Does it crush large ice cubes easily?
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.
267776
I own this blender, however only have used it to crush ice and make smoothies. Sorry can't answer your question really, however it looks like perhaps you may do as you say, hold something at a different level or some action such as that.
1937341
It's well built, but then again, I only make 2 or 3 at a time. It's never jammed on me and I have filled it to the top, but the last ice cube will always freeze itself to the metal tray.
102920
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
1764105
Yes, a little bit but they are quite easy to break apart because the cubes are slowly melting. It's not that bad really. It's not like a frozen bunch of ice that you have to break apart on the cement. Its no big deal really.
1651606
It works on frozen fruit, so I suspect it will do okay with ice cubes -- if you take certain precautions. The motor is not as strong as a regular blender. You might have to "bounce" the hand blender a bit and make sure to have enough liquid in your container to help move things around. Otherwise the blade simply gets blocked and the blender gets hot.
1040229
Yes, but do not use for crushing ice cubes, it will break easily. It is made of cheap plastic.
467860
The ice is slightly larger than Sonic ice. Probably the closest you will find in a home ice crusher. You can run the ice through a second time to crush it a little more if desired.
1575764
I can load it up with ice cubes and it grinds them just fine , the motor is very strong in this thing
1698240
Yes. It is large enough for ice cubes. However, it is a glass liner so you would need to use care in putting the ice cubes into it.
939876
I used the ice from a bag in this. It seemed like the thick, dense, cubes from a tray were too much for it....although it still crushed them. Just made really loud sounds like it was too much for the small motor. Using bagged ice was no problem for this blender and lasted a few years for me with lots of use.
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.
1650212
Yes, when I use it to make smoothies I only use frozen fruit and my kids use it to make slushies using crushed ice. I've never used whole ice cubes but I don't think it'd be a problem. Hope this helps!
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.
1194607
Well this is anything but compact. It will crush ice, puree foods, and do just about anything you could ask an immersion blender to do however.
806300
No, the 'blade' is plastic and isn't sharp. It mixes liquids well, but won't crush ice.
1715852
Yes. Just take some cubes out of icebox and chunk in. If the blade is not shearing as you would like, you must disassemble the machine. (not hard, just screws.) If you are a little handy, you can do it.