ATL on the camels - have seen it slightly cheaper on other sites in the past but appears to be current lowest if anyone needs it now.
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No, but if you use it without trying to blend something too hard my understanding is that it won't happen. I think it depends on the ingredients you use.
Personally I don't want to have to worry about it so I'm waiting for a version of it that doesn't have the issue.
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It's not really resolvable. People don't follow instructions. The plastic shavings come from some common user errors. Things that tend to lead shavings:
1) Freezing wrong: liquids freezing in the containers start freezing from the bottom and sides. Freezing water expands so you want the top to freeze over last so the ice has free space to expand to. This prevents the containers from warping, which can lead to the blade hitting the sides causing shavings when the container is deformed enough. People tout 'freezing with the lid off' which can lead to this scenario since the top no longer freezes last.
2) The hump: if frozen properly the last of the liquid to freeze gets pushed up in a 'hump', which needs to be flattened before processing, since the shaft driving the spinning blade will deflect slightly if it's pushing against a non uniform surface.
3) Not freezing flat: similar to the hump, not freezing on a flat surface will lead an uneven processing surface with the blade getting deflected into the sides of the containers.
4) Defrosting before processing: people defrost their pints a bit to get them creamier on the first spin, make hump removal easier, and to reduce the leftovers on the sides. This allows opportunity for the block of ice to come loose from the sides and the divots in the bottom, and then it will freely spin with the blade. This can lead to blade deflection into the sides of the container, and/or motor burn out/ overheating due to the speed difference between the loose block of ice and the blade to be far less than what is needed to shave it down.
5) Not fully freezing pints: this also can leads to a similar free spinning scenario. The partially frozen ice block is more likely to come loose from the container and cause damage.
6) Bonus: not cleaning the shaft of the machine after use. This leads to a build up of crust in the grooves of where the shaft couples to the blade. With enough build up the blade will fall off while its running and the shaft will then grind against the loose blade. This causes the infamous fires where the shaft essentially friction welds itself to the blade. If you look at the after math pictures you'll usually see their shaft is also munted with weeks/months old ice cream built up in the grooves.
You are right, but thats a lot of things to keep on top of for what is meant to be an easy appliance. You have to do it right every 100/100 times as well.
I'll also ask, why is it not solveable? Plastic parts can be replaced with metal parts generally, when I've read about it online, nobody has ever said it was unfixable.
I'd argue it is pretty easy as is, freeze flat with the lid on, shave the hump, clean the shaft.
Plastic parts can be replaced with metal parts generally,
The issue is the price point. Deflection is an expensive constraint to design against. If you want to remove deflection from the equation the whole assembly that couples the pint to the motor/shaft needs to be equally rigid otherwise it'll just shift where the deflection is happening. It's the same reason all of the cheap CNC mills come with deflection issues.
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It's not a blender and shouldn't be used as such.
I already have a large blender (Breville Q) and make large batches of protein smoothies (or frozen yoghurt) that make 3-4 pints at a time. I use plenty of raw honey instead of sugar and avacado (1 per pint) for creaminess then use the lite ice-cream setting on the machine.
I also add a lime, a teaspoon of vanilla extract per pint, and of course frozen berries and fruits. Experimenting with the ingredients is half the fun.
The Deluxe version is so much better as the pints are larger, but you can also easily only have a half and chuck it back in the freezer.
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$283 via Good Guys price beat - depending on location, qualifies for $0 2 hour express Uber delivery too.
not really ATL, was cheaper ($270) with JB Perks code here https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/905171, and even cheaper ($244) if you used gift cards there.
Still pretty low price!
Camel x 3 tracks Amazon prices - was referring to ATL on Amazon. Historically, this has been cheaper as you correctly pointed out.
Works with 30% business Amazon coupon for those who still have not used it.
thanks for highlighting this one, super good price with the 30%!
also, nc300 model is cheaper on business Amazon ($188 vs $199 without any coupons) in case anyone is interested :)
this or 6 $49 kmart ice cream makers
Still no (Swirl model) soft serve maker? What's taking so long to bring it here? Typical, we always get everything last and more expensive as opposed to the rest of the world. Sheesh.
Has the issue with plastic shavings ending up in the mix been resolved?