Buy the best one, or buy this one.

You should have an immersion blender. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. If you do any kind of cooking, or, hell, eating, it’s a standard staple of your kitchen arsenal. An immersion blender lets you blend soups, smoothies, baby food, and whatnot right in the container you cook or serve them in. You don’t have to drag out your stand blender, and you don’t have an extra container to clean afterwards. The Sweethome says all this better than we can.

Plus you can make your own salsa. You’ll never go back to corporate salsa again. And you’ll always have a sure-fire thing to talk about to impress everyone you meet.

OK, so you need an immersion blender. Which one? The best one is the one The Sweethome recommends. Their experienced reviewers spent hour after hour of testing dozens of different immersion blenders. That makes them, without question, the world’s leading immersion-blender authority. If nothing but the absolute best immersion blender will suffice, go buy that one right now. It’s way better than the one we’re selling.

But maybe spending ninety-plus dollars on an immersion blender seems a little, oh, “excessive” might be the word. Or “ridiculous”. Or “insane”. Then what?

This what. It’s eight bucks. It’s by Hamilton Beach, a decent brand. It’s eight bucks. It gets decent reviews on Amazon. It’s eight bucks. It’s got two speeds, all you really need. It’s eight bucks. It includes a whisk attachment. It’s eight bucks. It’s normally a lot more than eight bucks. It’s eight bucks.

What about all those other immersion blenders? Forget them. They’re dead to you. You either want the top-of-the-line immersion blender, or this middle-of-the-line one at a bottom-of-the-line price. The more time you waste on overthinking this decision, the less time you have to make your own salsa.