KitchenAid Artisan vs KitchenAid Classic

KitchenAid Classic is $79.96 cheaper today, and has been the cheaper of the two on all 33 days we have held a price for both. They differ on bowl, as KitchenAid names and sizes them. Every figure below was read from the retailer by us. A dash means we have no current figure for that one.

KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio

KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black

Price today: KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio: $379.95Go to Amazon; KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black: $299.99 (the better of the two)Go to Amazon
Record behind itDays with a recorded price in the last 90. We hold a verdict until 7 of them, or until one price has held for 10 days.: KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio: 33 days on record; KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black: 33 days on record
Lowest we recordedAnd the last day it was that price. A floor touched last week is a different argument from one touched in March.: KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio: $379.95 · Sep 28; KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black: $299.99 · Sep 27
Highest we recorded: KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio: $499.95; KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black: $399.95
Sold by: KitchenAid Artisan, 5-Qt Tilt Head Stand Mixer, KSM150PS, Pistachio: Amazon.com; KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer K45SS, Onyx Black: Amazon.com

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How they differ

Specs as KitchenAid names and sizes them, the differences first.

Bowl: KitchenAid Artisan: 5 qt; KitchenAid Classic: 4.5 qt
Head: KitchenAid Artisan: Tilt-head; KitchenAid Classic: Tilt-head

KitchenAid ArtisanKitchenAid Classic

Both lines are the best price we recorded on each day, on one money axis. Our record for each starts when we started watching it, so a shorter line is a shorter record and not a cheaper history.

How the gap has moved

Across the 33 days we have held a price for both, the gap between them was widest at $100.00 on Sep 18 and narrowest at $0.04 on Sep 13. KitchenAid Classic has been the cheaper of the two on every one of those days. Today it is $79.96.

Measured from our own readings, carried forward day by day — a price stands until we record a different one. It starts on the first day we held a price for both, which is later than the day we began tracking one of them.

What they are

7 attributes the retailers describe differently, first. These are their words, not ours — we record prices, we do not test products.

Size: 5 Quart; 4.5 Q
Color: Pistachio; Onyx Black
Weight: 22.05 pounds; 22 pounds
Dimensions: 14.3 × 14 × 9.3 inches; 14.1 × 13.9 × 8.7 inches
Model: KSM150PSPT; K45SSOB
Number of items: 5; 4
Warranty: 1 Year Hassle Free Replacement Warranty; 1 Year Limited Warranty

2 products compared on the record we keep. Nothing here is ranked by what pays us, and neither of these placements was bought. Other model-against-model comparisons.