Stand Mixers Reviews

This is an excellent unit for the Price. It does most of the chores that the more expensive units do. The only thing missing is a dough hook. It stood up well during this holiday season. The mixer is just right for hand mixing as well as in the stand (which I used extensively).

This is a great appliance, with a powerfull motor to work any kind of mix,and includes an Boost button to increase power in hard works.It come's with platform,and turntable for automatic operation,and it's detachable for manual work, and you can forget the sprinkles,becasue with the detachable mixing shield you can now finish your mix with a clean table and wears. If you want an non-expensive appliance,with great power and good look for your kitchen,ressistant,and with glass bowl,and two pairs of beaters, then buy this mixer.I recommend it.

I bought this mixer as I really needed a stand mixer and could not afford the one I really wanted, and the 400 watt motor sounded great to me, I made 2 types of candy with it, no problem, when I went to make Peanut butter cookies with it, the motor started smoking and stinking, the Peanut butter cookies killed the motor. So being nice as I am, i just requested a replacement as I figured that It was a defective. Well, I sent that one back, and got the new one (model number and same color, red), and bingo, It died again, motor went out on peanut butter cookies, and my recipie is a soft dough, nothing tough about it at all, my small hand mixer has no problem with this dough. So I don't recommend this mixer for anyone. Stay Far Away!!

I purchased this yellow mixer at Kitchen Collection. I have a 5 qt KitchenAid but I thought this might be kinda fun because of the 400 watts. I WAS SO VERY WRONG!!! I tried to make a batch of bread...one loaf...and the mixer labored and bounced around on the counter. To top it off, it took 2 people to turn the bowl to remove it from the mixer. All I can say is RUN..RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS ONE. I love my KitchenAid...I am looking for more power...I think I may invest in a Viking. If you are going to buy anything...at least buy KitchenAid. This mixer gets the big THUMBS DOWN!! Unfortunately for me, it is past the 30 days so I cannot return it. I guess I will donate it to Goodwill!!!

Like so many others that have reviewed this mixer, I had looked at Kitchen Aid stand mixers in the past, and could never bring myself to spend the money on one. When I saw this Hamilton Beach mixer with it's 400 Watts of power for such a resonable price, I jumped at it. I've owned it for three months now, and I love it. It handles heavy dough beautifully - the mixer did not jump around on the counter at all. The attachments are very easy to change, and the bowl comes in and out easily. I can see how there could be problems with the bowl if it is not started properly (think of stripping a screw because it was not started straight). As long as you are careful to line the bowl up when you lock it into place, I do not see this being a problem.

The only downside I can see to this mixer is that there are not any additional attachments available as with the Kitchen Aid mixers. This is not an issue for casual cooks such as myself (this mixer does everything I could want!), but gourmet cooks may want to invest in the Kitchen Aid with it's many bells and whistles.

All in all I love my mixer, and would buy it over a Kitchen Aid any day!