Immersion Blender Handheld Hand Blender, 1000W 5 in 1 Hand Mixer Stick, BPA-Free 12 Speed Handheld Blender 304 Stainless, Mixing Beaker, Chopper, Whisk, Milk Frother, Soup, Smoothies, Baby Food, Sauce

Disclaimer: this is my first immersion blender. I've never even been around one before. I have owned blenders in the past, but haven't in years. I always found countertop blenders to be hard to clean. And in my current kitchen -- which appears to have been an afterthought by the architects who designed my apartment; they retrofitted a walk in closet so counter space is negligible -- I have insufficient room for a regular blender.But I'm going to have some serious dental work in spring. I may even lose some teeth and have to replace them with a partial -- all of which means I'm likely to have trouble with chewing for a while. So I've started exploring soft food diets, which led me to the idea of an immersion blender for making purees, soups, stews that are easier to chew.After researching options for a week, reading reviews and watching videos (on Amazon and elsewhere), and taking my meager budget into consideration, I ended up buying this one.And after using it a couple of weeks, I have to say that I'm quite impressed. Now, I'm not going to say anything here about durability. That takes years. But there's nothing about it that leads me to believe that it won't last years. There's a lot of plastic, but plastics these days are so tough. And it feels solid enough. So good.Obviously, it takes up almost no space on my counter. The little blender jar -- sort of a small scale regular blender -- and the large, smoothie sized cup sit on my counter by the sink with the main blender blade shaft sitting inside it. The motor unit with cord hangs on a hook over the sink.As for use, it's far easier than I expected. I was (irrationally) worried that using the main blender tool -- the long rod with dual blades on the end covered with a little cowl -- stick down into what is to be blended, then rotate at high speeds (adjustable of course). I feared that I'd be spinning food all over the kitchen from the container -- pan or mixing bowl -- containing the food to be blended. Not so at all. The cowling over the blades totally prevent any splash at all. And so far, I've not even had to use any speed faster than the lowest.Admittedly, I cook my food well before blending -- whether potatoes, beans, fish or pork -- so it's already soft when I begin to blend. But those blades are so efficient that they can create a puree in less than 20 seconds, and that's with pulsing.This afternoon, I slow cooked some de-boned southern style pork ribs, along with (in another pot) some onions and potatoes. I only made up enough for two meals. I first blended the pork -- took about 15 seconds to get a textured puree -- then blended the cooked onions and potatoes. Even less blending time. And both on the lowest setting. I found that with the meat, I put the blades into the meat in a mixing bowl, pulse for 2 seconds, then move the blades to another chunk, pulse for 2 seconds and repeat. After doing that about six times, then I do a long pulse -- maybe 7 or 8 seconds -- to get the consistency I want.Yesterday it was haddock chowder (a famous downeast Maine recipe) cooked just the way I always cook it -- with chunky fish and chunky potatoes and onions -- then before adding half/half cream, blended it to a fine puree, then added cream to reheat. Add extra butter. The result was astoundingly delicious.And cleanup is easy breezy. After blending, I lift the blades just an inch above what I blended, and turn it on for maybe 8 or 9 seconds -- which spins most food off the blades. Then drop the removed rod with blades into the dish water, hit it with a handled brush, rinse and store. So easy (compared to washing out a regular blender).I've used the little mini-blender jar to chop up pecans (which I love) into nearly a powder to sprinkle on my muffins and cake. I even blended up a garden salad with lettuce, carrots, cucumber and some pumpkin seeds into something more akin to cole slaw. Delicious and easy to chew.So this great little tool is going to help me eat delicious foods very well during my upcoming dental challenges.And I'm an elder with some dysphagia (resulting from GERD) and this tool will help a lot with that also.So, yes, I highly recommend this immersion blender.

First off i wanna start with saying that the seller reached out to me when I made this purchase and thanked me, also gave me tips and ideas for using this product when it arrives, he then reached out a few days after I received it to make sure everything was working fine and if i used and liked it and told me how to get ahold of them incase I ever needed to.Very enjoyable to use.I love the way it makes soup so creamy.There's a family recipe soup that we make and we "normally" have to crush the lentils in a metal strainer by hand. Ever since we ordered this product, that's changed, all we need to do is put the soup attachment on and it crushes them for us and makes it much more creamy and tasty.This product has multiple attachments and they work great. I would definitely recommend it to friends and family. My sister and a few of my cousins already ordered it after seeing how good this works.If you're looking for something like this, I would highly recommend you buying this one. I have not been asked to leave this review and I also leave honest reviews about products I tried. If they don't work good, I would never leave them a good review or 5 stars. But you'll never know until you try it! You can thank me after using it =). Easy to use, easy to clean, great value for your money, high powered motor, great design and easy to store away without using a lot of room.

My old immersion blender could no longer make homemaid mayonnaise. It was slow and bulky. This new one is a breath of fresh air. Comfortable use and very fast and powerful. The extra attachments is icing on the cake . This thing so versatile. I love that the attachments can be removed so that I can clean them at the sink. I no longer have to lug out my counter top blender. Great product.

The only thing I didn't like was that you have to hold the button down the whole time you're using it. Good power and everything works well

I just ordered my second blender. My wife loves it.A word of caution. My wife roasted some rice. When done roasting she put the hot rice into the chopper/ blender container and it melted the container. MAKE SURE WHAT EVER YOU ARE MIXING OR CHOPPING IS COOL BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO THE BLENDER CUP.The machine works GREAT.

Excellent Excellent Excellent! Helpsake preparing ingredients faster

What did I ever do without this!!!!! Perfect for daily use - fruit smoothies - so easy and clean-up is a snap. Puree soups, sauces, shred cooked chicken or beef. So much easier than using a blender. I use every day!

I absolutely love ths product. My immersion blender from the 90's finally gave out and I bought this one. It is head and shoulders the best immersion blender. I love the detatchable blades which makes it easy for washing and it's so much more powerful than the one I had. I highly recommend this item.