how does it work with ice cubes
1027046
We have not tried ice cubes, but doubt it would work the best. It comes with 3 plastic lidded containers that are the perfect size. We freeze and pop them out into a zip lock bag and freeze more so we have more than 3 ready when we want to make them. So ice cubes was never needed. Hope it helps.
1027047
Mine just arrived, and I put in 8 normal size ice cubes. After a few minutes of cranking, I had about 24 oz. of snow. It's actually finer crushed than my commercial sno cone machine. Just be sure to refrigerate your syrup, because room temperature syrup will melt the snow very fast.
1027048
I bought this for my Wife and I also bought her one that was electric. We use this one more. It works very well. But on the other hand I only use it when we are in the mood for a snowcone or when my wife wants ice to eat. I don't use it everyday. But it works great, and no problems with regular Ice cubes. The Electric one I bought will not crush Ice cubes because it gets hung up. But this one works perfectly fine.
1027049
Didn't work too well for me, hard to operate, takes a lot of work to make shaved ice. Didn't come out the fluffy ice expected.
1027050
you won't get the nice snowy texture, it will be more like you smashed ice with a hammer. Some people like that, but if you want that you should buy a regular snowcone maker not a shaver, the corners of the cubes will catch the blade edge making it hard to turn.
517752
No, it does not. You would have to let it cool down and then put ice in it (or vice versa).
956909
Hello,You still can prepare and mix with small quantity of water and then make ice cubes in your freezer.
1565220
We use ice from our commercial ice machine - half cube. They are a little smaller than bagged ice.
1246321
This unit does not use any batterries at all.Make sure if you want cold air you must put ice in the bottom holder.What I do is freeze water just under the measurement of the opening in the shape of a small block and it last longer than ice cubes.it works great, Verry happy with it.
1114263
Lmao! To answer your question direct: it works best without the ice plug! I just unscrew it and leave it in the freezer for use in my lunch box! Lol! Sorry for the rant!!!
1202736
It works with ice or no ice as soon as you twist the lid to "ON". One time I put too much ice and unable to turn it on. Other than that my grand children really enjoy and I think this is one of the safest and best snow Cone Machine.
905662
I have found that no matter what purees I've put in this tray to freeze, if I run hot water over them for 30 seconds or sometimes more, or just set them out for a little while, the cubes come out easily. With this tray you don't twist, you just use your finger to push the cubes out. I love it!
1015919
There us no aftertaste in the ice. The product is moderately sturdy but the ice cubes are very hard to get out of the tray. The lever keeps bending and the only way to get the ice out is to run it under water. I have quit using it and am now using the oxo ice cube trays. They are wonderful.
227676
no problem to add ice cubes. The opening is wide enough to drop in ice cubes and fill with water.
290068
Yes, however, I have this in my house in Ecuador and the ice cubes are very small, I don't know how this would work on large cubes.
1575767
I have used cube ice and small blocks of ice and still get the same result. It has a good grinder on it. You just can't over fill it or it won't grind the ice.
1287099
Yes, just like refrigerator maker. The ice cubes are seperated and not melted together.
445295
I think it depends on how much water you started with. Mine will keep ice cubes for about 24 hours as long as I started with mostly ice.
123402
I don't know for sure, I have only used ice packs. It seems too thin of a bag to use with ice cubes.
1058926
I don't know if it crushes large ice cubes. I have only used things like frozen raspberries and strawberries and blueberries. They work great.
1854131
There are two sizes it makes. The largest one is probably no more than 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in length. Each cube has a opening at one end and is hollow. The cubes are more like hardened slush than regular ice cubes and do not last very long in a room temperature or even chilled liquid. The other end is rounded as are the sides except for the opening side which is flat. The holding basket for cubes made is directly over the water level compartment so the cubes are very watery and start to melt if not removed immediately. The basket in the water holding compartment directly under the door lid on top of the unit is not cooled except by the cubes that are made and put into the basket by the device. Taking the cubes out of the device and putting them in our freezer as they are made is a small task, but once in the freezer each individual cube freezes solid and to each other also due to their watery condition so you have to use a tool or pick to separate them from each other and any others that were already in the ice cube container in the freezer. I did not find any other brand that was very much better except very large devices used mostly by dinning places. This device works, but don't expect regular frozen cubes nor the ease of storing them very long as a normal freezer would store them.