Kenwood Chefette HM680 Hand Mixer with Stainless steel Bowl, 5 speeds and pulse function,Stainless steel beaters and kneaders, 350W- White

I am so pleased with this mixer. It replaced a basic hand-held mixer that gave up the ghost recently. I was eyeing up something of the KitchenAid class, as I was getting fed up with the amount of icing sugar and flour dust on my work top every time I was making a cake. I thought the Kenwood combined mixer was too much of a good deal to not give it a go, and also I have been extremely impressed with their mini mixer which is a permanent feature on my kitchen worktop for a few years now.The mixer is very well designed and good quality. The hand-held part of the mixer clicks easily into the main body. The positioning of the mixing attachments into the bowl is offset nearer the side of the bowl. This is really clever as it allows for even mixing of the ingredients and minimal requirement for scraping off mixture off the sides of the bowl. The bowl comes with a removable clear hard plastic cover which instantly sorted out my previous issues with dust caused by icing sugar or flour. There are 2 sets of mixing attachments depending of the type of baking, a spatula and an instruction booklet.The mixer has 5 speeds and a pulsating option and feels very powerful indeed. There is a lever at the back of the arm of the main body which allows for the mixer to be lifted when you need to remove the bowl from its position. The bowl is made of stainless steel and feels and looks really good quality. An added bonus is the whole mixer is compact and easy to store on a worktop or in a cupboard with the el. cable neatly tucked away around the back of the hand held part of the mixer.Overall very pleased with this product. I was toying with the idea of spending more but pleased to have found such a reasonably priced appliance which delivers on all levels. The cakes I have made so far with it have turned out fantastic. Easy to clean too.

This is a really excellent hand mixer and does a superb job.I was looking at kitchen aids and Kenwood chefs but to be honest I really needed something a little more compact for the size of our kitchen.The Chefette is a perfect size and takes up little room when sitting on its stand but the bowl is really quite large and can cope with anything I throw at it.I was pleased to find also that it has the facility to auto rotate and it's certainly a useful option as the mixer can sit whirring away whilst you are adding ingredients.So far I've done cakes, bread and meringues in my chefette and have been exceptionally happy with the results.I'd consider myself an advanced bread baker and this unit is a lifesaver when doing wetter mixes. I'd counsel people not to go over a 600g flour mix though as it tends to struggle a bit.The unit is very sturdy and well made. It has the feel of an expensive, strong mixer and fits snugly into its stand. The bowl cover is really useful for stopping flour flying all over the kitchen too!The only thing I am unsure about are the nylon gears on the beaters. These are part of the bowl turning mechanism and if you get too ambitious by filling the bowl too full with a heavy mix they tend to slip. I'm not convinced they won't need replacing at some point but take the view that pretty much any mixer you buy will include parts that are going to wear eventually.That having been said it is designed so that you can fit the beaters in the opposite holes and the gears don't engage. This means the bowl doesn't turn automatically but the unit will still work well.Overall I'm really happy with my purchase and glad to get rid of the cheapie mixer I had before.

The media could not be loaded. This stand/hand mixer has served me well so far. I’m not a serious baker but mostly occasional baker and this works well for that. except for the bowl and the beater everything else is plastic which helps with the weight if you want to move it often but also makes the mixer unusable when running especially at higher speeds or with higher amounts. With smaller batches, this mixer is very good. It is dishwasher safe making it very easy to clean as well.

I am so pleased to find a decent mixer which doesn't completely dominate my kitchen. Some of the top of the range mixers are huge, but this is a lovely size. Doesn't take up too much room in a cupboard, and not too heavy to lift in and out of the cupboard if, like me, you have a small kitchen with insufficient worktop to leave it out all the time.A very nice touch is the revolving bowl which sits slightly off centre so the beaters can reach all parts of the bowl. The beaters reach right down to the bottom of the bowl - well as close as they can without actually touching, so between this and the revolving bowl there is very little mixture that escapes the beaters, you don't have to keep stopping the mixer to scrape the contents of the bowl into the middle.Another very useful 'extra' is the clear plastic cover which slots over the bowl so no clouds of flour all over the kitchen.It seems quite a powerful machine, I've only used it twice for cake making and the number 2 setting was plenty. It certainly mixes very well and both cakes were successful using the all-in-one method (a la Mary Berry)! There is a pulse setting if needed.Easily cleaned with the attachments and bowl able to go in the dishwasher. I just rinse the plastic guard under the tap though as hard plastic items tend to craze and starting cracking after a while.I bought this to replace a 30 year-old Krups hand mixer, and I didn't realise until I got this one just how heavy a handheld mixer gets after a while, so having the flexibility of a handheld and the convenience of the stand feels like a luxury!