Customer Reviews

Black & Decker MX300 Power Pro Hand Mixer, White

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(23)

 

 

This is a solid mixer that will get the job done. It comes with whisks and beaters, which I think is great. I use the whisks for scrambled eggs, and they come extra fluffy.

My gripes is that there really is no "low" speed on here. Even on the lowest setting, it sounds like a corvette is going to roll through my mixing bowl.

Also, the plastic spatula is a nice thought, but no substitute for a real spatula. It kinda helps if you're doing cake batter, or something equally thick, but don't buy this one just because it comes with a gimmick.

Excellent performance and very high power with this hand mixer. Recommend this product for small mixing jobs when you don't need a stand mixer.

I had a kitchenaid mixer and was very happy with it, but then I lost one of the beaters, so my mother gifted me with this black and decker mixer. I was first disappointed with it because there is no true slow speed -- the lowest speed is so fast it'll beat the heck out of whipping cream or egg whites, but fails miserably for blending dry and wet ingredients, because it's so fast everything flies out of the bowl. Ridiculous. Makes me think that absolutely no realistic testing was done on it.

Then, after having used the mixer a couple of dozen times, problems appeared with the beaters -- first, they started falling apart, with the two wires becoming disconnected at the top. They still worked, but then I noticed the rust. Yes, rust. At both the base of the beater (where the wires connect to the pole) and at the top of the wires, where the wire has actually split. I'm not hard on my beaters and I even wash them by hand. I am pissed off at this glaringly obvious planned obsolesence and will never buy another black and decker appliance again.

We replaced a cheap $10 Proctor Silex mixer with this Black & Decker model that was suppose to be an upgrade. What a mistake this was as the mixer did not even last a year of use. I find it humorous that they give you heavy duty beaters and motor with power boost and then use PLASTIC gears! I took the unit apart as soon as I heard the grinding sounds coming from it and sure enough the gears had warn a thin line down the center of them rendering the mixer worthless. What is amazing to me is the cheap Proctor Silex mixer had worked for 5 years doing the same job without breaking, we ended up donating it at the end but still working as good as new. The only reason we upgraded was to get some of the fancier features this model had, now we need to buy a new mixer.

Strong and easy to use this hand held mixer is superior to others I have used in the past and would recommend it in the future.

I'm very disappointed with this mixer. I just got it out of the box to use it for the first time. I'm beating cream cheese, whipped cream, and sugar, but the lowest speed is so fast that it is just flinging the cream cheese around and not even blending the ingredients. What a mess!

Have had an earlier version of this mixer for 6 years but probably only used it 10 times. The beaters came apart just like the other reviewer with this NEWER model. If you go to Black and Decker's website you will get redirected twice and wind up at someone called "Fox". If you call them you will find replacement beaters cost $20 a pair. I am very saddened by the fact that the original black and decker is now a corrupted shell licensing their name to some cut rate company cranking out junk. How come the greenies yell at us constantly to use paper grocery bags but no one has a problem with filling the landfills up with junk like this thing? Anyway don't bother with it, it is JUNK.

I thought this mixer would be perfect because it has 5 settings (who could need more?) BUT, the lowest setting is SO high that it makes the mixer completely useless. Forget creaming butter and sugar together, this machine is so strong that butter pieces go whizzing all over the place. Forget about adding dry ingredients to wet, a cloud forms over the bowl and everyone gets splattered. Even on low the thing is completely unusable. I've never gone higher than the first setting because the first setting is way too strong as it is. I keep using the mixer thinking THIS time it will do what I need but I always end up irritated and dirty. The mixer is now just sitting in my kitchen drawer waiting to be thrown out when I can one that actually has a low setting. I wish I could get my money back but unfortunately I've had it for too long. Trash.

We needed a new mixer and figured we couldn't go wrong with a Black & Decker. As it turns out, we were very wrong in this thinking. This could possibly be the worst mixer ever! Just as others have said, there is NO low speed, you turn this thing on and it throws pieces every where!!! After using this piece of junk you have to change your shirt because you will have food all over it. I think there are two reasons for this- 1. Too fast and 2. Poorly designed beaters. Also, the beaters are made of a heavy gauge wires that don't cut very well and are weak.
If you just bought one of these then take it back!

I really like this hand mixer. I specifically wanted one with more power than the one I had before. However, the lowest setting is almost as fast as the last setting. It's recommended for mixing things like flour or other powders, but if you did that you would have it all over you. If you don't mind mixing something like that by hand and you just use this for liquids and thicker things then it's fine. However, I was a little worried when I was whipping egg whites, just make sure you have a deep enough bowl. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm hoping that mixing cookie dough will be better with the extra power, because that's what did my old mixer in. I really like that there are two different attachments. One for liquids and one for thicker things. The thicker one doesn't seem as sturdy as my old hand mixers beaters, but maybe that is why they couldn't handle the cookie dough.