how is it for melting ice
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I bought it for my future son-in-law & we live in Texas but he has tested it & says it works great.Hope that helps.
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Highest btu on the market. Might melt the cement under the ice. Will melt the ice and then evaporate the water so u have a dry sidewalk/driveway.
1746469
Will only work for thin ice or snow. Thick ice and snow are surprisingly resilient and not worth the time and effort.
1746470
I have not used it for melting ice, but with 500 kBTUs I am sure will melt ice efficiently.
1746471
I bought it for my future son-in-law & we live in Texas but he has tested it & says it works great. Hope that helps.
1746472
It works but you will go through a lot of propane. Ice takes a lot of heat to turn it into water (~540 Kcal/mole) and a similar amount to vaporize it. It will work off of 7lb bottle but a 10lb or larger bottle will work much better.
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I bought this for my Wife and I also bought her one that was electric. We use this one more. It works very well. But on the other hand I only use it when we are in the mood for a snowcone or when my wife wants ice to eat. I don't use it everyday. But it works great, and no problems with regular Ice cubes. The Electric one I bought will not crush Ice cubes because it gets hung up. But this one works perfectly fine.
2091038
Yes. It crushes ice very well. The ice compartment is small and does not keep up with a family of 5.
296331
I have haf mine for two or so years now and I cannot complain about the amount of time the ice melts. It will melt faster if in the sun, but we always mad ours when "ordered" lol the kids love to see the ice fall so that in itself was a treat... I am sorry, but as for an exact amount of time would be up to the weather conditions but agagin, I am very satisfied with mine! Hope this helps or you can get a better answer... :-D
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Absolutely! The best part is the inner black lining is removable so you can unzip it and dump the melted ice when you are done.
1349312
It melts a bit during the grinding process, and the pieces vary in sizes. I never thought much about "soft" ice, but I think it's chewable. I really like the device. Works great for making cocktails.
405612
I bought it for my daugther's hirthday party, I crushed ice as i received request. The machine is pretty good, I'm not sure if the ice will hold for 3 hrs.
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You probably don't want to try this to crush ice. You can use it for soft, cooked potatoes to make mashed potatoes.
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It works great with chopped ice. I would definitely use it for Margaritas... But dont blend too long, it chops really fast.
168221
Sorry I haven't tried to make that however, it does crush ice well and you can save lots of $$ making your own summer ice drinks like coolattas! Sometimes I put in coffee, or crystal lite, or lemon, or even tea! I have not had enough time to use it BUT when I do, no regrets!
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No. This is dangerous and will break apart as you use it if you attempt to crush ice.
584575
No, we don' t have snow and ice here so haven't tried it but it burns plants so it should melt ice.
160873
Same on mine. It also didn't have the heat symbol. But it seems to melt the ice though.
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That would depend on several factors: how many, and the size of the items to be placed in the ice, how deep you want the ice to be, how long you want to go before replenishing the ice as it melts. I think 7 to 10 pounds of ice should be plenty for most uses.
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I don't think it would last long if you did. We only used it a few times. It was difficult for the blender to crush ice for slushies.
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It crushes ice no problem . You can get It small enough for blended drinks and smoothies. Smoothies do get a bit frothy though
1254668
I have not tried to crush ice, I am not sure it would work for that as the instructions say only to use in 30 second bursts. I have used it for chopping veggies very fine and it works great for that.