Mixers/whisks

I’ve got the small KitchenAid handheld mixer. Sadly not British or European but like a lot of American kitchen equipment, extremely well made. Mine’s red, I love it.

I cut my butter up into very small pieces into a warm bowl and after adding the sugar cream together using a cheapo hand held mixer .
I think that I bought it from Lidl .
I used to have a Kenwood and it was wonderful-but now I have so many short cuts that I can manage without.

I had a Kenwood Chef for about 30 years before the motor gave up. I replaced it with a Kenwood hand held mixer, which takes up a lot less space and copes with all my normal baking and gets the Christmas cake started off as well.

Kitchen Aid stand mixer
Magimix processor
Dualit hand held mixer

All the above are extremely robust and are my three workhorses in the kitchen (apart from me) 😂

I had a Magimix that lasted forty years before giving up the ghost. As a replacement I bought a not very expensive Kenwood that is so flimsy and had a plastic blade! It was useless but bought a metal blade from their spares dept. It is OK but not thing like my Magimix but they are so expensive these days.

Mostly I use my mother in laws ancient Moulinex hand mixer, but the modern version looks very insubstantial. I would get a cheap one which will be light and easy to use but may not last long.

I have a kenwood hand held electric mixer and it’s very good.

Sorry no useful suggestions. My Kenwood has broken too. The little lip on the plastic top broke off, so it won’t work now, though the blender attachment works but I hardly ever use it.
I still use an ancient Moulinex which has either a whisk or dough hooks . It must be over 55 years old!
I’m not sure whether to bother with a replacement.

I’ve only ever had a hand mixer and I make a lot of cakes. I didn’t worry about the make , just went to a shop and tried the weight of them in my hand.

I loved the Chefette that lasted for very many years. Now I still use the bowl bit with a cheap hand-held mixer with three speeds. It does everything I need it to - I use a wooden handled dough which for bread - and I’ve never been inclined to try a food processor nor even a Kenwood Chef, they take up too much space.

teabagwoman

Watching with interest as I have a Kenwood Chef which I’m finding heavy to move about. I have a very cheap Tesco hand mixer which is fine for some things but, like Allira’s the so called slow speed is much too fast.

Sugar and butter was flying everywhere!
I used a proper Mason Cash large mixing bowl too.

Another unloved gadget.

teabagwoman

Watching with interest as I have a Kenwood Chef which I’m finding heavy to move about. I have a very cheap Tesco hand mixer which is fine for some things but, like Allira’s the so called slow speed is much too fast.

They are, aren't they.
It sits on a work surface, ignored most of the time. I did make a cover for it so it is kept clean!

Watching with interest as I have a Kenwood Chef which I’m finding heavy to move about. I have a very cheap Tesco hand mixer which is fine for some things but, like Allira’s the so called slow speed is much too fast.

Sorry, that's two I'd avoid rather than a recommendation.

I bought an expensive Kenwood mixer as a present to myself but don't really like it. The mixture needs constantly scraping down and it's probably fine for making about three cakes at once but not just one.

So I thought a hand mixer might be useful for smaller amounts so bought a Salter (seemed a reliable make). However, the slow speed is very fast and the ingredients fly out of my largest bowl and all over the worktop and wall tiles!

I had a Kenwood hand held mixer, lasted 45 years. I have had a new Kenwood for about 2 years now. So don't know about the longevity but it is easy to use and light to hold .