10 best planetary mixers — Ranking 2022

For the review, we have select­ed the top 10 plan­e­tary mix­ers from well-known domes­tic and for­eign man­u­fac­tur­ers. In order to make the rat­ing ver­sa­tile, we tried to cov­er equip­ment from dif­fer­ent price ranges, rang­ing from 4–5 thou­sand rubles to pre­mi­um mod­els for 40–60 thou­sand. This will allow users to choose the best solu­tion in terms of price, func­tion­al­i­ty and oth­er cri­te­ria.

Despite the sim­i­lar­i­ty of appear­ance, con­fig­u­ra­tion and func­tion­al­i­ty, we were able to select mod­els of mix­ers that have their own indi­vid­ual fea­tures that dis­tin­guish them from their ana­logues.

In addi­tion to brand aware­ness and cost, the most impor­tant selec­tion cri­te­ri­on was the results of the prac­ti­cal use of equip­ment by ordi­nary con­sumers. To do this, we used the reviews and com­ments of the own­ers of spe­cif­ic mod­els of mix­ers, pub­lished on var­i­ous open sources — the offi­cial web­sites of the man­u­fac­tur­er, online ser­vices such as Yandex.Market, otziv-otziv.ru and oth­er pop­u­lar sites.

The order of posi­tions in the rat­ing does not affect any­thing and is con­sid­ered con­di­tion­al. The only point is that we placed the two most expen­sive mod­els at the end of the list.

How to choose the right planetary mixer

To choose the right plan­e­tary mix­er, it is rec­om­mend­ed to con­sid­er the fol­low­ing points:

1. Esti­mat­ed load on equip­ment.
2. Desired func­tion­al­i­ty.
3. Ease of man­age­ment.
4. Addi­tion­al func­tions and fea­tures.

Plan­e­tary mix­ers for the home are avail­able in domes­tic and semi-pro­fes­sion­al ver­sions. We do not con­sid­er pro­fes­sion­al machines for the Ho-Re-Ca seg­ment, as this is a com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent class of equip­ment that is sim­ply not bought for domes­tic use. If infre­quent use of equip­ment for prepar­ing dough or cream in small vol­umes is expect­ed, inex­pen­sive mod­els will suf­fice. In the case when it comes to cook­ing for a large fam­i­ly, or if a per­son likes to exper­i­ment in the kitchen, it is bet­ter to take a mod­el that is more expen­sive and more reli­able.

Most plan­e­tary mix­ers in all price ranges come stan­dard with three attach­ments — a whisk and two dough mix­ers. This is enough to pre­pare a huge amount of creams, dough and oth­er mix­tures. Some man­u­fac­tur­ers expand the pack­age with var­i­ous use­ful devices that do not affect the func­tion­al­i­ty, but make work­ing with the device more prac­ti­cal. For exam­ple, this is the sil­i­cone spat­u­la includ­ed in the kit or a device for quick­ly sep­a­rat­ing pro­teins from yolks.

Ease of man­age­ment — one of the main cri­te­ria for choos­ing a mix­er. Depend­ing on the mod­i­fi­ca­tion, speed con­trol is car­ried out by a smooth switch or using a spe­cial mov­able lever. The con­sole is raised by press­ing a but­ton or turn­ing a lever or a spe­cial latch. There is no uni­ver­sal con­trol method, since each option has its own char­ac­ter­is­tics and advan­tages. The ide­al solu­tion is to try each type of con­trol your­self before pur­chas­ing a plan­e­tary mix­er.

Addi­tion­al fea­tures of the equip­ment include var­i­ous options that pro­vide more com­fort­able work with the device. For exam­ple, it will be the pres­ence of a timer, a pro­tec­tive lid on the bowl with a large hole for addi­tion­al load­ing of ingre­di­ents, or the pres­ence of one strong han­dle on the bowl.

The right plan­e­tary mix­er will great­ly facil­i­tate the work in the kitchen and will allow you to make a lot of culi­nary dish­es that are very dif­fi­cult to cook by hand with­out the par­tic­i­pa­tion of such equip­ment.

