Let's have a hand mixer thread...

[hooverwheelaway]

I've found some new mixers over the past few weeks at the sales and I thought it would be fun to start a mixer thread...

First up is this cute GE hand mixer... Does anyone know from approximately what year this is from? If I had to guess, I would say early 60s?.. All it needed was a good wipe-down... It was definitely used, but well taken care of.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

It has a clever little beater-ejector... Yikes!! The beaters need some more scrubbing...

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Then there's this little turquoise gem. I bet this is later, say mid to late 60s? I know this was a popular design that came in many colors, and had a knife sharpener attachment available.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Last for tonight is one that I've had for a few years. I think this came from eBay., practically unused.

 

[ovrphil]

Fred, those are all great looking mixers..and a few of the aw.org members, incl. myself, have that Jetson's
styled GE model(it looks green in the photo, not turquoise?). I have it in yellow, but it's not perfect. I'll try to add something later. I know there are some incredibly well-preserved and old hand-mixers that aw.org members/visitors have. Really amazing, that no one would use a mixer...unless it was just a surplus that was never sold?

 

[wiskybill]

I'll add one...

For you, Fred

 

[cfz2882]

1st mixer

that mixer in the first post is the exact one my parents got as a wedding gift in 1967-still going strong I have a few similar to it,including a black and decker branded one from 1986-case is different,but pretty much the same inside right down to the little 4 blade fan.

 

[wiskybill]

Okay, one more...

one of my favorites,

Iona MixAll, 2 speeds

 

[wiskybill]

a face you gotta love..

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[Ultramatic]

Hmmm...

 

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">I'm in, have a few. I better start snapping pictures. </span>

 

[rustyspaatz]

Beutiful

I see pink, I see surface outlets,...

I see portable beautifulness.

mixers are one of those appliances you associate with VERY GOOD.

 

You know that when ones in use, in about hour or so

 

something delicious is bound to be the result.

 

[washdaddy]

My mother's hand mixer was a wedding present and is still going. Will have to get a pic of it next time I'm at her house.

 

[tolivac]

I have a few hand mixers-one from Kelly-Sunbeam-others from yard sales and the swap shop.Have a GE one that looks like the turquoise one in the thrid picture-but Harvest Gold instead-it works-but one of the beater blades wobbles slightly.Don't use hand mixers as a whole.Its just as easy to use the Sunbeam or the HB G.

 

[mrboilwash]

That Iona MixAll is to die for !

Now, here`s my little collection.

The Sunbeam Junior is my favourite hand mixer design wise.

The pink Bosch is one very rare example of a cool 50`s design made in Germany. (Most of our vintage small appliances were butt ugly.)

I won the GE from Ebay, unfortunaterly no beaters but I have beaters that fit well. Previous ownwer replaced the original plug with a 220V plug, but I guess he never dared to use it because it has no burned smell and still runs fine on 110V.

The Krups is my daily driver and it`s the only one strong enough to knead dough.

 

[norgeway]

Well....

Hand mixers are plentiful at my house!

 

[norgeway]

Some of these pictures are OLD

And are in the other kitchen.

 

[norgeway]

I usually

Buy one at every other sale..LOL

 

[norgeway]

In the box..

The Chrome Sunbeam Junior was my Grandmother Craigs, my Uncle gave it to her Christmas of 58.

 

[danemodsandy]

My Favorite:

In hand mixers, as in midcentury stand mixers, my choice is always Dormeyer.

This is the chrome Dormey hand mixer, known as the Silver Dormey. She goes very well with my chrome Dormeyer Princess stand mixer. I also have two Dormeys in white, one of which I've had since 1975, when it was found NOS in a Durham, NC general store (don't look for a general store there today!). This photo was taken as-found, before a going-over with Wenol to polish 'er up.

These babies beat the socks off any other hand mixer I've ever used. Hans, the lucky cuss, has a Silver Dormey box on top of one of his cabinets in the photos he's sharing. But then, Hans has everything!

 

[danemodsandy]

Fred:

I really like that white GE in your first pic - styling doesn't get much more 1958 than that.

 

[tomturbomatic]

The white 70s GE variable speed mixer with the drink mixer was also offered in the GE-Universal gift line for one year in the early 70s in harvest. In addition to what comes with your mixer, this one also has a set of black nylon beaters for use in non-stick cookware. Of course, they also prevent scratching of other inner surfaces so I use them more than the metal beaters.

I have the turquoise GE mixer with the Thunderbird lines with the knife sharpener, but the sharpener is white.

 

[danemodsandy]

Tom:

If the turquoise one has "Thunderbird lines," the white one seems to have been styled by someone who had seen the drawings for the Studebaker Lark, LOL!

 

[xraytech]

Here is one of my hand mixers, a new Penncrest which is obviously a Sunbeam rebadge

 

[veg-o-matic]

Fred, that first, white GE mixer is the one we had when I was growing up. Mom got it for her wedding shower in 1957.

veg

 

[paulg]

Here's a few of Paul's

I have two of those General Electric Mixers. Both were MIB purchases.
The one on the left is the portable we use. The GE on the right is a spare.
The DORMEY is too cute to use. I love the wings it has.
I've seen ads for the GE mixers circa about 1958 and thereabouts. Considering the pleasing and functional design I bet it had a long production run.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Ooh, yay! The White GE is a bit earlier than I suspected. The turquoise one really is turquoise, but I admit I think it yellowed a bit over the years, and appears darker or more "green" than turquoise. In person it's less noticible, I think.

Beautiful mixers everyone!

Love the Hoover mixer, naturally. The Penncrest is super cool as well with the little stars on the front. Ugh, Paul - NIB is the best... That turquoise Dormy is dreamy! The pink Bosch is very cool - never seen anything like it. I've also never seen anything like the Iona. Very utilitarian... And yes, Hans does have everything!!

 

[petek]

Numerous here as well though not quite as many as Hans.
A pink and gold Sunbeam shown with it's Value Village price . Stickers probably still on it LOL

 

[petek]

I like how the beaters store in the back of these

 

[petek]

HB Mixette

 

[petek]

The Handy Hannah