Hand held cake mixer
8 Best Hand Mixers for 2022
We updated this story in August 2022 to ensure all picks tested and vetted by the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab were available, in stock and correctly priced.
Less expensive and more compact than a stand mixer, a handheld electric mixer is just the thing for whipping up an easy baking recipe or your favorite holiday dessert. A hand mixer is an important tool for any home cook or baker because it will whip, blend and mix a variety of foods — everything from mashed potatoes to buttercream frosting to egg whites.
While an immersion blender, food processor and blender can perform similar tasks to a hand mixer, like whipping eggs or emulsifying a dressing, there are still plenty of tasks that a hand mixer does best. Beating up light and fluffy frosting is just the beginning of what you can do with this tool. With a hand mixer, you can whip heavy cream and coconut milk into a fluffy coconut whipped cream to top coconut cream pie, create glossy soft peaks of egg whites for rainbow meringue sandwiches or cream butter and sugar for pumpkin spice cupcake batter.
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Best Overall Hand Mixer
Handy Mix Scraper Breville
$150 AT AMAZON
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$150 AT AMAZON
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2
Best Value Hand Mixer
Softscrape 6 Speed Hand Mixer Hamilton Beach
$25 AT WALMART
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$25 AT WALMART
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3
Most Popular Hand Mixer at Walmart
Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer Cuisinart
$75 AT WALMART
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$75 AT WALMART
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4
Most Popular Hand Mixer on Amazon
6-Speed Electric Hand Mixer Hamilton Beach
$23 AT AMAZON
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$23 AT AMAZON
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5
Best Hand Mixer for Bread Dough
Ultra Power 5-Speed Hand Mixer KitchenAid
$80 AT AMAZON
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$80 AT AMAZON
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6
Most Versatile Hand Mixer
MultiMix 5 Hand Mixer Braun
$79 AT AMAZON
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$79 AT AMAZON
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Fastest Hand Mixer
Hand Mixer with HeatSoft Technology Oster
$60 AT AMAZON
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$60 AT AMAZON
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Best Cordless Hand Mixer
Cordless Hand Mixer KitchenAid
$85 AT AMAZON
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In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we put hand mixers to the test both in the Lab and at home by testing a range of tasks.
During testing, we assess the ease of use, overall quality and cleanability. Of the 22 models we have tested, these eight beat the rest — literally. Below you will find picks starting at $23, here are the best hand mixers you can buy now.
1
Best Overall Hand Mixer
Breville
Handy Mix Scraper
2
Best Value Hand Mixer
Hamilton Beach
Softscrape 6 Speed Hand Mixer
Hamilton Beach
3
Most Popular Hand Mixer at Walmart
Cuisinart
Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer
Cuisinart
4
Most Popular Hand Mixer on Amazon
Hamilton Beach
6-Speed Electric Hand Mixer
Hamilton Beach
5
Best Hand Mixer for Bread Dough
KitchenAid
Ultra Power 5-Speed Hand Mixer
KitchenAid
$80 AT AMAZON
6
Most Versatile Hand Mixer
Braun
MultiMix 5 Hand Mixer
Braun
7
Fastest Hand Mixer
Oster
Hand Mixer with HeatSoft Technology
Oster
8
Best Cordless Hand Mixer
KitchenAid
Cordless Hand Mixer
How we test hand mixers
During our most recent test in the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Culinary Innovation Lab, we tested 22 hand mixers in the Lab and at home.
We mixed oatmeal cookie dough, beat yellow cake mix, kneaded white bread and whipped up egg whites and heavy cream. We assessed overall quality, variety of speeds, the ease of attaching the beaters, the comfort of holding hand mixers, the ease of using the controls and the cleanability.
We also consulted online reviews to see which hand mixers consumers were loving or having difficulties with. When making our picks, we also considered how intuitive each model was to use, as well as ergonomics and any useful features or included attachments.
What to consider when shopping for a hand mixer
✔️Comfort: A heavy hand mixer can tire your hand quickly. Look for lighter hand mixers with a comfortable grip if you intend on hand mixing a lot of recipes. We suggest going to a store to try lifting and holding the hand mixers on display, if possible. We recommend lightweight models like KitchenAid Cordless Hand Mixer or Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Handheld Mixer.
✔️Accessories: All hand mixers come with detachable beaters, but only some hand mixers include with detachable whisks, dough hooks or even an immersion blender attachment. While additional attachments may make a model more expensive, they will give your hand mixer additional uses. It's also helpful to look for a hand mixer that comes with a storage container to house all the accessories so that you don’t lose any of the attachments between uses.
✔️Cord vs cordless: If you don’t have easy access to outlets in your kitchen, you may want to consider a cordless hand mixer. While you do have to remember to charge it regularly, a cordless model (or a swivel-cord model) allows ease of use by both right-handed and left-handed people.