Rating of the best planetary mixers

Kitfort KT-1343–1

Rat­ing: 4.4

Our review is opened by the Kit­fort KT-1343–1 mod­el from a pop­u­lar Russ­ian man­u­fac­tur­er of house­hold appli­ances for home and kitchen. The offi­cial war­ran­ty for the mix­er is 1 year, and a net­work of ser­vice cen­ters through­out the coun­try allows you to eas­i­ly get tech­ni­cal sup­port and solve all issues relat­ed to the repair and main­te­nance of the prod­uct. The device is tra­di­tion­al­ly made in Chi­na, like the vast major­i­ty of ana­logues from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers.

The mod­el has a sta­tion­ary base with a lift­ing motor block. This form fac­tor was bor­rowed from the Eng­lish man­u­fac­tur­er of kitchen machines Ken­wood, which first made such a device in the mid­dle of the last cen­tu­ry. The design proved so prac­ti­cal that it con­tin­ues to be used by vir­tu­al­ly all plan­e­tary mix­er man­u­fac­tur­ers today.

The Kit­fort KT-1343–1 mix­er is equipped with a large 5 liter bowl made of stain­less steel. The con­tain­er has a large han­dle, which makes it easy to trans­port.

The device is equipped with a 1000 W motor, which is enough to work with any kind of dough and cream. For the con­ve­nience of the user, there are 6 speeds and a pulse mode, while the speeds switch smooth­ly, which pro­tects the motor from over­loads and sud­den pow­er surges.

The pack­age includes 3 tra­di­tion­al noz­zles — whisk, knead­er, noz­zle for cream or mix­ing ingre­di­ents. A dis­tinc­tive fea­ture of the mod­el is the pres­ence of a dou­ble hook for mix­ing thick dough. In fact, these are two noz­zles of dif­fer­ent sizes and shapes that work simul­ta­ne­ous­ly. This design ensures thor­ough and even mix­ing of the ingre­di­ents for the per­fect thick dough.

Accord­ing to
reviews from the online resource Yandex.Market, the mix­er received the mark “cus­tomers’ choice” and has a rat­ing of 4.8 points. The prod­uct is rec­om­mend­ed by 97% of users. Among the advan­tages, the own­ers of the equip­ment not­ed the high qual­i­ty of mix­ing prod­ucts, the pres­ence of a dou­ble hook, smooth gear shift­ing, styl­ish design and a con­ve­nient bowl with a han­dle. The dis­ad­van­tages of some con­sumers attrib­uted the increased noise lev­el, as well as the pres­ence of extra­ne­ous vibra­tions when knead­ing tough dough.

Thought­ful design, good equip­ment and high func­tion­al­i­ty allowed the Kit­fort KT-1343–1 plan­e­tary mix­er to become one of the lead­ers in our rat­ing and in its price seg­ment.

REDMOND RFM-5301

Rat­ing: 4.4

The next nom­i­nee in our rat­ing is the REDMOND RFM-5301 mix­er from a pop­u­lar man­u­fac­tur­er of kitchen appli­ances from Chi­na. The mod­el is cov­ered by an offi­cial one-year fac­to­ry war­ran­ty, and all tech­ni­cal issues can be resolved through a well-devel­oped net­work of ser­vice cen­ters.

The mix­er is made in a tra­di­tion­al form fac­tor and dif­fers lit­tle from most ana­logues from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers. The mod­el got into our rat­ing due to the opti­mal ratio between cost, qual­i­ty and func­tion­al­i­ty. At the same time, we can safe­ly say that this is the best mod­el in the bud­get price range among well-known and rec­og­niz­able brands that have earned the trust of con­sumers.

The mod­el received a pow­er­ful 1000 W motor, 8 speeds and a pulse mode. This is enough to work with almost all pop­u­lar ingre­di­ents to obtain sev­er­al types of dough and creams.

Among the fea­tures worth not­ing is the sys­tem of auto­mat­ic shut­down of the motor in case of over­heat­ing. In prac­tice, the mix­er itself turns off after 10 min­utes of con­tin­u­ous oper­a­tion. Also, the undoubt­ed advan­tage of the mod­el is the pres­ence of a met­al gear sys­tem of trans­mis­sion mech­a­nisms. The man­u­fac­tur­er declares this offi­cial­ly by pro­vid­ing infor­ma­tion on its web­site.

