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

The Ninja SLUSHi is an absolute blast! It’s super easy to use just pour in your liquid, select a mode (Slush, Milkshake, Frappé, Frozen Cocktail, or Juice), and watch it turn into perfectly frozen drinks. No ice needed, so the flavours stay full and delicious every time. The large capacity is perfect for sharing, and the machine runs quietly thanks to the WhisperChill compressor. It’s fast too you can have your slush ready in about 30 minutes, and it keeps it frozen for hours. Cleaning is simple with removable parts and a rinse cycle. It’s a big unit, so make sure you have counter space, and remember it works best with some sugar or sugar alternative in your drinks. Even so, this is a fun, high-quality appliance that makes entertaining or treating yourself easy and tasty.

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.

Amazing much better than expected, great quality and works Really well. Definitely worth the price and I’d use it a lot. Easy to use and clean!

Very happy with the product, it's straightforward and easy to set up & use, simple slush drinks can be ready in a very short time and is easy to maintain.

Really good. Works perfectly - takes about an hour to freeze. Good for soft and alcoholic drinks. Recipe book is very helpful.

Fun, makes some nice slush however it's far from perfect. Milk based recipes are basically a glass of pure foam, many complaints online regarding that and after trying some milkshakes and a couple of frappés just to end up with a light weight glass of frothy bubbles and no liquid, I decided it just isn't a thing and given up. Slushing Pepsi/Fanta etc works although it lacks flavor punch it's more ice with faint taste of whatever fizzy drink you put in it. Fruit juice, is pretty amazing "Apple & Mango" juice is right up there with anything you can buy from a high street, but despite washing the tank straight after I've found there's definitely a yellowy stain forming.. but fruit juices definitely pay off nicely with this machine although some fruits seem to have the sugar content to slush so it's a bit hit/miss. The other thing that's good (as you'd expect) are slushie syrups they slush as you expect and taste good - plus the added benefit of adding more/less syrup to personal taste. Machine itself isn't as big as I expected, although height wise it's slightly too high to go on worktop under my kitchen cupboards which was annoying, though also while initially using it I was really surprised how quiet the machine was but after a week I'd say it now sounds "as you'd expect" - not loud, but you can certainly hear it. Cleaning it isn't hard, generally rinsing it all under the tap is all it needs if done right away, but there are a few little nooks/crannys that seem to like holding remains so I think when putting it away for a period of time it's worth a deep clean. Overall, I like the machine and enjoy the ability to make tasty slushies especially on hot days but it comes with a notable price tag and there's certainly a lot of paid media hype behind it.