Was looking at stand mixers and it was hard to justify the kitchenaid based on price. Had a look at this Breville bakery boss mixer and it looked pretty good. Solid metal construction and Ive had good experience with Breville in the past. Used it this afternoon to make a 60% hydration pizza dough and it wasn't effortless but went fine. Also tried a 70% hydration pizza dough and it went through it easily. Both times it scraped the sides and picked up almost everything really well, even with only the dough hook. Obviously only used it twice but I would recommend this for any cakes, batters and lighter bread doughs - and the occasional heavier dough.
Currently on sale for $349, RRP is $499. Other stores (Bing Lee and Harvey Norman) do have it for $399 though.
I bought from David Jones in Bondi and they had a small blue sticker on the display model for $315. Took a photo and showed it to the lady at the cash register and she lowered the price to $315. It was not advertised anywhere though so don't know if i just got lucky or otherwise. Receipt below if anyone wants to try and get it matched. They also had an older modem BEM825 in gloss black (current version of black is matte) for $295 which I believe is the same it just comes with two bowls. We wanted white though so opted for the one linked.
Receipts and discounted clearance stickers Here
I'm still traumatized from going to Aldi last weekend
My bread I baked using my stand mixer gets soggy from my tears recounting the elbows, yelling, running through the store and getting trampled on.