The pack­age includes 3 clas­sic noz­zles, as well as a 4.5 liter bowl and a trans­par­ent lid with a wide win­dow for adding ingre­di­ents.

The mix­er itself has a fair­ly com­pact size, so it will fit into a small kitchen with­out any prob­lems. For sta­bil­i­ty, there are 4 suc­tion cups, thanks to which the device will stand in one place even dur­ing thick dough knead­ing.

Accord­ing to the own­ers of the equip­ment, the mix­er does an excel­lent job with the tasks, and the pres­ence of 8 speeds makes it easy to choose the appro­pri­ate mode of oper­a­tion. The dis­ad­van­tages of some users include incom­plete cap­ture of prod­ucts along the walls of the bowl.

We rec­om­mend the REDMOND RFM-5301 plan­e­tary mix­er as one of the best mod­els in the bud­get price range with wide func­tion­al­i­ty.

See also: 12 best inex­pen­sive mix­ers

Hyundai HYM-S4451

Rat­ing: 4.5

Anoth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive of equip­ment in the cheap price seg­ment is the Hyundai HYM-S4451 from a pop­u­lar bud­get brand from Chi­na.

Despite the low cost, the mod­el can eas­i­ly com­pete with plan­e­tary mix­ers from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers, the cost of which is 30–50% high­er. Exter­nal­ly, the device looks stan­dard, not much dif­fer­ent from ana­logues. The mod­el dif­fers by the pres­ence of 8 speeds (most ana­logues have no more than 6), as well as a pret­ty good bun­dle.

In addi­tion to the stan­dard 3 noz­zles, the user receives a sil­i­cone spat­u­la, as well as a spe­cial device for quick­ly sep­a­rat­ing yolks from pro­teins.

The stain­less steel bowl has a vol­ume of 4.5 liters, and for the con­ve­nience of the user, there is a mark on the body indi­cat­ing the cor­rect direc­tion of its fix­a­tion.

The own­ers of the mix­er note the good qual­i­ty of knead­ing the min­i­mum amount of ingre­di­ents (for exam­ple, 1 egg), smooth gear changes and good equip­ment. No crit­i­cal flaws were found for the mod­el in this price range.

We rec­om­mend the Hyundai HYM-S4451 Mix­er as an inex­pen­sive basic mod­el for novice cooks who want to try this tech­nique, but do not have the abil­i­ty or desire to pur­chase more expen­sive mod­els.

ENDEVER SIGMA-24

Rat­ing: 4.5

ENDEVER SIGMA-24 is a plan­e­tary mix­er from a Russ­ian man­u­fac­tur­er of house­hold appli­ances, assem­bled in Chi­na. The mod­el is made in a clas­sic form fac­tor with a lift­ing block and a bowl in the low­er part of the case.

One of the fea­tures of the device is that the lift­ing of the main mod­ule is car­ried out by sim­ply press­ing the but­ton, instead of turn­ing the lever with force. This allows you to oper­ate the equip­ment faster and more con­ve­nient­ly, even with wet or dirty hands.

The mix­er is equipped with an 800 W motor, which is not only suf­fi­cient for basic process­es, but also reduces ener­gy con­sump­tion com­pared to sim­i­lar mod­els.

The deliv­ery set is stan­dard, includ­ing 3 tra­di­tion­al noz­zles for liq­uid and thick dough, as well as for cream. Addi­tion­al­ly, the kit includes a spat­u­la with a sil­i­cone work­ing part.

Con­sumers note good pow­er char­ac­ter­is­tics, mix­er func­tion­al­i­ty, thought­ful design, con­ve­nient oper­a­tion and afford­able price. No fun­da­men­tal short­com­ings were iden­ti­fied.

The low price, thought­ful design and con­ve­nient oper­a­tion allowed the ENDEVER SIGMA-24 plan­e­tary mix­er to take one of the lead­ing posi­tions in our rat­ing and out­per­form many com­peti­tors in its price range.

