Immersion/Stick Blenders

[rotuts]

lot of cold dead hands here

 

Sooo sorry

 

I used to enjoy some of their posts :

 

Bamix ?

 

 

 

 

now I might wait for some Cats

 

but ................

[Anna N]

Certainly Bamix is available on Amazon so I’m not sure why you are getting these pages.

[blue_dolphin]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

Certainly Bamix is available on Amazon so I’m not sure why you are getting these pages.

I can search successfully for Bamix on Amazon but I also get the dogs when I click on @liuzhou's link.  But I like the dogs so I’ve clicked multiple times!

Edited to add that Clancy is my favorite so far!

Edited January 5, 2020 by blue_dolphin (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, rotuts said:

lot of cold dead hands here

 

Sooo sorry

 

I used to enjoy some of their posts :

 

Bamix ?

 

 

 

 

now I might wait for some Cats

 

but ................

 

When I type "bamix" into amazon I get loads of relevant results.  No dogs.  And free Prime one day delivery.

 

I don't have a Bamix immersion blender but the motor of my rotor stator homogenizer is made by Bamix.  Good stuff.

 

[gfweb]

58 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

I can search successfully for Bamix on Amazon but I also get the dogs when I click on @liuzhou's link.  But I like the dogs so I’ve clicked multiple times!

Edited to add that Clancy is my favorite so far!

 

I clicked multiple times, no Airedales.

Only a few corgi, and various types of poo

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, blue_dolphin said:

I can search successfully for Bamix on Amazon but I also get the dogs when I click on @liuzhou's link.  But I like the dogs so I’ve clicked multiple times!

Edited to add that Clancy is my favorite so far!

 

That explains it. I went directly to Amazon.  I did not realize there was a link!

[liuzhou]

3 hours ago, Anna N said:

Certainly Bamix is available on Amazon so I’m not sure why you are getting these pages.

 

I'm not sure either. I used the eG Amazon button to link. Maybe it's defective. Here is a direct link.

[rotuts]

looks like a fine machine.

[Indirect Heat]

I am also a happy Bamix user.  My first one lasted me 25 years.  I just got my second one, and can attest that it seems to be of similar (or is it possible, better?) construction.

 

Other immersion blenders that I've used are hot garbage.

[ASporkwithBravado]

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

 

The units found at https://www.webstaurantstore.com/search/stick-blender.html look very sturdy; however what concerns me is all the smaller units seem very severely underpowered, between  100-150 watts, and the higher powered units are much too large for my needs.

 

So far, the best regular retail consumer unit I've used is the Cuisine art Smartstick 2 speed 200watt motor, which cost me about $50.

 

Heidih: I use mine to blend meal replacement protein shakes.  10oz milk, 25g protein powder, and frozen fruit of various sorts; blueberries, bananas, strawberries, sometimes sweet potatos etc. and add spices/lemon or orange flavoured fish oil.  Also I sometimes blend frozen blueberries with lowfat cottage cheese and erythritol- it makes a nice low fat/calorie high protein  cream cheese substitute spread, tastes exactly like the Einstein bagels full fat spread.

 

Re: those that own kitchen aid units- what Ive found is it's really hard to guage a units durability off time of ownership alone.  Cos if someone uses it infrequently, the total run time may be actually very low.  My mother had a 20 dollar unit that never stopped working over the course of 20 years, but she never used it on a regular basis.

 

The Bamix has caught my interest; for those that own it, how many hours of total run time have your units had?  Longevity is the most important factor for me right now.  Price isn't an object if its lifespan/performance is congruent.

 

 

 

[heidih]

I used my OG (old guy) for broccoli soup today and noticed the caution "household type" implying a "Braunier" version. The other 2 I found in the garage. Not my personal ones. I like the blend container in the boxed one - does not seem to have been used. 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, ASporkwithBravado said:

 

So far, the best regular retail consumer unit I've used is the Cuisine art Smartstick 2 speed 200watt motor, which cost me about $50.

 

 

This is the one I use, or rather very seldom use.  I paid $31.49.  I've had the Cuisinart four and a half years and used it about as many times.  But it does work.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Looking through the offerings on WebstaurantStore, I'd be interested in the Robot Coupe MicroMix

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/robot-coupe-micromix-7-variable-speed-immersion-blender-120v/649MICROMIX.html

 

...if I thought I had any real use for an immersion blender.  Robot Coupe also offers a range of Mini blenders that are just a little larger.

 

 

[ojisan]

https://www.bamix.com/en/home.html

[HKDave]

Bumping an old thread... In the end I bought a Braun 600w "Turbo", the made-in-Spain big brother of the one in andiesenji's post here:

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/80222-immersion-hand-blenders/?do=findComment&comment=1089108 

It came with a whisk, a beaker, and a 500ml mini-bowl-chopper thing.

14 years later, I'm still using it.

Braun still make similar models, now in Eastern Europe, so parts are available. The top of the mini-bowl-chopper broke a few years ago, and I found the part at ereplacementparts.com for under US$10. Now the main wand thing is getting shaky, so that's the next part I'll need. The all-plastic shaft version I have doesn't seem to be available any more, but a stainless one now is. And I should probably get a new mini-bowl-chopper blade. It's also available.

Yes, at some point it's cheaper to buy a whole new rig, but I don't like throwing out things that still work, especially when everything newer is invariably junkier.

