Slurpee Maker
By Steven Rupp on
This past Christmas, my daughter asked for, and received, a Slurpee Maker. We found it at KB Toys for $18.97. Although it's not made by 7-11, and doesn't even have their logo, it's advertised as making "real 7-11 Slurpees".
She thought that it would be fun to make her own, and I thought it would be more convenient by saving alot of trips to 7-11. We both couldn't have been more wrong.
She put in alot of time, effort and trouble for every tiny half-melted/half-icy concoction. (I refuse to call it an actual 'Slurpee").The first time or two were fun for her, but then the novelty wore off when she realized all of the work and time that was needed, and how dissapointing the actual result was. She had to add crushed ice, salt, warm water, and juice or pop. Then, she had to turn it on for 5-10 minutes. It's extremely loud, like a cheap blender. Perhaps it would work better if it had an electric motor, which would be more powerful, and quicker, than the battery-operated one in this. (4 - "C" batteries, not included). The result is a tiny cup of loose, watery "pop"(?) This is a terrible, terrible product. Neither fun, nor makes a quality Slurpee. It's rated for ages 8 - 12, but I don't think kids of any age, younger, or even older than that, would be happy with this machine.
Instead, just give them the $20, and let them use it on a summer's worth of trips to 7-11 to get the real thing!
I recall having a machine similar to that as a child.... it spent all its time in the back of the cupboard!
Too bad! I love Slurpees and it would have been fun and money saving to make my own.
Soulds like somebody had a good idea, but it was executed poorly. Thanks.
We couldn't even get ours to work. We gave up after a couple of tries and now it's sitting in the basement collecting dust.
Thats to bad that it didn't work. Disappointment for the kids when they find out something they wanted doesn't pan out!