GALAXY GL2230

Rat­ing: 4.6

The next nom­i­nee in our rat­ing is GALAXY GL2230. This is a plan­e­tary mix­er from a Russ­ian man­u­fac­tur­er that has been pro­duc­ing small kitchen appli­ances since 2011. All prod­ucts are made in Chi­na and have a two-year war­ran­ty. A well-devel­oped net­work of ser­vice cen­ters in Rus­sia, Belarus, Kaza­khstan and oth­er CIS coun­tries will allow you to eas­i­ly resolve all issues in case of prob­lems with equip­ment.

A dis­tinc­tive fea­ture of this mix­er is 12 speeds, which allows you to choose the opti­mal mode of oper­a­tion of the device as accu­rate­ly as pos­si­ble. At the same time, the man­u­fac­tur­er made a mark­ing on the case with hints for which of the noz­zles a spe­cif­ic speed is rec­om­mend­ed, which is very con­ve­nient.

The con­sole is raised by sim­ply press­ing a but­ton. This is the eas­i­est and most prac­ti­cal way to access the noz­zles and the bowl, com­pared to the levers and oth­er mech­a­nisms of ana­logues.

The mod­el is avail­able in white and black, which will allow you to choose the best option for a spe­cif­ic kitchen design.

In terms of con­fig­u­ra­tion and func­tion­al­i­ty, the mod­el is no dif­fer­ent from most plan­e­tary mix­ers from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers.

Many own­ers of this mod­el appre­ci­ate the hon­est pow­er, large selec­tion of speeds and good per­for­mance of the mix­er. Among the short­com­ings, some respon­dents note an increased noise lev­el.

We rec­om­mend the GALAXY GL2230 to any­one who wants to buy an inex­pen­sive plan­e­tary mix­er, espe­cial­ly to those who have not worked with this tech­nique before, but want to try and do not want to buy machines of a high­er class.

See also: 12 best kitchen mix­ers

Kitfort KT-1308–1

Rat­ing: 4.7

Our review of the best plan­e­tary mix­ers con­tin­ues with anoth­er mod­el from the pop­u­lar Russ­ian brand Kit­fort KT-1308–1.

Despite the fact that the mod­el is made in a tra­di­tion­al form fac­tor, it has one fun­da­men­tal dif­fer­ence from thou­sands of ana­logues from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers — this is the pres­ence of a two-posi­tion timer. A for­ward count­down will help you track the time it takes to com­plete a cer­tain process, such as whip­ping cream. The next time you per­form the same pro­ce­dure, you can set a count­down on the timer, after which the mix­er will turn off. This mode will be rel­e­vant for all users who pre­pare com­plex dish­es, where lit­er­al­ly every sec­ond is impor­tant so as not to spoil the ingre­di­ents. For exam­ple, the same work with cream, which is very easy to over­whip.

The mod­el is avail­able in sev­er­al col­ors, which will allow you to choose the right solu­tion for a spe­cif­ic kitchen inte­ri­or or tak­ing into account the per­son­al pref­er­ences of the user.

In all oth­er respects, the mix­er is not much dif­fer­ent from ana­logues from oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers in this price group.

Accord­ing to the Yandex.Market resource, the mod­el received the pres­ti­gious “buy­er’s choice” mark and a rat­ing of 4.8 points based on more than 800 reviews and 1200 rat­ings. The own­ers of the equip­ment note the high build qual­i­ty, thick plas­tic case, the pres­ence of a timer and the effi­cient oper­a­tion of the mix­er. There are prac­ti­cal­ly no neg­a­tive reviews, but some users pay atten­tion to insuf­fi­cient pow­er (espe­cial­ly felt when prepar­ing thick dough in large vol­umes) and the fact that not all attach­ments are made of stain­less steel and can­not be washed in a dish­wash­er.

We rec­om­mend Kit­fort KT-1308–1 due to its two-posi­tion timer, sev­er­al col­ors, good func­tion­al­i­ty and ease of oper­a­tion.

Gemlux GL-SM-88CR

Rat­ing: 4.7

We present anoth­er mix­er from the Russ­ian man­u­fac­tur­er Gem­lux GL-SM-88CR, which has been man­u­fac­tur­ing kitchen appli­ances since 2015. The prod­uct is man­u­fac­tured in Chi­na and has an offi­cial one-year war­ran­ty.

