2024 the best snow cone machine review

Price: $47.99
(as of Dec 23, 2024 13:38:09 UTC - Details)

Bring the party indoors and create a number of delicious and refreshing iced drinks. Precision-cut stainless steel cutting blades transform regular ice cubes into frozen treats that the whole family will love. Simply fill the top with ice cubes, secure the lid, and let the snow fly. This machine is sure to delight kids and adults alike.
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 11 x 16 inches; 6.75 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ Nostalgia
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2022
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Nostalgia
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B13MSF2Z
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ China

NOSTALGIA SNOW CONE KITS: Works perfectly with all Nostalgia snow cone kits - try the Snow Cone Kit, Snow Cone Syrups, or the Straws and Cups.
STAINLESS STEEL CUTTING BLADES: The precision-cut stainless steel cutting blades equipped with this ice shaver machine work quickly and efficiently to shave ice cubes into delicious, fluffy snow-like ice.
PARTY PLEASER: A fun and easy way to make delicious shaved ice treats, this machine is perfect for birthday parties, BBQs, dinner parties, and more.
PERFECT SIZE: This ice shaver is the perfect size to fit on a kitchen countertop or a small side table, making it easy to serve snow cones wherever you go. A safety switch is built into the shaving mechanism to keep hands safe.
NOSTALGIA: From designs inspired by early 19th century America to the timeless appeal of our appliances, we offer unique, novel, and fun products for the family. We preserve the past, embrace the present, and look forward to the future.
Reviewer: Mason
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing amazing! 2 small things to know before purchasing!
Review: This thing is great. I bought it while I was in college just for fun, I had a little extra money. I was skeptical at first because it was pretty cheap, I only thought it would last a little bit, but this thing is a TANK. I use it almost every day, it’s super super easy to use, the ice is very consistent and it’s just a cute look! One thing that shocked me is how airtight the cage is. I’ll forget to clean it sometimes and all the ice will melt, but it will never drip out. You take the top part off and throw a towel in it and it’s clean. Super easy. Ive taken it to a few friends grad parties and made snow cones and it just powers through with no problems. You can make about 4-5 snow cones in one go. They recommend not using it for more than 5 minutes consistently but I haven’t hade any issues with that. One issue I continue to run into is the ice won’t push down onto the blades. The first few times it was pretty annoying but I figured out if you just push down on the chamber it works perfectly. But overall the value for the money is amazing. I would’ve guessed it was about $200. Only problem is the ice not pushing down by itself and the fact that it’s a little smaller.

Reviewer: ShotsyGirl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing Little Machine!
Review: When my son first said he wanted sno cones at 5th birthday party, I thought, "Oh, great!" We have a little hand crank toy/machine that actually works fairly well for what it is, but it takes so long to even make one cone! So, I looked into renting a machine.I could have rented an industrial-sized sno cone maker (the kind you see at fairs) locally for $40, but I'd have had to pick it up and return it during business hours and still get all my own supplies, including syrups from them in gallon quantities. But, I was thinking, I'd do it anyway because it was my son's only birthday request aside from a green lantern cake.But, then I got on Amazon and found that we could own this well-reviewed machine for less than the cost to rent it! So, I bought it.It worked wonders! We served at least 20 large sno cones in the same number of minutes...that includes the time it took each kid to decide on which flavor(s) they wanted. It exceeded my expectations.We used bagged ice and we let the ice melt for a bit to become translucent as suggested. And, in fact, found that pulling ice from the cooler where we'd stored drinks worked exceptionally well. I think when we make them at home next we'll pull ice out of the freezer (ice cube trays) and put a little water over it before using.The machine isn't soundless, but I also didn't think it was too loud. Operation is easy - you only have to turn the plastic cover - kind of like some blenders I've seen that won't operate without the cover on, so it turns it into a safety feature at the same time. Also, the bucket holds a fair amount of ice.The whole white top comes off so it's easy to remove excess water/ice when you're ready to clean up. The little scoop that comes with worked out fine, but I ended up using my hands a lot to pile and shape the sno cones.I didn't really want to store another gadget, but I'd rather have this taking up place than the hand-crank machine that I have to throw all my weight into. This stays, the other one goes!

Reviewer: Darlene, an Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This was a huge hit for all ages
Review: All ages, from 3 to 60 loved the snowcones. Easy enough for the 12 year olds to do it themselves. Quick and fun. I would recommend it for any summer movie night. I was expecting more of a powder but it was more of a slushy shave. It still worked fantastically.

Reviewer: John D. Saucier
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No Outer Packaging, but one hell of a snow cone maker.
Review: ---------------------------------------------------------------I'm not happy that this arrived on my doorstep in the box that it came in. It's a big box that says Snow Cone Maker, with a shipping label on it. Normally amazon orders are all shipped, packaged in boxes that are brown and you are unable to tell what is inside. With this package, this simply wasn't the case.It would have been a simple enough task for anyone interested in a new snow cone maker to walk up onto my porch and simply take it, something they might not do if they do not know what it is. Just imagine this is jewelry, or anything else that, what if this was a nintendo switch or something?Just saying. Amazon orders should always be shipped in packaging that does not reveal the contents of what is inside as an extra security measure. I just wanted to alert others who may order this and receive it the same way as I did.Now that I got that out of the way, The Review.------------------------------------------------------UPDATED 6/6So I had been thinking about getting something like this for some time now and I have to say, I am so glad that I did. It does exactly what it says that it does, it makes snow by absolutely shredding any ice cube you put into the thing.My ice cube maker makes small, medium, and large ice cubes and this thing devoured them like a starving kid. It produces far more than I assumed it would, as a I was easily able to make a few snow cones from 10 or 15 ice cubes.Now it's loud, and if that's a turn off there might be alternatives but it didn't bother me so much. It sounds like a snowblower.I will say that the mechanism for locking the snow cone maker from off/on to on/off is not the greatest. To me it seems far easier to lock it in the on position than to then turn it off as I had difficulty turning the mechanism once it was locked in placed. It requires quite a lot of pressure, and I think if you have difficulty with things like this, tendinitis, or carpel tunnel, or not a lot of strength in your hands this may not be the snow cone maker for you.For me, I would have enjoyed having just a pure on/off button or switch and a far easier method for locking the top in place, perhaps a latch.It's noisy, it's hard to turn on/off but its inexpensive and grinds really well. It also looks cute for the kids, and if there is one plus to this snow cone maker's terrible on/off locking mechanism, kids could load this and help you make them because it cannot be accidentally turned on, it's unlikely to injure someone because of its design.I originally gave it three stars for the packaging snafu, but bumped it to four stars because its a great little snow cone maker. I just could not get myself to five stars because I cannot let the fact that it arrived just as is without any outer box, and I had to deduct something for that.

Reviewer: mike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Preg-zilla can't get enough of this, and definitely cheaper then going to store.

Reviewer: Javier O
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó muy bien y con bastante oportunidad.

Reviewer: Linda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Love this productWorks wonderfully and looks great in my counter

Reviewer: Salvador Martinez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Genial.

Reviewer: Anisa Warsame
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The product sparked and broke the minute I plugged it nothing would work. i read the manual it still wasn’t working almost burned my house!!!!!