You didn't use the $35 ice cream scoop as designed. I watched the designer's video. You are supposed to place the fat end of the handle in the palm of your hand and push with the heel of your hand.
He didn't :( BUT it says a lot about how good the product is if he still considers it effective even if he didn't use it correctly and it still be better than the others :D
Well it did demonstrate the issue with how you're supposed to use it. Once the ice cream gets low, it's hard to use it as designed. I own it (wedding gift) and for the first few scoops from a container it's amazing! As it gets lower, you have to use it a little more traditionally and it's not much better than the 2nd most expensive.
It seems the 35 dollar scoop was at a disadvantage based on your scooping technique. I understand you want to get a good shot for the camera but it looks to be designed so you thrust it in from above using your entire arm's force and then scoop the ice cream out of a container that is stable and flat on the table. I'd like to see another with the antifreeze liquid filled, heated, and don't do the scooping in the same order as before. Then a throwdown, the top two of this round, top two of each other round, and just getting ice cream over a series of days, and not all in one shot. The final throwdown can be like the revisit episodes you do where you revisit products months later.
@@bloodman098 I'm not the professional reviewer, James White is. Scientific or not the product should be rated on it's merits by using it according to it's directions. I'm concerned the product was not reviewed fairly and I think Midnight Scoop is as well considering their messages on this video. Would you say a motor boat that you only paddle with oars isn't a good boat because the motor didn't do its job when you didn't even try to use it? No you'd actually use the motor, and then if it failed to perform you would complain about it.
@@bloodman098 it might be just an ice cream scoop, but how can you give a product a bad review when you can't even follow the directions on how it's supposed to be used?! There are too many "review" channels on TH-cam for this kind of bullshit and i'm sick of people just letting it go! Why should we give his opinions any merit when he can't be bothered to research anything or learn how to use a product that he OBVIOUSLY feels entitled enough to voice his opinion on?! I miss the days when content creators actually had to take pride in their work. The days when quality content and dedication to their craft was how we measured success. But maybe I'm just old fashioned
Okay like I said if you don't like his review you can do it yourself or better yet just not watch this channel. He's literally reviewing icecream scoops and you two are bitching about how he didn't read the directions or didn't use them properly. This has to be the absolute dumbest argument I've ever had with someone. Bitching about a video and or a Creator and how they review a product because they didn't do it to your standards is probably the dumbest thing you can do even if this video wasn't about something as trivial as icecream scoops. If you really want a better more scientific review on something this clearly isn't the channel. This platform is huge I guarantee you'll find a better channel with more dedicated people reviewing items. If you still can't then make your own review. That's the problem with people now a days they just bitch about how something isn't up to their current standards and don't fucking do anything about it.
@@bloodman098 He read the directions, and then he uses it wrong. I think it's fair to call him out on that. Also, you're the one bent out of shape over a comment that's 2 weeks old. You probably didn't even read where I said, "I understand you want to get a good shot for the camera." I know how difficult is is to be a content creator, so yes, this is the dumbest argument you've ever had with someone because you didn't have to say anything in the first place. But you did. And now I get to piss you off even more by telling you why my opinion is just as valid as yours. Isn't the internet great?
Even cold water for a moment, does wonders. I did professional ice cream scooping and I would dip the scooper is cool running water between each order.
James, I really appreciate your reviews. Your much better than others. My only critique is your testing environment. BLACK background, BLACK table, BLACK dish, even the handles of many of the scoops are BLACK. Everything seems to disappear into themselves. But I really love yours and Brandon's reviews.
Tech Nicholls , I find I kind of like the black background and environment, because it focuses attention on what’s important. To each their own, though. Meant no disrespect. Just another viewpoint. Have a great rest of the week!
Maybe the most pointless critique ever. The background has zero to do with the actual testing of the product. It’s the equivalent of telling a pilot your only critique of his flying is his haircut.
I have the midnight ice cream scoop and love it. I got it last year for Mother’s Day. After you throw out several ice cream scoops, the $35 price is not too bad. It does have a lifetime warranty and the company has an excellent customer service record.
I do agree with your ranking but i did notice that you did not use the 35 dollar as per the instructions. It is designed to be pushed from the back not actually scooped like the kitchenaid. Keep up the great videos.
Same here. My parent's own 2 different Ice Cream scoops that are the same style but different brands. The thing about them is that their at least 20+ years old and still working well. They both probably costed somewhere between $5-$10 when we got them.
I think you have to factor in whether they are plated or solid as well. Plated scoops lose their shine quickly and become rough and nasty. Longevity is an issue too.
Definitely, I don't want a cheap one that flakes off into my kids ice cream. I also want it to be solid so I can just throw it in the dishwasher. The ones with rubber/plastic handles tend to get water inside the handle after washing in the dishwasher or if it's in a sink full of water while hand washing dishes. It's pretty gross. I'm going to give the expensive one a try because I have wrist/thumb problems and it doesn't seem to have a handle that will harbor dirt/germs.
@@jennywren76 Another commenter recommended Zeroll as most commercial shops uses them and many of the scoops are entirely made of one material. It's a much more inexpensive brand roughly at a 3rd of the cost of the expensive one.
