This thing is great. The motor is pretty strong, although it does begin to struggle when mixing thick stuff like protein powder and peanut butter based snack bars.

The lever that locks the mixer in the mixing position doesn't have any real set/lock/set-in mechanism. If I recall correctly, there's an extremely minor click, but it's essentially non-functional. You just pull the lever forward and hope it stays. Well, when the mixer is doing its work, it doesn't. The lever tends to wander backward. This seems like a fairly obvious design flaw. It's a small annoyance to have to monitor this lever and sometimes hold it forward. Otherwise, it's great!
This thing is great. The motor is pretty strong, although it does begin to struggle when mixing thick stuff like protein powder and peanut butter based snack bars. The lever that locks the mixer in the mixing position doesn't have any real set/lock/set-in mechanism. If I recall correctly, there's an extremely minor click, but it's essentially non-functional. You just pull the lever forward and hope it stays. Well, when the mixer is doing its work, it doesn't. The lever tends to wander backward. This seems like a fairly obvious design flaw. It's a small annoyance to have to monitor this lever and sometimes hold it forward. Otherwise, it's great!