This is an amazing product. Cuisinart is a good brand so I wouldn't have expected anything but quality. Before buying this, I read a lot of reviews claiming that the attachments don't reach all the way to the bottom of the bowl so it doesn't work for everything. The only attachment that doesn't reach the bottom of the bowl is the bread hook and there is a way around that. I use this machine for a lot of bread doughs so normally I start with the water, sugar and yeast mixture, which is exactly what I did. I left the yeast do its work and then I started adding my flour cup by cup and it formed a beautiful dough with nothing left on the bottom. So just because the dough attachment doesn't reach the bottom doesn't mean it won't work. I could see that happening when the "wet" mixture is not at the bottom of the bowl and the dry stuff is, but any stand mixer does require you to scrape down at times.Now regarding the "small quantities" part. I have used the bread attachment for a dough formed with 1 cup of flour and 4 cups of flour, and it works exactly the same! Now moving on to the whisk attachment, which is used most in baking for items such as butter cream and meringues. I made meringue with 2 egg whites and 10 egg whites, and once again, works exactly the same because the whisk attachment does reach the bottom of the bowl.Overall, I love this machine. This is almost half price for what some of the kitchen aids sell for. It works exactly the same and just like kitchen aid, you can buy several other attachments like ice cream maker or pasta attachments. This is a very strong machine which allows it to work fast as well and I love the quality. For this price I was expecting them to cut corners a little bit by using cheaper materials such as plastic, but no, this is a very well built machine and well built attachments!