It really irks me that most of the stuff I've seen the Farberware name on lately is just crap. Farberware had always been one of my top brands for cookware and utensils. Now, they're just a joke.
I still use a ton of Farberware products, but have to absolutely agree. Had a brand new manual can opener I bought 2 months ago... the whole turning handle broke off within 2 weeks. Thankfully I have an old solid metal one that we've have for over 25 years and still works.
I'm glad someone else saw the same thing... This really annoyed me as he literally starts by showing the box and explaining this is to be used with "large muscle groups" and then completely ignores this. The equivalent of let's say reviewing a katana and then using it as a butter knife... Not the best analogy, but you get where we're going with this. Sorry, I call this a bad review when your main purpose was to highlight cheap vs engineered.
Thank you for this! Yes, our scoop is meant to be pushed. We have instructions included in our packaging and it's also mentioned on the exterior of the box. We are trying to make it more obvious but it's an uphill battle!
Love your reviews, but while you mentioned the "proper" technique for using the $35 scoop, you used it just like every other scoop. It is designed to be pushed not pulled. I realize you did to benefit the viewer, but you can't critique the scooper when you didn't use it the way it was designed. Just sayin' and keep the videos coming!! Maybe do a re-shoot using the proper technique and a showdown between the $35 scooper and the Cutco $49 scooper. Thanks!!
I'm the sort of person that doesn't mind investing a little in a product that'll last me a long time. That $35 one looks like one solid piece and performed noticeably faster and easier than the kitchen aid. Not only that it did seem to sit in your hand better. It's obvious you don't need to use hot water with it or any other sort of trick and it even kinda seems like the sort of thing you'd eventually pass down, almost like a good set of cast iron skillets. It may seem silly to think such things, yet I'm sure we've all had some little thing passed down to us from relatives that's been kept around simply because it works super well. I've never liked the idea of electric scoops, having to warm the scoop, etc or having to wait for my ice cream to soften and I'm more than happy to spend $35 once on an item that'll last a lifetime if it works as well as it did here and is as solidly made as it appears to be. So many items these days seem to be cheaply made trash that you replace every couple of years at most or you just end up suffering through them having worn down and work less well, that $35 scoop does not seem to be one of those.
All you need to eat ice cream: 1. Subscription to Netflix 2. Pint of ice cream 3. a spoon. For a bonus: a kitchen towel to wrap the pint to keep your hands from getting cold and wet. ( if the ice cream lasts that long!!!!
You used the 35$ one wrong... it explicitly said, that you need to Push it in to the ice cream. Use large muscles, save wrist. Not "pull" like you did. That's why it has the narrow tip in the front etc.
I’m a 71+ year old woman and I have to tell you that I have your lowest rated opener (mine is two-tone lime green) and I can open really, really tight soda bottle caps with mine. I just move my hand up to where the lid fits and it works. Also, I have a small hand and some openers are just too wide. Only once did I have to ask my hubby to open a pop bottle - and even he couldn’t - so he went for the channel locks - worked like a charm. I need to remember that when he’s not around. And since I’ve become so wordy I will also say that I can open almost anything if I just give the top a couple whacks in the floor or counter - breaks the seal and all is well. I just discovered your reviews and I love them - you do a super job! Thanks.
I'd always used a spoon to scoop my ice cream, until I moved in with my husband. I'll say I do enjoy using a scoop. It's less labor intensive and my spoons aren't constantly getting bent. But I feel like the scoop compacts the ice cream so much that more looks like less. I go through the container way faster now. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 😋
When IKEA first opened in the US back in the early 1980s, I bought a $1 ice cream scoop from them. It's the kind with the antifreeze in the handle that transfers heat from your hand to the bowl of the spoon section. Best $1 I ever spent. Still using it. Running it under some warm water to give it a head start helps.
My first job was also working at an ice cream shop! I ended up marrying a guy who scoops ice cream with a spoon and it drives me crazy! I know it sounds nuts, but scooped ice cream just tastes better! Oh, I have your $35 scoop beat! I have the Pampered Chef scoop and it is the absolute best! It's got liquid in the handle which heats up the scoop to melt the ice cream as you scoop it. The best ice cream scoop you'll ever own. I've seen knock offs but none of them are as good as the one from PC. I can't remember how much I paid for it but I'm pretty sure it was more than $35. Everything from there is very pricey (but it's worth it) I've had that ice cream scoop for over 15 years, still works like new.
There's a local ice cream chain where I live that sells their own, signature ice cream scoop for about $20. It's dense and sturdy like that $35 scoop, but the handle has a hollow core that's filled with a gel. Maybe it's the gel that makes it an incredibly smooth scoop!
the scoops shaped like the dollar store and the kitchenaid scoops are meant to scoop on the side of the scoop not the front. the second scoop should also be from the side the bar is on that pushes it out. you should run them under water and dip regularly for easy scooping. you should know these things having worked at an ice cream place. my dad was a soda jerk in the 50's, he taught me how to scoop ice cream.
I had, key word Had, that Farberware one a few years back, it's a p.o.s to be 100% honest. The quick release never released and jammed up every time. Love the videos James! Go KNIGHTS!
