"Magic" Slushy Cups Compared: Do They Even Work?
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- Today I compare two "slushy cups" with different designs to see if they work and see how they compare.
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Overview
2:45 Test 1 - Chocolate Milk
7:53 Test 2 - Cola
11:48 Test 3 -Cranberry Juice
14:03 Conclusion
#slushy #zoku #frozendrink - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
into the cheesecake, with slightly juice agitation...
ah yes, modern poetry.
🤣🤣 I loved that part
I died 😹
"Do not go quietly into that good cheesecake "
That convoluted mishmash needs to be sent to Engrish.com - they specialize in fractured English.
Juan Barron I- almost spit out my drink
The frozen magic looks alot like a flesh-light. I know Im not the only one here thinking that.
Oh your not the only one, first thing I saw lol
Didn't think that, until i saw this comment.. But now, i cant unsee it
Yup
And with the milk in it ot looked like a poopy butthole
I'm just glad it was a woman who said it first
“Really isn’t that warm” and it’s almost 100 degrees outside
LOL must be a wussy east-coast guy. 100F is a NICE DAY in Vegas where this was recorded.
Probably has no humidity lmao
@@anonyninja7737 99 where I'm at in Louisiana has a real feel of 120, butttt it's because it's extremely humid here from being below sea level so much.
@@anonyninja7737 all perception my dude. I'm sure you'd hate the frozen winters on the east coast. As a Brit all you Americans are just built different when it comes to temp and distances lol.
Vegas is similar to here in Phoenix. In phoenix it gets above 110 pretty regularly. But tbh, the difference between the two isn't that noticeable to me as long as I have water, and you are gonna need to stay hydrated regardless. I'd rather 110 as opposed to cold winters. 👌
The frozen magic has the following advantages for speed:
* Thinner walls (less insulation between frozen gel and drink)
* Irregular shape (can help with forming ice)
* Higher surface area (a lot more liquid in contact with the cold stuff at once)
One more
-Embraces "creativity"
bonus compacted fleshlight
Precisely
Yoda: there is another.
Slush and shake has the following advantages:
Looks good
I love how even if the product seems really crappy you still give it a thorough review.
He's very professional. And funny!
I agree, he gives them the credit of really reviewing properly
That’s what’s great about his reviews
@land of Lincoln i think a long review video is good because we could see how he reviewed the product and we could give tips to him if he made any mistakes when reviewing
@land of Lincoln you can see the vid length before u watch. If you think it's excessive... Don't watch the whole thing.
I can totally see some "creative" soul use the Frozen Magic for something else 😂
Was thinking the same thing when I saw the inside
Perverts 😂
Took me a while to figure out what you were trying to say
why did i know what you meant within a second
Warm it up in the microwave and stick your hot chocolate in it to keep it warmer longer.
Chocolate probably wasn't the best choice for that first Slushy Cup visually, lmao.
@Evan no u
While watching this I threw ice in a blender, made 3 smoothies, and finished one
Can't go wrong with Blender slushies
Put a store bought concentrated juice in deep freezer for an hour slush ready made
The only problem with blender smoothies (depending on what kind you want) the ice dilutes the flavor. I just stick a can of coke in the freezer for about 4 hours (depends on the freezer) and boom! Perfect coke icee! Just have to open the can with a can opener lol
😂
@@fuunygurl10 just be careful XD with that can in the freezer dont know if it can explode but damn u dont want that
I think the green one might be faster because of the folds. They increase the surface area which transfers the cold faster into the liquid, thus freezing it faster. It could probably be improved if the folds could be flattened after the preparation.
I think that's it.
That's weird because with all of my folds I'm slower
Do they hold the same amount of liquid? The one looks larger - which would take longer to freeze.
@@lucidmagickminiatures freakin Reviews said that both hold one cup
additionally, the one without folds probably held more liquid which contained more heat that needed to be absorbed. Did you see how much they each held?
The Frozen magic has more surface area, that makes it freeze faster.
