QEP 61205 24 in. Professional Chrome-Plated Steel Thinset and Grout Mixing Paddle for Corded Drills

Well made, welds are smooth, no sharp edges, chrome plated. The shaft is about 11/32 hexagonal so it chucks up good. the beaters are 5/16ths round stock.It says it is for grout and thinset and I usually use it to mix hypertufa but have easily mixed sackrete with it too. If the mix is too dry this thing has no problem spinning the bucket as it is quite tough. I am 6'2" and it is good length for mixing in a 5 gallon bucket on the ground.It says corded drill only and a 1/2 inch with two handles would be nice but I regularly abuse my Greenworks 1/2 cordless if I am far from power and don't want to drag out the generator, etc.The trick to keeping it nice is to have a 2nd bucket full of rinse water. Between batches stick in this bucket and give it a quick spin.It mixes well if you plunge up and down and it is much easier to keep clean than mixers with leaf like blades. I had to use one of those a lot in my teen years and it was a job picking them clean with a pointing trowel.

This mixer is really well made. We got it to mix drywall mud and it worked great. Really nice design so it doesn’t chew up the bucket like some mixers do. Now I’ll be using it to mix up my glazes and clay in my ceramics studio.

Worked very well for mixing my thinsets & grouts.

Nice, sturdy, but I noticed after a couple mixes of mortar that the base is wearing down. Best priced mixer I could find.

I've went through a lot of mixers in my life and finally found one that I think is perfect for mortar. I'm way to lazy and old to be cleaning my mixers all the time.. I like to let it dry and hit it off with a hammer meanwhile breaking my mixer because its cast aluminum. This one is welded meaning it's mild iron, it's going to bend before it breaks. The good- It's short so it fits in my bins perfectly. The bad- I'm a bit huntched over when mixing, but for me having it fit in my bin is worth my back sacrifice. I went from my Japan made Makita mixer being a dead-beat using my other mixers. To an F5 tornado for a drill. What I'm getting at, is because the beaters are small your drill will be able to mix much much much easier. I was able to put this in a pail of water and run it for 1 minute slamming my drill from 1st to reverse and it came out 100% spotless ready to beat some eggs in the kitchen for an omelete. I don't expect that to last as the chrome finish will wear off...but I'm impressed I have a clean mixer after using it for once.

Worth the money. Solid

Used for thin set. Works perfect for flooring job

Works well for mixing up drywall mud or mortar. Did not rust