Why trust Good Housekeeping?
Eva Bleyer is the reviews analyst in the Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab where she tests and writes about kitchen appliances, gear, culinary products and more.
She graduated from New York University with a B.S. in food studies, nutrition and public health and is a trained chef from the Natural Gourmet Institute. At Good Housekeeping, Eva has tested everything from kitchen scales to ranges to juicers and hand mixers.
Betty Gold Betty Gold is an experienced food writer and editor who worked at Good Housekeeping from 2013 to 2019.
Eva Bleyer Kitchen Appliances & Innovation Lab Reviews Analyst Eva (she/her) is a reviews analyst in the Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she tests kitchen gear, home appliances and culinary innovations.
Best electric whisks 2022 – top 10 hand mixers
Good Housekeeping
Investing in a trusty hand mixer is a no-brainer for any enthusiastic baker. These useful kitchen appliances offer a more compact and affordable method of blending ingredients than stand mixers, but they require more manpower to use, as you can't just walk away and leave them to it!
They all come with detachable beaters for making cakes, blending batter and whipping cream, and some feature dough hooks for breadmaking.
The GHI has tested a range of hand mixers to find the best for all needs and budgets. Our top 10 picks for 2022 are:
- Best hand mixer: Smeg Hand Mixer HMF01CRUK
- Best value hand mixer: Braun MultiMix 3 Hand Mixer HM3100WH
- Most versatile hand mixer: Gastroback Design Hand Mixer Pro 40983
- Best hand mixer for making meringue: Bosch CleverMixx Hand Mixer MFQ2420
- Best hand mixer for everyday use: Russell Hobbs Go Create Electric Hand Mixer 25940
- Best budget hand mixer: Russell Hobbs Food Collection Hand Mixer
- Best hand mixer for ease of use: Salter Cosmos Hand Mixer EK4249
- Best hand mixer for control: Kenwood Hand Mixer HMP30
- Best cordless hand mixer: KitchenAid 7 Speed Cordless Hand Mixer 5KHMB732
- Best hand mixer for making cakes: Bosch Clevermixx Hand Mixer MFQ3030GB
- Best hand mixer for power: Morphy Richards Total Control Hand Mixer 400512
How many watts does a good hand mixer have?
Wattage isn’t always the best indicator of a hand mixer's power, as some lower wattage motors are simply more energy efficient.
During testing, there were excellent performances from mixers with wattages ranging from 85W to 400W.
How do I choose a good hand mixer?
Think about the below before you buy, to help find the best one for your needs.
Attachments: Hand mixers come with two beaters as standard, but some also include dough hooks for kneading dough and a wire whisk for whisking small quantities. Every model on our list has dishwasher-safe attachments for easy cleaning.
Speeds: The best hand mixers will offer a wide range of variable speeds to give you more control when mixing ingredients. One KitchenAid model on our list features nine! Look for a turbo button, too. This function blasts a quick surge of power into your bowl, helping to gather up residue and ensure an even mix with no waste.
Weight: Be wary of this, as you will have to hold and control it at all times during use. One hand mixer might blend more quickly than another, but if it’s too heavy, it’ll quickly become uncomfortable to use.
Hand mixers can weigh anything from 750g to 1.5kg on average, so consider what you could realistically manage.
Which is better: hand blender or hand mixer?
Both appliances are practical and enjoyable to use, with some overlap, but they serve predominantly different purposes. Hand mixers are the go-to for all things baking, from blending fluffy cake mix to whisking egg whites for glossy meringues.
Hand blenders are better suited to food preparation tasks such as blending milkshakes and sauces, pureeing chickpeas for hummus, chopping vegetables for soup and sometimes grinding spices and mashing potatoes.
How we test
To find the best hand mixers on the market, the Good Housekeeping Institute has assessed the performance of a range of leading models across a variety of recipes, from a heavy batter to light cream.
We whisk, beat and blend ingredients of all thicknesses while considering comfort, design and the usefulness of any included accessories.
We note how long it takes to produce the desired results and assess the quality of the final dish, before giving each hand mixer an overall score.
1
Best hand mixer
amazon.co.uk
Smeg Hand Mixer HMFO1CRUK
£147.49
Buy now
2
Best value hand mixer
amazon.co.uk
Braun MultiMix 3 Hand Mixer HM3100WH
£47.00
Buy now
3
Most versatile hand mixer
amazon.co.uk
Gastroback Design Hand Mixer Pro 40983
£119.99
Buy now
4
Best hand mixer for making meringue
amazon.co.uk
Bosch CleverMixx Hand Mixer MFQ2420
£44.