The two with the lever action sweepers, are dishers, not ice cream scoops. They’re designed for things like mashed potatoes, or thick puddings and stuff that’s already soft. Not frozen ice cream. Why people insist on using them for ice cream scoops is beyond me.
I LOVE my KitchenAid can opener. They’re a company that really knows how to make kitchen gadgets and appliances. There’s a reason everyone’s mom owns a KitchenAid stand mixer.
I have an all aluminum scoop that came with my shake maker years ago. It’s very similar to the KitchenAid one. Fat handle, easy grip, one piece casting. I always warm mine up cuts like butter!
Most "professional scoopers" I see use scoops similar to your top 3, but they all grab thin slivers of ice cream and use the scoop to form it into a ball, not do the at home get as much as you can in one pass way. As a self proclaimed professional scooper, you should have made an attempt to do it the right way (yes it's harder with a small bucket of ice cream than the 5 or 10 gallon buckets...)
Although excessive, I think you should have one whole thing of ice cream for each scoop and take them out of the freezer one by one for each test. Ice cream melts fast, and it gets softer by the second.
I've had this happen with several cheap ice cream scoops, either right after purchase or several months down the line. They use cheap 'pot metal' shafts, and it fatigues easily, and eventually just snaps. I switched to the slightly more expensive ($10-12) scoops, and never had the problem again.
I have this rare icecream scoop that works like a dream. It like a clamp that you hold tight, scoop that got a sharp but blunt edge, you scoop and when your done you pull the to handles apart. Its dope!
I have old scoop that has some sort of gel in the handle that is supposed to transfer heat from your hand to the ice cream. No flexibility in the handle at all. BUT, after many runs through the dishwasher, the outside gets a coating on it that comes onto the ice cream. I can wipe it with a paper towel, and towel comes off dirty gray. How does the Kitchen Aid or the Amazon scoop stand up to repeated dishwasher trips?
I have a similar ice cream scooper to the kitchen aid one except the metal isn’t shiny. I dip the scooper in some water and it glides right through the ice cream like butter.
I have one I bought at a grocery store about 10 years ago that works well because it's pointed on the end so enters the ice cream pretty easily. Think it was in the "good cooks" line but could be mistaken.
While still a decent brand. They’ve gone way way down hill over the past decade. They have some great stuff but a lot of it is just meh now. And they have some absolute stinkers. This isn’t the kitchen aid my grandma use to use.
They're all being made in China now, same with Farberware. Almost everything is made in China now and the quality, or rather lack thereof, has suffered greatly.
Great review. Was wondering if you could do a follow up on how the finish holds up. Never had any finish last long on one. Maybe let us know when you do the other scoop video
I have an earlier version of the kitchen aid scoop. We’ve had ours for about 7 years. I noticed a few years ago the scoop started getting pock marks or bumps in the scoop metal. It is a great scooper but I’ve been planning on getting a new scoop, so great time for this video to come out!
My family has always used a zeroll 1012 with the warming oil inside. (often called antifreeze) They have been used for literal decades since my great great grandmother's diner. They last through everything and have been dropped, beat up, hammered, and washed half a billion times. We have two and the size 12 is our favorite and a quick shake to get your body heat to the oil quickly lets you scoop hard ice cream and sinks into it like clay.
Whatever icecream shop this guy worked at did not teach him how to scoop icecream. You're supposed to scoop thin layers and let the scoop roll it into a ball, not take chunks out at a time. He's digging like he's about to bury his dead hamster
I have an ice cream scoop that's pretty basic but it has "ice cream melting liquid" in it. I would like to know whether or not the liquid works or if it's just a gimmick
You didn't push the 35 dollar one like your supposed to. Also it wasnt a fair text because of time of scoops after starting to melt and because of amount in tub. It think you should redo this test. Each one get a new tub out of the freezer to scoop the top of the ice cream
I got one like they use in most ice cream shops at a restaurant supply. No plastic handle or seams and if you warm it under hot water it works just like they do in shops where they do the same thing.
Desert spoon every time, I bought a scoop once and used it once, since then only ever leaves the drawer when I clean the drawer. Must remember to throw it out next time I clean the drawer.
Had the Farberware scoop. Lasted three scoopings. Plastic broke on the easy release thing, even the metal bar came out, and the scoop head was about to break off too.
I ended up looking for ice cream scoops a couple months ago. Ended up getting a gas coolant self-release scoop for $10AUD ($7USD), and it's the best scoop we've ever used. Easy to scoop, easy to create ice cream balls, and self-releases.
The biggest criticism I’ve had on ice cream scoops is that when serving a family, the ice cream doesn’t release from the scoop after it’s been used a while. Rinsing with hot water helps, but the heated or liquid filled get the job done quicker.
We have 2 styles of ice cream scoops at home. One is a similar style to your dollar-store special, but with a stout wooden handle (it was a wedding present 35+ years ago, and is still my favorite); the other (also a gift, but more recent) has a pliers-type handle, and the scooping end is in 2 sections which fit together puzzle-piece-style when the handle is gripped closed. I'd like to see something similar in design to that 2nd scoop of mine in an "Ice Cream Scoops Part 2".
