Proctor SilexElectric Immersion Blender with Detachable Dishwasher Safe Handheld Hand Blender Stick, 2-Speeds, 150 Watts, White (59739)

I use a hand blender every day for making my bullet-proof coffee. My 25+ year old 120W Braun hand blender finally quit on me, so I needed a replacement. I soon discovered there are countless hand blenders on Amazon and I checked out (and ultimately returned) a couple of well-reviewed, high-powered hand blenders before realizing that this unique Proctor Silex hand blender is the ONLY one that is perfect for my needs. Here's what I realized I wanted and needed to AVOID, with the Proctor Silex seeming to be the only hand blender on Amazon that manages to avoid ALL of these "Cons":- High Price- Far More Power Than Necessary (Are the watts ratings largely marketing hype? Although I admittedly use my countertop blender for any serious blending/chopping needs, for 25+ years I always felt my 120W Braun hand blender was very powerful. Do I really need - or even want - up to 8 times more power??? I use my hand blender daily - do I really want the size and top-heavy weight that goes along with the majority of hand blenders?).- Heavy weight / Top heavy / Overly tall / Extremely prone to falling over (sometimes causing things to go flying, breakage, need for big clean-ups, etc.!)- Scratch inducing stainless steel blade guards- Wide diameters that won't fit into my wide-mouth thermos' 2.5 inch openingThis Proctor Silex hand blender uniquely manages to avoid all of these cons. It has plenty of power for my needs, and I love its lightweight, compact, well-balanced, slender design. It weighs half as much (or less) than the larger, over-powered hand blenders. It's inexpensive, at 13.1 inches it is 2-4 inches shorter than others, it's slender design allows it to fit down into my wide-mouth thermos, isn't so extremely top-heavy that it stands begging to be toppled over, and its plastic blade guard won't scratch containers, pots, pans etc.Does it look and feel like an expensive, high-end kitchen appliance? No. Will it meet everyone's requirements? No. Is it the ONLY hand blender on Amazon that I found that is EXACTLY what I was looking for? YES!

Works great handy and cheap. Good buy.

Works great for my breakfast smoothie. Not big, not expensive but does the job for my shake. Probably would not be heavy duty enough for thicker food like mashed potatoes. I use it everyday

THIS is like the 4th or 5th immersion blender li've had. the last one caught on fire while i was using it, which wasn't such a bad thing cuz it was hard to put together and use.this one ix the opposite- it comes apart which is good for cleaning and it goes back together easily and very discernibly, so you KNOW when it's on, not like the last one!works very well, both speeds, i'm very npleased with it- and VERY GOOD value for money

The only reason I purchased it was to make mayonnaise in a mason jar. The blender started out fine, but failed to grab onto the mayo once it started to thicken up.

I was concerned about how light it is and that both the blade and head are smaller than the 40 yr old unit it replaced. (Pic on left is old one). I used it to process about a 3 gallon pot of nearly boiling hot well-cooked apples with skins and pulp for apple butter. Took about a minute or 2. Learning curve, this thing brought the pulp to baby food consistency really fast. I had to cook more apples and hand mash them to get consistency back to what I wanted to finish the butter. I don't know how long people use this unit that it overheats. In the time I used it no overheating problem. Many more batches of apple butter to do over the next few months and when I get to tomato season next year will update if any issues.

I use this blender a lot and works great. I purchased another larger stick blend from another company, and I had onlyit a few times, and it broke already.This one has been a great blender for making up to 2000 -3000 grams soap batch

Had to return it. It was used and not in perfect condition.