Is This Icee Slushie Maker Worth $130?

Welcome back everybody. Today I'm back with this icy slushy maker. It's been going around social

media. I've got a lot of requests for it. Is it worth $130? And why are the ratings so low on

Amazon? Let's find out in today's video. All right. So here's the full unit I'm going to dispense

with the unboxing because it's so large. I mean look at the size of the box it came in. It's huge. This is an interesting one. It's been around for a while but I guess it kind of went around on TikTok

or something and now everybody's interested in it again. So it kind of gives me a good chance to check this out. The first thing I noticed is that it's $130 but it's kind of just cheap plastic. It

feels like maybe a $30 cheap blender almost. But that doesn't mean it will work though

But let's take a look at the individual parts. First up is the lid with two different receptacles

for ice, water, and also the syrup. And you have this inlet cover, which also you use

as a measuring cup. The canister and its cage. I just pulled out of the freezer

You're supposed to freeze that an hour beforehand. And then this is the icy container itself. And you have the motorized base

Now both the instructions and people on Amazon are very clear that you have to follow the instructions

very carefully or it could be a disaster. So I've read over their top tips and the instructions

a couple of times. I think I got it down. So it takes a little bit of preparation. The first thing you're supposed to do

is prepare the syrup beforehand. So I bought this syrup on Amazon for $10

Looks like you get about three uses because I've already prepared the first batch. In fact, the reviews are pretty bad for this one too

So both the unit and the syrup are pretty mixed reviews. There's quite a few people that don't like either one of them

So you mix about six ounces of this with about 20 ounces of water to create a syrup mix

That's been chilling overnight for me. They say at least a couple hours, but overnight's preferable. It's been there overnight

Next thing you're supposed to do is put the canister in the freezer for an hour beforehand, but not more than that

So, it was in there for about 55 minutes. So, now I think we're about ready to start and there's 14 steps to do this

So, let's get through these 14 steps and see what happens. Time out here. I've actually just finished my review, but when I was going through the steps to set this up

I didn realize how loud that machine was It sounds worse every time I add something to it So rather than having the machine blaring the microphone I go over it with you and I show you the steps I took Step number one is to plug it in

Step number two is to set it to the mix function. Number three is to ensure that the tap is in the closed position

Step number four is to add ice cubes to the unit, only filling it up halfway

Step number five, you're going to add two capfuls of salt. Step number six is to add 1.4 fluid ounces of water

For number seven, you're going to fill it up the rest of the way with ice. And then number eight you're going to add three more capfuls of salt. And number nine is another

1.4 fluid ounces of water. Number 10 add the cap and then number 11 you add the syrup which is going

to go slow because it'll overflow. Number 12 you're going to let it sit for 15 to 25 minutes while it

makes the icy. Number 13 is the most difficult of all the steps. That's where when the ice drops down

to a lower level you have to add more ice, water, and salt and you have to kind of maintain it the

entire time. It can be a bit chaotic at times. And finally step number 14 is to switch it over to the

the dispense mode and dispense your IC. I had to turn that off. It's been going for about 20 minutes now. I'm going to switch over

to dispense and see how it looks. It looks like it might be ready. Let's check it out. On to dispense now

Oh, it got stuck. It got stuck. It's still kind of watery. I've been adding ice and salt the entire time

Yes, I gotta keep going. It's still kind of liquidy. It's like half of a, it's like a half melted icy

Back over to the mixer go. Almost there. Let me taste this

That doesn taste very good I gonna get an icy Even if it tastes bad I going to get one So loud Let try this again

Oh, it's closer. Oh, it's much closer now. Now it's almost too thick

In about five minutes, it went from too liquidy, but to almost perfect

The texture is pretty good now. There we go. Final result looks pretty good

It's like an icy. I don't have an icy cup. I forgot to get those or even straws. So I'll just use a spoon

The texture is perfect. The taste is not. The good news here is that I got what seems to be

at least texture wise, a pretty authentic icy. The bad news is everything else

It's expensive. This is even expensive. It doesn't even taste very good. It's a long process

Those videos online showing you how great it is at the end result, They don't show you standing there for 20 minutes

adding ice, salt, and water continuously and having to baby this thing the entire process

They don't tell you that this syrup is pretty gross. They don't tell you how to prepare syrup the night before

and put the canister in the freezer an hour beforehand. They also don't seem to tell you how loud it is

If you don't mind all that stuff, it's not too bad. But before I wrap this up, I did prepare a second batch of syrup

just in case something went wrong. I used the syrup from my shave ice maker. So I'm not going to go through the steps with you once again

but I'm going to show you the end result right now. Almost 25 minutes. Let's check it out

I think we're finally there. We're finally there. Finally what feels like a slushy to me

All right, let's see how this one tastes because it's gotta be, it's gotta be better than this one, right

And by the way, this one I used my Shave Ice Pineapple, so that's why it's yellow

Much better. Much better. So this one not only is the consistency right but the taste is right too It kind of weird the Icy brand was terrible and the non brand was good It only took about 30 minutes but it pretty good

I think I could have driven to the gas station and been back and been done eating in 30 minutes

but hey, I did it myself, right? That's part of the satisfaction. Isn't it supposed to be? I think I've got enough to wrap this thing up

So, let's recap this now, shall we? Now, as far as the consistency goes, I finally got the consistency of an Icy. Really, in both rounds, I did

That's the good news. If you're a DIY kind of person, like the satisfaction to yourself

this could be a good idea for you. Besides the fact that it's $130 and their syrup isn't very

good. But there's more cons than pros with this item. It seems like it's a lot of work

You have to prepare it the night before as far as the syrup goes. You have to put the canister in an hour beforehand. You've got to continuously add ice, water, and salt as it's going. You have

to maintain it. It's almost kind of chaotic. Then if the consistency isn't right, you have to kind of keep adjusting. It's a lot of work. The unit itself seems kind of overpriced at $130. Their

Their syrup isn't very good and it's overpriced too. So just being a lot of the videos you're seeing online

they're not showing all that aspect. They're showing the final result and not much in between

In my opinion, it's too much work and too much cost to make this worth the effort

But if you've tried an IC make like this, tell me what you think in the comments below. I appreciate you watching and I'll see you next time

It's already kind of louder than I thought it was going to be. It doesn't sound very healthy, but we're going for it

Oh, that sounds bad. Oh, that sounds bad

Seems like it got quieter once I added the syrup to it, so I don't know

I don't see any leaks, that's a good thing