Came here to say the same, folds would annoy me but they do offer more surface area it makes sense why it is faster working.
That's what I was thinking too.
Yep, that was my thought as well.
I agree. I think it might also have a thinner more thermally conductive interface with the liquid.
Took me way to much scrolling to finally find this...
Owen Wilson "wow" at 4:31
You're welcome internet.
Holy crap that's dead on
Wow™
@Justin uh
I've owned a few versions of these and they all worked great if you followed directions. The liquid should be chilled and should also be sufficiently sweetened to crystallize properly. The Zoku is kind of a really expensive version of the Slush Mug which I've had and the Frozen Magic is a slightly different way to get more surface area to the liquid and is a very nice way of doing it compared to the Slushy Magic I had before which was little cubes that you'd freeze and use to make slush.
Over the years basically you learn to not use milk and to avoid things that may be 'low sugar' or 'sugar free'. Typically I will get super good results with fridge chilled juices or sodas or even normally sweetened sports drinks. As long as the liquid is rather cold, it will not take super long to make the slush, but if it's room temp it will take FOREVER and a lot of the chill will be taken off the cup trying to bring the temp. of the liquid down. One thing I've done if I want a slush and only had drinks that were sitting at room temp is chill it quickly with some ice to ensure quicker slushing.
i love this thorough review lmao thank u. now im an expert🤠
4:18 what the toilet sees before impact
I was thinking of yesterday's diaper
🤣
Noooooooo
"Before impact" are the best two words to describe that. I'm crying laughing.
I absolutely love the fact that I will waste hours upon hours watching reviews on products I’ve never wanted or knew existed.
I absolutely hate the fact...
What I hate is that they're all products that I've always avoided, but I continue willingly watch him spend money on them lmao.
"Really isn't that warm." 99 degrees.
That's desert life I guess. That's a furnace here in Minnesota.
99° is very, VERY pleasant weather for June. He’s in Las Vegas and I’m in Phoenix which is pretty similar in terms of heat. In Phoenix, we typically have 110°-115° in June. I would kill for 99° in June, that’s amazing.
Fortunately here in the Frozen North 99°F days are rare. And you can take all my share!
Anything above 75°F is too hot for me.
Before you call me a wuss ...
1) I dare you to walk 2 miles to work in sub-zero weather;
B) All my heat tolerance was used up in one summer in Palm Springs, CA.
Signed,
the polar bear
The outer sleeve does more than keeping your hands from getting cold. It traps air, insulating it. That why it took so long, when you remembered and put it on it started working.
"That is a complete sentence"
Those are certainly all words
That isn't a word
I think you’re the best reviewer on youtube at least my favourite as you’re thorough but fair, with your real world tests and also the annual updates to my knowledge you’re the only one who is as dedicated to that so really enjoy these videos and thanks for continuing with them under the recent difficult situation.
I appreciate it!
I love your effort. You waited at least 3 days to make a video about slushy makers. Keep up the great work!
I had the blue one a long time ago and the drink doesn’t even have to be sweetened, just plain milk or sth works.
Lol the chocolate milk in there looks disgusting.
the sphincter looking walls in the green one doesn't help
@@3dgamerman glad i wasnt the only one who noticed the prolapsed anus
Soy chocolate juice is disgusting by design... I wouldn't expect it to look any better.
Just what I was thinking
@@3dgamerman 🤣
It was supposed to be a chilled liquid put into the cups
true
We got one as a gift (the green one), and never once got it to work. 🤷🏾♀️
That's not true. Hot water will freeze faster than cold water does.
Not Sure about that
I was thinking the same, especially for the blue one
The blue one requires just sitting. The green one requires constant agitation with will inherently go faster. It's how most slushy machines work by turning for constant agitation
I remember one time I visited a resturant in the south. I asked for a coke to drink, and the waitress asked "what kind of coke?" That was the first time I heard of soda in general being refered to just as coke.
