Shortly after the warrantee expired, the blades began striking one another. Since this adversely affected the mixing, I took it apart hoping to find a loose belt or the like. What I discovered were very worn nylon teeth on the gears for the mixer...

Yet another gift that my husband and I received for our wedding a little over a year ago was Black and Decker's Spatula Smart Mixer, Mx40. As a gift, it is a really good mixer. It does just what I want it to do- which is, well, mix.

Well once again, it was time to buy another new small appliance. This time my hand mixer died on me. I suppose it was time. I had the old one for many years,though I did'nt use it all the time.

Recently I had the pleasure of purchasing a new hand mixer. The old one died after over fifteen years of very faithful service. I was impressed with the sheer numbers of features the newer models had.