Concrete can be produced faster and more easily using a newly designed mixer that is compact and light enough to carry to the location of the pour. The Steele Mixer, a patented device made in the USA, is manually powered, weighs just 34 pounds and can mix a 60-pound bag of concrete ready-to-pour in less than 45 seconds.
Water and dry materials are poured into the pivoting mixing drum. Rocking the drum from side to side via the wooden handles incorporates the materials thoroughly and can produce ready-to-pour concrete faster than an electric mixer. It can make a wide variety of cement-based concretes and mortars including ordinary concrete, masonry mortar, stucco, deck mud, fat mud, self-leveling underlayment, and other water-mixed materials, up to a 90-pound bag of premixed dry material at a time.
Due to the innovative design of the drum, mixing performance is thorough and highly efficient, so it can produce structurally sound concrete using the specified quantity of water. It also eliminates the temptation to add extra water, protecting the final strength of the concrete. In third-party testing, a commercial premixed bag of concrete produced in the Steele Mixer exceeded the specified 4000 PSI compressive strength in less than 28 days.
The Steele Mixer, built from wood, steel, and 100 percent recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE), weighs just 34 pounds, so it can be used in remote locations that remain inaccessible for electric mixers. It can be picked up and carried, full of concrete, and taken to the pour, and is also compact enough to operate inside a small residential bathroom. Its size, portability and affordability make it an ideal tool for general contractors, plasterers, tile-setters, masonry, landscapers, fencing contractors, farmers, ranchers, and DIY homeowners.
The Steele Mixer is made in California by Steele House Industries, a veteran-owned business. Steele House is also partnering with Habitat for Humanity, donating one free mixer to the non-profit for every 100 units sold.