Smeg Hbf11 50s Style Handmixer

Smeg HBF01 is a well made hand blender or stick blender with five speed settings and the ability to pull off tricky blending jobs such as rescuing a lumpy white sauce. The HBF02 is the same blender but with some useful accessories – keep an eye out for deals on this

This hand blender is not user-friendly. It’s very heavy and too long for average height person. Also be aware of the seller. I bought it for $134.95 plus tax $9.45, total $144.40. Didn’t care for blender, returned. And was refunded $134.22. Spoke with Amazon, Amazon says it’s a seller who took my $10. 18. Seller says it’s Amazon. Nobody can explain to me why they refunded me $10.80 less.

stopped working after a few months. only used it 10 times max

This is my first Smeg appliance. Smeg is popular because all the appliances are simply beautiful with retro styling, but expensive. They are also known to have quality control issues if you do your research. I took a chance on a smaller item and cannot speak to reliability at this early date. It came in a champagne “style” box so the description was questionable I thought I’d get one in a champagne colored gift box so I included a pic for others to see what they will get. It is stunning! I got the black one without the additional attachments but you can buy the attachment kit separately for about $99. I also bought the Smeg stand for this item from another kitchenware site since amazon doesn’t carry it. Will update after I’ve used it for making soups and stews this upcoming winter.

Saves great deal of time with all the relevant attachments.