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№43440

Hyde Tools 43440 StirWhip™ 1-5 Gallon All-purpose Mixer

MODEL 43440 · SKU H-43440 · UPC 079423434402
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$10.58 PER UNIT · SINGLE UNIT UNIT PRICE

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StirWhip™ 1-5 Gallon All-purpose Mixer
Product type
Mixer
Hyde specifies
Official feature
Not for use with epoxies
Hyde specifies
Official feature
3/8" steel hex shaft for use with 500-1500 rpm drills
Hyde specifies
Official feature
For use with electric drills
Hyde specifies
Official feature
Mix paint, concrete, compound, grout, and more in 1-5 gallon containers without exposing material by taking cover off
Hyde specifies
THE COUNTER · PRODUCT FIT Straight answers. If it's the wrong tool for your job, we'll say so.

Exact job fit is not yet established for this product.

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Is this the right tool for your job?

✕DO NOT FORCE THE FIT
  • Epoxies — its own family row bars it, and the bar is the whole difference from its steel spout twin: resin work through a spout or anywhere else is 46540 territory, never this.
  • Genuinely stiff mud, texture at full body, anything the fingers bend around — the welded-steel tier exists for exactly the material that ignores a flail.
  • Drums — reach and authority both end at the five-gallon class; the 28" 09059 owns everything deeper.
  • Quarts and bench cans — the fingers' span and the 1–5-gallon rating make it the wrong shape for small cans, where the short rigid 43460 steers with a wrist.
  • And prying, scraping, or fishing debris from a pail — nylon fingers are a rotor, not tongs.

Jobs this tool does

EXACT JOB METHODS FOR HYDE №43440
Counter-checked How to Choose the Right Drill for a Hyde MixerOPEN JOB GUIDE Counter-checked How to Clean a Mixer After Use — The Material-Controlled Decision GuideOPEN JOB GUIDE Counter-checked How to Mix Grout — A Product-Controlled Batch WorkflowOPEN JOB GUIDE Counter-checked How to Mix Through a Five-Gallon Pour SpoutOPEN JOB GUIDE
VIEW 3 MORE DOCUMENTED JOBS
Counter-checked How to Pour from a Five-Gallon Pail Without Removing the Main LidOPEN JOB GUIDE Counter-checked How to Remix a Five-Gallon Pail of PaintOPEN JOB GUIDE Counter-checked How to Thin Joint Compound for Taping, Fill, and Finish CoatsOPEN JOB GUIDE

How the pros run it

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Low half of the band

500–1500 rpm is the printed envelope; mixing lives near its floor, and thin liquids at depth are the only case for the top. Deep fingers: the flail entrains air the moment tips break the surface — keep the head down. Swirl, don't park: a whip mixes by sweeping; slow cones and vertical strokes replace the rigid head's orbit. Fold-through exits: stopped drill, slow draw against the spout or surface, let the fingers shed inward. Feel for the bend: fingers deflecting around material instead of moving it = past the whip's authority; change tools, not speed. Wash flexing: work the fingers open under rinse water so the roots let go.

Asked at the counter

BUYER QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE THE CART, NOT AFTER THE RETURN
How does it get into a closed bucket?
Through the pour spout: the nylon fingers fold against the shaft to pass the opening, then splay open inside. Mixing "without exposing material by taking cover off" is Hyde's own claim for it (2a).
What speed should the drill run?
Hyde prints the band: 500–1500 rpm. Mix near the bottom of it; the top is for thin liquids with the head deep.
Will it mix joint compound?
Light knockdown of fresh, soft ready-mix and incremental thinning, yes (2c, 2d). Stiff mud, no — when the fingers bend around the material instead of moving it, the pail belongs to a steel Mudslinger.
Epoxy?
No — "Not for use with epoxies" is on its family row. The spout-capable epoxy tool is the 46540; that single line is the biggest difference between the twins.
Grout — really?
On its own catalog row, yes (2e): water-first from powder, low rpm, honor the slake-and-remix schedule, wash immediately.
Concrete is listed on its row — should I mix concrete with it?
The row lists it; the queue routes bagged cementitious work to the heavy tier, and the fingers' honest authority is thin-to-medium material. Treat the concrete listing as the whip's ceiling , not its habitat — heavy mixes want rigid steel and a low-rpm 1/2" drill.
Why nylon instead of steel?
Fold-through spout access, mercy on plastic pails, forgiveness in odd containers, and a flail's gentle blend. The cost is authority in stiff material — which is exactly the fork between this page and the Mudslingers.

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Model & SKUModel 43440 · SKU H-43440 · UPC 079423434402
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Reviews

Customer Reviews

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Miguel A (Bradenton, US)
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I like it

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Patrick Ruml (Howard, US)
Works great

I really like how the stir whip works in the jugs I need for my field painter. Perfect for what I need.

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Mark Weise (San Jose, US)
Works well for small bucket of all purpose mud

So far I only used it for small buckets of mud with a regular cordless drill. I was a little apprehensive about the plastic fingers and the kind of stiff mud but it mixed it up just fine on the drill's low speed. I haven't tried it yet in a full size bucket but at least I can say that the fingers won't break off, so it will probably work reasonably well. Note that it does not fit inside of a mud pan, so it isn't a good choice for mixing quick set in the pan.

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Dan Linder (Orlando, US)
slow

took for ever to get the product. good product though

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Quentin Jones (Cairo, US)

Hyde Tools 43440 Stir Whip

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Specs & documentation

Full spec sheet
catalog product name
StirWhip™ 1-5 Gallon All-purpose Mixer — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
official family claim
For use with electric drills. Not for use with epoxies. — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
For use with electric drills — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
Not for use with epoxies — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
Flexible nylon "fingers" fit thru 5-gallon pour-spouts — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
Mix paint, concrete, compound, grout, and more in 1-5 gallon containers without exposing material by taking cover off — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
3/8" steel hex shaft for use with 500-1500 rpm drills — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official product name
StirWhip™ Paint Mixer — OFFICIAL EXACT VARIANT
official variant identity
43440 — OFFICIAL EXACT VARIANT
official package image fact
Product type: MIXER. — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
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$10.58SKU H-43440