Kenwood Hand Blender

You get what you pay for with stick blenders -- they're awesome but the cheaper ones are a hassle. This one looks very inexpensive, and I've never heard of Kenwood making things like this before - and I've been buying kitchen gadgets for decades. If you already have a food processor I'd just go ahead and buy a basic model without all the foofraw on it, because in my experience the food processor attachments on stick blenders are a much bigger pain in the ass than a regular food processor. I got one with all these attachments and I never use them. Just the blending stick. The rest of it sits in a cabinet. For all the people asking about Euro plugs, you might wanna go with a Braun. They make their best models for European voltage and I find them to be very well made. I have a Japanese made model which I can use in US outlets without an adapter, but I had to hunt like hell to find it, because everything I was finding was made for higher voltage. Those models are very well rated though and they can often be found on the Zon. As for what you can use it on? I've used mine for making everything from a pureed soup to pudding and milkshakes. There's a slight learning curve to using these -- you will make a couple messes getting used to the proper depth and motions to use when you're blending up something, and by 'messes' I'm talking splatter. Hold the blender too close to the surface of what you're blending for too long and depending on the consistency you might actually get some splatter on the kitchen ceiling. You might wanna have soapy water handy. The good news is, it's not hard to do correctly once you get used to it.