I have a large kitchen aid stand mixer, and I love it... But sometimes i want a small mixer where i do not have to lift the 500 pound beast onto the counter.
Something this style:
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My wife worked at a higher end kitchen store for a long time, and got to test out a whole lot of different brands of kitchen gadgets and such, and made really good use of her employee discount
In the end, her recommendation is to basically go with Breville for everything but stand mixers (go with KitchenAid) and blenders (go Vitamix)
So we have a Breville hand mixer. This was actually one of the last things she picked up before leaving that job, and it was at my request, she kind of didn't see the point of it since we already had the stand mixer, and an immersion blender, and honestly just about everything else you could want, but now that we've had it I've made a convert of her. It gets regular use and abuse and it's still going strong probably almost a decade later
It's got a light that shines into the bowl, which doesn't seem like it should be a big deal but it's actually really nice to have, it's got plenty of power but is also probably the quietest mixer I've ever used, it comes with the usual beaters, whisks, and dough hooks, and its got a little storage container in clips onto so that the attachments are always there with it and you don't have to go looking through your drawers for them when you need them.
The silicone on my beaters is starting to look a little worse for wear, but I don't think that's unreasonable given how long we've had it, and I'm pretty sure I can order new ones from Breville still if I wanted to.