Regarding the attachment for the KA mixer --the bowl scraper, did we ever get a report as to...

This one is a different design than the one linked to above. I'm still going to eventially get one

of them. The one with lots of little scrapers is made of aluminum so it seems more durable.

 
Luisa, they are both recommended, but they liked the Sideswipe better. Here's what they had to say

It doesn't seem to be much difference.
From CI...

Stopping your stand mixer every few minutes to scrape down the sides of the bowl can be tedious, but two new products promise to do it for you (and mix ingredients at the same time): the SideSwipe Spatula Mixer Blade and the BeaterBlade+.The BeaterBlade+ offers a single beating-and-scraping “wing”; the SideSwipe has several angled silicone fins that beat, scrape, and push batter down in the bowl. While both models blended cake batters well and creamed butter in half the time of a traditional paddle (you may need to adjust recipes), it wasn’t until we mixed Spritz Cookies that we noticed the major advantage of the SideSwipe: Our recipe recommends stopping three times to scrape the bowl, but with the SideSwipe, we could add ingredients without stopping until the dough came together, leaving completely clean sides in the bowl. Meanwhile, the BeaterBlade+ left smears behind. SideSwipe makes attachments to fit KitchenAid stand mixers and a few other brands (check its website to match your model to a specific blade before buying).

SideSwipe Spatula Mixer Blade
The paddle has several angled silicone fins that beat, scrape, and push batter down in the bowl. When baking our recipe for Spritz Cookies, which recommends stopping three times to scrape the bowl, we could add ingredients without stopping until the dough came together, leaving completely clean sides in the bowl.

BeaterBlade+
This offers a single beating-and-scraping "wing," which blended cake batters well and creamed butter in half the time of a traditional paddle. However, when we mixed our Spritz Cookies, the BeaterBlade+ left smears behind.

 
This is something I have been avoiding...

I have not been able to find all of the metal choppers, grinders, sausage stuffers, etc. for my KitchenAid that belonged to my mom. I am so afraid they didn't make it here in the move. I could swear, I remember seeing them and sighing a breath of relief, but I cannot find them. There are boxes down in the basement that I need to go through, I just haven't had the guts to do it yet. I lost so many treasures of my mom's in this move. I just don't want them to be another casualty. Ugghhh!

 
Thanks for the good info. I think I might get the Side Swipe. I think

they said something about having the size I need in Feb -March, so I will wait until next month just to be sure.

 
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