Kenwood Hand Blender, Anti-splash, Mixer includes 5 Attachments 0.5L Chopper, Soup & Masher Attachment, Whisk and 0.75L BPA-free Plastic Beaker, 800 W, HDP406, White Silver

This is a great blender set. Very powerful, and it has replaced both my old stick bklender and my jug blender. I'll run through the basic stick blender and various attachments here: Stick: For any general duties it is very effective. It makes short work of ice and fozen fruit when making a smoothie, and can pretty much handle anything you want to throw at it. The supplied jug is a good size, too. Soup attachment: This is also a triblade, but a little wider footprint, and plastic - presumably to protect non-stick pans. ou can sticck it straight into a pan ov whatever soup you are making and it will give you a smooth consistency Mini Chopper: Does an ok job, but you need to be a bit careful how you use it, otherwise the chopping can be a buit inconsistent. A few short (1-2 second) pulses, with some scraping in between, will yield a finely-chopped and mostly consistent jug of veg. If you go a little too long, the contents can very quickly become more of a puree. Fine if you want a puree though! Mashed Potato: This is a similar attachment to the soup one, but has a plastic blade and some holes in the base. In practice, I found this disappointing. Although it takes some effort out of the process (i usually use a ricer), I found that the end result was over-worked and the texture was just wrong. All-in-all an excellent tool. Warning: just be careful not to sbmerge the stick attachments when washing, as water will enter the shaft and it is very difficult to get dry again.

I got into making soups so I needed a hand blender. I don't mind paying more for better lasting quality and that's what I got. The main point is the motor - it's powerful with good torque. Doesn't struggle at any realistic job. The soup blending attachment is very clever and drives the soup downward in the pot to prevent splashing. Everything gets blended including the cumin seeds. The masher drives the potatoes up through a sieve and it's only good for potatoes and does a great job but if you've chopped carrots and turnip in the pot then it doesn't do well. A great tool if you've a big pot to mash. I have no issues with cleaning, hold it under the tap = done! Great quality build. No reason for me not to expect this to be still in the kitchen in 20 years time.

This was a replacement for an old Braun hand blender. I had looked at several replacement models and decided Kenwood looked the best and I was not disappointed. After using it for several months, I love it more than ever. The chopping bowl is perfect for salsa. The special soup blender is effective in reducing splatter. The vegetable puree attachment is unbelievably easy to use. I now make the creamiest potato and parsnip/carrot side dishes without adding lots of butter. The build quality of this blender is solid and high quality. It cleans super easy and I particularly like the idea that the electronic component can be separated from the attachments so washing up is safe and easy. The only "negative" is that I rarely use my Magimix as this hand blender is so much easier to use. I highly recommend this product. I have see and used many similar blenders and rate this 10+. I'd give it 6 stars if I could.

This fantastic Kenwood hand blender plus lots of accessories does everything and more that you might need it for. We bought it to make home made baby good which it has done to perfection. I had previously bought a budget one from Tesco which only lasted a month and you couldn't wash it up properly as the attachment wouldn't come off. This was why we decided to spend a bit more money on something that should last longer and had many more uses. The Kenwood blender can make smashing soups and you can even adjust the speed that it blends/chops. Would definitely recommend x

My wife suffers from the 'hate anything new, prefer the old stuff' syndrome so initially the Kenwood was unfavourably compared to the Bosch which it replaces. However, as always, as she gets used to something she grudgingly admits "Yeah, its OK, I suppose" then comes "You know this is pretty good" This is the stage we are now at so it looks like the Kenwood won't be thrown away; which was it's threatened fate at one stage. I've used it mainly for chopping (mincing) stuff for curries such as onions, garlic, chilli and ginger and it works pretty well though the chilli didn't all get as finely chopped as I expected. The lid on the bowl was initially tight, "Throw it away it's unusable", screamed she! but after a few uses and a secret smear of olive oil it became much easier. I can now say that it is an accepted member of our stable of kitchen gadgets and we are both happy with it. It's well packaged and comes with a variety of fittings to do a variety of tasks not all of which have been used.. The product is well made and nicely finished and looks as if it will last a good few years. We both recommend this.

