SideSwipe for KitchenAid 5 Qt and 4.5 Quart Bowl Lift Mixers in Red

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches ; 6.1 ounces
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B006557SE0
Item model number: KLN-1R

By : SideSwipe
List Price : ~~$27.95~~
Price : $25.95
You Save : $2.00 (7%)

Product Description

Holiday 2011 version. SideSwipe revolutionizes mixing and virtually eliminates the need to stop your mixer and scrape the bowl to get all your ingredients mixed in. The ORIGINAL spatula mixer blade delivers better results because of its unique alternating silicone fins. The ultra-flexible fins' bi-directional scraping provides a more thoroughly-combined, fluffier end result while maintaining a safe wattage draw. And it mixes your recipes faster, too! SideSwipe is perfect for mixing most everything you use your stand mixer for - cakes, frosting, cookies with chips and nuts, mashed potatoes, creamed butter and much more! Don't be fooled by recent competition that doesn't mix as well or get ingredients from the bottom of the bowl! MODELS: Replaces the flat beater for: MOST KitchenAid 5-Quart bowl-lift models, Heavy Duty, K4SS, K5, K5A, K5SS, Professional 5 Series, Professional HD, KG25, KH25, KM25G, KP50, KPM5, KSM5, KSM450, KSM50HDP, KSM50P, KSMC50. Does NOT fit Professional 5-Plus or Pro 520. Not sure about the model? See alternate image for KA beater photo and measurements. Bowl size is 8 to 8.25" across the top. Patented in US, Canada, Australia; other Foreign Patents pending. BPA FREE.

Product Features

Scrapes sides ; bottom of the bowl for thoroughly-combined, fluffier mixtures. Safe wattage draw.
Alternating Soft-Swipe fins allow chips and nuts to pass without being crushed PLUS are extra-long to accommodate minor variations in mixers ; bowls
Preferred over Beater Blade by Cook's Illustrated (America's Test Kitchen)
Heavy-duty reinforced nylon frame won't crack or peel in dishwasher like competition; Aluminum Core offers durable connection to mixer
Replaces the flat beater for ALL 4.5-quart and 5-quart KitchenAid stand mixers where bowl is lifted using a crank lever

Customer Reviews

The one thing that I really disliked with my bowl-lift Kitchenaid is that I had to unhook the beater and lower the bowl constantly in order to get a spatula in to get all of the ingredients off of the side of the bowl. I had looked at the BeaterBlade, but my mixer is a K5-a from the 70s and although the BeaterBlade claims to fit, it was too tight in the bowl and made the beater stick and slip as it tried to spin around the bowl. Kitchenaid makes their own spatula-type beater now, but not for the K5-a.
I had seen a favorable video review of the Sideswipe and thought I might as well try it out. It fits the bowl nicely so it looked promising, even without ingredients. The first recipe I tried it with was a rather thick muffin batter and it worked very well. If you've seen the BeaterBlade in action you've probably seen that it keeps the sides of the bowl clean and pushes the ingredients to the center so that there's absolutely no bowl scraping necessary. The Sideswipe is a bit different in that the fins on the beater pull ingredients off of the bowl and incorporate them well, but it doesn't keep the side completely clean. To me this is not a problem because I still didn't have to scrape the bowl until I was done mixing and ready to pour the batter into muffin trays. It incorporated everything in about 5 minutes total, and normally I'd have to scrape the bowl 3 or 4 times to get everything worked in, stopping the mixer and unhooking the beater and lowering the bowl each time.
One thing I especially like about the Sideswipe is that the fins let things like chocolate chips in the batter flow through the beater instead of forcing them underneath the spatula section. I don't know how the BeaterBlade would work in this regard, but it seemed like it was so tight in the bowl already that that might have been an issue. On the downside, because the Sideswipe is not one smooth spatula, cleaning it is a bit more difficult because each fin needs to be cleaned separately from the others. I don't have a dishwasher, but it seems like it would be a non-issue if you're not hand-washing the beater.
Overall I'm very satisfied with the purchase, and I only wish I had ordered one sooner!

I read all the reviews concerning this silicone finned beater and decided that the benefits touted in the positive reviews outweighed the negatives. I am thrilled with the functionality of this beater--it cuts mixing time down not only by eliminating frequent stops for scraping down the sides of the bowl, but also by incorporating ingredients faster than a regular paddle beater. I used to dread mixing frosting--now it's a thrill! I join the chorus of those who recommend highly.