Hamilton Beach 62676 Performance Plus 6-Speed Mixer, Black

 (69 customer reviews)

I have had this mixer for a while and I LOVE IT. I think I paid $24.99 Some things I really like: well, the price. You get so much stuff for the price, there is no other mixer that even compares. I love that it comes with different attachments: wire beaters, a whisk and drink mixer attachment. My old mixer had regular beaters, but I noticed that the wire beaters are better at mixing heavier mixes and they don't have a center post, which makes it easier to clean (I miss sticking my tongue in to lick the cookie dough stuck there!!) It comes with a cord wrap so I can put my mixer away in my kitchen cabinet and the cord doesn't dangle. You just wrap the cord at the back of the mixer, slide the cover back and you are done. Unlike retractable cords, this is better since in my experience, retractable cord mechanisms often break after a while and the cord only gets stored 1/2 way. Well, love also the case that snaps on the bottom of the mixer to keep all the attachments together. With my old...Read more

Somewhere along the way manufacturers of hand mixers begun an arms race of sorts. I suppose they got the idea in their heads that people wanted high power mixers and thats true. You started seeing 100+watt models then 150 then 200 and now many models approach if not surpass 300watts. The only problem is. As Peter Parker's uncle said "with great power comes great responsibility". And most of these high powered mixers pretty much deliver all of that power to the beaters on every setting, even low. Which makes them almost unusable. Any batter thinner than cookie dough and you have a Jackson Pollock painting on every surface in your kitchen. The reason I bought this mixer was its "special slow first speed" that was listed in the product description. As advertised it does actually have a slow 1st speed that makes it usable. And at 290 watts it has plenty of power to spare if you need it.

I bought this to replace a much older Hamilton Beach which died after many years of faithful service. I wasn't sure about the wisk beaters but am pleasantly surprised that they do a splendid job. This mixer sets on the counter and in the bowl buch better than my old one which fell over all the time. I especially like the snap on container which holds all the beaters. I love the wind up cord on the back end. It takes up less space in my cabinet and is very compact. I wouln't recommend it for heavy duty mixing. I have a commercial mixer for that.