99
£29.90 (34% off)
Buy now
5
Best hand mixer for everyday use
argos.co.uk
Russell Hobbs Go Create Electric Hand Mixer 25940
Russell Hobbs
6
Best budget hand mixer
amazon.co.uk
Russell Hobbs Food Collection Hand Mixer
£19.99
£14.65 (27% off)
Buy now
7
Best hand mixer for making cakes
amazon.co.uk
Bosch Clevermixx Hand Mixer MFQ3030GB
Bosch
£28.99
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8
Best hand mixer for ease of use
currys.co.uk
Salter Cosmos Hand Mixer EK4249
9
Best hand mixer for control
amazon.
co.uk
Kenwood Hand Mixer HMP30
£28.99
Buy now
10
Best cordless hand mixer
kitchenaid.co.uk
KitchenAid 7 Speed Cordless Hand Mixer 5KHMB732
KitchenAid
How to choose the right mixer?
Types of mixers
Power
Operating modes
Other criteria
A mixer is a device that will definitely come in handy: without it, you won’t be able to beat egg whites to hard peaks, quickly mix the dough or make cream for a cake. At the same time, the choice of models is huge, as is the range of prices. What kind of mixers are there and which one is right for you?
Types of mixers
Mixers are manual and desktop (stationary).
The manual one needs to be kept on the weight all the time, so make sure it's not too heavy. Attached to the appliance are whisk attachments and, optionally, two hooks for kneading the dough.
The specialization of the hand mixer is biscuit, batter, omelet mixture. It will not cope with thick substances: there will not be enough power.
The table mixer is more autonomous: it does not need to be kept on weight. Just put the right ingredients in the bowl, lower the attachments and turn on the appliance. Design features allow you to put a fairly powerful motor inside the case. More power, more options: many stand mixers are capable of kneading stiff, rich dough.
A compromise between a manual and a stationary device is a combined mixer. It looks like a desktop, but differs in that the kneading part is detached from the stand and can be used independently.
Power
The power of home mixers varies from 200 to 1500 watts. Choose the right device based on how you plan to use it.
- Inexpensive mixers with a power of 200 to 300 watts are suitable for mixing liquid products: egg-milk omelet mixture, pancake dough, proteins with sugar.
Attempting to knead a thick dough may result in the device burning out. Important: such models are not able to work for a long time without stopping. - Models with power from 300 to 500 watts are suitable for tough dough, minced meat or pasta. As a rule, these are desktop devices. A high power hand mixer can be a little heavy: before buying, try holding it on the weight for a while and appreciate the sensations.
- Models with a power of 500 watts and above are professional devices for enthusiastic cooks, chefs and bakers.
The more powerful the mixer, the more expensive it costs and the more it consumes electricity. Therefore, just take the model that will cope with the tasks you set: no more and no less.
Operating modes
The simplest mixers have 1 or 2 buttons that set the speed of rotation of the nozzles. More complex models have a multi-stage gearshift system. The choice of mode depends on the products in the bowl:
- Low speed is needed to mix loose ingredients such as flour and baking powder.
- At medium speed, mix batter, prepare sauces and puddings, beat eggs.
- High rotation speed with sufficient power of the device allows you to cook pastry, mashed potatoes and other soft boiled vegetables.
- Turbo mode is suitable for whipping air creams and meringues.
Other criteria
- Timer. Especially useful in stationary models: you can start the device and do other things without worrying that overly whipped cream will turn into butter and proteins will curdle.
- Body material. Plastic or metal? The metal is stronger, withstands cleaning with almost any detergent, is not afraid of sponges with an abrasive surface, and does not interact with food. Plastic is lighter and cheaper, but not as durable, requires more delicate care, and can discolor over time due to food contact.
- Complete set. The kit may include hooks for mixing dough, mashed potatoes, spatula nozzles, cocktail nozzles.
However, this is rather a marketing trick of the manufacturers: the usual hooks and whisks are enough for most cooks. - Weight. If the weight of the hand mixer exceeds 1.5 kilograms, it is difficult to hold it for a long time. This can be a serious problem when whipping egg whites or kneading thick doughs, as this can take up to 7-10 minutes.
- Bowl material and size. Bowls are made of glass, plastic and metal. Through the transparent walls of the glass bowl, it is easy to see whether the mixture is ready or not. A noticeable minus of such a capacity is fragility. Plastic utensils will not break if accidentally dropped, but over time they can change color. Metal bowls are also very durable, they are not afraid of chips and falls, they look beautiful, they last a long time. However, the cost of a stationary mixer with a metal container is on average higher than with a plastic one.
- Display presence. It will display how much time is left until the end of the cycle, and this is convenient.
In addition, it is a beautiful design element. - Flashlight. Allows you to see how homogeneous the mixture turned out.
- Nozzle release button. You don't have to touch dirty tips to get them out. It is enough to bring the mixer over the sink and press the button.
We hope our material helped you figure out which mixer for your home you need!
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