Friday, October 4, 2013

Universal Plus Cookie Paddles



NOT a German-made product
I contacted Bosch in Salt Lake City after reading Amazon reviews that claimed the "Bosch" cookie paddles customers received were not genuine Bosch parts. I found out, to my dismay, that the reviewers were correct. The paddles are NOT genuine, German-made, Bosch. Unlike the whips, dough hooks, etc. that are manufactured in Germany, the cookie paddles are manufactured by another company and then DISTRIBUTED by Kitchen Resources. The paddles are made of plastic. While they do scrape the sides of the bowl nicely, they are not meant to survive hard butter or very heavy doughs. They should work fine for light to medium doughs, similar to the whips. I have broken whips before on hard butter, and apparently these paddles can't handle it either. According to the Bosch representative in Salt Lake City, the paddles have a five year warranty. Who honors that warranty, though--Kitchen Resources, the manufacturer, or Bosch?

Universal machine knockoff cookie paddles
These cookie paddles are advertised as genuine Bosch parts, but they aren't. The box they arrived in indicates they are manufactured by "Bluestone" for "Kitchen Resource." They appear identical to the paddles they are replacing, but only time will tell if they hold up as well as the Bosch paddles did.

Works great, but broke easily
These work better for cookie mixing then the wire wisks. We had these for about 6 months only used maybe 12 times and they broke. Hopefully this time they will last a bit longer. Aside from the longevity, they work fantastic.

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