Cuisinart HTM-5 SmartPower

Pros: Powerful, but light-weight mixer

Cons: Sometimes hard to get the beaters in correctly

The Bottom Line: I recommend the 5-speed Cuisinart Mixer because of the power that it had to mix thick, hard to mix batter like chocolate chip cookies and because of the price.

Review: I had a 3-speed Cuisinart hand mixers, but i brought the beater. I replaced it with this mixer. I bought both at Sam's wholesale for about $20.

Both hand mixers are very powerful. I had beat everything from chocolate chip cookies with...

Pros: The cord feature is quite handy.

Cons: Unfortunately, this mixer does not seem to have the durability or reliability I anticipated.

Review: I purchased this mixer thinking I was buying something that would last for years. Now, about a year later, the motor has broken; all I get is a clicking noise and one of the beaters refuses to turn, and then falls out. This, in the middle of making ...