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Hamilton Beach Snowman Ice Shaver Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Margaritas anyone?
Comment: This Ice Shaver is the best thing thats ever happened to us when it comes to making Margaritas. This thing grinds ice for the rim of the cup very easy, the only work you have to do is push down. Now, I used to grind and push down so it was a lot of work but now, pushing down is all. Highly recommended for the price

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just as good as the ones at the fair!
Comment: My wife and I just had the shaved ice snow cones at the local fair and wanted a machine to make our own at home. We purchased this unit from amazon and bought quality syrups from hawaiian shaved ice. We are very pleased and quite surprised the cones are just as good as the fair ones. Sure, the ice does shrink some when you add the syrup...but isn't that the best part...like the bottom half of the snow cone at the fair.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nothing special
Comment: It is acceptable - nothing special. Takes about a minute for one serving, but when you add the syrup the volume of the ice decreases by half (unlike shave ice you buy from a vendor). I think I would have preferred a hand crank shave ice machine so I can control the speed. Acceptable for the money - good for kids, not for hosting a party.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Ice Shaver!
Comment: This little machine kicks out a lot of shaved ice, and does so quickly. It exceeded my expectations. Buy good syrups from the coffee aisle (not the cheap snowcone kid's syrups), and you'll become a snow cone addict like myself using this machine. I was putting this HB Snowman through strenuous use making several treats a day for a couple of months. Thankfully, one night after having salmon for dinner and three huge snow cones, I ended up in the fetal position on my bathroom floor. I'm a recovering addict now, and only have one on the rare occasion since then.
Anyway, the only thing I could possible complain about with this Snowman, is that if you fill your ice container too full, you'll have to shift the top of the machine around before it will catch the starting mechanism. Does that make sense? Probably not, but you'll see. Just don't think it's broken when you press down on your thick block of ice and nothing happens.
I would recommend this machine to my mother, except that in my case, I would feel like I was offering her a bit of heroin.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Manual machine
Comment: The ice shaver is easy to use, but my wife wanted the machine and she finds it too labor intensive.

Also, I just received another machine which I did not order and was billed for on my account. I would like to return this machine and receive a credit on my account.

Thanks, Chuck

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