Inoviva

I’ve had this for about three weeks now and tried making slushies with soda, coffee, and even chocolate milk. Some worked better than others, but it’s been fun to experiment. I like that it has different texture settings — the finer ones are great for softer slushies. No regrets with this purchase.

We’ve started using this slushie maker after school and it’s been a hit with my two kids. They love picking their own juices and watching it turn into a slush. It takes a little longer than expected, maybe 20 minutes, but the result is smooth and tasty. Cleanup is way easier than a blender, and I like that there’s no ice involved — the flavor stays strong.

We used it for a small get-together last weekend and it was a hit. Everyone wanted to try a different flavor, and it handled multiple batches really well. The texture was spot-on each time. It doesn’t take up too much space either, which is a plus. Already planning to use it again for my niece’s birthday party.

I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the unit feels solid and well-built. It’s a bit heavier than I thought, which is actually a good thing — doesn’t slide around when running. We made mango slushies last night and they came out great. The texture was nice and smooth, no chunks. Excited to try more recipes.

what I love most is that I don’t have to deal with ice or blenders. Just pour in something cold, press a button, and walk away. It does take some prep (you need your drink chilled beforehand), but once that’s done, it’s super easy.

My kids are obsessed with making their own smoothies now. The inoviva slushie machine is easy for them to use, and it makes the drinks just the way they like them—smooth and thick.

This has added a lot of fun to our family nights. We’ve been experimenting with different drinks — orange juice, root beer, coconut water — and the kids love customizing their own.

My daughter has been asking for slushies a lot lately, and I like that with this machine I can control what goes in. We’ve been using real fruit juice or even coconut water, and she still loves it. It’s nice knowing we can make fun drinks at home without the syrupy stuff from gas stations.

It only took about ten minutes to make a strawberry slushie, and I absolutely love the taste. The large capacity is perfect for my whole family to enjoy. I strongly recommend it!

The 88oz capacity is amazing! I had 5 friends over, and we all got to enjoy a delicious, ice-free smoothie in just one batch.

Love this slushie maker!

I’m not a big fan of complicated gadgets, but this one is super simple to use. I love that I can just pour in my drink, press one button, and walk away.

It works great, just read the instructions and follow them. About 15 minutes or so and you have a slushy. Does not work if your drink doesn't have a certain amount of sugar in it.

The INOVIVA Cold Press Juicer features a wide 4.35 inch feed chute & a 50oz capacity, allowing for whole fruits, sliced fruits & vegetables without pre-cutting. It has a powerful 200W motor with a slow press technology that delivers high juice yield with minimal oxidation that preserves nutrients. The juicer is easy to clean, with dishwasher-safe parts & assembly is a quick process. With its one-button operation, safety features & a reverse function to prevent any clogging. This juicer is great for at home kitchen use, it offers a great overall performance for creating your own juices independently. I will say this one thing, I thought it arrived broken as it didn’t turn on, but it just has to be latch in properly as it has that safety feature built-in.

My LG fridge has an ice maker that only seems to work whenever it feels like it. Instead of a simple spring controlled bar that raises as the ice builds up so it knows when to shut off. It has a motor that swings a bar back and forth. A motor that's now seen better days so the bar often gets stuck if you look at it wrong. When it's stuck it thinks it's full. So this is now the third similar small ice maker I've tried from Vine and I happy to say it's the best one. Though with one of them that's a really low bar to meet considering it lasted only 3 months before I heard an awful and loud groaning sound. I ran in and found half the top popped off and the groaning sound still happening. So I quickly unscrewed the 4 screws to that part to relive the pressure. What I found was the shaft that spins the little piece to eject the ice was snapped off and an almost inch thick round block of ice had built up and the auger was pressing it outwards and almost snapping the plastic housing that I had unscrewed. I went and looked up other reviews and some of them had the same thing happen and theirs shot off into the ceiling, SMH. So um... yeah.... nice design there folks, SMH. Anyways, this one doesn't have a little spinning piece. It just has an inverted cone that forces the ice to spill off into the container.

What I like about it.
It's larger than the other two so it can hold more ice as well as water. As shown in the comparison pic between it and the one I have left that is working. The ice it makes is larger and in a more solid shape. Without all those fractures it won't melt as fast as the other does. It's the quietest of the 3 by far. Not just merely the fan but the compressor too. Only the top is see through on the ice container. Which makes it thicker and therefor better at keeping the ice from melting. The other 2 both have thin see through sides on a large part of the containers that doesn't insulate remotely as well. The ice container has more holes in it than the other two's ice containers combined. Which lets the melted water drain a lot more easily. The faster water can drain the less time it has to help melt the ice. Once ice actually starts it makes it decently fast.

What I don't like about it.
Though it has a sensor, a beam that if the ice level breaks it for long enough it knows it's full. Clearing the beam doesn't immediately start ice production again. With the other two pretty much the second the beam is connected again they started to make ice. This one has a 4 hour delay instead. So if you're having heavy use out this like using it for a whole family, it's better to manually start it again which is more annoying than it just doing it on its own. When the production cycle does start, it doesn't just load the ice making part with water. It also spills water out and mostly around the ice container. Similar to how it looks when running the cleaning cycle. IDK if it does that to melt and residual ice. Maybe not being able to do that is why the other one broke and that's how that really thick chunk of ice was able to build up? IDK. What's annoying about that is though the majority, like 90-95% of the water makes it into the tank below the ice container through the channels around the container. Some does splash into the container. Which then goes on to greatly help melt the ice that's there. I would have liked to see either the channels a bit bigger, or the ice container being held upwards about half an inch. All of that height difference is all it took as I held up the container myself to see if any water got it and it didn't when holding it. I'm thinking of just putting something in there on the parts that the container rests on to raise it up a bit so that can't happen anymore.

All in all those are pretty small gripes. All that remains to be seen is longevity. (I was also really happy with the one that broke at first) If this also kicks the bucket way before it should like that did, I'll come back and edit this accordingly. But as it is now the family and I are quite happy with this.