Bought this as a replacement for my old Sunbeam hand mixer (slightly lower watt motor than this one) that lasted me for 5 years. I tend to burn out mixers pretty quickly with the shear amount of baking I do, so that Sunbeam was the longest lasting one I'd ever owned. When I went to replace it, I looked for another comparable Sunbeam mixer and found this one. While this one comes with fewer beaters (only the one set) I found that I never actually used all the other beaters with my old hand mixer anyway, so I didn't mind. The stand this comes with is effective, and kind of cute with the beaters in it. Looks a bit like a little mixer robot sitting on my counter if turned the right direction. Fairly unobtrusive space wise, and easy to wind the cord under the stand base so it's tucked out of sight. Note that this does NOT have a retractable cord- which is a plus in my book, since those always seem to break and stop retracting or get bent too much to work. This has a nice sturdy black cord, easy to clean off in one swipe of a paper towel if it gets flour on it. Love the red color, since my microwave and electric kettle are both red. Be aware, this is not a metallic red, but rather a slightly more subdued burgundy. Still, it goes well with the other reds in my kitchen.
Great handling in thick dough, even good for novices (two of my friends had never used a hand mixer before and I gave them a 30 second lesson and off they went! They even managed not to splatter any dough on the walls). I noticed in some of the reviews people complained about how hard it was to get the beaters out of the mixer - I think they're probably missing the fact that the speed control lever is also a release button that you just press in, and the beaters pop right out. There is a tiny icon on the side of the button that tries to indicate this, but people miss tiny icons. The button release was the same on my old mixer, so I was delighted to find there was nothing new I needed to learn with this one. Good motor, good speed variation; great for cookie dough, frosting, muffins, and quick breads (that I've personally tested so far). Here's hoping this one lasts me just as long as, if not longer, than my last Sunbeam mixer!
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Low speed too fast; don't use dough hooks
Biggest problem with this mixer is that the low speed is way too fast. Makes a mess of whipping cream, powdered sugar, etc. Another issue, potentially worse, are the optional dough hooks designed for this mixer, which we purchased directly from Sunbeam. My wife has used them twice, and noticed that while mixing dough for cinnamon rolls, the dough was creeping up the hook shafts and into the body of the mixer. See photo in "customer images" of the amount of dried dough we had to clean out of the mixer. Design flaw. Don't like the nylon gears inside, either.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013
