Main features:
The hand blender has an overall length of 37.5 cm, and the Vegetable Strainer 21cm and the engine are 16.5cm long. Assembled weighs the hand blender proud 750gr, the handle has a circumference of 15cm at the point where there is the push button for the operation. The rated power of the hand blender is 550-Watts. The connector is a Euro plug, so a flat plug which fits well in all major outlets, the cable length (without connector) 124cm. A manual, and warranty terms in the German language are included, the guarantee of Philips is two years from date of purchase.
What expectations did we have approached the hand blender?
With favorable immersion blenders to read especially here on Amazon again and again that the handle of the mixer is hot, the engine starts to smell bad or Pürierleistung is bad. Such experiences we did not have with our new hand-held blender.
Performance (operation, Mixleistung, handle):
First, it should be noted that the hand blender pretty good in the hand. Here we can not connect to other reviewers, but we also both quite large hands. With smaller hands or long fingernails, the operator would certainly be much more difficult. The performance of the Philips HR 1604 is excellent. Usually we use it for pureeing fruit for smoothies or sauces and soups. In all cases, the puree is quick of hand and is the deeper immersion of the hand blender also quite spatter-free. Here, however, two small limitations should be mentioned. On the one hand, the mixer produces a suction effect in the operation which leads true that the substance is mixed well, the other one must be very careful, however, to have a lot of space in the cup / pot, because the waves "but hit very high. To others require the hand blender a certain minimum of liquid to puree properly. If the to pürierende mass too thick, so the suction effect described above does not work and you have to run a lot more movement with the hand blender in the substance in order to obtain an acceptable result ,
Handling (installation / de-installation, cleaning):
The hand blender consists of only two parts: the engine and a Pürier attachment. The top locks securely on the engine a, does not wobble and is by pressing two buttons also easy to solve again. By following the advice of Philips to clean up, so this is extremely fast and easy by hand: "For a quick clean, pour warm soapy water into the cup, keep the blender into the water and let it run for about 10 seconds. " After that, just wipe the rod with a damp cloth and let it dry enough. This works, depending on the degree, also well below 10 seconds and even with cold water.
Accessories (cups, possible extensions):
The accessories for hand-held blender consists only of a plastic cup with 0.5 L volume. Anders, as shown on the packaging, we have no clear, but a dull cup obtained. Of the 0.5 L volume can be utilized in practice due to the aforementioned vortex formation at most 300 ml. If you want to mash more, you have access to a private, larger vessel. The mixer there is, in the acquired by us are in "HR 1604" or in other versions "HR 1605", "HR 1606", "HR 1607", in which each included more accessories. This we could not test and we did not find no option to purchase the additional accessories separately.
