Buying a mixer can seem pretty daunting. They have an awful lot of knobs on!
In order to buy one, you need to know what you want to do with it. But in order to know what you want to do with one, you kind of need to have used one!
This is a guide to the basics of mixers, to give you an idea of what they're about. That way you can start looking at brochures and mixers in shops to see which one might be right for you.