can you use this blender to crush ice?
1150021
Sorry, I've never tried it on ice. I mainly use it to puree soups and sauces.
1150022
Don't know-it was purchased as a gift and I only heard it was great for malts and shakes. I would suspect blades are too light for crushing ice-I wouldn't use it for that job.
1150023
I checked the instruction book but it didn't say-So I tried it. If you put a few cubes at a time it does crush ice.
1862187
Yes, very powerful. Crushes ice with ease, have made soups with heavy ingredients. Something really dense would be helped by making smaller chunks. I am very happy with this blender.
759878
No - it says in the manual that it is not to be used to crush ice or grind coffee.
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.
1041653
hmmm, I'm not sure quite honestly. What are you trying to make? There is not a lot of power to this so if you are trying to make things like frozen smoothies and stuff I would steer clear. If you are just mixing powdered items with liquids and minor stuff then this will do the job just fine.
1975900
No. The blades spin too slowly, it purees, I guess you can approach something like a badly blended smoothie if you run it for a long long time, risking burning the cheap motor. For fruits and smoothies its all about rpm, and this is a chopping device, not a blending device. And don't even think about throwing ice into this, food processors only handle what you can cut with a knife.
1254669
Probably not. It is not the intended use.The blender is for soft fruits and veggies.
1233495
I would say yes - can be used to make snow cones. The ice is truly shaved and very fluffy before the blender takes over. Imagine that you could simply use the manual shave control and shave ice into one of the pitchers then make snow cones from there. Sort of an expensive snow cone maker though....but a good idea for a secondary use.
1137526
i was unable to successfully blend ice with this blender. this thing is more for soups than smoothies. i have no idea how other people have found success with ice. they might be using pre crushed ice from a fridge dispenser.
1125566
It's good at ice crushing. I eventually broke the glass container on mine and now I'm using the Ninja which has a plastic container.
1670458
I have my doubts it would have enough power to mix anything with ice involved.I ended up donated my blender to a charity. Not of any use for making protein smoothies with frozen berries either!
168221
Sorry I haven't tried to make that however, it does crush ice well and you can save lots of $$ making your own summer ice drinks like coolattas! Sometimes I put in coffee, or crystal lite, or lemon, or even tea! I have not had enough time to use it BUT when I do, no regrets!
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!
2091038
Yes. It crushes ice very well. The ice compartment is small and does not keep up with a family of 5.
759876
Probably, but a blender would be a better way to go on for ice. This is more for dry food and sauces.
254146
YES, I use it for frozen drinks. very powerful. I love it. buy it you will not be sorry!
511925
Yes: It does essentially "shave" the Ice with a blade not "Crush" it by impact, However You do have the ability to control the thickness of the ice shavings by adjusting the blade on it's mount.Set it thin and you end with very fine shaved sno-cone ice, set it thicker and end up with little ice chipsperfect for serving shrimp cocktail and the like. You would not know this unless you had it apart far enough to remove the blade. It will do both well provided you set it properly. Unfortunately the manual does not cover this adjustment as I recall.