I’m confused. I have a hand blender but it doesn’t have a whisk attachment. That seems like something I could get behind, but you say I shouldn’t buy it.
For $8, I’d buy it just to use my VMP for the month. But I already have this exact hand blender in my kitchen. My daughter bought it for making smoothies. Seems to work well. But, hey, the write up instructed me not to buy it.
If you already have a hand blender, don’t buy this.
You’re not gonna move product with that kind of copy.
Tell people to buy it anyway so they can experience Stereo Blending, the hottest new time-saving kitchen technique! Popular in Europe! Be the first among your friends to get healthier at twice the speed! You wouldn’t buy a single headphone would you? One shoe? Of course not! Get in on the ground floor!
Could I use one of these in the shaker cup Meh sold a few weeks ago (removing the whiskball of course)? I’ve honestly never used an electric blender before.
@sammydog01 It’s easy and really tasty, IMO. Pro-tip: don’t buy bagged carrots. Takes forever to peel and chop those skinny suckers. My market has over-sized loose carrots, and 3-4 of those gets me to the 2 lb. requirement pretty quickly.
@cinoclav I pulled off a Pink Meh coffee tumbler for Valentines day out of sheer luck. She opened it and told me she loved it. So I said “Great, thanks for ruining Valentines Day!” Heh, easiest valentines ever… Don’t worry, I have a Dyson to go along with the mixer.
I have one (different brand) and it’s fantastic for (a) making pudding (super smooth) and (b) scrambling eggs. With eggs, it gets air into the mixture which makes them fluffier. Highly recommended.
I was on the fence, but after reading the description, I came to realize that the central argument put forth was, in fact, exactly applicable to my own hand-blender ownership situation. The Meh copywriter expertly laid out precisely the scenario where this product would be useful and I have to say that his clear, compelling logical argument is irrefutable.
My only complaint would be about the brevity of the descriptive piece. I’m a long-time believer in the age-old notion that brevity, such as it is, is highly overrated. In fact, I’d have to say that I’m pretty much anti-brevity, though you might not guess it by reading my few posts here.
I use it for soups, making them smooth, like split pea and tomato sauces (careful though, any time you are stirring or pureeing anything hot!), pudding,(low-cal instant pudding with non-fat milk is a decent bedtime snack for me, I’ll load it up with strawberries or blueberries then),cake batter, dressings—lemme open the fridge to jog my memory…of course! Drinks! I won’t smash up ice cubes, but frozen fruit for smoothies works good. . I’m a bachelor, so most things are just for me. I use a glass that the blender will fit all the way down in. Salsas. Keep it handy, and get in the habit of trying it-you’ll be surprised. It cleans so easy too. Alton Brown introduced me to them–if I remember, he had one that was hooked up to a heavy duty cordless drill! The fancy name for these is immersion blender I think. If you have a family, maybe a mixmaster is more practical, but not for me. Because I’m “not rich”, I get one every few years at the Goodwill, but for $8 especially if you have VMP, it’s hard to puree. I mean ‘beat’. Iced coffee would work if you started with chipped ice, but big ice cubes wouldn’t work, I think.
@HemlockTea Luckily mine only had some water spots, so I guess they at least cleaned the food off before packing it back up and writing 2-27-14 on the outside of the retail box. Looks like it has been sitting around for awhile.
I’m impressed with torque this bad boys got. This is one of those “I’d buy if on clearance at Target, but would never for any other reason” things. It will get used three times.
Specs
Condition: Refurbished
Warranty: 90 Day Hamilton Beach
Estimated Delivery: 6/28 - 7/1
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Handle
1x Whisk attachment
1x Blending blade wand attachment
Pictures
Included
Hand for scale
Blending wand
Whisk wand
Horrifying
Price Comparison
$27.99 List, $21.88 at Amazon (121 reviews)
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Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, July 7th - Monday, July 13th
Drank!!!
/giphy will it blend?
Best write up ever!
@Ignorant
I’m not sure if I have a hand blender, so I’m not sure if I’ll buy one.
Fuck, with that copy… I AM SOLD.
@haydesigner the copy sold me too.
helluva write-up!
Guess I will not be buying this.
I’ve always wanted a hand blender! How could I say no to this price!
My panasonic is still going strong… thanks meh.
Did Toon decide to take a day off?
@Thumperchick At least @kylethephotoguy showed up for work today. Baby hands!
@Thumperchick -He must be a dad taking a break, following @matthew’s advice.
That zip code though…
Montana is such a gorgeous state.
Well, I certainly can’t say tl;dr to that write-up
@heartny Sigh, I came to say exactly that. Never mind.
I’m confused. I have a hand blender but it doesn’t have a whisk attachment. That seems like something I could get behind, but you say I shouldn’t buy it.