Unmentioned are the old Gilchrist scoops from 100 years ago. They are the best quick releases ever made! For manual scooping, it helps to immerse the scoop in hot water to heat up before using
So happy to see this review! Excellent! I’d love to see you review old timey gadgets, too. Hit up eBay or thrift stores to explore old gadgets no longer in production.
In the future if you are going to do something like ice cream that gets easier and more melted over time it would be nice if you reversed the order on the second ice cream so that the most expensive was going first.
My fam and I use a generic scooper we got at a restaurant supply store (Cash n Carry), and it does the job pretty well. We'll use a spoon in a pinch though.
I worked before in a restaurant. The chefs used a non stick scoop the price is 7.50 on Amazon. Put to hot water before to use and your job is easier whit this. Do not try to grab a whole ball. Just create little shavings like a roll inside the icecream scoop and it is will be make a ball shape. Ok, for this need a little practice but who are eat often icecream is quickly realize how it works. Easy can do for a chef because a chef many times to do it daily. The safety shoes tests are great. So informative about which shoe never by. Thx.
I have a KitchenAid ice cream scoop and has always been my favorite. Definitely works really well. I've also had a faberware one that the release mechanism broke in just a couple uses.
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Should have done reverse order for second test because the ice cream melts.
I filmed a third round, which I didn't include here for the sake of time, going in reverse order. The results didn't change.
Freakin' Reviews Good to know!!!
I was thinking the same thing. I feel like there first scoops are the hardest.
@@Freakinreviews I wondered if the un-penetrated ice cream would allow for easier scooping. I'm glad to know you did everything in reverse order.
@@Freakinreviews I was thinking put your freezer down as cold as it goes too. Then again, -5 º is pretty cold
You didn't use the $35 ice cream scoop as designed. I watched the designer's video. You are supposed to place the fat end of the handle in the palm of your hand and push with the heel of your hand.
Yeah I could tell by watching him that he wasn't using it as designed.
Ya, I just watched the designer video. It must be annoying to be reviewed by some asshole who didn't even use your product right.
@@john.jeremywilliams2241 so he is an asshole because he used a ice cream scoop in a less efficient way? okay lmao
He didn't :( BUT it says a lot about how good the product is if he still considers it effective even if he didn't use it correctly and it still be better than the others :D
Well it did demonstrate the issue with how you're supposed to use it. Once the ice cream gets low, it's hard to use it as designed. I own it (wedding gift) and for the first few scoops from a container it's amazing! As it gets lower, you have to use it a little more traditionally and it's not much better than the 2nd most expensive.
The fastest way to scoop out ice cream is to give the pint to a kid, and watch them dig out the entire cup in seconds with only their hands.
And watch them lick the bucket/cup clean.
@please do not read my username it's a joke kid
Gross.
Too funny
I like that you take into account the cost
I was hoping to see the $35 to be used as it was supposed too. Pushed and not pulled through.
He also should have also grabbed it by the end of the handle for pushing leverage.
My friend invented the midnight scoop and you are supposed to push it with your palm
that is not ice cream shop technique
The Miltonguy that is average human technique though :P
That's "shoppe" you intern
You are right
He explicitly said this is for home use, not professional. He scooped it like most people would.
They use a spoon dipped in hot water right
It seems the 35 dollar scoop was at a disadvantage based on your scooping technique. I understand you want to get a good shot for the camera but it looks to be designed so you thrust it in from above using your entire arm's force and then scoop the ice cream out of a container that is stable and flat on the table.
I'd like to see another with the antifreeze liquid filled, heated, and don't do the scooping in the same order as before.
Then a throwdown, the top two of this round, top two of each other round, and just getting ice cream over a series of days, and not all in one shot.
The final throwdown can be like the revisit episodes you do where you revisit products months later.
Bro, it's an ice cream scoop calm down. Or do it yourself, either way it was clearly just a fun review he even said it's not scientific
@@bloodman098 I'm not the professional reviewer, James White is. Scientific or not the product should be rated on it's merits by using it according to it's directions. I'm concerned the product was not reviewed fairly and I think Midnight Scoop is as well considering their messages on this video.
Would you say a motor boat that you only paddle with oars isn't a good boat because the motor didn't do its job when you didn't even try to use it? No you'd actually use the motor, and then if it failed to perform you would complain about it.
@@bloodman098 it might be just an ice cream scoop, but how can you give a product a bad review when you can't even follow the directions on how it's supposed to be used?! There are too many "review" channels on TH-cam for this kind of bullshit and i'm sick of people just letting it go!
Why should we give his opinions any merit when he can't be bothered to research anything or learn how to use a product that he OBVIOUSLY feels entitled enough to voice his opinion on?!
I miss the days when content creators actually had to take pride in their work. The days when quality content and dedication to their craft was how we measured success. But maybe I'm just old fashioned
Okay like I said if you don't like his review you can do it yourself or better yet just not watch this channel. He's literally reviewing icecream scoops and you two are bitching about how he didn't read the directions or didn't use them properly. This has to be the absolute dumbest argument I've ever had with someone. Bitching about a video and or a Creator and how they review a product because they didn't do it to your standards is probably the dumbest thing you can do even if this video wasn't about something as trivial as icecream scoops. If you really want a better more scientific review on something this clearly isn't the channel. This platform is huge I guarantee you'll find a better channel with more dedicated people reviewing items. If you still can't then make your own review. That's the problem with people now a days they just bitch about how something isn't up to their current standards and don't fucking do anything about it.
