The engine has 300 watts of power. This allows adjustment dosed into 3-stage speeds. The gentle start-up in low-level prevents the formation of dust eg powdery dough. Pressing the 'Pulse button' the unit will remain at maximum speed.
The noise of the motor is comparable, not too loud with similar equipment as good as new.
According to the manual itself is the mixer for up to 2 minutes of continuous operation, then you should let it cool for at least 20 minutes. This seems to me quite short measure. Enough for an egg snow, but is already short of a homemade cake. Have defied me of this requirement at times and so far not received a 'lesson'.
The manual is clear, but adequate.
Conclusion: Compared with I had to test the hand mixer from Philips of the 'Viva Collection' with 550 Watts. In the course puts more power behind it. But for my everyday use the device discussed by AEG is sufficient. If, however, more often than I used to stirrers or would especially like and knead bread dough, you should think about a device with a higher wattage, especially the recommended service life of 2 minutes, quite tight appear.