KitchenAid7-Speed Hand Mixer - KHM7210 - Empire Red

This is a mighty mixer. Have used it for mashed potatoes, batters of all kinds, cookie doughs, whipping, beating. Powerful motor and love it has adjustable 7 speeds. Beater bars are easy to clean and work better than the traditional blade type. Accessories attach easily and quickly. This is very handy to use for smaller jobs without pulling out a stand mixer. This will do it all, but use your stand mixer for handling thick and heavy doughs. This is for your smaller jobs that you need to use quickly and easily. A well-equipped kitchen needs a stand and hand mixer, and this is a great mixer to compliment your stand mixer in the kitchen. And it being a Kitchen-Aid

Made well, sturdy, and works great. Everything it should be. It’s also a lot quieter than the Cuisinart that broke after a year.

Powerful and works well. Still need my stand mixer for heavy cookie dough with add-ins, but this is fine for most everything else I normally make.

This is a wonderful portable mixer. It is light to hold, powerful, absolutely quiet and nice shade of red. The lighted choices for beating speeds makes it's use so easy and it is easy on a person with elderly hands.

This hand mixer replaced a previous 20-year old hand mixer that saw a lot of hard use and abuse in its life. Hope this one lasts as long. (The old one died because the collet that holds the beaters wore out and the beaters were too loose to keep spinning with any load. Motor still good.)Pros: - Very quiet.- Looks nice. Mixed a medium thick cookie dough and it did not bog down.- Wire beaters cleaned up easily. (More about beaters below.)- The cord is a reasonable length.- The box it came in is sturdy enough that I should be able to use it for storage for a year or two, so all the pieces will be easier to keep together.Cons: - The light on top to show speed is too bright. I can not comfortably look down directly over the mixer. I must look off to side because of the light.- The push button that is used to step up the speeds (and you must step up the speeds from the bottom each time after turning off) is small and placed such that I can only use my fingernail to depress it. That works fine and is easy enough now, but I wonder how long it will hold up to nail pressure. It does not look very tough.- The beater design does not mix thoroughly without help. I made peanut butter cookies. I had a blob of peanut butter that was about the size of an egg yolk that was apparently a little stiffer than the rest. Even with multiple passes, I could not get the mixer to mix it into my creamed butter/sugar mix. I used a spatula to press it thin and then the beaters could do their job. The peanut butter blob pressed out easily enough when I did it. It did not feel to me like it was exceptionally viscous.- The wire-style beaters mean you need a separate whisk attachment (included) to do egg whites and whipping cream. I have not tried the whisk yet, but assume it works. For me, this means that I have a rarely used bit of machinery that I have to keep up with and find when I next make meringue.Overall, I am happy enough with mixer right now. Only time will tell whether it can do its job for many years like its predecessor.

The mixer is very nice . It has a lot of power .

Great product. Easy to use and clean. Got it for a gift and they people love it!

Let me tell you about the moment my baking shifted from bake sale basics, to elite status, courtesy of the KitchenAid 7-Speed hand mixer. Even with my well-established reputation for show-stopping cookies and pies, this sleek powerhouse has managed to elevate my creations from impressive to legendary. My husband, who was already spoiled with my homemade pastries, now treats our kitchen like a Michelin-starred patisserie – hovering around with that "what's next?" gleam in his eyes.The pro whisk attachment is what really sets this mixer apart in my professional-grade kitchen arsenal. Having mastered the basics of meringue years ago, I now create the kind of ethereal, cloudlike textures that make other bakers ask for my secrets. I recently made an Eton Mess so delightful, it brought tears to my family's eyes – the meringues shattered like delicate glass into pillows of whipped cream and berries, achieving that perfect balance of texture that only precision equipment can deliver. The lockable swivel cord is a HUGE help, keeping my efforts moving along like a professional kitchen.When you're juggling multiple recipes and timing is crucial, one-button accessory release is a massive help. KitchenAid clearly understands what serious bakers need. From the gentle control needed to fold in premium chocolate at speed 1 to the high-performance whipping power of speed 7, this mixer has become my kitchen's secret weapon!