[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] 12/9/2023 Reviewed the Hamilton Beach Professional Cordless Hand Blender - Model#: 62673 at home in my kitchen while making some Holiday Pumpkin Cake.
First, the box arrived undamaged and full with good packaging. What comes in the box:
(1) Hamilton Professional Cordless Blender Unit, (2) Beaters, (1) Whisk, (1) Charging Unit (120 Volt) Plug, (1) Storage Cover for Utensils.
- The Blender Unit requires up to (2) hours of charging prior to first use out of the box. I personally charged the unit for (2) hours regardless of what the LED Battery Light Displayed to ensure a successful trial and review.
Likes:
The cordless blender is a nice feature with no wires and no access restraint.
The blender has a nicely designed bi-color and the unit is primarily black with a silver outline around the top & bottom of the unit and along the exterior handle.
The blender is lightweight and easy to maneuver.
The blender unit comes with an easy touch power button on the left side of the base unit, and features a bright green LED power light Indicator residing on the face of the blender handle.
Above the LED power light indicator on the blender handle, there is a control dial that makes it really easy for all control functions. With one push on the dial you can start / stop the blender utensil rotation, adjust the dial by turning clockwise to increase the speed from low to high, or counter clockwise to slow the blender to a minimal speed. The dial also has a battery LED level displaying how much charge remains in the blender before requiring a new charge. Very convenient.
When the battery runs low requiring a new charge, there is a port on the right side of the blender base that has a rubber cover to protect the port. Simply slip in the connector and plug in.
Dislikes:
I found that when either the blender beaters or whisk was plugged in, they did not rotate smoothly in sink and wobbled as they rotated. (The whisk simply wobbled while rotating). After noting, I rechecked to ensure they were inserted correctly and fastened internally. I resumed operation running the blender from the lowest speed to and through the highest to find the same issues persisted.
When I started to mix the cake batter, I started out on the lowest speed and slowly increased the speed to find that this cordless blender really struggled to mix the batter and perform at any speed. In addition, the blender was quite loud and made a whining noise on top of the normal blending sound.
When I used the whisk to whisk a bowl of heavy cream, the whisk wobbled when rotating.
When it came time to eject the blender beaters and after using the whisk, neither ejected out of the unit gently when squeezing the trigger on the handle.
Overall, the performance and noise level was not what I expected.