VIVOHOME Electric Dual Blades Ice Crusher Shaver Snow Cone Maker Machine Silver 143lbs/hr for Home and Commerical Use

I’m someone who eats a lot of shaved ice: I’m not sure exactly how it started but one day I started and haven’t gone a day without at least 3 massive cups of it. In about 4 months I broke a blender and two snow cone makers with my constant use and I was fed up. I’m so glad I decided to spend a little extra money on this, especially knowing I would’ve saved a lot more had I went straight for this guy. There are some cons, but shaved ice is not a tidy snack to make, so you have to expect some mess. I would have liked to be able to put a cup beneath the ice chute, as the shallow metal bowl it comes with is fine but not really the most functional when it comes to catching stray ice powder that flies everywhere, and there is meltwater that accumulates in the bowl and on the surface it’s sitting on as a result. Again, true shaved ice eaters will already know but in case you didn’t there you go. Anyway, pros! First of all, it came with replacement blades and a nifty tool to use to replace the blades or adjust them to make finer or chunkier Ice. I’ve had this for months though, and haven’t needed to change the blades and leaving them at the default setting makes the ice perfectly for me, not too powdery but not chippy either. It is loud, but the noise is far from the terrible sounds that happen when using a cheap snowcone maker or a blender (which is a terrible noise, trust me.) it instead kinda sounds like a saw or something, but it’s so powerful that it takes no time at all and you are done with the loud noise and can either enjoy your shaved ice or move on to your next batch. Using ice cubes, it makes about a cereal bowl amount of ice so it’s reasonable to expect that you can get all the ice you want in one go, however I did mention above that I use giant cups, which I fill (past the brim) using two rounds. It takes less than a minute from start to finish: getting the ice cubes (i have ‘soft ice’ bc i have a countertop ice maker that sits directly next to this shaver for this purpose. Using ice from the freezer might make the process take longer, or allowing the ice to soften would of course take a bit of time), tossing them into the thingie, hitting the power button and pressing down on the lever before hitting the power button again, so ice doesn’t fly everywhere. Then snow cone do it again and I have ice enough to last me a good hour or so, with some meltage that I drink or just pour back into my ice maker once I’m ready for a refill. I’m nearing the time to change the blades or maybe adjust them, not sure yet, I’ll update on if it’s tricky or easy peasy.

A person needs to be aware of the height required to lift the lever all the way up.

I bought this item because the price to rent it from a local part supply house was a few dollars more than the cost of this brand new machine. I used it for my husband’s office’s fair food themed party and it worked beautifully! The ice was nicely shaved, not just crushed. It was a little messy because it throws out the shaved ice but I didn’t think it was out of the ordinary messy. Having used it, I would 💯 but this unit again! BTW, I used a recipe for homemade snow cone syrup (8C water, 8C sugar, slow boil until melted. Divided into thirds, added 1 pkt unsweetened Kool-aid to each third of cooling syrup. Stir until resolved. Cool completely. I made grape, orange and cherry. Everyone loved them!

The instructions said to change the blades out.... it was seriously like brain surgery. The tool they give you does not reach into the tiny hole well- near impossibly to line it up with the screw. Even worse trying to put it back together.... start the screw before you put it back together- that's my advice to anyone else who spent half an hour trying to do this and is scouring the reviews like I did for some direction!Once it was put together, it worked well. Puts out enough for about 2 kid-size cones at a time. It is loud, it does drip, but I was satisfied regardless. The shaved ice is fine and fluffy and was great with fruit syrup, whipped cream, and sprinkles!

This machine is amazing! Very well made and appears durable. It pumps out a full blender of shaved ice in minutes. Easy to operate. Really impressed with it so far!