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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of Windmere-Durable Holdings, Inc., on Form S-3 of the report of Deloitte &
Touche LLP dated September 19, 1995, appearing in the Proxy Statement of
Salton/Maxim Housewares, Inc., dated June 10, 1996, and to the reference to
Deloitte & Touche LLP under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is
part of this Registration Statement.
 
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
 
June 24, 1996
 