Yeah, that one threw me for a loop too. Just when I thought I'd had a grasp on the whole "regional pop/soda/soft drink/cola" thing, I'm watching people requesting an "orange coke" - entirely seriously! - expecting a Crush, and, stranger still, GETTING ONE, because that's what the waitress called em too!
Everyone I know calls it soda that weird
I’m from Louisiana and have always said Coke. Anytime before going shopping (or as we also say here, “Anytime before going make groceries”) I ask what type of Coke people want.
Another thing that you mostly hear in New Orleans is calling it a cold drink.
it's different kinds of coke. coke is a flavor. coca cola, rc cola, tab cola, pepsi cola are some of the different brands of cola.
@@kaeteaux we say "get some groceries", or "going grocery shopping"
Weirdly enough, I actually kinda enjoyed the fact that both products have distinct pros and cons and fill different portions of the market. Was definitely expecting the frozen magic to be bunk. Loved the vid 🤘
So these wont work on drinks without sugar?
Glad people didn't dog on you for being verified and commenting on a video like they do now
@@n3x477 yeah.. why did you think yo can add a drink that doesn't have any sugar in it to a cup with nothing else and get a sugary taste
Oh wow it’s you
bro even though its a year old comment wtf were you doing here dude
I'm laughing so hard....don't have patience for this.
Most of these slushy gadgets work just fine with sodas, so high fructose corn syrup apparently counts as natural. I can confirm that frozen ginger-ale is amazing.
The one I use is basically a hollow mug with what is likely an alcohol/water mix inside it. It has the same problem you had, and it has to do with the surface area of the freezing surface, so I add an ice-cube or 2. I stick it in the freezer over night, and the next day I wrap it in a modified koozy, and fill it with refrigerated drinks. If I use ice, I can get about 2 cans worth of slushy, but only about 1.5 without. Without the koozy, it only freezes about 90% of one can's worth of soda.
I had one of those as a kid. I loved it! It took awhile back then... I am talking like 50 years ago! It was smaller, not the squeeze one but the other. Thank you brought back some memories of my childhood! Great video!
Dang, I’ve been watching you for 3 years and I still look forward to watching these review videos hahaha.
I appreciate you sticking with me for so long!
Does anyone else remember the as seen on tv version of this that released years ago, cant remember what they were called, I think it was slushy magic or something
Yeah i remember those
i had one, the fake ice cubes never froze haha
It was like the magic slushee or something. I had one as a kid.
Banna
squeezey freezey
I've had that zoku slush maker for a couple of years. It does work pretty well, but it does take about 5 to 7 minutes to get a fully slushed drink. But the nice thing is that it's so cold, you can pour a second drink into it after you finish the first and make another slushy. The cup does need to freeze for a full 24 hours before you make slushies though. That might be why it didn't work on the second day for you. I also don't think doing it outside in 99 degree heat was a good idea.
Johny sins pours his juice in a fleshlight
I had one back in the '70s called a Slush Mug.
Personal fan of the Slush Mug, just felt kinda small.
Yum, slushy orange juice.
Me too! I used it all the time with cherry flavored Kool-Aid. Scrape scrape scrape...mmmmm
Now we need to find one of these^^^ and compare the three!
Came here to see who remembered this. Basically the same as the zoku, except it had a handle
Is no one else appalled by how expense they are? I would pay $15 at most for one of those and definitely not 30
Yeah man a $15 flashlight you can't go wrong with that
Or just buy a slushie maker like an actual adult lol.
I got 1 whith 10 eur lol 😁
@@mirza6399 Or don't make slushies at all like an actual adult.
@@FatalDeath Or do whatever you want, like an actual adult, who isn't scared to have a frozen drink.
That green cup had me 🤣🤣🤣 @ 1:24. It reminded of a product I seen about 9 yrs ago on a Japanese website that sold adult novelties, food, video gaming stuff and Anime products.
Thanks for making your videos. I've bought some cookware you've reviewed. 👍
I feel like your videos keep getting better and better regardless of the product. Thank you for this.
