GE - Immersion 2-Speed Handheld Blender (4 Piece Set) - Stainless Steel

[Employee of bestbuy] PERFECT! IT WORKS LIKE I EXPECTED. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

I was looking for a simple hand blender for mixing drinks and making apple sauce. The GE immersion blender fits the bill. The hand unit has a soft rubber grip and stainless steel body and looks upscale. The blender has some weight to it, but not in a heavy way, it feels like it is build solid. There are two speeds, low and hi and when the blender is on it is very quiet and has good power . The unit includes a wand mixing tool for mixing in cups, a whisk attachment and a chopper attachment. These attachments help this little blender act like a larger one that is also portable. All of the attachment remove from the base unit with easy and this allows for fast clean up after use. You would be hard pressed to find a better compact blender than the Immersion blender

The GE Immersion 3in1 Blender is solidly built and lighter than I expected from an all-metal blender. It comes with 2 other attachments, Whisk and Chopper. All the attachments of the GE Immersion blender attach easily to the wand. There are 2 speeds on the wand, Low and High which helps when whipping cream or egg whites. The chopping attachment can also be use for pureeing as well. I used it for my fresh pumpkin pie filling. The chopping/pureeing attachment is a bit loud but not as loud as my separate Food Processing appliance. The Immersion Blender and the whisk are quiet. The GE Immersion Blender chopping attachment is perfect for chopping vegetables with either a rough chop by just pulsing, or a fine chop using the low speed first then the higher speed for a short period. The GE Immersion Blender itself has an S-shaped single steel blade. The end of the wand is all metal so you have to careful if using it to blend in a non-stick Teflon pot. It would have been better if there was a plastic cap at the end so that the blender could be used in any cookware. As it stands now, in order to use the Immersion Blender, you have to transfer the food to a separate container that won’t get scratched. The whisk is also metal but I used it mainly for whipping heavy cream and egg whites for meringue. The GE Whisk attachment does and excellent job of whipping. I don’t have to drag out my heavy stand mixer just to do a small whipping job. The whisk attachment is perfect for making scrambled eggs. The eggs come out nice and fluffy and light when cooked. Cleaning the GE Immersion 3in1 Immersion Blender is quite easy since all the attachments are removable. The chopping attachment comes in 2 parts, the main cup, and the blade inside. The blade comes out easily to wash. I wash everything by hand, just making sure I don’t touch the blades of the chopper. The only con I have is the metal end of the immersion blender itself. It limits which cookware I can use it in. If I use a non-stick saucepan, I have to transfer the food to a separate container that’s safe for metal. If GE added a plastic guard at the end of the Immersion Blender attachment, then it could be used on any cookware. I recommend the GE Immersion 3in1 Blender not just for its functionality but it’s compact design. Combining 3 common appliances in one, is perfect for those of us with limited storage space.

I was excited to receive this for my birthday and have used it a handful of times. Yesterday while chopping some walnuts for a topping, this happened. There was not sign of warmth or smell that indicated to me that it was melting. It just spun off! I didn’t understand since you would think it could handle chopping nuts and just various things like vegetables. I’ll reach out to the manufacturer, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Not sure if they make all metal one.

This little machine has a lot of power. I used the whisk attachment to blend some eggs for an omelet and some flew out of the bowl! The unit has 2 speeds- I will definitely use the "low" speed next time! I blended some soup with the immersion attachment. It did not puree the kale completely but did chop it into smaller bits. We used the bowl attachment with the blade to sneak some spinach into spaghetti sauce for my grandson who turns his nose up at vegetables- That's a WIN in my book! It stores pretty easily. I don't have a lot of cabinet space but it packs up pretty compactly. I have had just an immersion blender before but I love that this has a whisk and chopping bowl. It's like 3 appliances in one.