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                                                                      EXHIBIT 5




                                              June 24, 1996

Windmere-Durable Holdings, Inc.
5980 Miami Lakes Drive
Miami Lakes, Florida  33014

     Re:       Form S-3 Registration Statement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On the date hereof, Windmere-Durable Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the "Company"), sent for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The Registration Statement
relates to the sale by certain selling shareholders (the "Selling
Shareholders") of up to 2,708,112 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common
Stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common Stock").  We have acted as special
counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement.  Defined terms used herein shall have the meanings
attributed thereto in the Registration Statement.

     In connection therewith, we have examined and relied upon the original or
a copy, certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company; (ii) actions of the Board of
Directors of the Company authorizing the offering and the preparation of the
Registration Statement and related matters; (iii) the Registration Statement
and exhibits thereto; and (iv) such other documents and instruments as we have
deemed necessary for the expression of opinions herein contained.  In making
the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures
and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified
or photostatic copies.  As to various questions of fact material to this
opinion, we have relied, to the extent we deem reasonably appropriate, upon
representations or certificates of officers or directors of the Company and
upon documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the Company, without
independently checking or verifying the accuracy of such documents, records and
instruments.

     Based upon the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion (i) that, with
respect to those Shares that have already been issued, such Shares to be sold
by the Selling Shareholders pursuant to the Registration Statement have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and
(ii) that, with respect to those Shares that have not yet been issued, the
Company presently has available at least 1,960,000 shares of authorized and
unissued Common Stock from which the 1,960,000 shares of Common Stock proposed
to be sold pursuant to the exercise of options (the "Options") by the Selling
Shareholders may be issued.  In addition, assuming that the Company maintains
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Common Stock available for issuance to those persons who exercise their
Options, and that the consideration for the underlying shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to the Options is actually received by the Company, we are of
the opinion that the Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the Options will
be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.  In
giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.

                                           Sincerely,


                                           GREENBERG, TRAURIG, HOFFMAN,
                                           LIPOFF, ROSEN & QUENTEL, P.A.





