The Braun Multiquick 5 hand blender is a must have in our house. I have to admit I don't test all of its functions as I use it for specific things, but the things I use it for have made it well worth it's cost and then some, while my partner uses some of the other attachments more regularly. The blender provides all elements of a food processor but within a smaller, more compact hand held system. It works perfectly for us and I would thoroughly recommend this. Looks: The Braun Multiquick 5 is a nice looking hand blender, the main handheld section is about 16cm tall with some nice grooves to allow you to hold it easily at any angle ...  Read the complete review

Being cheapskates we only have an Argos value hand blender at our house, a piece of kitchen electrical equipment that does the job of hand blending, after a fashion, but is so basic it only has one blending speed and doesn't even come with its own 'goblet'. Imagine my joy, then, at having the chance to try out a Braun Multiquick Hand Blender at my mother's house. Being of partially far-eastern origin at my mother's - and despite having a lovely, still-boxed and barely-used Multiquick Hand Blender up in the attic! - they usually do the job of hand-blending by manually pounding up stuff with a gigantic, solid granite pestle and mortar. I've never gotten the ...  Read the complete review

I was given the Braun hand blender as a present when my child got to the weaning stage in order to make baby purees. However, I have since used my blender for many more purposes. The blender is really easy to use, with no detailed instructions to figure out before you can use it. It comes with three attachments - one for blending, one for chopping and one for whisking. I use all of these on a regular basis, and all do their job perfectly well. The parts are all easy to clean, although the chopping blades are really sharp and like to hide in the bottom of the washing up bowl. The blender also includes a storage hook to mount upon the wall. This is very handy ...  Read the complete review

I got this hand blender as a Christmas present from my Auntie some years ago now. At the time I thought "What a random gift for a 23 year old lad". However, it has proved invaluable ever since. The one I received came with a whisk attachment which made its doubly useful. Since receiving it I have used it to help make cakes and Yorkshire puddings (brilliant for whisking lots of air into them) and also smoothies and fruit drinks. Having owned a smoothie maker this little blender was like a breath of fresh air. My old smoothie maker was such a pain to clean with its annoying tap etc. With this I don't have to worry about any of that. I simply whack some ...  Read the complete review

I’m a bit of a sad ‘toys’ type of person – I just have to buy a gadget : Wide screen TV, DVD player, Digital Amplifier, Playstation, you name it, I’ve either owned one, or I want to buy one. Now, before I bought a house my gadgets were more ‘bloke’ stuff (like everything I’ve mentioned above) but now that I’m a bit more ‘domesticated’ I’ve started getting things for the kitchen. It all started with an espresso machine I got at Christmas – since then I’ve been on the look out for other little toys to make life in the kitchen a bit more bearable. I’m not a great ...  Read the complete review