@@bloodman098 He read the directions, and then he uses it wrong. I think it's fair to call him out on that.
Also, you're the one bent out of shape over a comment that's 2 weeks old. You probably didn't even read where I said, "I understand you want to get a good shot for the camera." I know how difficult is is to be a content creator, so yes, this is the dumbest argument you've ever had with someone because you didn't have to say anything in the first place. But you did. And now I get to piss you off even more by telling you why my opinion is just as valid as yours. Isn't the internet great?
all my ice cream will taste salty if I paid $35 for the spoon to scoop it out with
omfg lmfao awesome comment
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Add caramel and u got yourself a double flavor icecream
I would put the scoop in a cup of hot water for a few minutes then use it and it works great!
Even cold water for a moment, does wonders. I did professional ice cream scooping and I would dip the scooper is cool running water between each order.
Warm milk do wonders for me
Definitely
I sit my scoop in hot running water for a minute or so between each scoop
He did mention it but he was trying to see how they do without it
James, I really appreciate your reviews. Your much better than others. My only critique is your testing environment. BLACK background, BLACK table, BLACK dish, even the handles of many of the scoops are BLACK. Everything seems to disappear into themselves.
But I really love yours and Brandon's reviews.
Tech Nicholls , I find I kind of like the black background and environment, because it focuses attention on what’s important. To each their own, though. Meant no disrespect. Just another viewpoint. Have a great rest of the week!
Maybe the most pointless critique ever. The background has zero to do with the actual testing of the product. It’s the equivalent of telling a pilot your only critique of his flying is his haircut.
WOAH WHY YOU GOTTA BRING RACE INTO IT🤬😂
@@mookzmom All the qualifiers made your comment seem passive aggressive. I know you didn't mean it that way, just what it came off as.
I just soften the ice cream with my tears as I eat it sobbing on the toilet at 2am.
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Made my day
Same
So I'm not the only one?
I have the midnight ice cream scoop and love it. I got it last year for Mother’s Day. After you throw out several ice cream scoops, the $35 price is not too bad. It does have a lifetime warranty and the company has an excellent customer service record.
I have a similar one that I really like
I do agree with your ranking but i did notice that you did not use the 35 dollar as per the instructions. It is designed to be pushed from the back not actually scooped like the kitchenaid. Keep up the great videos.
I agree with this comment. The $35 scoop is designed to push, not pull.
$35 ice cream scooper??! Can't possibly justify that price haha. Love your vids and thanks
Id pay $35 for a good spoon.
For home use, no too much but for business maybe. Other wise just get a spoon and eat out of the container lol
Same here. My parent's own 2 different Ice Cream scoops that are the same style but different brands. The thing about them is that their at least 20+ years old and still working well. They both probably costed somewhere between $5-$10 when we got them.
Think about the wear and tear of the scooper, after just 17 to 18 billion scoops the cheaper ones would be worn out ...
@@goguhu lmfao
I think you have to factor in whether they are plated or solid as well. Plated scoops lose their shine quickly and become rough and nasty. Longevity is an issue too.
I would also factor their construction (solid, hollow, hollow with weight) and material (full stainless steel or part plastic)
Definitely, I don't want a cheap one that flakes off into my kids ice cream. I also want it to be solid so I can just throw it in the dishwasher. The ones with rubber/plastic handles tend to get water inside the handle after washing in the dishwasher or if it's in a sink full of water while hand washing dishes. It's pretty gross. I'm going to give the expensive one a try because I have wrist/thumb problems and it doesn't seem to have a handle that will harbor dirt/germs.
@@jennywren76 Another commenter recommended Zeroll as most commercial shops uses them and many of the scoops are entirely made of one material. It's a much more inexpensive brand roughly at a 3rd of the cost of the expensive one.
@@MrMega200 thanks for the tip!
It really irks me that most of the stuff I've seen the Farberware name on lately is just crap. Farberware had always been one of my top brands for cookware and utensils. Now, they're just a joke.
Eric Brunhammer I totally agree!!
I still use a ton of Farberware products, but have to absolutely agree. Had a brand new manual can opener I bought 2 months ago... the whole turning handle broke off within 2 weeks. Thankfully I have an old solid metal one that we've have for over 25 years and still works.
A better review he says and then goes on to use the ergonomic ice cream scoop that's specifically made to be PUSHED, like you would use a regular one.
This bothered me. The $35 one was not meant to be pulled towards you.
I'm glad someone else saw the same thing... This really annoyed me as he literally starts by showing the box and explaining this is to be used with "large muscle groups" and then completely ignores this. The equivalent of let's say reviewing a katana and then using it as a butter knife... Not the best analogy, but you get where we're going with this. Sorry, I call this a bad review when your main purpose was to highlight cheap vs engineered.
