Ice Shaver and Snow Cone Machine - Premium Portable Ice Crusher and Shaved Ice Machine with Free Ice Cube Trays - BPA Free

Product shaved ice very well and is good for a couple of small cups at a time. Does take a little elbow grease, would be difficult for a child plus the blades are very sharp. Product is sturdy, looks good and should last a few years at least if not longer. Very easy to use with regular size ice cubes.

The media could not be loaded. I echo what most reviewers have said about this ice shaver. This is one of those cheap and simple things that is just works, effectively and efficiently.I needed a blender to make this simple dessert called scramble. I needed to crush ice. Actually i bought a cheap hamilton blender for about $30. Then after purchasing rather than search for “ice blender” i searched “ice shaver”. Now the hamilton had kixed reviews and i understand that it is for smoothie but it does have a crush ice settings. But i was still doubtful.I ended up purchasing this ice shaver also after reading all the reviews. And the hamilton i didnt even took out the shipping box and it went straight to ups to be returned.This ice shaver efficiently shaves ice in perfect soft fluffy texture. Best of all it’s mechanical, no electricity need (which also means it is quiet).I would wane potential buyers though that if you are thinking of getting extra ice trays, make sure you get smaller ice trays, same size as the ice tray that come with this shaver. The reason is that inside the shaver there is a divider to keep the ice innplace while the bottom bladed floor rotates to shave the ice. I included a pic on this review of what the i side looks like since not a lot of people posted this part and not even the stock photos show this.If you are simply looking to shave ice THIS is the tool for it. If you’re looking to make smoothie, i think it is possible you’ll just need to mix it, pour it in the ice tray then once frozen, drop the cubes in the shaver and shave along!

It’s fun for the kids and you can take it with you outside. But if you are making more than 5, it’s a a little arm workout. But it’s great for a quick easy cones. It’s easy to clean you can have the kid do the work. East shaved ice.

I had another ice shaver (the blue one in the photo) but live in a very small place and it was always a bit of a mess when ice fell and missed the bowl I used with it (the can is just there for a visual size). The new ice shaver works very efficiently due to the 3 blades, is incredibly compact, much easier to refill, and there is no mess. The overall "ice storage" area is perhaps a bit smaller, but since you don't have to unscrew the top to refill, it's not an issue. I found filling the ice to the top filled the holder about halfway up. This was with the icemaker ice from my fridge, so semicircular shaped.The handle was VERY easy to turn, much easier to use than the blue one. I've probably used it 50 times now, and it's not shown any signs of wear.

I was looking for a kitchen product that could handle crushing ice. I ran across this Manba and read the reviews. Everyone seemed very satisfied with it so I thought for $20 I would give it a try. I got it today ( it even arrived a day early) and I absolutely love it. It’s so easy to use and the ice is like snow. I’m very happy with it!!!

Well I really wanted electric but decide to give this a try. You can’t beat the price and it comes with a free ice tray. I find it easy to turn the handle to grind down the ice but it takes a little more effort to press down the ice and the amount of ice you can put in it is maybe a total of 6 cubes. I don’t find that it makes too much noise. It’s much more functional than other snow cone makers. It’s definitely more stable. It’s not going to want to tip over and there is a silicone ring on the bottom to keep it from sliding. The area below is much bigger to make a lot of shaved ice. The shaving part just easily lifts on and off and you can just eat right out of the bottom part…Just add syrup. The free ice tray was wonderful to use. It’s a soft silicone tray. The cubes came out pretty easy. However, after using it for three months, the ice cube tray developed a bad smell. I have no idea why. The smell leeched into the ice cubes, that’s how I found out. Yuck!Overall it’s a pretty good deal if you have no other way to shave ice and I’d pick this over any other manual shaver.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I LOVE THIS THING! So easy to use and clean. Makes great shaved ice and the ice cube tray is PERFECT and makes it so much easier to make a large amount! It may break in the future as it is only plastic and you are crushing hard ice but that’s unavoidable. I’ll just buy another!

I love snow cones and this small machine is perfectly making snow !! I made syrup at home !!Receipe: 1 cup sugar +1cup water put in pan , put on stove when boiling starts add 1 tbsp citric acid crystals in boiling water. Stop boiling cool down completely then last add any food color and flavor you want . Store in glass container. Add to your snow cones in paper cup !!