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KitchenAid Artisan KSM150PS vs KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the KitchenAid Artisan KSM150PS: 80% of 49 owners recommend it, vs 57% of 68 for the KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

KitchenAid Artisan KSM150PS

80%of 49 owners recommend
80% recommend · 4% neutral · 16% don't
Owners praise
  • Lasts for decades of use
  • Versatile across cakes, breads, and pasta
  • Handles buttercream and whipping well
Owners complain about
  • Struggles with heavy bread dough
  • Tilt head and motor can feel underbuilt
  • Occasional gear or reliability failures
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KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X

57%of 68 owners recommend
57% recommend · 15% neutral · 28% don't
Owners praise
  • Handles heavy bread and pizza dough
  • Lasts a decade or more
  • Easy to repair yourself, parts available
Owners complain about
  • Gears and transmission strip over time
  • Too big for small single batches
  • Runs loud under load
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What KitchenAid Artisan KSM150PS owners say

“My KitchenAid mixer is almost 33 years old, and it still works like the day when I got it.”
— @sashineb.2114 on YouTube
“the bread has turned out great. I have been making all our bread since!”
— @earlschultz7880 on YouTube
“the mixer has the same speed on the last three settings. KitchenAid is not what it used to be. Be smart and spend your money elsewhere.”
— @larsandleoniluckow3252 on YouTube

What KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X owners say

“As an owner of this model, I appreciate this video, because it ahowed me that, with just some basic knowledge of how things work and the effort to use that knowledge, this can be repaired, without engaging an "expert repair professional".”
— @worshipgeek on YouTube
“This was an estate sale with the house up for sale as well. I don't think they knew what they had or its value.”
— @monie1527 on YouTube
“I had a Kitchenaid Professional 600. I like to bake bread. I found while making dough that the bowl would flex a bit and move a little while the machine worked with dough. One day, I stripped the gears in that machine, and when I took the cover off to see what I could do, I noticed that part of the transmission housing in the kitchenaid was made of plastic.”
— FanHassock on Reddit