@@mackenzie819 "Lets swing this katana with a backhand slice"
Thank you for this! Yes, our scoop is meant to be pushed. We have instructions included in our packaging and it's also mentioned on the exterior of the box. We are trying to make it more obvious but it's an uphill battle!
@@MidnightKitchenTools how about a big 'right way/wrong way' infographic insert that you can't avoid seeing when you open the package?
For the mint chocolate chip, you should have started with the $35 one and worked your way back.
I agree
I agree. James did reply to a similar comment, saying he did several off camera tests, including using the reverse order, and results didn't change.
I’m 67 years old, ice cream is my favorite food, and I’ve never scooped ice cream while sitting down. No wonder you had trouble!
Love your reviews, but while you mentioned the "proper" technique for using the $35 scoop, you used it just like every other scoop. It is designed to be pushed not pulled. I realize you did to benefit the viewer, but you can't critique the scooper when you didn't use it the way it was designed. Just sayin' and keep the videos coming!! Maybe do a re-shoot using the proper technique and a showdown between the $35 scooper and the Cutco $49 scooper. Thanks!!
I'm the sort of person that doesn't mind investing a little in a product that'll last me a long time. That $35 one looks like one solid piece and performed noticeably faster and easier than the kitchen aid. Not only that it did seem to sit in your hand better.
It's obvious you don't need to use hot water with it or any other sort of trick and it even kinda seems like the sort of thing you'd eventually pass down, almost like a good set of cast iron skillets. It may seem silly to think such things, yet I'm sure we've all had some little thing passed down to us from relatives that's been kept around simply because it works super well.
I've never liked the idea of electric scoops, having to warm the scoop, etc or having to wait for my ice cream to soften and I'm more than happy to spend $35 once on an item that'll last a lifetime if it works as well as it did here and is as solidly made as it appears to be.
So many items these days seem to be cheaply made trash that you replace every couple of years at most or you just end up suffering through them having worn down and work less well, that $35 scoop does not seem to be one of those.
All you need to eat ice cream: 1. Subscription to Netflix 2. Pint of ice cream 3. a spoon. For a bonus: a kitchen towel to wrap the pint to keep your hands from getting cold and wet. ( if the ice cream lasts that long!!!!
You literally just described my weekends lol
Why use a towel, when you can flip over the lid and hold it on the bottom (bonus: more sturdy when setting it next to you on the bed.....er...couch).
Your "professional" scooping technique could use some work.
I was waiting for this comment. Congratulations!
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Your sense of humor needs alot of work
The Judge there’s a wiener in every comment section, even with a chill dude comparing ice cream scoops. Never change, TH-cam!
@@GeddyRC Yeah but he's still right...
Cup of hot water is key here. Even a spoon will do after that.
I take the path of least resistance. Put the tub of ice cream in the microwave for 30 seconds & it comes out the perfect consistency for scooping.
You used the 35$ one wrong... it explicitly said, that you need to Push it in to the ice cream. Use large muscles, save wrist. Not "pull" like you did. That's why it has the narrow tip in the front etc.
I’m a 71+ year old woman and I have to tell you that I have your lowest rated opener (mine is two-tone lime green) and I can open really, really tight soda bottle caps with mine. I just move my hand up to where the lid fits and it works. Also, I have a small hand and some openers are just too wide. Only once did I have to ask my hubby to open a pop bottle - and even he couldn’t - so he went for the channel locks - worked like a charm. I need to remember that when he’s not around. And since I’ve become so wordy I will also say that I can open almost anything if I just give the top a couple whacks in the floor or counter - breaks the seal and all is well. I just discovered your reviews and I love them - you do a super job! Thanks.
I think the $35 one would be a great wedding present, partly because of the packaging.
Maybe i'm just cheap but a spoon works just fine to me. Already have one and functions as a scoop.
Barbarian! 😲
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I'd always used a spoon to scoop my ice cream, until I moved in with my husband. I'll say I do enjoy using a scoop. It's less labor intensive and my spoons aren't constantly getting bent. But I feel like the scoop compacts the ice cream so much that more looks like less. I go through the container way faster now.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. 😋
When IKEA first opened in the US back in the early 1980s, I bought a $1 ice cream scoop from them. It's the kind with the antifreeze in the handle that transfers heat from your hand to the bowl of the spoon section. Best $1 I ever spent. Still using it. Running it under some warm water to give it a head start helps.
My first job was also working at an ice cream shop! I ended up marrying a guy who scoops ice cream with a spoon and it drives me crazy! I know it sounds nuts, but scooped ice cream just tastes better!
Oh, I have your $35 scoop beat! I have the Pampered Chef scoop and it is the absolute best! It's got liquid in the handle which heats up the scoop to melt the ice cream as you scoop it. The best ice cream scoop you'll ever own. I've seen knock offs but none of them are as good as the one from PC. I can't remember how much I paid for it but I'm pretty sure it was more than $35. Everything from there is very pricey (but it's worth it) I've had that ice cream scoop for over 15 years, still works like new.
Ditto! I have 2 vintage PC scoops with the antifreeze in the handle that are going strong after many uses!
