Does it produce the clear ice as advertised?
316002
Yes, the ice is clear unless you have a lot of air in your tap. Then it will freeze whiter with the bubbles.
1263728
It is "frosted" clear, not crystal clear. You will be able to see any liquid that you put into the bottle with ease.
751870
Hey there! I know there are blenders out there that impressively make "snow" from the ice cubes you put in it, but I have never even tried that with this blender. This blender has a 1200 watt motor and has made the creamiest smoothies from frozen fruit, frozen yogurt, and about 8 oz of liquid base, so simply grating ice to the consistency you are hoping for seems a task this blender would rise to. The NativeJuicer website has recipes and blogs that may be more helpful to you in answering this question, and I highly recommend you visit there before you buy!
1687300
The cooler works very well. The cold water is cold & the hot is hot. The water comes out clean & clear. I hope that answers the question.
740839
This model has to be manually defrosted. It does come with a small ice scraper, which if used regularly, keeps the ice build up to a minimum
1183695
Distilled Water helps a lot. Much nicer looking ice. Still some bubbles, but suspended in crystalline water, not hazy water
850370
Yes; however, I have not had to defrost it yet after having it in operating condition since June 27th. In searching for a compact fridge/freezer, I tried to find a frost-free but failed to find one in the cubic foot capacity size I wanted. I read reviews offered for the SPT and noticed comments about not having to constantly defrost this product. I liked it so much that I forfeited the feature of frost-free and am not disappointed so far with my choice. There has been a minimum of frost accumulated thus far.
70410
The ice balls in the pic are probably glass/plastic props, and I wouldn't expect any of your ice balls to turn out That perfect. However, you can get nice ice balls depending on the water you use. In my experience, from least clear to clearest: tap, filtered, boiled, & distilled. Hope this helps.
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The ice is a half moon shape and ours is what I think you are calling white ice, a little white a little clear. I think the color of the ice has a lot more to do with water/air etc. in the ice than the ice maker itself. We have it in an office of about 55 people and it seems to do the trick.
1133103
Our water is very hard the normal cubes that come from our ice maker are white. The small amount that we make with this water have a white hue but are translucent.
447732
although it says it does, I can't verify - I haven't tried it. Consumer Reports stated it did a nice job of turning ice into snow, but that's from them, not me. Sorry, I just haven't tried it yet.
511921
This machine has a fixed spinning blade that shaves the ice. It does NOT crush ice at all. It produces a fine snow. I hope this helps you.
1279606
I would be curious to know that answer as well. The machine meets every expectation that i had for a shaved ice machine. Hope you are enjoying your ice machine as well.
1717328
no it does not. my ice compartment has ice buildup and I have to unplug to defrost.
603147
You have to empty the ice. The ice maker and the ice it produces are wonderful! It has saved us so much money buying ice every week. I highly recommend it.
204671
I assume so, the filter only affects water and ice feature....ice making machine is terrible by the way, same if not worse technology as 50 years ago...a disgrace
805020
I've seen shows on ice sculptures and they use a combination of things for ice clarity. Most of these places use filtered water frozen slowly while using a vibrating process while freezing to reduce bubbles and increase clarity.