On Mon 04 Aug 2008 12:20:15p, Jonathan Kamens told us...

> Greetings,
>
> At our house, we seem to go through an electric hand mixer
> (like, e.g.,
> http://www.shopkitchenaid.com/produc...xers&T1=KTA+KH
> M3WH) every 2-3 years. We don't use the mixer that
> often, maybe two or three times per month, and yet there
> always comes a time when the blades stop spinning and wisps of
> smoke come drifting out of the motor, along with the awful
> smell of a motor that shell spin its blades no more.
>
> Having once again smelled the smoke of hand-mixer doom, we are
> once again in the market for a new one, and so I thought I'd
> post and ask: is there a mixer on the market that won't give
> up the ghost after a few years (and if so where can we get
> it), or are we doomed to continue contributing to the
> ever-growing global waste disposal problem as long as we want
> to keep making chocolate chip cookies?
>
> (Yes, we could get it fixed, but I'm pretty certain that
> getting it fixed costs more than buying a new mixer.)
>
> (Yes, a real stand mixer would almost certainly solve this
> problem, but we wouldn't use one often enough to justify the
> expense, and besides, we don't have space for one in our
> kitchen.)
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can provide.
>

I don't know of a current model hand mixer that I would recommend, as I
haven't needed a new one.

My dad bought my mother a "Dormey" hand mixer made by Dormeyer in 1954.
She used it until she passed away in 1998, and I have been using it since
then. I also happen to have a KitchenAid stand mixer, but I still use the
hand mixer for many things.

The are frequently sold on eBay. Currently there are two for sale. If you
don't mind buying something used, buy one of these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dormeyer-Dormey-...xer-Model-7500
_W0QQitemZ160267075932QQihZ006QQcategoryZ11653QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ
ViewItem

or

http://tinyurl.com/5zerga

As a side note, I have since bought two of these mixers on eBay "just in
case" mine dies. I doubt that it will, though, so here I sit with three of
them. :-) Oh, the two on eBay are *not* being sold by me.


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Wayne Boatwright
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