okay, i am looking to buy this for my mother, she loves to eat the ice, so does it make the crushed ice soft or is it the really hard crushed ice?
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The ice is very eatable. If you are worried about the ice being to hard, let the ice sit our for a few minutes before you put it in the crusher.We have not experienced any problems with this ice crusher. I usually crush a whole container of ice and leave in the freezer so I can make drinks that require crushed ice.
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I LOVE this ice crusher. The ice comes out hard for me b/c I use my own frozen ice cubes. If you go to the gas station and buy their ice, it's softer and smaller cubes. I love this machine, it has a five star rating from me. As another person said in a review, not to over stuff it w/ ice cubes. If this should happen just rock the machine side to side gently. I hope this helps you.
1349312
It melts a bit during the grinding process, and the pieces vary in sizes. I never thought much about "soft" ice, but I think it's chewable. I really like the device. Works great for making cocktails.
1349313
The ice is larger chunks not shaved, you can get pieces as large as a quarter (most pieces range from 1/8" to 1/2" in diameter with the tiny pieces from the crushing process mixed in.) But before buying be sure to read all of the problems with the thing breaking, it is not a reliable product.
1349314
The crushed ice is not the Iccee Cone soft ice. Some of the bigger pieces are a little harder. But overall, it is easy to chew the crushed ice. I really love the product and bought it for eating ice as well. I think your Mom would like it. I actually sold my Mom on getting one too because she loves to eat ice as well. Good luck!
1349315
If by "soft" you mean like a snow cone, no. This makes chips/flakes. But from personal experience, I can vouch that they can be easily eaten.
1349316
It crushes the ice to the size of marbles or so. About the same as any ice crusher built-in to a fridge. For softer ice, we run it through the machine a second time.
2252560
The texture doesn't seem to get harder than softserve from the machine (unfortunately) You can freeze it in a tupperware in the freezer if you like the hand-dipped style texture. I find overchurning the mixture lets the ice cream turn back into "soup" as the bowl gives up all its chill, so maybe stop it at 20 or 25 minutes rather than waiting 30.
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Hi, after respinding that i didnt know about frozen drinks, i felt very lame and decided to make a pitcher of nangoritas-lovely! It slushed the ice perfectly �
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A Quality heavy duty product, but I cannot say for sure if it will crush ice . I am checking with Mfg for you and will let you know as soon as I hear from them. Michael @ Tablesettingsofdeal.com
522065
Yes, the ice is finely crushed without yielding large chunks/pieces. I originally purchased this product to be used at my granddaughter's Frozen themed birthday party. It was such a hit and easy to set-up, use and clean that we put it to use often when entertaining guests as well as simple family time gatherings. This product is definitely one of my top 3 purchases of 2014.
1125570
It crushes ice no problem . You can get It small enough for blended drinks and smoothies. Smoothies do get a bit frothy though
1344054
Depends on the temperature at which you set your freezer. It can stay somewhat soft, or get quite hard. It does not develop ice crystals.
2206597
No, it is not dry ice! It comes in a sheet that you freeze to activate. It's reusable, light weight and in my opinion a terrific product. I used it to keep some food frozen for about 16 hrs.
87724
This machine makes semi-soft crunchy ice with normal tap water. This was the main reason I choose it.
1424656
sorry, I was sent to Afghan while I ordered this product, but never gotit. The company was great about a refund. I do have a bigger Haier Frige MOdel HMSEO5WABB, that everyone uses here in the Sand Box, we keep it at 5 1/2 just right for everyone. The ICE cream does become soft due to a poor seal on the freezer box and extreme Temp changes here 90-100F in day and 60F at nght and constant opening of the door by everyone.
511922
The machine I have only makes snow ice that is very fine. It doesn't make chunky crushed ice. If it does do it I don't know how to make it do it.
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No. We have been using it since December 2013 when we got it. We have probably used it 10 times. It is only a soft serve. No matter what we have done, it has never came out as a hard ice cream. We make ours and put it in the freezer overnight, and it's been fine. Not so rock hard we couldn't get it out of the bowl. It's hard, but nice. Lately that's what we have been doing. Letting the kids make it and putting it in the freezer overnight and eating it the next day. It's never gotten too hard for us and had to be softened before we could eat it. My kids still really like making the ice cream.
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Yes, it will crush ice, though I would advise against it because this will put greater strain on the motor and the plastic strainer inside (thinner plastic & metal mesh). I have done it a couple times and worked well, occasionally having to reverse the motor to clear out bigger chunks. Mine can't handle icetray cubes. If you want ice crushed I suggest getting one with higher rpm rating and larger grinder opening. To put in perspective, I had to tak several breaks making 16 oz of carrot juice because the motor kept overheating. Yet it's great for greens.
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if you shave the ice right from the freezer it is soft and light. If you let the ice set a bit in the shaver before you shave it it is more like a snow cone.
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Sent mine back...Tried ice cream, gelato, & frozen custard...chilled ingredients first, ice crystals formed in all 3 recipes but didn't solidify...i like soft ice cream but all 3 efforts had the consistency of frozen slushies. Maybe it was the unit, but wasn't willing to retry. My sense is that the compressor was fine, but the small paddle was plastic and not powerful enough to actual churn the mixture adequately.
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I had minds for almost a year now and it keeps my ice cubes for at-least 10 + plus hours, but I have notice if I put crushed ice it does not last as long as Ice cubes etc. But overall all it's been awesome for me, I suggest ask to get it replaced and see if the new one last longer etc. mahalo808HI
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i shave mine ahead of time and keep it in the freezer using it as needed. if you shave "wet" ice it has a tendency to stick and get hard, otherwise it's the nice fine shaved ice i bought it for. i love this product. i hope this helps.