Hamilton Beach 62682RZ Mixer Snap Reviews Summary

Mixing Efficiency

Pros:

• "It mixes even the toughest doughs I throw at it."
• "With the quickburst speed I'm able to mix really thick dough batches."
• "This little mixer was slow at first, but it kept going, and going, and eventually conquered all of that flour, moving the thick dough around without conking out."
• "The mixer performed great! I started on the lowest setting (which was still nice and low, and didn’t throw ingredients around) and then turned it up almost to the highest setting as the batter smoothed out."
• "It’s a powerful little hand mixer! I really love the wider beaters for heavier batters."
• "This mixer has six different speed settings, which makes it easy to adjust the mixing speed based on the recipe I'm working on."
• "This mixer is extremely powerful and solid for the price."

Cons:

• "The lower speeds are too fast, and the 'turbo' button is a bit hard to use."
• "The lowest speed is way too fast. No matter how much care you take, it splatters everywhere."
• "The length of the beaters are shorter than my prior unit’s length so when making mashed potatoes (10 lbs of potatoes in a stock pot), the short length means that they can’t reach the bottom of the pan."
• "After a minute or so of mixing the dough- which wasn’t hugely stiff, but was firm- not as liquid as cake batter, for sure- the beaters began moving in a weird, 'wrong' kind of way, even at the lowest setting."
• "The mixer labored with thick mixes."
• "It struggles a bit with cookie-dough but the higher speeds seem ok when the dough is put together in order to mix properly."
• "When I added the flour the mixer got bogged down and even the high speed was going slow and clearly struggling."

Build Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "I had a Hamilton Beach hand mixer for 50 years before I had to cave in and buy a new one."
• "I bought this mixer as a Christmas gift for my mom in 2003. Gave out 2 days ago after multiple uses a week, which gives it a lifetime of 17 years and 362 days."
• "Someone gave my mother a Hamilton Beach hand mixer when she got married at 21. I'm 61. I don't remember her mixer ever dying."
• "I have had a Hamilton Beach hand mixer for almost 10 years."
• "I had one of these before that lasted over 15 years."
• "Because I've used it so much and it held up so well, I decided to purchase the same thing again."
• "I’m so sick of companies making their products so they only last just long enough so they get through the warranty period and then break."

Cons:

• "It stopped working after probably 4 uses."
• "I purchased this in May of 2023... it wouldn’t turn on today February 2024."
• "The beaters began to rust."
• "Today it totally seized up and burned itself out."
• "It is built to break: a metal drive powers plastic gears and wears them down over (very little) time."
• "When that quit I bought the same one again from amazon, and it lasted less than a month! Only 3-4 uses."
• "This product lasted only seven months."

Design and Storage

Pros:

• "The beaters are really easy to clean because of how they are angled and thinner than traditional ones pictured here."
• "I love that the snap on container holds the cord and all the attachments and has a door on the rear so you don't have to take the whole container off the mixer to put away the attachments."
• "The hand mixer snaps right on to its container case, and comes with its own cord 'zip tie,' making cord storage as convenient as the mixer/beater storage."
• "I love the convenience of storing it. I no longer have to dig through my utensil drawer for the beaters!!"
• "I love that it has a container attached to the bottom of the mixer."
• "There's a storage compartment for beaters and whisk attachments."
• "The snap-on storage case is super helpful in keeping everything organized."

Cons:

• "It is hard to get the attachments and cord in the case for storage."
• "It's too difficult to wind the wire up and put it in the holder as the cord sticks out the side."
• "The metal components don’t easily fit into the bottom plastic container anymore, and you have to maneuver and jiggle them in a certain way to even get them to fit."
• "The storage thing is a nice idea but it’s difficult to remove and the cord doesn’t fit in easily at all."
• "I like the storage bin but it’s very hard to remove from the mixer."
• "The case is too small for the beaters, whisk, and cord."
• "The container designed to hold the tools and the mixer on top is a little unstable."

User Experience

Pros:

• "It’s a little heavy to hold but the mixing power is fantastic."
• "The mixer itself worked great and was easy to use."
• "It's definitely easier than with a spoon."
• "Overall, a great purchase."
• "It's easy (for this 70 year old) to handle when mixing."
• "This is the perfect basic mixer. It’s all you need for cookie dough, cake batter, egg whites, and other basic baking."
• "This Hamilton Beach mixer is light weight, very easy to handle, the cord length is okay."

Cons:

• "The part where you stick in the tools was off and I couldn’t get the one in and if I tried to use it would just fall out because the hole was off place."
• "The unit is heavy and awkward so when you’re finished wrestling with it on high, and want to clean up, the eject button doesn’t work."
• "The beaters are difficult to remove using the eject button."
• "Mixes ok, but splatters everywhere, even on lowest setting."
• "The lowest setting is at minimum med high speed. There is NO low speed."
• "It is SO hard to removed the mixing tools from the body of the machine."
• "The mixer is heavy and the cord is stiff."