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Pass on it if it's not too late.
It was all I could afford and I really needed a mixer with a little more muscle. If you can get something better, do! The beaters don't reach the bottom of the bowl and there's no way to adjust this like there is on the better made stand mixers. I was trying to make cookie icing in it and had to resort to using it as a hand mixer because it wasn't reaching any of the mixture in the bowl. Perhaps if they'd used a stainless steel bowl they'd have designed the beaters to go all the way down?
Two positive things about this product:
The bowl is really nice. Heavy, glass, SOLID. I may get rid of the stand because it seems to serve no purpose but I'll keep the bowl forever--and the mixer until I wear it out, of course. That is if I don't box the whole thing up and take it back to the store.
The whisk that comes with the mixer is even shorter than the beaters and is extremely flimsy. Unless you are whipping quite a bit of cream you won't be able to use this as a stand mixer and even then you'll have to stir and scrape the bowl constantly.
When off its stand, the mixer itself rests very well on its back end, reminds me of an iron. That's nice because I don't get the counter messy with the dirty beaters when I need to set the mixer down.
[Thursday, December 25, 2008]
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Not for heavy duty baking.
I liked this mixer until last week. We made cookies, put in the chocolate chips and the motor burned out. I've had this for almost 2 years so I can't say it was a total piece of junk, but I wish it lasted much longer. If your not using it for heavy duty baking - cookies, breads, etc. then your fine. But, I would spend more money on a better product if you ask me.
[Sunday, October 19, 2008]
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Crappy - better to save money for another one
Hamilton Beach Hand and Stand Mixer - 64695
I got this because I wanted a stand mixer for all my baking. However, after just three uses, the motor blew and a burnt smell was wafting through the kitchen. Even when it was working, it did not get to the very bottom and I had to constantly scrape the sides to get the mix down. The rotating feature did not do very well.
The time that it blew, I was mixing a double batch of sugar cookies. It could not handle even that soft mix, luckily I never tried to make bread with it....
I checked the site and it's hard to even get it serviced because you need the receipt and I did not have that still since it's been over 6 months. I think I will stay away from Hamilton Beach products in the future.
[Tuesday, January 01, 2008]
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