I would guess the folds in the FrozenMagic increase the surface area quite a bit so the liquid is able to cool faster and more ice can form on the walls. Love your vids. Keep up the good work!
Frozen magic has more surface area on the inside, I think, so its faster because of that?
I believe so.
Your review video quality has been getting better and better.. im thoroughly impressed
Why do I love these videos so much 😂
That was a fleshlight there dude
It looked like the other hole...
With the pleats, the frozen magic has more surface area to transfer the cold to the liquid.
Technically the liquid is transferring heat to the ice...🤷♂️
This proves that Embracing Creativity, is the best way to make your slushy’s
Boys, you walk into the house and the frozen magic is there alone looking at you, whatchu doing👀
Making a slushie
Loving the graphics James. Very profesh
My neices n nephews loved the slushie magic! They use them every summer and they do last a while 3years for them so far
The frozen magic works faster because with the interior shape of the cup allows more cold surface area to come in contact with the liquid accompanied by the fact you are constantly breaking the ice particles loose and pushing it back into the liquid and catalyzing the rest of the beverage dropping the temp. more quickly than just waiting for the ice to form and scrape it off.
The Zoku cup works great if you use the edge of the spoon/scraper to scrap down the sides of the cup then stir slightly every minute or so. I use mine for Tito's and lemonade slushies on hot days
If it's freezing then you're not putting near enough titos!!! Lol
You know James I haven't even watched this vid yet but I'm excited to later. Never a bad vid! Keep up the good work bro!
Thanks, and I hope you enjoy it!
I agree, never a bad review. I've watched others that don't read directions, or if they do, it's ignored (cringe). I always watch James. Not just 'cause I make purchase decisions based on his reviews, but he's so much fun.
These videos always help with my anxiety. They're so calm and laid back and your voice is soothing. I always get calmed down when I watch them. Was just having an anxiety attack and saw this on my TH-cam page. Now I'm way calmer and feel far better. Thank you for being so informative, fun, and being almost therapeutic...
I legitimately feel the exact same way with these. They've somehow helped me through a lot of tough times in the past.
you can also open the stopwatch app and inhale for four seconds, exhale for four seconds and repeat for two or three minutes. works much better imo!
What's funny is I just recently watched a slushy maker comparison and I could've sworn you'd done one already and then you release this new video comparing slushy makers! Spooky but cool. Lol
this helped alot, nice video 👍👍
Freaken Reviews: "Yeah, it's not that warm"
*Shows 99F on the weather report.
Me: Sweating buckets at 80F in VA.
Edit: punctuation.
It was 39 yesterday in parts of Atlantic Canada. That's like 103 freedom units.
Huge difference between the heat in Vegas and Virginia.
@@kingpickle3712 I know. VA is a swamp with tons of humidity.
Total Trash you could probably say that about any state on the east coast lol
It's crazy how hot its getting.
It would be faster for me to walk to my local 7-Eleven, buy a Slurpee, and walk home.
In fact, it would be faster to do that four times!
Been addicted to this channel for a year or so, you have to bump up the frequency of these, if you're doing weekly videos, I would like one on Monday and one on Friday where one of the videos is you comparing budget items to expensive items like your ice tray review
We used to use freezer cups for ice cream floats when I was a kid. It would turn the root beer into slush... so good! These just look like fancy freezer cups. The reason the one is so much faster is surface area. Those ridges going in gave the frozen surface a much larger surface area. Probably about 2x as much. More contact with the frozen surface = faster freezing time.
I would absolutely love to see a Tupperware comparison
Glass, plastic, metal, silicone...
And what about biodegrable food bags and such? Or even eco friendly food items like clingfilm alternatives?
Are your hands always hot and out of shape, we'll have I got the product for you 🤣🤣
I have one of these cups, I haven't used it for years. I need to find it for summer use. It worked pretty well in years past, I think I got it at Walmart like 20 years ago. Mine came with a hard plastic scraper spoon and was a hard sided cup.
