The Breville Handy Mix Scraper meets
the Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer
A quiet 9-speed mixer with scraper beaters, balloon whisks, a bowl light and a built-in timer. We tested it head-to-head against the Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer across 6 key dimensions.
Breville Handy Mix Scraper
“A quiet 9-speed mixer with scraper beaters, balloon whisks, a bowl light and a built-in timer”
Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer
“A 9-speed mixer with a whisk, dough hooks and a snap-on case, backed by a 3-year warranty”
Head-to-Head Breakdown
Strengths & Weaknesses
Breville Handy Mix Scraper
- Ranked first by America's Test Kitchen, Serious Eats, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine, CNN Underscored and TechGearLab
- CNN Underscored's Joe Bloss got medium peaks of whipped cream faster than with any other mixer he tested
- Ships with scraper beaters, balloon whisks and dough hooks, plus a timer, pause button and bowl light
- Wirecutter's silicone-coated beaters split and cracked after less than a year of steady use
- Heavy at 2 pounds 10.8 ounces on America's Test Kitchen's scale
- Splatters at high speed: Serious Eats got whipped cream on the counter, the walls and her apron
Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer
- America's Test Kitchen's Best Buy: it performed the same as ATK's winner, just without the bells and whistles
- Reviewed's Sharon Franke saw it knead yeast dough into a smooth ball as well as the human hand
- Beaters, whisk, dough hooks and a spatula live in a snap-on case, and the warranty runs 3 years
- Loud: Wirecutter calls it a shrill racket, and Food & Wine ranks it among the loudest she tested
- Wirecutter found it starts at a breakneck speed no matter which setting you pick
- Serious Eats had it fling chocolate chunks, and Good Housekeeping had to scrape the bowl down often
The Verdict
Our Bottom Line
Six of our nine sources crowned the Breville Handy Mix Scraper: America's Test Kitchen, Serious Eats, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine, CNN Underscored and TechGearLab. ATK's Chase Brightwell ran 10 mixers through whipped cream, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and meringue, measured every speed setting with a tachometer and named the Breville the winner because it "performed exceptionally well." Good Housekeeping's lab says it aced every test, from bread dough to egg whites.
Breville Handy Mix Scraper
Six of our nine sources crowned the Breville Handy Mix Scraper: America's Test Kitchen, Serious Eats, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine, CNN Underscored and TechGearLab. ATK's Chase Brightwell ran 10 mixers through whipped cream, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and meringue, measured every speed setting with a tachometer and named the Breville the winner because it "performed exceptionally well." Good Housekeeping's lab says it aced every test, from bread dough to egg whites.
- Bakers who whip cream or meringue every week
- Cooks who want a timer and a bowl light built in
- Anyone who makes cookie dough and pizza dough by hand
- People who find a shrill mixer motor hard to stand
- Gift buyers who want whisks, hooks and beaters in one case
Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed Hand Mixer
America's Test Kitchen tested the Cuisinart Power Advantage Plus 9-Speed beside the Breville and found it "performed the same as our winner, just without the bells and whistles." ATK named it the Best Buy and gave it the same Highly Recommended rating. At $99.95 on Cuisinart's site, it costs $60 less than the Breville.
- Home bakers who want dough hooks without paying $160
- Buyers who care about a 3-year warranty
- Cooks who want every attachment stored on the mixer
- Holiday bakers turning out several batches of cookies
- Left-handed cooks who need a swivel cord