I am now an official hater of Sunbeam Mixers. About 3 months ago I purchased a Sunbeam Mixer, Heritage Series, because the KA's were just too expensive for me at the time. Well after about 2 uses the motor burned out. I was only making BC icing. I like to have never found my receipt in order to be able to exchange it at Wal-Mart. I thought I had just got a lemon and everything would be o.k. with the new one. WRONG!! The beaters won't even stay in 
One of them comes out and it makes a horrible sound that makes my 4 year old think the house is coming down. My DH, bless his heart, wanted to buy me a KA for Mother's Day and I said "No, dear. I have a brand new Sunbeam. If I don't use it then that would be like wasting $106.00." I wish now I had let him buy it for me and thrown that stupid Sunbeam in the trash. I am going to write to them and tell then what lousy luck I have had with their product. I am going to buy a KA just as soon as I can catch them on sale! Sorry about the long rant but $106.00 is a lot of money and I feel like i've wasted mine. Has anybody else had this type of luck with Sunbeam products?
I have the same Sumbeam Mixer. I have made double batches of Buttercream & Royal Icing with no problem. I have had no trouble out of my mixer. I do want a KA if that matters. I hate how the bowl & the beaters do not mix well. Other than that I have no complaints, yet, (knock on wood)
I'm sorry to hear about your mixer.
Yes! $106 is still alot of money.
I don't own a KA yet because I also dont have the $$ for it but I refuse to get anything other than a KA. I have a cheap $15 hand mixer and I have to say , it's had smoke come out a couple of times. 
but it's all I could afford at the time.
My husband told me he would get me one in August as we've had some unexpected bills come our way. I can't wait!!! 
I have a sunbeam but i havent had any trouble yet, i've also had it for about 3 months. There was a post here last night about the red kitchen aid being on sale for $135 at dillards and i mentioned it to my hubby but he just gave me a look because he told me to get the kitchen aid in the 1st place but like you i didnt want to spend that much and i got a sunbeam so now when i mention kitchen aid to him he gives me the speech. $135 is a great price compared to the $270 it usually goes for so i'm seriously considering it and i told him i'll try to sell my sunbeam on ebay.
I would love to have a KA too, but for Christmas my mom gave me the same Sunbeam you have. I had her OLD sunbeam that she gave to me 6 years ago when I got my first apartment. It worked great but the bottom part that made the bowl turn had gave out and she couldn't get the parts for it. I got tired of spinning the bowl myself and asked for a new mixer.
Anyways I will admit that the new Sunbeam is definitely not as good as the one that's over 20 years old. I didn't notice a big difference until I went to use the old one for something (new one's beaters and bowl was dirty and I was being lazy lol). I never realized how much more power the old Sunbeam had. So now I look at my new one differently lol. But so far I haven't had any problems with it. But I'm also very careful about not working it too hard too!
Thanks everyone for listening and responding. It helps so much when you are upset over something to just have someone else listen to you cry like a baby LOL But seriously, I am going to try Amazon and I am also going to try Dillards if I can get there soon. I live about 2 hours away from Dillards so Amazon is probably my best bet. Wish me luck in getting my hubby to buy me a KA since i've already turned one down. (Smacking myself on the forehead right now)
Wow, I guess I got lucky with my Sunbeam. My husband's grandma got us one for our wedding, almost 8 years ago. I had really wanted a KA (my mom's had hers over 20 years and it's still going strong), but I was just glad to have a mixer. I can tell the poor motor isn't as strong as it use to be, I just hope it holds out until I can afford a KA!
I have the same one...Mom bought it for me for Christmas. I use it to mix my cake mix but I don't use it for my icing. It takes too long to beat it and it leaves lumps of conf. sugar. I can whip up several batches of icing with my hand mixer quicker than I can mix one batch with my sunbeam.
I have had the same sunbeam mixer for almost 6 years and so far it has been great....although I do eventually want to get a KA. I checked your model on epinions and most of the reviewers mentioned the same problems you have had. I always check the reviews on appliances and such before I invest any money. Sorry you had such bad luck with your mixers but YAY you're getting a KA now! I am jealous!!!
I love my Sunbeam Heritage Collection. I have the 450 watt one. I had an old 375 watt one that I bought at Target on clearance for $20.00, 8 years ago. I loveed that one too. I mix double batches of royal icing and double batches of buttercream and never had a problem. I bought the new one because the old one broke. I accidently dropped a hand towel in it while it was running. Burned the motor up instantly. I bought the Sunbeam again because I love it and because I have tried the KA and I hated.
UPDATE.... Well I took that crappy mixer back to Wal-Mart and got my money back, well a gift card but thats better than that piece of junk sitting on my counter gathering dust. Thanks to another CC member who let me know that I could take it back and get a refund without my receipt or box. I just love this site, it is amazing! I am now off to purchase my very first KA. I am so happy My DH thinks I am so warped for getting so excited about a mixer. Silly men!
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