Hamilton Beach 4-in-1 Electric Immersion Hand Blender with Handheld Blending Stick, Whisk + 3-Cup Food & Vegetable Chopper Bowl, 2-Speeds, 225 Watts, Silver and Stainless Steel (59765)

My recommendation is buy this blender
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this mixer/chopper/whisk. I was ALMOST put off by some of the negative reviews. However, I decided to purchase anyway; the price point (under $20) was too tempting. The negatives that I read were: 1) the blender doesn’t stay attached; 2) it is too low power to blend anything but soup; 3) it gets overly warm; 4) it doesn’t last; and 5) over time the chopper attachment leaves little bits of black plastic behind in the food. I cannot address 4 and 5, as I have only had this chopper for a little over a week, so if it doesn’t last I will come back and amend my review. As for the rest…I bought this chopper/mixer because we were taking a trip to New Orleans, couldn’t change the date, and my husband broke his jaw. Although our accommodations had a kitchenette, I called and found out there was not a blender available. Since we would be flying, bringing our clunky countertop blender was not really an option but I needed to be able to prepare food that could be sucked through a straw. This blender performed admirably. Our hotel stay included a breakfast buffet, but I didn’t think my husband would be able to eat anything. Wrong! With the help of this little mixer I was able to puree fruits (melons, pineapple, blueberries) then add two yogurts, some milk, and a banana. I poured it in a deep cup and blended it a little more with the blender attachment, and POOF: instant breakfast smoothie. (One reviewer commented that the blender splattered everywhere and made a mess in the kitchen; most immersion blenders work best if you use them in a deeper container.) I also pureed a muffuletta (a traditional New Orleans poor boy type sandwich), blackened chicken with pasta, and before we left on our trip the first thing I tried was pureeing some corned beef and cabbage. This little mixer has plenty of power. It won’t, of course, replace a traditional blender, and I’m not sure if it would crush ice for a blended drink, but for a portable, compact, lighter weight alternative to several appliances, it does all that I’d hoped for and more.As to the blender head not staying attached, I had that problem at first, until I discovered that when you are putting it on correctly you can feel when it snaps and locks into place. Once I figured that out, I didn’t have any problems with it coming off. I would say that, for myself at least, when the blender attachment came off it was ¨operator error,¨ since I probably did not have it firmly locked on.The last negative that I will address is those people who say it gets really warm or too hot. These sorts of blenders are not really designed to run for long periods of time. That said, I was probably running the blender attachment for two minutes at a time and it did not get noticeably warm. I also only pulsed the food chopper for about 10-15 seconds at a time, mostly because this usually chops the food more efficiently.

Works great
Easy to use and great price

East to use and clean
I have other immersion blenders, a Vitamix etc, Kitchenaid food processor etc but use this more often because it is so easy to use and clean. Works really well. Also like the extra attachments.

Vry good product…. luvd it..but didnt get lid of measuring bowl…but ovrall vry nice product…

I puree soups a lot, I make soap a lot, so I did find myself struggling a bit when my old immersion blender died. I purchased a different brand of immersion blender, but it was terrible and I ended up returning it after one use. A few months after, realising that I needed to settle on a hand blender once and for all, I looked at some reviews. This one came up as cheap, but it performed very well. I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure I’d need any of the attachments, but I figured it was worth it to try it out.I read the locking mechanism was subtle (something like there was no obvious click), but I find the click to be present and effective. I’ve used the immersion blender a few times and really have nothing bad to say. I haven’t used the whisk at all (though I actually will in the future if I make a whipped body cream).The chopping bowl? I love it. My food processor is bulky and annoying to clean (actually, I think is every food processor). If I use too small a batch (which isn’t that small), it doesn’t catch anything and spins blindly. But this chopping bowl is perfect. I’ve made spice pastes with, pesto with basil and spinach, whizzed up enchilada sauce with it… It’s awesome and very effective at what I need it for.I do have some issues, though, particularly in relation to the chopping bowl (given I used this the most). For one, water seeps into the top and is pretty much impossible to get it. If I shake the top of it, I hear the water. I don’t believe it’s impacting the function (there are no moving parts in direct contact with the water), though perhaps a little unsettling that water is accumulating in there. The other issue is the blade in the chopping bowl is very wiggly. It will click into place, but it rocks everywhere and the clicking is impossible to register unless you take the blade off and realise it was hard to pull off. Again, I don’t think this impacts the function since, when the top goes on, it’ll lock it into place. But it’s still a sign of quality that isn’t quite there.I would still recommend this since it’s been incredibly useful to me. But if the issues I brought up seem like they’d really bother you, it might make sense to go up in price and find a better immersion blender for yourself.