Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 Review

What the Reviewers Like:
The Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 can be used as a stand or hand mixer. It is very inexpensive for a stand mixer.

What the Reviewers Don’t Like:
The glass mixing bowl is heavy, and the motor is too weak to handle stiff doughs. Reviewers say the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 is really a hand mixer on a stand. Most reviewers say other mixers are better.

Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 review highlights

The inexpensive Power Deluxe stand mixer failed at nearly every task that professional testers set before it. Reviews say its stationary beaters are its downfall: Ingredients clog them and remain unincorporated. (Experts say that mixers with a single beater that circulates around the bowl are far better than mixers with stationary beaters.) Reviews say that the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 takes twice as long as other mixers to do the same job, in part because it’s necessary to stop and scrape down the bowl frequently. If you're in the market for an inexpensive stand mixer, reviews indicate that the Bosch Compact Kitchen Machine (*est. $130) is a better choice.

Cook's Illustrated included the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 stand mixer in its review of mixers that cost less than $200, and Consumer Reports included this model in its stand mixer roundup. This mixer has accumulated a couple dozen owner-written reviews at Amazon.com and Epinions.

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*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

1. Cook’s Illustrated
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Inexpensive Standing Mixers
Editors of Cook's Illustrated
Dec. 2007

The Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 finishes last or nearly last in performance tests, earning a rating of "don't bother." It would not cream butter and sugar, and the ingredients stubbornly refused to circulate.

2. Consumer Reports
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Stand and Hand Mixers
Editors of Consumer Reports
Nov. 2005

Mixers are tested on their ability to whip, mash and mix. Editors consider test results, ease of use and value in rating the mixers. Many of the 12 models evaluated, including the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695, are still available, even though the report is over two years old.

3. Amazon.com
Hamilton Beach Power Mixer 64695 Reviews
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About twenty owners posting here give the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64696 mixer a fairly low average rating. Complaints center on the motor, which is said to overheat easily. Several owners say that this machine is lightweight and prone to "walking" across the counter.

4. Epinions
Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe Stand Mixer 64695 Reviews
Contributors to Epinions

While some owners are pleased that the Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 can do double-duty as a hand mixer, others complain that the glass bowl is heavy and the mixer overheats quickly. Several owners report that this mixer bogs down in heavy dough.

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Hamilton Beach Power Deluxe 64695 Review