The mod­el belongs to the Pre­mi­um line, which indi­cates the appro­pri­ate build qual­i­ty and mate­ri­als used.

There will be sev­er­al fun­da­men­tal dif­fer­ences between this mix­er and ana­logues in the aver­age price range (10–12 thou­sand rubles). The first and most impor­tant thing is the alu­minum case, which will last an order of mag­ni­tude longer than plas­tic.

The sec­ond advan­tage is the speed con­troller for 12 posi­tions, while most ana­logues have no more than 6–8 of them. The increased num­ber of speeds is not just a desire of the man­u­fac­tur­er to stand out with some­thing, but a real oppor­tu­ni­ty to more accu­rate­ly select the appro­pri­ate mode, which is espe­cial­ly impor­tant when work­ing with del­i­cate ingre­di­ents that can eas­i­ly be spoiled by mix­ing at too high or very low speeds.

The third impor­tant point is that the pro­tec­tive cov­er is equipped not just with a hole for load­ing prod­ucts, but with a full-fledged shaft of large diam­e­ter, which pre­vents prod­uct from spilling onto the table. The last dif­fer­ence is a bowl with two han­dles, which is very con­ve­nient to move (espe­cial­ly if it is full) and install in a seat.

The com­plete set, prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion, type of con­trol and oth­er points of this mod­el are no dif­fer­ent from ana­logues in this price group.

The own­ers of the equip­ment pos­i­tive­ly eval­u­ate the met­al case of the device, a large num­ber of speeds, build qual­i­ty and work effi­cien­cy. The dis­ad­van­tages are most often con­sid­ered to be a lot of weight (which is log­i­cal, giv­en the met­al case), as well as an increased noise lev­el.

Gem­lux GL-SM-88CR is one of the few mod­els of mix­ers from an inex­pen­sive price seg­ment, which has a met­al body, an increased num­ber of speeds and a design thought out to the small­est detail. All these fea­tures allowed this mod­el not only to become one of the lead­ers in our rat­ing, but also to take first posi­tions in its prod­uct group, beat­ing more emi­nent com­peti­tors.

ENDEVER Sigma-28

Rat­ing: 4.8

Our review con­tin­ues with anoth­er mix­er mod­el from the Russ­ian brand ENDEVER Sig­ma-28. Despite the fact that our rat­ing already includ­ed prod­ucts from this man­u­fac­tur­er, we decid­ed to con­sid­er anoth­er mod­el and show why it deserves atten­tion.

The first dif­fer­ence from many ana­logues is the stain­less steel case, which not only gives the equip­ment a styl­ish look, but also sig­nif­i­cant­ly increas­es the ser­vice life com­pared to plas­tic cas­es.

The sec­ond point is that the engine pow­er is 1300 W, which is almost 2 times more than many ana­logues in this price range. This is a guar­an­tee that the mix­er will cope with the knead­ing of thick dough with­out any prob­lems, which is so lack­ing in oth­er mod­els.

Oth­er­wise, the mod­el is sim­i­lar to hun­dreds or thou­sands of mix­ers that domes­tic and for­eign man­u­fac­tur­ers pro­duce for our mar­ket.

Users note the high pow­er of the prod­uct, the steel case and the styl­ish appear­ance. Also, many own­ers of equip­ment note the high effi­cien­cy of work and the final qual­i­ty of the result­ing mix­tures. The dis­ad­van­tages of some respon­dents include poor work with a small amount of ingre­di­ents (prob­a­bly due to the deep bowl and the not very good shape of the con­tain­er).

We rec­om­mend ENDEVER Sig­ma-28 due to its high per­for­mance, styl­ish appear­ance, sim­ple oper­a­tion, durable hous­ing and ade­quate cost.

KitchenAid 5KSM3311XECA

Rat­ing: 4.8

Our review con­tin­ues with one of the most expen­sive plan­e­tary mix­ers KitchenAid 5KSM3311XECA. The mod­el is made in the USA and in the ter­ri­to­ry of Rus­sia has an offi­cial guar­an­tee of 5 years. In case of prob­lems with the equip­ment, you can con­tact the ser­vice cen­ter, but as prac­tice shows, there are prac­ti­cal­ly no such calls.

