Morphy Richards Hand Mixer - White - 250W - 400510

So, I have a big stand mixer for mixing cakes and bread etc, but I wanted a little handheld mixer for small light jobs, such as mixing meringues and whipping cream. My main criteria was, it had to be reasonably powerfully, and not expensive. I was quite surprised that this Morphy Richards was, at the time I purchased, the cheapest mixer on Amazon, as it is a famous name in kitchen appliances. It stated it had a 250w motor, which would be plenty of power for my usage. I'm very pleased with it. The build quality and the internal parts are of a good quality (Photo), and as you can see (photo), it is a 250w motor. On many of the cheap generic ones, it will say it has a huge powerful motor, but when you look, they turn out to be running off of very weak 150w motors. The only weakness I can see, is that the ventilation slots at each end are very open, so the internals could get gunked up with fine powders. As you may be able to see in the photo, there is a fine layer of icing sugar over everything, when I used it to make Royal Icing. In practice, it will probably make little difference, although if you do find it doesn't turn on, I would unplug it, and then try running the speed selector up and down a few times, to clean off the contacts. As I said, I tested it out by making Royal Icing, which as you may know, is a stiff mixture of egg whites and icing sugar. It performed very well, I never needed to go above speed 2 and it never felt underpowered. The instructions state that you must only use it for 5 minutes continuously, and then, if you do, rest for 20 minutes before using again. I would say that that would mainly apply for very stiff mixes that will cause the motor to run hot. However, I did turn it off for a few seconds, as I added more icing sugar, just to be safe. The body never increased in temperature at all, indicating to me, that the motor was absolutely fine. The beaters are nice and solid, and just push into the 2 holes on the bottom. They are released by pressing the big button on the top. They are very easy to hand wash with no little crevices or seams to hide any food. There is a momentary switch under the handle, which, with a press, will take you to top speed, a useful little feature. Overall, I'm very pleased. It was very cheap when compared with many others. It's built well and in use has performed faultlessly. It isn't really designed for big heavy mixes (such as a rich fruit cake), but for most other jobs, would be more than adequate. I hope you found this review helpful.

I love Kenwood for the kitchen especially in relation to baking. I wasted a hand held mixer for a while for small projects so as not to have to use the chef. This model is the usual high standard. The cord is quite short but so long as you are not far from a plug socket that's good. The older models had longer ones but they could get in the way! The engine seems very good and though there is no extra slow mixing that part I would only use a wooden spoon anyway. I think this is a good model for use if u are doing a recipe that involves using a brain marie. I am delighted with purchase and it was a very good offer price. Arrived in great condition in a box. Only needs a small place to store.

I actually love this hand mixer. For the price is is fantastic. As with most the whisk ends pop in and out nicely, it has a turbo button and is fairly lightweight. The only reason I knocked off one star is for the speed. It is very fast, which is great, but even the slowest setting is very quick, so no ‘stir’ setting, which can make certain things quite messy like icing sugar/flour! Although nothing a quick pre mix with a spatula won’t sort.

A good handheld mixer.good power, works well. Decent price

It’s a good quality piece of kitchen equipment. I use it to make cakes. It’s easy to use and easy to clean. Good value for money.

This handmixer is a higher wattage than most others. It has 5 speed settings, but even the lowest one was very quick in comparison to my previous one at max speed. I was worried if it was too fast and overbeat my ingredients, but it was okay. Because the it spins so fast, I would be careful when adding ingredients while mixing, as they might fling back at your arms. The mixer only comes with one pair of the standard mixing 'beaters', no dough kneading attachment unfortunately, it would have worked great too. Overall its a good mixer, and like other hand mixers, it can eject the 'beaters' with a button for easy cleaning.

Very pleased. Feels like a good, strong motor and worked nicely to replace my 19 year old MR hand mixer - hope this on lasts as long!

Pros: This is a good mixer for the money. It's not too large, easy to use and clean, and it excels in beating. On that note... Cons: Beating. This thing is Plankton's maximum overdrive, even at it's lowest setting. I find it very difficult to use for anything baking related, as it likes to throw flour and other fine powders everywhere in a dust cloud as soon as you turn it on. Not only does it frequently cause a mess for you to clean up later, but it's far too easy to over-mix things, especially cake batters. There is very little in regards to motor control going on here, so this is far better suited for things that require beating at very high speeds. If you solely use it for that purpose, it would be an excellent piece of equipment. As for bakers: it would be best to steer clear.