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KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus KV25G0X vs KitchenAid Professional 600 KP26M1X: what real owners say

Real owners rate these about evenly: 60% of 25 KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus KV25G0X 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 Professional 5 Plus KV25G0X

60%of 25 owners recommend
60% recommend · 4% neutral · 36% don't
Owners praise
  • Owners simply love it and call it a beast of a mixer
  • Powers through bread and pizza dough with ease
  • All-metal gears and solid build last for years of regular use
Owners complain about
  • Attachments chip, corrode, swell, or seize in the port
  • Very loud, and often gets louder over time
  • Heavy dough taxes it, with burnt-wiring smell reported
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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 Professional 5 Plus KV25G0X owners say

“I have the 5qt bowl lift model and I love it. The only downside is that it doesn't do well with very small batches of meringue; but meringue powder is pretty inexpensive so I just make a little more than I need.”
— districtly on Reddit
“No regrets.”
— @derrickcarpenter5705 on YouTube
“Once I started baking bread I bought a bowl lift professional 5 plus. It is way tougher and works well, but heavy dough really taxes it and I have smelled burnt wiring a few times while kneading. I like the tilt head for medium duty work, but I don't think I would recommend a bowl lift to anyone.”
— Thinkbeforeyouspeakk on Reddit

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