VIVO Pink 1030W Electric Cotton Candy Machine Cart, Mobile Rolling Candy Floss Maker with 20 inch Stainless Steel Bowl Sugar Scoop and Drawer, Easy Home or Commercial Use, CANDY-V002

This is a wonderful and well-built machine. It takes up a fair amount of space, but when it is used, it is worth the price. Unlike the small table-top versions from bed and bath stores, which take forever to warm up and 1 minute per cotton candy stick (which are not fluffy) causing a long line of hungry frustrated kids, this one is fast. It takes about 45 seconds to heat up, and about 10 seconds a piece to make huge fluffy cotton candy, a full tray makes about 5 or six before needing refilling. BUT upon refilling the hot unit, the new candy is ready in under 5 seconds. It takes about 30 minutes to assemble with focus and minimal mechanical abilities. The biggest problem is that you need your paper cones (sticks) all lined up and ready to go before starting to make cotton candy, because as you finish one cotton candy, the time needed to root through a box and get out a new stick causes a build-up and a mess, making the process somewhat frantic. I have seen a plastic netting material to line the inside, which may make better candies and be easier to clean. It comes with a rubber toothed drive belt (extra), so presumably this can break while using it, and I am unsure how easy it is to change out. It's a breeze to clean, just removed the shield and cover and hosed it off, then dried with paper towel. The scooper that comes with it is small and each scoop makes about one or two cotton candies, so here's what's needed to complete the awesomeness of this machine:1) Plastic Bubble shield keeps kids from reaching in and getting burned or hurt by the spinning head.2) Box of paper cones (500 per box pretty typical).3) A rack, perhaps a multi-test-tube rack to hold all the sticks or finished cones, because the three holes in the tray are not enough.4) Consider cotton candy bags to quickly wrap done candy, then you can lay them on their side instead of in a rack (smushes them though).5) A cup to mix or pour cotton candy "floss" (sugar) to use instead of the scoop, just pour carefully.6) Cotton Candy Floss, which is purchased online or at stores like "Smart N Final". About one cup full of floss should be good for about ten kids who all want seconds.

We enjoy using this. Fun for get togethers! You don’t NEED the big plastic bubble cover. It may make it easier, but it’s fine without because you get the hang of it. Had it for about 6 months now. Used it 10-15 times. Still works well. Keep clean though. Used it for my son’s graduation party. The kids loved it!

Tips: Use pretzel rods instead of paper cones to spin the candy floss on. I don't mess with sugar instead I use 2 hard candies, i.e. jolly ranchers, starlight peppermints, starlight spearmints, starlight chocolate mints and everyone's favorite Werther's original. Kids also like to mix a hard cinnamon and a green apple jolly rancher. We use the machine at a local historic site events in addition to a popcorn wagon. Both are so easy to operate I turn them over to my 12 year old neighbor and his 11 year old sister and let them collect tips.

This is a super cute machine. I love the color and the fun cart. We’ve made lots of cotton candy. It’s super easy to use and easy to clean. When you’re done just pour some water into it while it’s still hot and it basically cleans itself. My only complaint is that the sugar spews out before melting and there is a build up of sugar crystals around the edge of the bowl. I have no idea why it does this and no idea how to prevent it. This machine works great for rolling onto the cone. You get a nice big fluffy cone. I like to bag the cotton candy and would like to be able to just let it go out into the bowl like I’ve seen in some YouTube videos, but because of the build up of the sugar crystals around the edge of the bowl, I can’t do that. I’d give 5 stars if I could figure out how to prevent the sugar from spewing out like that.

I have been using this for a couple months now and have pulled it out on atleast 4 different occasions and it works so good! Definitely worth the price and the kids love watching it make cotton candy!

Love this machine! It's WAY better and sturdier than my 2 other machines. It was $100 more, but well worth it! The only problem was the instructions. They tell you to assemble part a into part B. Etc...but the parts aren't labeled. I put it together all wrong. 3 hours later it was assembled!

I have bought several of the smaller versions of Colton candy makers and was truly disappointed that they wet mainly toys. Would only make,a handful of fluff. Well I then got one of the bigger ones on a wheeled stand and used it for three years but trying to use hot chocolate powder to make chocolate cotton candy did not turn out well. I should have mixed a small amount into a lot of sugar. But I didn't and burned up the center part of that machine. Aft going without my favorite dessert for long enough I finally researched the different kinds and chose this one.I am so happy I got a "real" machine finally. I mean this thing puts out the cotton candy! I am always a hit wherever I take cotton candy. It's a fat free dessert and I got several different flavors to use, that I will review as well.If you're thinking if getting a cotton candy maker, skip,over the little toy kind and get a real commercial type. You won't be sorry.o

This product was exactly as described, our family loves it. I am very grateful for a previous review where they suggested getting the plastic dome for it (CANDY-V003) as the cotton candy wants to fly everywhere. I would recommend taking the extra time to put the nuts on the bolts where the shelves connect to the unit, it takes about an extra 10 minutes but is well worth it. The other option was to just screw them in with no nuts on the back, I felt that the screws would come out over a short time. This unit is very easy to clean and makes a lot of cotton candy quickly.