Others say...

"Necessary Accessory"
I feel the Pouring Shield will be an extremely useful accessory. But, because of the lightness of construction, necessary for its purpose,it may need replacing periodically due to wear and tear.

"Kitchen Aid to the Rescue Part II"
I haven't use the attachment yet, therefore I can't comment on it.

A Happy Baker

"Awesome"
I love kitchen-aid products. This in particular helps with spilling and pouring. I strongly recommend getting one of these for your mixer, as a matter of fact, the original one that came with my mixer got melted on the stove and I couldn't live without another one

"Pouring Shield"
Have pro series it came with out the shield. This works as though it was made for it

"Not worth it"
I have a standing mixer that does not have the option of flipping up to add new ingredients, so I thought this would be nice to add like flour down the shoot, but it just doesn't work.

First, the piece does not clip tightly to the bowl causing it to slip around a bit around the top edge of the bowl. Second, the shoot is not at a sharp enough angle for the ingredients (like dry flour) to slide down the shoot, leaving you shaking the already flimsily attached pouring shield to get the flour into the bowl. Third, if you give up on pouring dry ingredients down the shoot, this has made the area that you can dump things into the bowl in narrower because it's shielding the top edges of the bowl. I have tried this several times now, and now I never use it.