Observations:
 - I use the "turbo" speed 90% of the time, "regular" speed 10% of the time, and the variable-speed dial never.
 - I don't regret spending more for a more powerful model.
 - The plastic shaft has held up to blending hundreds of hot soups, and doesn't scratch non-stick. I like.
 - I didn't use the beaker for years. Then I found the 2-minute-immersion-blender-mayo trick. Now I use it regularly.
 - The 500ml chopper bowl is incredibly useful. I don't have a food processor any more.
 - Braun sell these with less-useful 350ml choppers in North America, where they assume everyone owns a food processor. In the rest of of the world, we usually don't. I'd want the 500ml.
 - Braun has been through 3 different owners (currently it's owned by DeLonghi, who also own Kenwood) since my unit was made.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

I swear by Bamix immersion blenders.    Whereas recipes say to blend then strain, I find that straining is unnecessary when making a velvety soup or sauce.   

But to make mayo, I simply use a wire coil whisk

in a French "working jar"

 

It emulsifies into mayo in under a minute, cap with its lid.   Rinse whisk and done..  

[dtremit]

Another recent datapoint — I have had a Breville Control Grip for about a year now and have been pretty happy with it. It's much more powerful and effective than the Braun it replaced -- though that one was about 30 years old, so not saying much! I bought it after seeing Pai from Hot Thai Kitchen use hers frequently to make curry paste; I figured if it could get through galangal it would probably be fine.

 

The chopper bowl is about 750ml and I've found I use it quite a lot (which was kind of a surprise). The quality of the bundled accessories is also quite impressive -- the beaker and chopper are nice, heavy polycarbonate, with silicone in strategic places to keep them in place. The lid from the beaker nests onto the base to make a really good anti-slip base, and the chopper nests into the beaker for storage, as well. And excluding the parts with gears in them (the chopper lid and whisk adapter) everything can go in the dishwasher.

 

Serious Eats had claimed in an earlier writeup that the Breville couldn't make mayo, but they seem to have retracted that claim in their latest testing. I am ashamed to admit I haven't tried it...not a big mayo guy.

[MokaPot]

Maybe this sounds dumb, but here's a warning. I got a Bamix blender, intending to make salsa (pico de gallo) in small batches. Not a great tool for raw tomatoes. Yes, I know I can hand-slice tomatoes, but I actually like the texture of raw tomatoes pulsed in a food processor (e.g., Cuisinart). I thought that the Bamix would be handy instead of the Cuisinart.

 

Anyway, ended up giving away the Bamix to a family member. The salsa / pico de gallo was my main intended use.

[Kerry Beal]

On 9/11/2020 at 6:41 PM, MokaPot said:

Maybe this sounds dumb, but here's a warning. I got a Bamix blender, intending to make salsa (pico de gallo) in small batches. Not a great tool for raw tomatoes. Yes, I know I can hand-slice tomatoes, but I actually like the texture of raw tomatoes pulsed in a food processor (e.g., Cuisinart). I thought that the Bamix would be handy instead of the Cuisinart.

 

Anyway, ended up giving away the Bamix to a family member. The salsa / pico de gallo was my main intended use.

Do you have the attachment for the Bamix that lets it act a bit like a food processor (talking small batches for sure)?

[MokaPot]

@Kerry Beal, yes, my Bamix did come with that attachment (a small bowl & small food processor blade). Maybe I should have played around with that attachment more before I gave away my Bamix. The Bamix, in general, did seem like a nice-quality product.

[liuzhou]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Do you have the attachment for the Bamix that lets it act a bit like a food processor (talking small batches for sure)?

 

I use mine (the attachment) several days a week on average. It is perfect for most single person cooking needs and/or for sauces etc for more people.

Edited September 13, 2020 by liuzhou
clarification (log)

[scubadoo97]

When it comes down to an electric mixer Bamix is hands down the winner.  The quality of the motor is top notch as well as the ergonomic design 

[paulraphael]

Any idea why comparative reviews online often give Bamix lousy scores? I find it confusing. Lot's of people I trust swear by them, but then I've seen at least a couple of reviewers say they were outperformed by much cheaper consumer brands. 

 

Just curious. We have a god-awful cheap stick blender that will need replacing in the next few months. I'm not dying to spend Bamix money, but will do so if they merit the hype.

[kayb]

It's a cheapie, but I have a Bella I picked up for $19.99 at Aldi. It has interchangeable heads, one regular and one whisk, that can go in the dishwasher. Two speeds. Seems to be solid, feels good in the hand. I like it. Amazon carries it, I think.

 

[MokaPot]

55 minutes ago, paulraphael said:

Any idea why comparative reviews online often give Bamix lousy scores? I find it confusing. Lot's of people I trust swear by them, but then I've seen at least a couple of reviewers say they were outperformed by much cheaper consumer brands. 

 

Just curious. We have a god-awful cheap stick blender that will need replacing in the next few months. I'm not dying to spend Bamix money, but will do so if they merit the hype.

 

Not sure why the lousy scores. Maybe price unofficially factored into the reviews. The Bamix metal stick part is not detachable from the handle. I think it's been posted above that the other brands do allow you to detach the stick from the handle. IMO, it's a more solid design (Bamix) when it doesn't detach. Bamix IBs are made in Switzerland, which is a positive, IMO.

 

One of my siblings (the one who I gave my Bamix to) said they buy a new IB every few years (due to breakage). I should check back & see how the Bamix is working.

 

I'm guessing the main advantage of the Bamix would be longevity.