This is even better than I expected. I had an old cheap stick blender that expired in spectacular fashion. I decided to buy a better one and I'm thrilled to bits with this. So easy to clean, mostly just rinse under the tap. I was most surprised by the potato masher, expecting it to sort of liquidize the spuds and turn them into gloopy gunk. I'm very happy to say this is not the case and it just makes the most fluffy fab mashed potato. I do have a soup maker kettle, so did not think I would use the soup blender attachment. However my soup maker failed to bend something properly so I plonked the stick blender in and in seconds it was wonderful smooth soup. It's very well made, solid and easy to attach the parts. The speed controller on the top is very stiff, so it might give you a problem if you find it hard to turn things, but I think this may easy up with use.

This is a fantastic product. I’ve had mine 4 years and I love it! I’ve used (and misused) it so much that the motor has burnt out and I have ordered another through kenwood. I use all the components (bar the potato pureer) regularly and love the fact most go in the dishwasher. I thought it was expensive upon buying it (my husband bought it and I wasn’t much impressed at seeing the price tag!) but it is worth every penny! My only advice- read the manual and ensure you don’t have the motor running too long and this product will work and work and work for you and make cooking a range of dishes easy and a joy!

I have had a lot of blenders in my time but this is one of the best. It’s just smacks of very high quality. It arrives well packed albeit with an unfortunate amount of plastic bags. First thing I did was to measure the actual wattage of it and of course it was significantly less than advertised. I measured it using a watt meter and no-load it's 25W. I have no idea how manufactures calculate wattage, but believe me if it was 800W it could cover the ceiling in soup and chopped up pan not to mention happily breaking your wrist in the process. When you consider that most DIY power drills can go through concrete with 500W, then you start to disbelieve the outrageous claims of blender manufacturers! Anyway, whatever it is, it’s seems the same as similarly powered blenders I have owned in the past. The blades are an unusual design in that they are all at different angles. I thought at first mine was damaged until I saw the blades on the secondary liquidiser are set at exactly the same weird angles. All of the tools work very well. Some have dedicated gear units to make them just right speed power for their intended application. I do have a few minor criticisms: The first is that the speed setting is very hard to adjust. It has no grip and is really tight. Second is the plug has no decent grip on it. It’s difficult enough to get it out of the wall socket when your hands are dry, let alone when they are wet or covered with flour. It may prove necessary to swap it for one that does have grip. Oh and a third complaint, the cable could be longer. It’s four feet long which is OK, but it’s would be a lot better if it was just a foot longer. One thing I noticed immediately when I was using the blender, is that even the small head is actually a lot larger than most other blenders I have used. So if you are dealing with small quantities you may prefer a blender with a smaller head. Also the stainless is lined on the inside with plastic which kinda makes you wonder why they bother with the stainless. The motor is very well balanced. There is far less vibration at high speeds than other blenders I have used. I have to say that I was stunned by the masher. It's fantastic. It's for anything that's soft, doesn't have seeds or skin. Unlike the normal blade it forces the food through a bunch of holes. It's really fast and surprisingly good. The main thing is that it doesn't clog up like a normal head can and it can mash a big pan in seconds, with perfect results. It's also entertaining as you see all the strange shapes coming out of the holes, lol. The masher should be one of the main selling points of the blender. In fact I would go so far to say that most of the time the masher head is what you should be using, and the bladed heads are just for food that actually need chopping up. All in all it's a good quality unit. It's not perfect, but it is very good. I am not sure I would recommend it though for people living on their own ( cooking small quantities ), or people who have difficulty with their hands ( hard to remove the plug and hard to rotate the speed setting ). Everyone else in the world, sure, why not, it's a good blender with some very handy tools.