Cement/concrete mixer needed - any advice on which model to buy?

[SpokeyDokey]

I have a number of small jobs to complete around the house ranging from mixing mortar to repair some of our stone walls and a few areas (around a metre square) of concrete that need replacing.

I want a small electric mixer that I can use for these jobs and others as they occur over time.

Has anyone used a particular model that they can recommend for similar jobs?

Not wanting to go down the hire route as that puts me under time pressure - I just want to undertake these jobs when my mood and good weather coincide.

 

[dan_bo]

Drill and paddle mate

 

[sheddy]

If you don't care for bending, try mixing with shovel (or spade) in the wheelbarrow

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Not wanting to do any mixing by hand - I was really thinking of a small mixer similar to that used by builders although not of the same quality.

 

[User6179]

Not wanting to do any mixing by hand - I was really thinking of a small mixer similar to that used by builders although not of the same quality.

I would just buy a second hand belle mixer, about £150-£200 from Gumtree, you will get your money back on it once you sell it.

 

[ozboz]

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As above Belle mixer ! The Bollox ‘!

 

[slowmotion]

This one comes highly recommended by Screwfixies.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/134-ltr-...VlobVCh3g7QlREAQYASABEgL7QPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

They also sell bigger Belle stuff.

 

[screenman]

I have the Screwfix one, I have used it a lot as have others, it lives outside without any cover on it, still going good after more than 10+years at a guess.

 

[Profpointy]

I thought the tradition was to buy a 2nd hand professional quality mixer of indeterminate age and brand - keep it to do the job - then sell it on for same money. Same goes for dumper trucks.

I am being serious by the way, albeit not personally bought, but have used both items on the above basis

 

[slowmotion]

I thought the tradition was to buy a 2nd hand professional quality mixer of indeterminate age and brand - keep it to do the job - then sell it on for same money. Same goes for dumper trucks.

I am being serious by the way, albeit not personally bought, but have used both items on the above basis

Ebay seems to bear out your theory, but there's a lot of dog-rough plant on offer as well.

 

[keithmac]

I've managed to get by without a cement mixer, just the thought of cleaning it out put me off.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I've managed to get by without a cement mixer, just the thought of cleaning it out put me off.

4 bricks & some water, sorted

 

[Profpointy]

Ebay seems to bear out your theory, but there's a lot of dog-rough plant on offer as well.

My caving club has one of each, both many decades old. The cement mixer was apparently a cast off from a member who'd bought it 2nd hand to build his extension and the dumper truck had been bought 2nd hand for a particular job with the intention of flipping but was found sufficiently useful to hang on to

 

[Adam4868]

Mixing drill and paddle and one of those gorilla tubs.For smaller jobs it's all you need.Easier to clean also.Saying that I've rendered houses without a mixer.Prefer to do it by hand if it's not too big of a area.

 

[nickyboy]

Drill and paddle (or the specifically designed integrated systems) are for mixing plaster.
Belle sells a professional 150l mixer (the orange one) and a 130l DIY mixer (the yellow one). The 130, second hand, would suffice.
I used to be a Director at Belle so I can answer most concrete mixer questions (and other small plant for that matter)