There's a local ice cream chain where I live that sells their own, signature ice cream scoop for about $20. It's dense and sturdy like that $35 scoop, but the handle has a hollow core that's filled with a gel. Maybe it's the gel that makes it an incredibly smooth scoop!
Someone said IKEA sells one for $1 with antifreeze in the handle which sounds like this one
Well of course the last ones were better, the ice cream got softer towards the end, next time start the expensive ones first
the scoops shaped like the dollar store and the kitchenaid scoops are meant to scoop on the side of the scoop not the front. the second scoop should also be from the side the bar is on that pushes it out. you should run them under water and dip regularly for easy scooping. you should know these things having worked at an ice cream place. my dad was a soda jerk in the 50's, he taught me how to scoop ice cream.
I'm 39, and I just bought my first ice cream scoop for my little girl. Of course she ignored it and grabbed a spoon.
😂 typical
It's 6 am and I'm watching this guy review ice cream scoops
I had, key word Had, that Farberware one a few years back, it's a p.o.s to be 100% honest. The quick release never released and jammed up every time. Love the videos James! Go KNIGHTS!
The two with the lever action sweepers, are dishers, not ice cream scoops. They’re designed for things like mashed potatoes, or thick puddings and stuff that’s already soft. Not frozen ice cream.
Why people insist on using them for ice cream scoops is beyond me.
The whole time I was thinking...EAT THE ICE CREAM!
My husband and I have a Kitchen Aid Ice Scoop and we love it. It always scoops out the ice cream without having to let it soften.
Tell me you didn't waste all that gorgeous ice cream!!!
I LOVE my KitchenAid can opener. They’re a company that really knows how to make kitchen gadgets and appliances. There’s a reason everyone’s mom owns a KitchenAid stand mixer.
Ive has the farberware one before and watching this is horrible flashbacks lol hard to scoop and that quick release thing in the scoop broken off.
I don’t need an ice cream scoop when I just eat a whole tub in one sitting.
I have an all aluminum scoop that came with my shake maker years ago.
It’s very similar to the KitchenAid one. Fat handle, easy grip, one piece casting.
I always warm mine up cuts like butter!
Most "professional scoopers" I see use scoops similar to your top 3, but they all grab thin slivers of ice cream and use the scoop to form it into a ball, not do the at home get as much as you can in one pass way. As a self proclaimed professional scooper, you should have made an attempt to do it the right way (yes it's harder with a small bucket of ice cream than the 5 or 10 gallon buckets...)
Your scooping technique makes me question your claims of professional scooper, sir.
Try out the Cutco $49 ice cream scoop. It glides with no trouble without having to heat it up or any other trick.
Wow $35 for a icecream scoop not me, that's crazy! I love your reviews!
Although excessive, I think you should have one whole thing of ice cream for each scoop and take them out of the freezer one by one for each test. Ice cream melts fast, and it gets softer by the second.
My dollar store scoop snapped in half first scoop.
I've had this happen with several cheap ice cream scoops, either right after purchase or several months down the line. They use cheap 'pot metal' shafts, and it fatigues easily, and eventually just snaps. I switched to the slightly more expensive ($10-12) scoops, and never had the problem again.
I have this rare icecream scoop that works like a dream. It like a clamp that you hold tight, scoop that got a sharp but blunt edge, you scoop and when your done you pull the to handles apart. Its dope!
Oi, Kane! I guess it was all downhill after C&C Generals?
I have old scoop that has some sort of gel in the handle that is supposed to transfer heat from your hand to the ice cream. No flexibility in the handle at all. BUT, after many runs through the dishwasher, the outside gets a coating on it that comes onto the ice cream. I can wipe it with a paper towel, and towel comes off dirty gray. How does the Kitchen Aid or the Amazon scoop stand up to repeated dishwasher trips?
I just run a spoon under hot water.
I have a similar ice cream scooper to the kitchen aid one except the metal isn’t shiny. I dip the scooper in some water and it glides right through the ice cream like butter.
I really want mint choc chip now 😥
You should have tested the 35 dollar one the way the box explained not using the wrist like all the other ones
Try and do a shot of beer every time he says "scoop." XD Great video!
I have one I bought at a grocery store about 10 years ago that works well because it's pointed on the end so enters the ice cream pretty easily. Think it was in the "good cooks" line but could be mistaken.
Kitchen Aid sounds like a good brand.
Kitchen Aid it the most expensive brand where I'm from, but it's the best.
While still a decent brand. They’ve gone way way down hill over the past decade. They have some great stuff but a lot of it is just meh now. And they have some absolute stinkers. This isn’t the kitchen aid my grandma use to use.
They're all being made in China now, same with Farberware. Almost everything is made in China now and the quality, or rather lack thereof, has suffered greatly.
Who knew some people don’t know how to scoop ice scream....
Wow. Ice cream is expensive. Now the scoop is, too.
Great review. Was wondering if you could do a follow up on how the finish holds up. Never had any finish last long on one. Maybe let us know when you do the other scoop video
you're supposed to let the ice cream soften just a bit, for optimum flavor
Teresa Fuller this guy ice creams.
thats not true at all. its so old people can eat it easier and so old people can scoop it easier. he isnt even scooping it correctly lol
You should have the scoops in a bowl of warm water, and give them a quick shake in the warm water after scooping.
