I just burned up the motor in my hand mixer right in the middle of making Mousseline buttercream. And now I can't make my Swiss Meringue either. I have a nice Kitchen-aide, but I need a hand mixer for these icings. Does anyone have one that seems to hold up well, and that they would recommend? Thanks!

I've burned up so many of those, I just gave up on them SweetArt.. I know how you feel!! I don't know of any that hold up very well anymore

I have a GE 225 Watt Hand/Stand Mixer that attaches to a stand or you can free hand hold it. It works great. I have had it for over 2 years now, still works the same. I only use it as a hand mixer now because I actually broke the glass bowl that comes with it,lol. It does really well with making thick frostings. I have had no problems. I bought it at Walmart. It cost about $30 and it comes with the mixer, the stand, glass bowl, regular beaters and dough hooks.

RoseAnn

I have had my three speed kitchenaid hand mixer now for about 5 years and before I got my kitchenaid stand mixer, this hand mixer did EVERYTHING including thick buttercream and did not burn up. I used and abused that thing!!!! I still use it for cake mix because my stand mixer does not do it right for some reason, but I use the stand mixer for everything else. OH yeah and the hand mixer is good for small batches of stuff since I have a 6 qt bowl in my kitchenaid that I don't always want to clean out for something small.

I have a GE hand mixer that came with a storage case. beaters. whisk and dough hooks. I love mine. When I make cheesecakes most hand mixers get bogged down but not this one it goes right through it. They are about $20 at wal-mart. You can also get the same thing with a stand to use it as a stand mixer but it does not come with the storage case for about $30.

While I love my stand mixer, there are times when a hand mixer is what you need. I don't think you could go wrong with a Kitchen Aid hand mixer--very heavy duty.

I'd go with KitchenAid. Even if it cost a little more. They're heavy duty and reliable.

I'd love to replace all of my small appliances with KitchenAid. I abuse my stand mixer (making mmf) and it keeps on going --- that says alot about the quality!

If I could afford it, I would get the kitchenaid.
Until then my other handmixer from Wal-mart will have to do.

Amazon has the professional one on sale for $49!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004SGF1/?tag=cakecentral-20

QVC also sells the Kitchen Aid hand mixer. It comes with all the attachments. Not sure if the one on Amazon includes all attachments.

http://www.qvc.com/asp/frameset.asp?class=1125&tmp=hp&cont=mhcl&cm_re=HP-_-MASTHEAD-_-COOKING

If you're not satisfied you could always return.

Hope this helps.

My mother has a hand mixer made by black and decker, and I swear it is more powerful that my husbands power tools! It is really great. I never have to even use the high setting on it.

The link I attached didn't bring up the page I copied. Just click on the pic of stand mixer for Kitchen Aid then click on hand mixer.

Heres a link to a list of black and deckers hand mixers. The one I mentioned was one of the 200 Watt ones I can't tell from the picture.
http://www.epinions.com/Mixers--reviews--type_hand--prices--brand_black_and_decker

Thank you all so much! That is a huge help. Now I have to convince DH to let me get it.

any kitchenaid hand mixer....I seen them and if I didnt already have 2 and a stand mixer, I would have gotten one....

I have a Cuisinart SmartPower 7-Speed Electronic LED hand mixer and it rocks! I chose the Cuisinart over the Kitchenaid because it came with a whisk attachment (the KA didn't) and a higher wattage motor. It set me back about 80 bucks but it was well worth it. Nowadays I think they're down to about 50 bucks.

Lots of my students burn up their cheap-a Wal-Mart crappy mixers...some on purpose so they feel the purchase of a better hand mixer or stand mixer is justified.

I have a GE Hand Mixer and a KA Heavy Duty Stand Mixer I got the KA because hand mixers catch the devil especially on heavy doughs like cookie dough. Hard ever use the hand mixer anymore.

I have two KA stand mixers and my hand mixer still gets a ton of use. Especially when I'm too lazy to drag the big boys off of their shelf over to the counter.

I have burnt up a couple of hand mixers myself I finally broke down and bought a kitchenaid handmixer and it is wonderful it was about $40 but it comes up cheaper than buying mixers every couple of mths, i good hand mixer is diffently a necessity even if you have the best counter top you have to have something for small batches!