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Stick Blender Reviews
Your turn to talk back! Let me know what you think of different brands of stick blender. Give as many details as you can about the blender and what's right or wrong about it. Rate it on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being awful and 5 being great. Here's my two cents' worth about the ones I've used recently.
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| 3 | Braun (Unknown Model) |
Used | Fair performance. Switch broke when I'd had it for less than a year, but I don't know how old it was when I bought it. Took a fair amount of time to make soap. Difficult to clean. | Anne L. Watson | ||
| 5 | Braun Multi Quick Model |
New | Have used this model for over a year now with no problems with a multitude of Cold Process recipes. It has performed as needed and the blending part is detachable for easy cleaning either by hand or in the dishwasher. Would gladly buy another in the future (especially for the price). | Bryna Tracy Luv4Country Soaps |
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| 5 | Braun Unknown Model, 200W |
New | Paid just over $10 for it and have been using it for the past four years with great success. | Laura Doerner Golden Sage |
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| 5 | CuisinArt Model # CSB-77 | Furnished in class | 200 watt motor. Works very, very well for bringing soap to a "quick" trace. | Joy Reavis Sugar Maple Emu Farm |
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| 4 | Durabrand SM-40 | New | A good blender but can only be submerged about 7 inches, which is not very deep. I use it for smaller batches of soap, such as 2-pound trial batches, to make sure I can reach to the bottom. | Kerri Mixon Pallas Athene Soap |
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| 5 | Hamilton Beach | New | Never fails to bring trace in short time frame. Easy to use and cleanup is very simple. I would purchase another one of these if I needed a new one. I feel it does a great job and didn't cost a lot of money. | Deena Humphrey Fairfield, MT |
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| 5 | Kitchenaid Model 100 |
New | Pretty pricey, but it makes soap quicker than my Braun did--much quicker. I can make 100% olive oil Castile in five minutes with this one. The stem is removable, so it's much easier to clean than the Braun I had. Variable power settings. | Anne L. Watson | ||
| 5 | Kitchenaid Model 100 |
New | 240 watt motor. Works very well for bringing soap to a quick trace. | Joy Reavis Sugar Maple Emu Farm |
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| 5 | Toastmaster THB2 | New | May be submerged to 14 inches deep. I love this blender and I've used it every week for 7 years now. | Kerri Mixon Pallas Athene Soap |
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| 4 | Toastmaster 1740 | New | Performs really well, and my soap
comes to trace very quickly every time. I can't take it apart for cleaning, but a quick run on low, in warm soapy water, and a rinse, cleans it almost every time. Cleans better and quicker if I let the residue saponify instead of cleaning the blender right away. |
Susanne Blessing-Hall | ||
| 5 | Walgreen's Store Brand (Kitchen Gourmet) | New | The mixing shaft is plastic,
detaches and is incredibly easy to clean. Very inexpensive, but good
quality. I've been using this brand for nearly 4 years. I've abused the
motors on these to no end, and have never had one burn out. I've tried other brands and have never been happy with them. Some were too strong, and traced my soap way too quickly. Others didn't seem to pull the entire mixture through, leaving parts unmixed. My only problem is that I can only make 5-6 gallons of lotion at a time with it. |
Lindsay Goodwin Soapers Workshop
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| 5 | Waring Model WSB33C Commercial Quik Stick |
New | 100 Watt Motor, stainless steel shaft and blade. Two speed. Tough enough to blend even a partially seized or thick traced batch. Low speed will trace soap really fast. Not good if I'm making swirled soap, because it traces too fast. | Ilene Shaffer Michigan Country Soapworks |
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