I had those when I was a kid. I loved them. :) The ones I had were like much older version of the Slush and Shake Maker. Had a cup that went in the freezer, and a plastic outside with a handle (we had one red and one yellow). And yeah, I kept trying diet drinks in it and they absolutely will not work. Good memories. :)
Dawn I had the same experience - have you been able to find cups like those these days?
I have the Original Slush Mug, which has apparently been discontinued. It works more like the Slush and Shake, where you have to stir it to make it work, and it takes a while as well. I think I would rather wait than have it be hard to clean.
Me living in Canada: OMG it is so hot, 30 degrees Celsius
Him in Las Vegas: 37 degrees Celsius is quite cold
We had a record high summer temp of 38 degrees C in England last year and most people felt like they were melting.
Laughs in Australian
For Las Vegas, it is!
“Teaching your kids the valuable life lesson of patience” lol
The frozen magical is better for 2 reasons, for having more surface of contact and when you squish it you're always removing the ice of the walls, which prevents the ice from being an insulator between the walls and the liquid, creating ice a lot faster.
I have a feeling both are headed for the as seen on tv graveyard.
I'm in Chicago we definitely call it pop
Pop for me in Minnesota, too. Maybe it's a Midwestern thing.
Michigan 👍
Pennsylvania 👍🏻
Nova Scotia 👍
Yup. Indiana here
I’ve had my Zuko for several years, and still love it! It’s in great shape, and continues to make good slushies.
I have a frozen magic and I love it! It always gets the job done quick and clean-up is super easy! Maybe sometime soon I'll actually make a slushy with it.
hmm.
"INTO THE CHEESECAKE!"
I had something like this when I was a child back in the late 70s early 80s
Me too! Probably about 1973ish.
I know it was before Easter 74 because that's when I was diagnosed IDDM Type 1.
@@AmberWool for me it was atleast 1980 maybe 81
@Chill Will its me
The slush mug, put the white part in the freezer, then when ready, just pop it into the mug. Mine was red my brothers was blue 1980's for me. Same as the zoku
Loving the uptick in production quality keep it up
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with your closing comments.
The Frozen Magic works quicker but it's also cheaply made. They've been known to fall apart at the top rim or even tear and leak coolant into your drink. The Zoku is much better long-term.
Was the Coke chilled before you poured? You mentioned at the beginning the liquid should be chilled. Now I want a slushy. ❤️
Yes it was.
Then I guess the squishing makes a big difference in the 100 degree heat. ❤️
Ya, now im going to get a Slurpee, after work, tomorrow.
@@JasonRBeing how did you day after, after work slurpie go?
He is acting like 37° Celsius isn’t warm damn here in Canada it’s getting that warm and they tell you not to go outside 😂😂😂
Would love to see you do a review on a solar oven like the GoSun hybrid solar oven :) Where you live would be perfect for one of those i think.
cheers for the upload. those kinda products work a ton better if the liquids are coming from the fridge
Great video as usual! I was hoping you'd go against the rules and use a stevia or other sweetener based drink to really see if they work or don't work. We don't drink sugary drinks at all so that would be useful. Thanks again!
Growing up, it was all called Coke. When I started working in restaurants I quickly learned to call it soda. Also, I miss my slush mug from the 80's pretty much a less stylized version of the zoku, but with a handle
I don’t know about these cups but I had similar ones growing up -I’m 57- so about 50 years ago. You put in freezer then poured in drink. They worked great. Wish I still had one of those.
The blue Zoku cup I have and LOVE it! It makes a really good wine slushy. MMMM
99 degrees
"Its not even that warm"
90 in illinois, and im suffering. Lol
Thats all based on humidity...vegas is dry so the heat doesnt feel so bad whereas the midwest is humid and i wanna die at 90 as well
@@caseysellers214 bull shit..I've never really felt humidity...but here in Vegas the dry heat is TERRIBLE. It dries you out while you drip sweat. At 115° the direct sun is literally burning your skin. Imagine at 122°. I don't know how to drive either😭😭.
