How does it do on crushing ice?
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.
1125567
No problems for me, I used it several times to make smoothies and it is working very well.Michael
1125568
I only crushed ice along with milk for shakes, not by itself, but for what I did, it was fine.
1125569
It's Ok crushing ice if the pieces are small enough; however, it keeps locking up on me when I try to make smoothies with frozen fruit pieces, even when I cut them up quite small. Once it locks up you can't do anything else with it until quite a bit of time has passed. I have become very frustrated with this appliance even though I orginally gave it rave reviews!
1125570
It crushes ice no problem . You can get It small enough for blended drinks and smoothies. Smoothies do get a bit frothy though
2197705
The one I tried did not shave or chop the ice. It was very loud. I would not recommend it for slushies.
128444
Like all snow blowers (or throwers) it struggles in wet snow. Being light weight it's hard to push. Through regular snow it's fine. Except you have to push a bit then also. The back wheels aren't much help. The chute turn handle broke the first timeI used it so I have to manually turn the chute. Otherwise it's a fine machine.
1727857
I am not sure. We did pour it over crushed ice and it was good. Why not try? What' s thr worst that could happen?
1694230
I want to purchase this blender for smoothies. Does it crush the ice and frozen fruit very well?
223912
No, it will adjust a little to shaved ice depth of cut but not like real crushed ice. You need a hammer and a towel or a polycarbonate pitcher (that won't break from ice chunks) blender for that.
1734159
I have never tried it with dry ice, however given that this does not crush but rather shaves combined with the very high torque of this unit I would think that it would be fine. The motor is very powerful and the blade appears very substantial.
658959
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.
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.
1349311
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.
405612
I bought it for my daugther's hirthday party, I crushed ice as i received request. The machine is pretty good, I'm not sure if the ice will hold for 3 hrs.
522066
Yes, it does produces fine, smooth pieces of ice. I love this machine. Money well spent
112161
I really couldn't say because I never used it for that, but I should think if it can crush Ice it should be able to grind grain.
2036041
Haven't used it exclusively on ice. chops up frozen strawberries, raspberries, etc. easily.
1349310
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.
939877
I have only put frozen berries and crushed ice in it. I don't know if it will crush cubed ice.
106748
No, but it crushes ice great - can't see why it couldn't keep light cracker crumbs moving well enough inside to be crumbed. Make sure everything's dry.