Aiken says she’s been using this Hamilton Beach hand mixer for 20 years nearly every time she bakes. “It fits in a drawer, is easy to clean and it never fails me. It’s the best $20-ish dollars I’ve ever spent on a kitchen tool.”
If a stand mixer is out of your budget, or you just want something that does the same job but doesn’t take up nearly as much space, this hand mixer is likely a better option: It comes with a snap-on storage case to hold the dishwasher-safe beaters and whisk and includes a bowl rest feature so stabilize the mixer and keep drips off the countertop when you set it down. It also has six different speed options.
Promising review: “My late grandmother bought me a Hamilton Beach branch mixer from a CVS pharmacy in 1999, when I had my first-ever apartment. That mixer lasted for 25 years, and it would have lasted longer had I not used it to try out a new recipe last month. (Grinch cookies, if you must know, and while the recipe said: ‘the batter will be thick’ it should have said: ‘the batter will destroy your hand mixer, use an industrial size stand mixer, instead!’). So, the old faithful Hamilton Beach hand mixer begrudgingly mixed up that batch of cookies, began to smoke, and then died. RIP, my beloved 1999 Hamilton Beach mixer!
I didn’t think twice about buying a Hamilton Beach hand mixer to replace my old one. I really like that the size and depth of the beaters has increased. My favorite part is that this comes with a holder for the mixer, the beaters AND the cord. Everything fits together so nicely and it doesn’t take up a lot of space. It has more ‘speeds’ than the old model did. I miss my old mixer, of course, but I really love this new one.” —Smile Saurus
Get it from Amazon for $21.99.