I guess I’ll take your word for it.
@russellwilde I guess you’re not a whisk taker.
/giphy rimshot
@Fish_Kungfu
@conandlibrarian This is a great rimshot gif!
Meh can sell whatever they want tonight and I won’t be mad. WWE gave the world title to the right guy an hour ago/last night.
@JT954 WWE is terrible
@JT954
/giphy ashamed amusing wool
The write-up was just too convincing.
For $8 of course I will buy something to put in the back of my kitchen drawer and use maybe one time.
I actually wanted this. I don’t know what’s going on.
For $8, I’d buy it just to use my VMP for the month. But I already have this exact hand blender in my kitchen. My daughter bought it for making smoothies. Seems to work well. But, hey, the write up instructed me not to buy it.
Top notch write-up!
Whether it will actually get used is a good question, but who can argue with a write up like that?
Doesn’t it hurt to put your hands in a blender? Just wondering.
@chuckf1 Not if you don’t turn it on.
/giphy don’t turn it on
Too bad it ain’t cordless. Write up made the wife laugh though.
@medz You’re never out of reach with a Hamilton Beach.
Clearly not paid by the word.
Nifty hand mixer! Now I just need a good hand job to use it on. blink…blink…
/giphy holistic charismatic lark
Hey I’d buy this right now if I knew my credit card by heart, but I can’t even use PayPal.
Text me in the morning. Love you sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite.
As promised, I’ve been snobby fruity parrot’ed.
You’re not gonna move product with that kind of copy.
Tell people to buy it anyway so they can experience Stereo Blending, the hottest new time-saving kitchen technique! Popular in Europe! Be the first among your friends to get healthier at twice the speed! You wouldn’t buy a single headphone would you? One shoe? Of course not! Get in on the ground floor!
@awk wait! You can make ground floor with this?
Yay, $1 with my knife refund code!
How about if you already have a hand blender, but it is a nice one, and you were wondering how well it would mix paint?
@PocketBrain biggest problem would be the length of the “beater”. If it won’t reach the bottom of the paint can you are hosed.
Great item to have for making a nice ragu or some zooooup
Didn’t even know I needed this.
adhesive-informative-rod
Okay, great write-up, and I now will have one of these. Send it fast!
/giphy flirtatious-fluttering-sign
@Dizavid OW!
@hollboll I sent a support email addressed to you
Please help out little old forgotten @Foxborn
(well forgotten by everyone other than @oldcatlady )
@Foxborn Good morning! And for tagging me, here’s somebody who’s clearly paying attention. Maybe some of the support staff at meh look like this:
@OldCatLady we can hope. I’m thinking he’s in the packing department and give every order special care.
@Foxborn Damn, I will buy almost ANYTHING if I can have one of those TOO!!! RAWR…lol
I’m mixed up. Can you repeat that?
Fine! I finally bought something again! Happy?
/giphy faithful-pretentious-boot
I don’t want my hand blending though or indeed to blend any other hand so I’m lost as there isn’t an option for me on the write up.
Voted already had hand blender actually two – left hand and right hand
Another zombie brand name slapped on a low-quality Chinese import. And I have a high-quality Braun that I only used twice. Meh.
One of the best purchases I ever made off Woot was a stick blender. Only saw it the one time but the thing is an absolute beast.
http://www.woot.com/offers/morphy-richards-food-fusion-hand-blender-may-14
Could I use one of these in the shaker cup Meh sold a few weeks ago (removing the whiskball of course)? I’ve honestly never used an electric blender before.
Classic Meh. I just got this one about 3 weeks ago (for around $20), but haven’t even used it yet. But I have plans. BIG PLANS*.
If I didn’t already have one I would get this one, as instructed.
*carrot ginger soup
@ACraigL Sounds good. Throw us a recipe?
@sammydog01 This is the one I use. The hand blender will save me the trouble of transferring the whole mess into a regular blender, then back again.
http://www.veganfamilyrecipes.com/2015/03/easy-ginger-carrot-soup.html
@ACraigL Sounds good. i will give it a try.
@sammydog01 It’s easy and really tasty, IMO. Pro-tip: don’t buy bagged carrots. Takes forever to peel and chop those skinny suckers. My market has over-sized loose carrots, and 3-4 of those gets me to the 2 lb. requirement pretty quickly.
idiotic-bumpy-income
Not sure how it relates, but the picture is cute.
What does refurbished mean?
Okay, tested how? With actual food? Or just seeing if it turns on?
/giphy test if it turns on
The write up made it easy enough. Now I have a Birthday Present for my Wife.
@mdrcoast Tomorrow on Meh - Do it yourself divorce kits.
