I'm using the one that I purchased from Dollarama for one dollar. It's plastic, made in China for sure, but it works well since it's only for measuring....

65% chef knife
20% paring
10% boning
5% sujihiki

0% Wa-Gyuto, it's wrapped still :D

So I decided to get the Bamix Ultra, for the longer shaft and 200W motor. I'll give a mini review when I received it later.

My bad, never mind the affordable, I'm willing to spend more to get a good hand blender. The problem with wireless, I'm afraid the battery will lose the juice sooner or later, that's why I opted with wired hand blenders. I believe yours is the CSB-78 series from Cuisinart? What do you use it for mostly?

I did a little research on KitchenAid, CuisineArt, Bamix, Braun and Krups. From their reviews, KitchenAid and CuisineArt have a lot of mixed reviews ranging from 5 stars to 1 stars, taken from Amazon website. Braun ends their hand blender lineups in North America that's why I didn't include Braun on the list.

I'm looking for a good quality hand blender, I might be using it every day. So I'm looking for something that will last years to come. What do you have in mind in terms of hand blender?

As for trying them out, unfortunately I don't have the chance to try it out. As I couldn't find any stores here in Toronto that sell them. Except for Krups which BestBuy and FutureShop carries them.

So I'm torn between 2 choices, Krups GPA3 Hand Blender CAD119 or Bamix Mono CAD189. Bamix comes with 150W motor while Krups has 600W motor. 10 years warranty for Bamix and 2 years warranty for Krups. If you have any experience on those two machines, please share it with me. Thanks.

If you're looking for knives sheath, go to St. Lawrence Market, top floor. I bought my knives sheath there. 12" for 15 bucks, 4" for 9 bucks and if you're a culinary student, they give you 10% off. They have magnetic cover, plastic cover and wustshof blade cover.