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The blade is metal and the rest of the slicer is made of a very thick plastic.
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Not sure, but could be the shape of the bowls. I would suggest you measure your current beater and compare those measurements to the side swipe measurements. I love mine.
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The Microplane Professional series is made entirely of metal. Mine does not even bend with normal use, and I doubt it will ever break.
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I have the KitchenAid flex edge beater and liked it, but saw this and wanted to give it a try and wanted to have a backup. I was surprised at how lightweight it is, and that it is made of plastic. I tried it once and it didn't work well. One side of the glass bowl, it was about 1/4" from touching the side, and on the other side it was way too far over (the flex edge was completely bent). There may be a way to adjust it, but from the instructions I saw on the package, the adjusting is up and down, not side-to-side. So, if you have the KA flex edge beater, I'd just stick with that.
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They are made out of something other than ordinary plastic. Silicon is my best guess, they era so flimsy and difficult to handle I can't recommend them. If bpa is what you find in the cheapest of products...my guess is it's in these items.
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Plastic and mine broke into small pieces, my two year old almost choked on it! Do not buy this blender!!! I ended up the Hamilton beech "wave" smoothie blender and it works well enough until I can afford the Vitamix!
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It is made of plastic, but don't let that fool you. It is very durable and does not feel light weight with the blade.
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We haven't used the beater blade yet. We mostly use the mixing and hook blades, which work good. Sorry I'm not much help.