Rabbit Metrokane Rabbit Ice Crusher, Clear

I reviewed the negative reviews and felt I could handle them. First a button foot fell off and it took a while to hind it (my kitchen). I glued the foot that fell off then removed and glued the remainder. Evening came and it was time to crush some ice for drinks. I placed a small amount of cubes in the top box and started turning the handle. All was well for a little while then the whole thing just disassembled in my hands. I am holding the handle and all the cutter pieces are lying in the crushed ice. I am returning for a refund and will go locally to find something I can just walk back to the store to replace if need be. I did leave out that the knob on the handle was bent and not square to he handle. I did gently bent it back into something that was acceptable. I wanted to replace the attaching part (think screw) however it looks like it is a rivet. Well I would have attended to that if and when the time came but never mind.

I bought this ice crusher after going through (2) electric crushers byWaring Pro. The Waring Pro is not designed for every day use, becauseafter about 6-8 weeks the crushing gears become damaged and slip, poordesign. I must say this little crusher is built to last and holds up toseveral uses each day, also found that if you wet the ice before crushingthe cranking is slightly easier.

While the individual components of this thing are solid as a brick outhouse, the build quality is so bad that I can't actually use it. The hinge pin that holds the top on is apparently just in there loose with nothing to keep it migrating out. Which it has. The entire crank/ tooth assembly is incredibly loose. Pieces of ice can force the teeth into the assembly so that no amount of handle cranking will advance the assembly. And, finally, the screw that keeps the handle/ tooth assembly together doesn't, it just unscrews as you crank the handle in the counterclockwise direction. So while this ice crusher may not rust, it won't actually crush ice either.

I simply cannot imagine how this design left the drawing board let alone the manufacturing plant (QA/QC anyone?) If that designer/engineer had presented that plan to me, I would have seriously wondered if perhaps they had an undiagnosed brain tumor that was expanding, pushing up against the area of the brain responsible for rational thought.I should have heeded the other negative reviews, but it looked so retro cool and I had drinks to make! I gave it two stars because well hey, it does crush ice but with great difficulty and at great risk to bodily harm. The top metal part with the grinding gears is indeed pretty solid however the hand crank is a total joke- it does not have a large enough fulcrum point to create the energy sufficient enough to SMOOTHLY crush ice. You are NOT evenly cranking this thing like you are hand churning ice cream or winding open a patio umbrella.The heavy 2 pound metal grinding section sits atop a little, lightweight, brittle plastic ice bucket. So do the math- you are wildly cranking this tiny handle on this SUPER TOP HEAVY device that is filled with ice and the whole unit is sliding, bouncing, twisting, and tipping in all directions across the counter- side to side, up and down…it’s so ridiculous. I now actually put in on the floor and put my knee on it to crank like I am starting a chainsaw or handcuffing an unruly suspect. Not a good look when I’m trying to impress the ladies, Mad Men style.And as the final insult to injury, as the metal top gets cold from the ice, it shrinks up tight around the plastic part so you have to bang against the counter to jar it loose. I’m fairly certain that sooner or the later the ice bucket will crack during this dislodging process.Please do not buy this. Put your ice in a plastic bag and hit it with hammer, that's way more glamorous and practical than this hunk of junk.

The handle is very flimsy. I have had four of these in the past twenty years. The handle broke on all of them. This model has a handle much lighter than the previous ones. I use it to crush refrigerator ice cubes.

You get what you paid for, It broke on the second use, Not good at all

Really like it. I love crushed ice. Others that I have purchased in the past had some parts that were made of plastic and broke ofter time. This one is all metal and I expect it to last. Good purchase!!!

Just what I wanted