This has been a life saver after our old hand mixer died. it's powerful, it's efficient, and it's easy to clean. I think the only downside is that since it has a hexagonal piece around the mixing "blade" to help it sit better, i'm now forced to throw out the multiple  little mixing blades i had left over from the last mixer, instead of being able to re-use them. That's the only reason for the 4 stars. I'll just have to donate the others somewhere since they're perfectly good.