The advantage of hand held blender

When you have a small food processing jobs and do not want to pull your bulky processor pantry, a hand held blender or a stick blender may be just the thing. Of the 17 on the test, all are very good or excellent for mixing and emulsion, but the facility could use some models leave much to be desired.

Safety is as important as convenience however, as their sharp, exposed leaves make quick work of many foods, ensuring hands stay away from them is vital. The good news is that all the models tested have guards that partially cover the leaves.

We tested two groups: those models that mix, emulsify, cutting, grinding and processing hard foods (which come with a chopper / processor binding, so we simply remove the center of the mixture to fix the fixture) and models that only can mix and emulsify soft foods.

We tested for:

Performance
Ease of use
Blending and emulsifying (all models)
Chopping, grinding and processing (seven machines came with a separate chopper/processor unit)

Brands tested

Bamix Basic Braun Multiquick MR 400 Plus
Breville BSB300 Wizz Stick
Breville BSB500
Breville HB95
Cuisinart CSB-76A SmartStick
Kambrook Essentials Stick Mix KSB7
Kenwood Hand Blender HB520
Kenwood HB615 #
Kenwood Wizzard Pro HB665
Maxim HB-01 #
Philips Hand Blender HR1363 #
Solutions Stickmixer AP649 #
Sunbeam StickMaster Plus SM6400
Sunbeam StickMaster Pro SM8650
Sunbeam StickMaster SM6200
Tefal HB802 Click N Mix 600 #