Kitchen Aid ice cream scooper $10.99
*strength not included*
When cypher said put me back into the matrix i never would have guessed he would be doing such awesome product reviews
*Sorry i lost the will to live, half way through* ...
I have an earlier version of the kitchen aid scoop. We’ve had ours for about 7 years. I noticed a few years ago the scoop started getting pock marks or bumps in the scoop metal. It is a great scooper but I’ve been planning on getting a new scoop, so great time for this video to come out!
35 bones for a scoop/sex toy combo....winner!
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what place did you work where you got to sit down while scooping ice cream?
No one who can stand scoops sitting down!! 4:12 stop video and move on.
My family has always used a zeroll 1012 with the warming oil inside. (often called antifreeze) They have been used for literal decades since my great great grandmother's diner. They last through everything and have been dropped, beat up, hammered, and washed half a billion times. We have two and the size 12 is our favorite and a quick shake to get your body heat to the oil quickly lets you scoop hard ice cream and sinks into it like clay.
"I'm a professional"
*Proceeds to not dip the scoop in hot water like any normal person would*
Whatever icecream shop this guy worked at did not teach him how to scoop icecream. You're supposed to scoop thin layers and let the scoop roll it into a ball, not take chunks out at a time. He's digging like he's about to bury his dead hamster
If you dip scoop in hot water first m8t you better off
He did mention that at the end.
I have an ice cream scoop that's pretty basic but it has "ice cream melting liquid" in it.
I would like to know whether or not the liquid works or if it's just a gimmick
Anyone else just use a fork for hard ice cream
You didn't push the 35 dollar one like your supposed to. Also it wasnt a fair text because of time of scoops after starting to melt and because of amount in tub. It think you should redo this test. Each one get a new tub out of the freezer to scoop the top of the ice cream
I got one like they use in most ice cream shops at a restaurant supply. No plastic handle or seams and if you warm it under hot water it works just like they do in shops where they do the same thing.
Desert spoon every time, I bought a scoop once and used it once, since then only ever leaves the drawer when I clean the drawer. Must remember to throw it out next time I clean the drawer.
wow ucr really crafts amazing youtubers, both you & Remi Ashton are my favs
The best scoop I ever used was I think an old vintage thick steel scoop with a super good lever. Worked perfectly every single time.
Had the Farberware scoop. Lasted three scoopings. Plastic broke on the easy release thing, even the metal bar came out, and the scoop head was about to break off too.
I ended up looking for ice cream scoops a couple months ago. Ended up getting a gas coolant self-release scoop for $10AUD ($7USD), and it's the best scoop we've ever used.
Easy to scoop, easy to create ice cream balls, and self-releases.
The biggest criticism I’ve had on ice cream scoops is that when serving a family, the ice cream doesn’t release from the scoop after it’s been used a while. Rinsing with hot water helps, but the heated or liquid filled get the job done quicker.
We have 2 styles of ice cream scoops at home. One is a similar style to your dollar-store special, but with a stout wooden handle (it was a wedding present 35+ years ago, and is still my favorite); the other (also a gift, but more recent) has a pliers-type handle, and the scooping end is in 2 sections which fit together puzzle-piece-style when the handle is gripped closed. I'd like to see something similar in design to that 2nd scoop of mine in an "Ice Cream Scoops Part 2".
I'd say my wood-handled scoop is probably closest to the KitchenAid scoop you liked so much (although I'm sure it wasn't a KitchenAid).
Great review😁
Would you do a review for solar chargers that fit in pockets or back packs😊
7:32 saying so smooth whilst going gahh gahh!!!
Unmentioned are the old Gilchrist scoops from 100 years ago. They are the best quick releases ever made! For manual scooping, it helps to immerse the scoop in hot water to heat up before using
So happy to see this review! Excellent!
I’d love to see you review old timey gadgets, too. Hit up eBay or thrift stores to explore old gadgets no longer in production.
Have you ever been to Watsonville CA
In the future if you are going to do something like ice cream that gets easier and more melted over time it would be nice if you reversed the order on the second ice cream so that the most expensive was going first.
Two of those were portion scoops not ice cream scoops. I believe their package only said scoop anyway
My fam and I use a generic scooper we got at a restaurant supply store (Cash n Carry), and it does the job pretty well. We'll use a spoon in a pinch though.
I worked before in a restaurant. The chefs used a non stick scoop the price is 7.50 on Amazon. Put to hot water before to use and your job is easier whit this. Do not try to grab a whole ball. Just create little shavings like a roll inside the icecream scoop and it is will be make a ball shape. Ok, for this need a little practice but who are eat often icecream is quickly realize how it works. Easy can do for a chef because a chef many times to do it daily.
The safety shoes tests are great. So informative about which shoe never by. Thx.
I got that Farberware one. The quick release thing didn't work that great. And it broke after a year.
I have my grandma’s old icecream scoop from the 70s, it’s thick steel and it’s filled with mercury lol it’s probably horribly dangerous lol.
I have a KitchenAid ice cream scoop and has always been my favorite. Definitely works really well. I've also had a faberware one that the release mechanism broke in just a couple uses.