@@caseysellers214 honestly, here in springfield il, we dont get too much dry heat. Humid weather i absolutely hate. Ive never been in 110 degree dry heat..
It sounds horrible in my opinion. Give me snow and ice ANY day. But 110 degree dry heat STILL sounds better than 100 degree heat with 90% humidity.
My hats off to yall over there in what sounds like "almost hell on earth"
Give me 0 degree weather ANY day.
I don't think using soy chocolate milk was a good idea
I had the zoku one as a kid and I loved making cran-raspberry type drinks with it!
That chocolate milk took on the appearance of the La Brea Tar Pits while you were squeezing that cup.🤣
Nobody cares if you're first
I care :(
@@noiz1762 second!!
Yeah, but you'll be hated if you're a "third"
SeveredWings651 fourth 👑
Alex may the fourth be with you!!!!
Doctor's have patience, I'm not a doctor.😂
I'm actually impressed you didnt make any poop jokes, I wouldnt have been able to resist
Those instructions are epic!
In Australia it is called Soft Drink and Coke company makes frozen Coke and you can buy them from McDonald's for $1
I've known people who also just call everything "Coke" over here. I think McDonald's helped contribute to that.
@@thesagedwizard every carbonated drink in the Southern US is coke. "What kind of coke do you want, honey?" "Do you have either root beer or orange, ma'am?"
“Lets see how warm it is”
*99°*
“It’s really not that warm”
😐
Its not warm until its 110+
i live in the desert, that really isnt that hot, even at 110
WolfHugger 3000 just cause that's a an everyday temp somewhere doesn't mean it's not hot. It's still hot af, most people would be soaked sweating.
99 degrees is normal there? I would HATE that place!
@@blxckjxck47 u get used to it
These devices seem so redundant I think The Club in my car is starting to laugh
hey,
I just want to say that Iove the new graphics that you are now using in your videos!
Him:99° oh it's not that warm (California)
Me: 78° it's too hot I'm dying(Tennessee)
He lives in Las Vegas -- it's even hotter there!
Keiry, what's your heat index? 99? James' probably 99 or less.
It's a "dry" heat
Bruh i live in TN too its hot as Satan's asshole here
I just moved to Tennessee from Chicago and I hate it it’s to hot
I feel like just putting your drink in the freezer for the same amount of time would work just as well.
It wouldn't, unless you'd surround it with already frozen things, touching the area of the glass.
Well not for the same amount of time but that probably has to do with mixing it so that more liquid comes into contact with container
It really doesn't
Ours were called Slush Mugs back in the early 70's. We froze the empty mugs upside down, poured in whatever, screwed the lid on then shook it for about a minute, then done!
How long do you have the Frozen Magic slushy cup in the freezer for and what temperature is your freezer at cuz for me and it hasn't been working I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what
When I was a kid everything was coke. I just always thought it was a southern thing
Y'all want a coke?
-Yes!
What kind?
(haha, love the South♡)
My Southern mom would take it a step further and call it a Pepsi. Used to embarrass me at the drive thru when she'd say "and a large Pepsi" and they'd say "we only have Coke" hahaha
It is a southern thing. I think James is from the south. Florida if I remember from another video
@@TamraN that makes sense. After moving to California everyone just thinks I'm crazy when I ask what kind of coke do they have
I’ve had one of these rip, and didn’t know. My slushy tasted salty, that’s how you know the inside is ripped.
currently high af reading this and now dead ass laughing
You're not supposed to lick the inside of your Fleshlight bro 🤦♂️
Ah yes, reminds me of chemestry class... Making one of these slushy using salt and ice as the way to cooling it below normal water temperature. This one have similar concept.
@@420f37 this is the most underrated comment in all of TH-cam
Hahahahaha
Hey like the zoku one too. I’m waiting for the other one in the mail now. Can’t wait to test the squishy one
Maybe the blue one was slower with the soda because of the carbonation. The bubbles of the soda float up the sides of the cup, which could disturb the ice forming process!