Top positive reviewSee all 240 positive reviewsYou've read a million reviews of this thing by now so this one probably won't tell you anything you don't already suspect about the DM2000, but here goes...First of all, the shaved ice is absolutely perfect. Imagine one of those early spring days when you wake up in Telluride and it's been snowing all night. You get up to the top of the mountain and the snow is an absolutely perfect powdery consistency, but you could easily pack it into a snowball if you wanted to. That's what this machine makes. The word perfect doesn't even quite do it justice. We need a new word like "spectoobular" or something. The ice is shaved spectoobularly. This means that not only does it make excellent frozen adult beverages, but it also makes wonderful sno-cones. In fact I ordered this thing last summer and got it right before my daughter's birthday party. We fired up the DM2000 and used it to make a big bowl of spectoobular shaved ice. Scooped the ice onto paper sno-cone thingees, and dumped some sno-cone flavoring on them and they were a huge hit.

I'm telling you, the DM2000 sno-cone abilities are polling very high in the "Under-6 Living In My House" demographic as well as all her friends.Second, the machine itself is just fun to use at parties. Our sad social existence suddenly turned into a very full dance card when we bought this thing. All the invitations we receive say some variation of "Please come to our awesome backyard Hawaiian luau. And make sure you bring the DM2000 or you're not invited." margaritaville blender dm1250But hey, we're at the party so that's all that matters.ninja kitchen system pulse blender 66740A few minor gripes that you've no-doubt read many times already: This thing is no picnic to clean once the party is over. hamilton beach 51110 bebe single serve blender reviews

It isn't difficult by any means, but it takes awhile. You should let the brain freeze and/or tequila headache subside first. There's a lot of disassembly that has to happen and lots of things to clean. Not a big deal, but I wanted to mention it so you don't come back here and yell at me for not warning you. I'm really sensitive that way.Secondly, the DM2000 is huge. I mean in relation to average kitchen cabinets. We use it on the island in the kitchen or out on the outdoor kitchen on the back patio, but we simply don't have a decent place to store it when we're done. omega blender reviews bl440sIt won't fit in any of our cabinets and it would take up a lot of space to leave it sitting out on the counter all the time. oster milkshake mixer 6627 manualI highly recommend buying the Margaritaville AD1200 Universal Travel Bag Fits DM0500, NBMGDM0900, DM1000 & DM2000 Series to go with it. hamilton beach 91515 commercial blender

The bag fits it perfectly, looks great, and is super convenient for moving it around or for storing it somewhere other than the kitchen if you don't have enough space.And the other thing I have to comment on is even less of a big deal -- the recipes in the included book make pretty weak margaritas. But put that squarely in the "great problem to have" category as far as I'm concerned! We need to keep making more margaritas to dial in our recipe? The recipes from the book certainly taste okay, they just don't have enough "octane" if you know what I mean. A little spoiler for you: If you're making the 3-drink version of the Perfect Margarita recipe from the book, add 2+ extra ounces of tequila and an extra ounce of triple sec, and you're just about right on the money perfect.Also don't forget that this thing will eat through ice like a great white shark eating through a floating whale carcass. It will quickly go through all the ice in your house no matter how big the fancy ice dispenser in your awesome refrigerator is.

It will go through all the ice in your neighbor's refrigerators. It will deplete all the ice from a medium-sized glacier...okay maybe not. Just do yourself a favor and go grab a few bags of ice before you crank up the machine. Trust me on this. Top critical reviewSee all 32 critical reviews TopMost recentShow all reviewsPerfect sno-cone ice machine that also makes wonderful frozen adult beveragesYou've read a million reviews of this thing by now so this one probably won't tell you anything you don't already suspect about the DM2000, but here goes...I highly recommend buying the Margaritaville AD1200 Universal Travel Bag Fits DM0500, NBMGDM0900, DM1000 & DM2000 Series to go with it. Trust me on this.GREAT Customer ServiceI didn't want to ding this great product because of thisI absolutely love, love... was very excited to open my new FCM and enjoy a little piece of heavenLove it but hardly used it and the plastic rim ...No exactly as advertisedBetter than the restHandy DandyBeautiful machine, works great.←Previous...