With such a large variety in blenders and food processors available today, it can be a daunting task to make the right selection. However, some factors that can help you decide are features offered, functions covered, size and capacity, storage options, ease of use and cleaning and portability. Before you look through discount food processors or hand foot blenders online, ask yourself why you need them. Is it to make everyday cooking easier? Or will you only use these when you entertain and have guests and need to finish more chores in lesser time? This answer alone can help you decide what budget is ideal – any appliance bought for everyday use needs to be of a high quality to ensure durability and stability while appliances used occasionally can be of a slightly inferior quality.

Take a look at the variety of food processors and hand blenders available. If you want an appliance that will make soups, grind masalas and nuts and chop roughly vegetables to make gravies with you just need a hand blender. Food processors are better for those who want to knead dough, slice evenly, chop finely and prepare batters for cakes etc. Hand food blenders save money and space, but then these are only ideal for small families because their limitation is the amount of food they work with in a single go. Don't be fooled in to thinking that a smaller food processor can replace a hand blender; even the smallest of food processors require more storage space and are far more expensive that even the best hand blenders.

The biggest advantage of hand foot blenders is that they make shakes, soups, chop small batches of nuts and onions with ease and are easy to clean and store. However, their biggest disadvantage will be limited function and no options for shredding and slicing, should that be important to you. Also, some come with a cordless design and these are the handiest in kitchens, going anywhere and doing a variety of jobs even while you cook on the stove. Look for models that come with a blender jar so that you can work with liquids in a deep jar that minimizes the risk of spills and splashing. With most hand blenders, the problem is that the blade is placed too high and this results in a lot of liquid spilling put of a shallow bowl. By transferring the liquid in to the jar, there is no need to clean up afterwards.

Buy as per size requirements. Don't buy discount food processors that are too large to handle mashing baby food or making dips if that is what you want your blender to do foremost. In such a case, a hand held blender will be better suited to your needs. However, if you need to cook for larger number of people on a daily basis and also need assistance in kneading breads etc, then a hand blender is not for you. Food processors are better suited to these tasks as with a hand blender, you might need to work with smaller batches at a time and that will waste time again. Always buy reliable brands. Philips and Morphy Richards blenders and food processors are a good choice.