Life Finds Kitchen Appliance Lifting Brackets, LF-KAL01

My son bought it for his wife's Kitchen Aid mixer to go in a cabinet. She loves it.... because it freed up space on the counter. She loves that it comes up and out of the cabinet and retracts to go back inside. Very sturdy and well made. Great price! Awesome gift!

Works great, good quality

10/10 This is outstanding for the price. The lift is heavy duty and closes softly. It fits my kitchen aid no problem. I have a 15” cabinet with a drawer and with a bit of critical thinking and a few motherf*** it is in with ease…2 hours later. I do have an upper hand with an engineering degree but if you can build a dresser by yourself, I have confidence you could install this. Instructions were abundantly clear and, if you can read, you should not struggle. I knew that I would have to fidget it a bit since I have a drawer. You absolutely cannot go with a smaller cabinet size, 15” wide JUST fits it. If you have a larger body frame there is going to be some difficulty crawling into the cabinet to screw the back in. Be aware you will have to add extra wood supports, I have a woodshop if you do not, ask the workers at Lowe’s or Home Depot to custom cut you a piece atleast 4” tall , width and depth will depend on your cabinet. Overall, I’m glad I didn’t spend $250 for the namebrand one, I can’t imagine the price difference is justifiable with how nice this one is. I did extensive research on other similar priced ones and this listing had the specs I was looking for. Glad I went with it. Reviews for other brands described how difficult it was to install or outright didn’t work. This one WILL work if you know how to use common sense and can adapt the installation to your needs

Less useful than I had hoped. I got it for my stand mixer but it isn't all that convenient to use. It just hovers in the air where it's pulled out. I felt very awkward using it so I uninstalled it and put shelves in that cabinet. Make sure your cabinet is a standard width. Nothing narrow. I think the instructions say you need at least 9 or 10 inches, but the hardware comes in about 2 inches on each side. I had 6 inches of usable shelf space to put my mixer on. The hardware is stiff and hard to pull out. I pinched or punched myself every time I used the darned thing

I was concerned when I saw the packaging. It was closed. I cut the slit in the tape. The box was pretty banged up though. When I looked inside, I saw how thick the metal is. This thing could probably hold up a car and not budge. Extremely well built. Don't hesitate. It is awesome. I haven't tried the hydraulics yet but I will soon. If I don't come back complaining, it did not disappoint.

The lift mechanism seems to work well as installed per instructions. However, when fully extended the platform seems to be level (using a bubble level) but when a load is placed on it (adding the blender) it goes off level. The fully extended latch mechanism isn't as solid as hoped. I had to make multiple attempts at leveling the lift frame in the cabinet to try and give a level result of the mixer platform when fully extended. I wish the latching system was a bit more robust and mechanically solid.

Installing it isn't complicated; just keep in mind that you need a minimum height of 21.5 inches and a width of 15 inches. A very good option at an excellent price.

I paid someone to install this product, which tooks WEEKS of him trying to figure out instructions, calling in for help, adjusting and readjusting it to get it to work right. Ultimately he was told to send it in because it was not working, still. When I attempted to send it in, asking how to do this, I got an auto reply that they would not honor the situation, the reference number, told to "sell a broken item to someone else". Then ghosted me. You've been warned.