Once the housewives whipped the products with the usual whisk until modern hand mixers appeared - convenient and practical kitchen appliances. Such a device will help you in a matter of minutes to beat eggs for an omelet , cook homemade oil or knead a batter. So, let's find out what a good hand mixer is and what are the features of choosing this product.
Advantages and disadvantages of kitchen hand mixer
Mixers for the kitchen are manual and stationary. Hand-held models are familiar to everyone - it's a device that needs to be held in hand while its rotating nozzles mix products. Unlike manual, the stationary mixer has a bowl and a holder.
Hand mixer has some comparative advantages in comparison with stationary models, namely:
- can work in any capacity, not only in a bowl with a limited volume;
- easy to use, easy to clean;
- has compact dimensions;
- more affordable.
The disadvantages of this type of household appliances include the following:
- such a mixer needs to be kept in hand while working, which is not very convenient;
- the device has low power;
- has only two functions - whipping and kneading.
Which hand mixer to choose?
The power of the device is one of the first things that the buyer pays attention to. Manual models have a small power - 300-400 watts. At budgetary models it will be even less.
When choosing a hand-held submerged mixer, make sure that its working elements are made of metal, even if the body of the appliance is plastic. Otherwise, the plastic gears quickly deform and fail, especially if you use a mixer to whip thick and thick products.
The standard equipment of the electric hand mixer includes paired cornices and hooks for kneading dough. There are no other attachments, in contrast to stationary models, which can be equipped with a blender attachment, a universal shredder, and the like.
As for the speeds of the mixer, their number depending on the
Most models provide protection against overheating when the critical temperature is reached. If there is no such function in the mixer you have chosen, consider the safety of such a device.
The most popular among buyers are the rulers of such manufacturers of kitchen appliances, as Electrolux, Zelmer, Bosch, Phillips, Tefal. Fair budget models are Aurora, Delfa, Maestro, Saturn. But the technique from Liberton, Mystery, Sinbo, West is not worth buying - it is usually made of cheap plastic and does not withstand long loads.