Oster 2574 Inspire 6-Speed 225-Watt Hand Mixer, White

 (3 customer reviews)

My old mixer died in the middle of a cake. I bought this as a replacement. Nice tall beaters get the job done easily, nice power, and even explanations of each power level. A nifty appliance at a very fair price, I'm happy. UPDATE: This mixer is like a Harley Davidson, really powerful, you have to know what you're doing, or you make a mess. I had one minor splatter snafu, more humorous than anything else. Take your time, start slow and adjust speed one click at a time. I do love it, I hope it outlives me.

I've had this mixer for probably two years now and it still works great. I've abused it a fair bit and the only thing wrong is one of the mixers is a little lose. But that's probably a fault of my own more than the mixer. I've mixed up cookie batter, icings, thick cheese cake mixes creamed butter with it all with no problem. It's a basic mixer that works really well and whenever it heads off to kitchen gadget heaven the price tag won't leave me weeping and cursing the sky.

I bought this from Target a few months ago because I wanted a hand mixer to replace the one I'd had for nearly 20 years that had just died. I thought a 225 watt motor -- more than my previous mixer -- would be able to handle mixing cake batter. I've used it a handful of times, and every single time it smells like the house is about to burn down within 2 minutes of being on at top speed. I'm not sure what this is good for, since it can't even handle cake batter. The beaters labor at any speed. Don't waste your money.