Ninja SLUSHi Frozen Drinks Maker, Create Slush, Frozen Cocktails, Frappé, Milkshakes & Frozen Juice, No Ice or Preperation Needed, WhisperChill Technology, 1.9l Capacity, Blue & Grey FS301UK

I have always wanted a real slush machine since being a kid! the hypnotic swirly blades, and chaotic fluid motions, mixed with flavours straight out of a Wonka movie! The cheapest I have seen was at least £700 and require special chemicals and syrups! I was amazed when this product was unveiled to the world! As soon as Amazon had it I had to try it!So far its NOT slush! I presume that is down to the lack of special chemicals! However it is a safe (unless you have a sugar problem) alternative!For me slush is a sort of large blob of ice, and a bit of juice, like rice pudding but with rice is ice and the cream is juice!This is more like shaved flavoured ice! So no liquid juice, just frozen juice. It still falls into the parameters of slush!Simplicity! Buy any 2 litre bottle of pop, pour it in turn it on and press slush and of it goes! The problem is sugar! Eg, Lidls Freeway Cola used to be 22g of sugar and its now 11g. So it needs around 3 heaped tablespoons of sugar to slush!!The five stars is due to Aldi selling Grape and Raspberry pop! As a child of the 70's walking up Scarborough sea front with a Draculars blood slushy this is almost identical! However it requires 8-10 heaped table spoons of sugar to slush! ACE! lolSo its great! your roasting hot, and need a slush! This machine is awesome! But it generates heat and a lot of it! (yes im aware of thermal dynamics, but was not aware how 2 machine in close proximity would mean you need more slush, hence im stuck in a "i'm hot and need slush, slush generation makes me need more slush!") loop!Food colours! (or color - if your a coder) So anything yellowish will stain the vessel! Orange colours are a nightmare in this device and will stain certain parts! (an eggcup full of bleach for around 30 mins will lessen the blow! but be sure to rinse very well!)So 5* from me with Dracular blood pop from aldi with 10 heaped spoons of sugar.....

Absolutely love this .. really easy to use..makes the best drinks..kids love it..people who say the sugar content is high, it can be yes but just use what ninja recommendeds as a substitute in their booklet !!! It works amazingly... So far every drink I've made has turned out perfectly.. I do recommend the slushie syrup on Amazon too the big 5 litre ones as they work great.. overall very impressed...

Excellent product great slushy maker it’s a fair amount of money but if you are going to use it regularly better than crushing ice with a cheapie. Makes 1.9l of slush or cocktails. Be warned mixture requires sugar to go to an icy mixture or an additive fully covered in the instructions and recipe book supplied. I bought a couple of “Slushy” syrups and realised they were sugar free so had to alter the recipe otherwise you end up with a super chilled liquid but not a slushy! Some liquids can stain the plastic container would have been nice in glass but not sure I could afford the price increase to have that option.

As soon as I saw the price on the Ninja SLUSHi Frozen Drinks Maker, I hit the buy now button – I have been looking at getting a similar device and put off by the price. It hasn’t disappointed me. It is easy to setup; take out of the box, as it has a proper compressor cooler you need to leave it for a few hours to settle down, whilst that happens clean up the drum and the rotating Archimedes screw.It’s not a small device - 41.35 x 42.98 x 16.56 cm the footprint. It weighs about 10kg. The small width makes it easier to fit on my countertop.You can make drinks as small as 450ml up to 1.9l. The controls are simple membrane style push buttons, with a heavy power switch on the back. There are safety features that detect if drinks are freezing up too hard, which sound an audible alert. This happened with my first drink a chocolate milkshake.Those safety features make using the SLUSHi simpler. The main rule of thumb is to have a high enough sugar content, or a low enough alcohol content. There are recipes included that dose up sugar free soft drinks to make them work in the machine and keep the sugar content down.My milkshake when it warmed up a little was lovely and far better than the mode on the Creami ice cream machine. It was cold and smooth with very small ice crystals resulting in little crunch. I made my morning orange juice into a SLUSHi this morning and it had a lovely drinkable texture. The only thing not in the box is a straw thick enough to drink with. The make has drinks ready in about 30 minutes.When you have made your drink there is a rinse mode to clear out the insides for another round. If you aren’t going to use it again quickly; the main plastic container slips off for washing, as does the screw. If you are using it on a hot and humid day, there is a drip dray to catch the condensation.It’s very easy to use and can even make my breakfast orange juice more exciting. Bring on summer proper.

Love it , expensive to be fair but absolutely worth it

Ok. So, positives.Makes easy and brilliant slushies, adult drinks and the best milkshakes ever!But. Cleaning isn't that easy, the auger is already warped after use and washing in warm water. The clear plastic unit is stained yellow after using mango.We love the Ninja Slushie and use it probably 5 out of 7 days a week, but I'm not convinced that in a years time it will still be going strong. Time will tell.

I absolutely love this machine. I've used it every single day since I got it. Love trying new things in it. At the moment my favourite is the milkshake setting... Tastes just like maccys! It's not noisey at all. So so easy to clean. Very easy to use. I know it's expensive but me personally think it's worth the money. Quality is amazing. I 100% recommend this product.

Easy to set up and to clean afterwards. Frozen drinks don’t take too long to prepare and have all been very popular so far. I have also bought the recommended sweetener in the recipes to allow me to use sugar free drinks, and that works well.