Hamilton Beach Classic Stand and Hand Mixer, 4 Quarts, 6 Speeds with QuickBurst, Bowl Rest, 290 Watts Peak Power, Red (64654)

For several years I have had a VERY heavy and large Kitchenaid stand mixer that I've used many many times over the years that has been great yet at the same time, for me, a pain in the ass!I do bake, on occasion, and I do cook pretty much daily but the Kitchenaid unit wasn't worthy of taking up that much counter space. And that thing is soooo heavy that, when I put it away in one of my lower, taller cabinets... I found myself deciding not to use it because I don't need a hernia! and opted to use my lightweight hand mixer sometimes to get the job done. But sometimes you want a good mixer to do the job. UghSo I decided finally to do something about that and found this little beauty here on Amazon.I really love this mixer! It's much much lighter weight and smaller. And what I love even more is that you can take the top unit off and use it as a hand mixer if need be.I bought this in the blue color. It's perfect for me! And the price was fantastic! I think I paid like $50.It's actually small enough that I can leave it on the counter if I choose to but it's lightweight and I can easily put it away or retrieve it without hurting myself. Yeahhh!!I received this only just earlier today but washed all the components right away and put it straight to use on a cake mix. It works fantastic and has plenty of power for what I like to make. I did mess around with the settings and stuff. Runs great!I saw some reviews about some who didn't like that the beaters don't go to the bottom of the bowl. I understand that, but it's an easy fix to place a small plate underneath the bowl while your mixing if that's a problem for you. It does lift the bowl up just high enough. I checked it out, and that does work. The beaters are not that far up away from the bottom.Only slightly. Honestly I didn't need to do that I just used my spatula to scoop as always. I'm not a professional baker. I'm just a grandma who likes to bake sometimes.Now I will actually bake more because this mixer is so much more user-friendly!My husband has already gave me a list of things he wants me to make. And now, because of this wonderful mixer, I won't mind.I wish I had bought this a long time ago but I had felt obligated with that $400 Kitchenaid macine sitting there in my cabinet... kept me from buy something like this. Like I would be a traitor or something. I'm selling my Kitchenaid machine and keeping this one!We'll see as time goes by how well this machine stands up. From what I can tell now it should last me a long time. It's well made and has great attachments. The mixing bowl is big enough for regular sized stuff like cake mixes or the like. I hope my review helps you if your on the fence. I mean, what's not to like? It's a great little machine and sturdy.If you're baking huge batches of cookies for the whole neighborhood all the time or for a business I doubt this would ever come close to what you need. Because this is your average light use mixer. If you're like me and you just whip up a cake or some homemade goodies sometimes, definitely get this! Even for stuff like whipping egg whites, this will be great! Now I'm excited again about making things I haven't made for a long time. It's great!

The media could not be loaded. I use to have a kitchen aid and rarely used it. Only used it for pizza dough. Also, most of the mixers that are fancy and expensive also have a fancy non stick coatings. This one is almost 500 times less expensive and has no coatings. [Verified by mamavation.com ] But I couldn't figure out how to use it and could not find the manual. Looked it up on YouTube and lady uses a spoon to help the dough just a bit. I did that and my dough came out so good. Gluten structure was beautifully built. I would think that can be done in other items that seem are hard like pizza dough. I'm going to try making butter using heavy cream the next time. So far, i love it. It's different but it's not toxic. Also, my kitchen aid simply took up space for soooo many years and I rarely used it. This one i can take apart and it doesn't have to take up space on my counter, If i don't want it to. It's light. And as the video ad part of the item shows, the spinning of the bowl is normal. It's a genius idea if you ask me. Because that's how it gets to all the flour to make dough. If it can make great dough for pizza, then hey there, pain au chocolat, here we come!! Highly recommend!

Before buying this I obviously read the reviews to see if it was worth it. I knew that I wasn't gonna get much and was already expecting something cheap and just not really appealing in the kitchen, but when this arrived (nicely packaged btw) I was really shocked (in a nice way) with what I got! I received a "good quality" mixing bowl and a nice and modern mixer with a stand attachment along with it. The bowl is a bit small but it works just as well or even better than a normal whisk-by-hand bowl. Anyways, the mixer is nice and has a firm grasping unit so if you decide to hand mix it with the electric mixer it feels comfortable as heck! The attachments that come along with the mixer are normal quality attachments but i'm not so sure about the dough hook. It looks and feels flimsy-ish so I wouldn't recommend making bread or anything of that matter with this mixer. I would almost give this a 5 star rating but there are a few other things that make me hesitant about doing so. First of all, when this machine is mixing the mixture that you're making, it actually doesn't incorporate fully. It only does the middle and stays in place which makes it inconvenient because you have to actually be constantly stirring with a spatula to make sure it gets fully incorporated. Another reason is that the mixing bowl does not lock in place and this causes the bowl to continue turning with no end. I barely started using this Hamilton Beach product and already love it, it's perfect for a baker who wants to start small and work their way up to a real Kitchen Aid stand mixer. It is great for making frosting, cakes, cookies, brownies.. etc just not for bread ;(. All in all this mixer is amazing for the price as long as you are willing to stand there and help it out a bit. I also love this because you can use it individually if you don't want to use the standing attachment; it also isn't that loud which is AMAZING!