@cinoclav I pulled off a Pink Meh coffee tumbler for Valentines day out of sheer luck. She opened it and told me she loved it. So I said “Great, thanks for ruining Valentines Day!” Heh, easiest valentines ever… Don’t worry, I have a Dyson to go along with the mixer.
@mdrcoast wow! A mixer and a vacuum cleaner? You’re making us all look bad.
@mdrcoast Please tell us you’re either 1) Kidding or 2) Giving her these because she specifically asked for them or 3) Looking for a divorce.
@cinoclav It’s a complex world… I will let you imagine the outcomes. (Glad this is not a Knife Day)
Bought one.
/giphy I’m whipped
…and since it’s metal you can blend hot soup without putting non-bpa plastic in the mix.
First time I read the entire write-up word for word.
I have one (different brand) and it’s fantastic for (a) making pudding (super smooth) and (b) scrambling eggs. With eggs, it gets air into the mixture which makes them fluffier. Highly recommended.
I don’t have one. The reviews have convinced me that I still won’t have one. Sometimes it’s just worth spending the extra $10.
/buy
@shawn It worked! Your order number is: popular-spotty-chocolate
/image popular-spotty-chocolate
@shawn
Well this will make some people happy.
Discussion on what’s going on here over at: https://meh.com/forum/topics/vmp-sneak-peek-slash-commands-part-9
/buy
@carl669 Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to Mediocre employee accounts. Apply today.@mediocrebot quiet you.
@shawn the ‘apply today’ bit is pretty genius, bravo
I was on the fence, but after reading the description, I came to realize that the central argument put forth was, in fact, exactly applicable to my own hand-blender ownership situation. The Meh copywriter expertly laid out precisely the scenario where this product would be useful and I have to say that his clear, compelling logical argument is irrefutable.
My only complaint would be about the brevity of the descriptive piece. I’m a long-time believer in the age-old notion that brevity, such as it is, is highly overrated. In fact, I’d have to say that I’m pretty much anti-brevity, though you might not guess it by reading my few posts here.
/buy --coupon MYCODEHERE
@medz It worked! Your order number is: earnest-jumpy-quail
/image earnest-jumpy-quail
@medz Cool.
@mediocrebot Good job, @mediocrebot!
Can I buy the write up and skip the meh blender? Or maybe donate it to toys for tots?
This is a pretty good blender. I’ve used it for pureeing squash and such, and for mashed potatoes. Getting it as a possible gift.
This is the first and last time I’ll post my order number, but: respectful-vivacious-rod indeed.
/giphy respectful vivacious rod
yes, I’m late, but the copy says it all. I love my magic wand. It’s my second most used appliance-after the coffee pot.
@wew What do you use it for? I snagged for, like, pancake batter but not sure when else to use it. Any tips?
@anarchytruck They’re great for making Bulletproof Coffee
@therealjrn Ah, I’ll look into that, thanks
I use it for soups, making them smooth, like split pea and tomato sauces (careful though, any time you are stirring or pureeing anything hot!), pudding,(low-cal instant pudding with non-fat milk is a decent bedtime snack for me, I’ll load it up with strawberries or blueberries then),cake batter, dressings—lemme open the fridge to jog my memory…of course! Drinks! I won’t smash up ice cubes, but frozen fruit for smoothies works good. . I’m a bachelor, so most things are just for me. I use a glass that the blender will fit all the way down in. Salsas. Keep it handy, and get in the habit of trying it-you’ll be surprised. It cleans so easy too. Alton Brown introduced me to them–if I remember, he had one that was hooked up to a heavy duty cordless drill! The fancy name for these is immersion blender I think. If you have a family, maybe a mixmaster is more practical, but not for me. Because I’m “not rich”, I get one every few years at the Goodwill, but for $8 especially if you have VMP, it’s hard to puree. I mean ‘beat’. Iced coffee would work if you started with chipped ice, but big ice cubes wouldn’t work, I think.
@wew cool, thanks!
Got mine today. It has dried food particles on it.
@HemlockTea Luckily mine only had some water spots, so I guess they at least cleaned the food off before packing it back up and writing 2-27-14 on the outside of the retail box. Looks like it has been sitting around for awhile.
KuoH
I’m so ready to make mashed potatoes.
Uh…I guess…blended potatoes?
I’ll make purple blended potatoes and it’ll look like space food.
@vanslaterco I love purple.
@vanslaterco @Barney I love space food.
I’m impressed with torque this bad boys got. This is one of those “I’d buy if on clearance at Target, but would never for any other reason” things. It will get used three times.
@vanslaterco as is the case with most marital aids, but hey the price was right.
Mine stopped working :*( only used it twice and now nothing happens when pressing either I or II. Tried several outlets