At first glance, the mix­er impress­es with its styl­ish appear­ance and orig­i­nal “sig­na­ture” design, which com­bines mod­ern and retro style. One of the many fea­tures of the mod­el is a one-piece met­al case, which few peo­ple can boast of even in the expen­sive price seg­ment.

The sec­ond impor­tant point is the direct dri­ve motor with a pow­er of only 250 watts. Despite the rather mod­est per­for­mance, the motor will be able to cope with almost any kitchen process — from whip­ping one pro­tein to pro­cess­ing meat into minced meat. At the same time, the engine will con­sume very lit­tle elec­tric­i­ty, and in terms of per­for­mance it will be ahead of many ana­logues with a pow­er 5 times high­er.

The basic kit includes tra­di­tion­al 3 noz­zles, but the man­u­fac­tur­er has tak­en care of the addi­tion­al fea­tures of the tech­nique by installing a sep­a­rate dri­ve for addi­tion­al noz­zles in the front of the case. There are more than 45 noz­zles them­selves, which allows you to turn the plan­e­tary mix­er into a mul­ti­func­tion­al kitchen machine.

Most own­ers of equip­ment pos­i­tive­ly eval­u­ate the func­tion­al­i­ty, prac­ti­cal­i­ty, build qual­i­ty and reli­a­bil­i­ty. No crit­i­cal short­com­ings were found, only in some cas­es respon­dents note an increased weight of the device, but this is due to the sol­id met­al case, which can also be con­sid­ered as an advan­tage (increased sta­bil­i­ty).

We def­i­nite­ly rec­om­mend the KitchenAid 5KSM3311XECA to all begin­ners and even pro­fes­sion­al chefs who want to hone their culi­nary skills with qual­i­ty, reli­able and ver­sa­tile appli­ances.

Smeg SMF02

Rat­ing: 4.9

Our review of the best plan­e­tary mix­ers is com­plet­ed by anoth­er pre­mi­um mod­el Smeg SMF02 from a well-known Ital­ian man­u­fac­tur­er. The offi­cial war­ran­ty for the device is 1 year with the pos­si­bil­i­ty of exten­sion to 4 years through reg­is­tra­tion on the offi­cial web­site.

This mod­el is a direct com­peti­tor to the pre­vi­ous­ly reviewed Amer­i­can KitchenAid mix­er. And yes, they are com­pa­ra­ble in price. Both mod­els have met­al cas­es, only Smeg has a die-cast alu­minum case.

The fun­da­men­tal dif­fer­ence is the engine pow­er, which for our nom­i­nee is 800 W (against 250 W for the Amer­i­can man­u­fac­tur­er). The method of attach­ing addi­tion­al noz­zles is the same for both mod­els — the con­nec­tor is in the front of the case, and the noz­zles them­selves are very sim­i­lar to each oth­er.

The rise of the con­sole in this mod­el is imple­ment­ed more con­ve­nient­ly — by press­ing the but­ton in the back of the case (for an Amer­i­can mix­er, you need to pull the lever on the side).

Mix­er own­ers speak pos­i­tive­ly about the unique design in the style of the 50s, the per­for­mance of the tech­nique and the almost lim­it­less pos­si­bil­i­ties. No crit­i­cal flaws have been iden­ti­fied, but some users pay atten­tion to the high cost and the fact that the noz­zle does not reach the bot­tom, so the mix­er does not cope well with a small amount of ingre­di­ents.

We rec­om­mend the Smeg SMF02 plan­e­tary mix­er pri­mar­i­ly to fans of high-qual­i­ty Ital­ian tech­nol­o­gy in an exclu­sive retro design, who want to cook dish­es of any lev­el of com­plex­i­ty — from sim­ple pas­tries to real mas­ter­pieces.

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Atten­tion! This rat­ing is sub­jec­tive, is not an adver­tise­ment and does not serve as a pur­chase guide. Before buy­ing, you need to con­sult with a spe­cial­ist.

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