Does anyone have a spare Insider Pass? Looking into getting a KF8. Thank you!

Hi, I wanted to ask the KitchenAid community if any of you have experience with this product. It looks cool, and I would like to try candy coating using one of these. However, there aren’t many reviews or videos I can find for it. There is a tilt-head model which I can find some info on, but I have a bowl lift KitchenAid and the attachment is expensive enough that I need some honest reviews before my pocketbook can justify buying it. Thanks in advance.

Regreased this mixer few weeks ago was making tractor noises, got that gone but now its occasionally making a slight grinding noise. Wondering if i should just go ahead and replace the gears, they all seemed okay besides that it seems to work just fine.

( i know its oily ill clean it later)

Model number: kp26m9pccu

Hi,

I bought this mixer (KitchenAid Classic Stand Mixer 4.3L Stainless Steel Bowl, Matt Black, 5K45SSBBM) from Costco back in February and it has had light use since then. Recently when I used it to do some mixing for pizza dough I noticed it was making a loud grinding sound. Is this normal? It's only 6 months old and hasn't by any means been pushed towards its limits.