I need to buy a immersion blender for a Christmas gift. What's the best one I
can get for around $20.00? Power and durability are more important than the
number of attachments.

On 2004-11-23, DJS0302 > wrote:
> I need to buy a immersion blender for a Christmas gift. What's the best one I
> can get for around $20.00? Power and durability are more important than the
> number of attachments.

Braun sells one w/ no attachments for about $20.

nb

I love my new Braun stick blender. I went in our neighborhood hardware store
and asked, He ordered one for me and I picked it up in a few days. Works great.

DJS0302 wrote:

> I need to buy a immersion blender for a Christmas gift. What's the best one I
> can get for around $20.00? Power and durability are more important than the
> number of attachments.

I did a piece on several of them. The Braun is the clear winner. The
GE was the worst. The fancy-dancy Big Name ones were ok. The only one
better than the Braun that I found was the Thunderstick from
late-night infomercials and it's a monster.

Pastorio

"DJS0302" wrote in message
>I need to buy a immersion blender for a Christmas gift. What's the best
>one I
> can get for around $20.00? Power and durability are more important than
> the
> number of attachments.

Braun, absolutely. I was lucky enough to get mine on a special at Sam's
Club a couple of years ago, for $14 with attachments. The little food
chopper/processor attachment is worth its weight in gold for smaller jobs,
while my Cuisinart remains unused for small quantities. I haven't tried the
whisk, but I'm sure it's A-OK.

Dora

"DJS0302" wrote in message
>I need to buy a immersion blender for a Christmas gift. What's the best
>one I
> can get for around $20.00? Power and durability are more important than
> the
> number of attachments.

Braun, absolutely. I was lucky enough to get mine on a special at Sam's
Club a couple of years ago, for $14 with attachments. The little food
chopper/processor attachment is worth its weight in gold for smaller jobs,
while my Cuisinart remains unused for small quantities. I haven't tried the
whisk, but I'm sure it's A-OK.

Dora