Russell Hobbs Allure Hand Mixer

I bought this when my previous hand mixer (a James Martin model) died a slow and painful death - it smelled of burning and could only beat at a snail's pace until it gave up the ghost altogether. No shame though, I'd used it most weeks for several years and have made all manner of scrumptious homebaked goods with it. Anyway, onto the Russell Hobbs new mixer. I like it. No, actually I love it. It has a solidity about it that gives me confidence that I can beat anything. And I can. I've beaten egg whites for souffles, butter and sugar for cake mixtures, flour and water and yeast for olive bread sticks, pancake batter, ice cream, various cakes and biscuits. I like the weight of the machine, and I love that it sits properly on its flat bottom in between beating your mixture. It has good speed controls so you can start off really slowly and avoid spraying mixture all over the kitchen. My only gripe might be that the speed controls are right next to the power button, and I've occasionally switched off inadvertently mid-mix.

very good, simple and effective looking mixer with a few different speeds making it easy to mix cakes or bread dough

Good mixer - seems sturdy and should last

I bought this because of the Russell Hobbs name, having had a mixer fail on me after about 6 months. The unit is very heavy and I would say unsuitable for anyone who is elderly or frail. The design is also flawed as when you hold the mixer, especially given the weight of the unit, you have to hold the handle over the controls, which means that the machine turns itself off, down or up at will. After three months of moderate use (perhaps a cake every 10 days on average) the traction has gone so there is no power to the whisk blades. Dreadful. I will be returning it post haste.

I bought this hand mixer to replace my 10yr old hand mixer that finally gave up that is also a Russell Hobbs.The Machine itself is not a problem. Works like a dream, beautifully designed, powerful motor compared to my old model which was a 250W. The reason I gave it a 4 star was amazons poor choice of Delivery.They sent is thru YODEL!!.YODEL the day(thur) when they were suppose to deliver my parcel the did courier guy did not even appear at my door he took it straight back to their Depot.When I phoned up YODEL and ask why they said it was not the couriers route of delivery and would get the parcel out til Mon.Phoned Amazon about the problem they said they will contact YODEL, YODEL finally agreed to deliver it on Fri. came Fri still NO Parcel.Phone Amazon to aske why this is so as they promised to deliver the parcel on Fri.YODEL still insist that they will only deliver the parcel on Mon.Came Mon,still NO Parcel,I phone Amazon again and enquired to whether YODEL had misplaced the parcel and why they had not delivered the parcel as they had promised again they had LIED.When I did finally did receive my parcel on Tue, the courier guy rang the door bell gave me the parcel did not give me anything to sign and bacially noted that parcel was left on the porch on his system another LIE. So Amazon, If you want to keep your customers happy and continue having happy customers please DO NOT use YODEL or HDNL as they are the same company.

Great looking machine, nice to use, BUT after very little use in 7 months, one of the whisk arms has come loose at a joint and stopped working when trying to mix ingredients. Have now read other reviews, and other customers have had the same problem with this particular model. Very, very, disappointed. Amazon have been great with issuing a refund, but I rather have a working machine than the hassle of sending it back and searching the internet for something more reliable!

Am very pleased with the item but it is so much heaver than my Kenwood use to be. That is the draw back of buying on line, you can't feel the weight of things.

my mum bakes cakes and does it all by hand the traditional way !!! but as she reachin retirement i wanted to treat her and give her wrists a rest ! it has a timer 5 settings and also has a dough attachment !!!