At some point Ninja decided "we are going to become THE kitchen gadget company" and they've been pursuing that goal ever since.

The main bonus I see is total control over ingredients and quality

Bought one last month and I love it. I make no sugar sorbets all the time. I can’t imagine buying ice cream from the store again.

"I'm feeling for a late night snack, I'm sure my roommates won't mind if I make some ice cream" *Ninja's Jet Engine signals it's ready for taste off*

I love this channel so much! I have no intention of buying almost any of these products but he's just so good at reviewing that I watch anyways.

This would be great for people who are lactose intolerant or aren't able to find healthy alternatives to some of their favorite flavors. They can test out their own recipes using almond milk, lactose free milk, stevia instead of sugar, etc etc. There is almost no healthy choices on the market with that same ice creamy taste and the few that do exist are super expensive.

Great for diabetics. Have one and I love it! Create your own recipes without heavy cream, I use almond milk and guave.

I'm sure by now someone else has mentioned this. The reason that some things came out crumbly is because your freezer is set to a very low temperature. Remix is the way to fix it, but you could also bump the temperature in the freezer up a bit.

Seems to work well and the cleanup seems simple enough. I'm tempted to buy one, but I'm pretty sure it would be packed away in the cupboard after a couple of weeks of using it.

Drinking game: whenever James says it's loud, or hard as a rock, take a drink.

I have realized how much I trust you to give honest reviews. I don’t think I trust anyone else on here completely to give real reviews on everything they review, but I do believe you. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos. On a side note this would have been a great time to test earplugs 😂

If you have folks in your family with allergies (especially anaphylactic ones or ones that trigger a severe immune response), being able to make these things at home and knowing all the ingredients that are included can be wonderful. It's more than just a novelty. I made my dad homemade ice cream all the time but only used ingredients that he wasn't allergic to. Amazing quality and totally safe without triggering an immune response. Highly recommend a few (affordable, based on your lifestyle) gadgets like this so you can do the same for loved ones and guests.

Explanation about the noise: It needs to crush what is harder than frozen water, which is a very difficult task for a small kitchen machine. They do it through a gearbox after a really really hard-working motor, which spins extremely fast It is many times faster than the usual blender or mixer you have. The great box reduces the spread but delivers a very high torque, which is the key feature here. Yes, integrating noise isolation is possible, but for sure this caused increased price in a way that no one would pay for it. We advise you to put it in an insulation box of foam or wood. Never use it very near to you. With time this could cause big damage to your ears.

If you're really into ice cream, especially unique flavors, I think this is great. However I don't like the noise or having to wait 24 hours. I am much more into instant gratification 😆😆😆 As always a fun, interesting video!

DARN IT😡! I just saw this gadget on TV and instantly wanted it. I halfway hoped it wouldn't work as shown, so I wouldn't continue to want one😑. But, oh no! It works great...and I really, really want one now! Your reviews are great. Always thorough and fair👍.

EXTREMELY shocked! I just saw this gadget in the store yesterday and thought no way this works. Thanks for your work, man.

This is essentially a consumer version of the Swiss-made Pacojet system, used in many upscale kitchens (e.g., Heston Blumenthal's restaurants). The Junior model runs to over $4,000. If the CREAMi's performance is anywhere near the Pacojet's, it would appear to be a bargain. I would surmise that the CREAMi could also--like the Pacojet--turn out excellent creamed vegetable soups, farces (stuffings), and savory mousses.

I LOVE mine. I add coconut oil and or butter and Keto Chow and I run it through about four times on the ice cream setting then do a respin. It is so incredibly creamy. This is a wonderful appliance. Some times you need to remove the lid with the blade and rinse it in hot water between cycles. The noise doesn't bother me. The reward is worth it.

Just picked one up for summer iceee snacks :) In my kitchen it's no louder than my blender. May be louder in kitchens with less sound dampening qualities (ie, stainless steel kitchens vs. wood cupboards or bigger kitchens). It says to use the juice of pineapple for example instead of water because it's not a 'blender'. It wont like being asked to shave and incrporate ice. You can use frozen fruit though. Just read easy directions and you'll have a blast with cool snacks for the hot days. Half a pint at a time is fine for me and our family so i make up bases and put them in the freezer (bought extra 2-pk of the pint containers with lids) cause we like diff kinds of ice cream. I LOVE it and very easy to clean. :)

Hey James. Thank for making this video. I recently got a Ninja Creami and yours was one of the videos that helped me out. I freakin' LOVE this toy. Love it. Hope you and your family are have a great summer. Cheers, Ivy.

I love my Creami! I bought 4 additional pints so I can make a big batch and have one every day for a week if I'd like. I freeze my keto meal replacement shake and just eat the ice cream as one of my meals. Re-spin is your friend.

I know it's not in the instructions, but I feel like I'd want to scrape the edges of the container down so the mixing blades could get to it after the initial mix. Then put it back on and remix it to get those edges mixed with the rest of the container. If you look at it after the initial mix, it looks like it's not getting all the way out to the outside parts. Just my own preference I suppose. Otherwise, that thing looks awesome and you made everything you mixed sound amazing. Thanks for the review, James!

I have a Creami. It is easy to use and I like that you can't make a huge amount all at once because it means I don't have a lot of left overs begging me to eat it. It is noisy but the noise doesn't last long. The recipes are easy and taste good. I would recommend the machine.

This is a fantastic video review for this machine! It has everything I wanted to see. Also the way you presented every information in a detailed way is all I was looking for. Thank you!

My partner saw your video and ordered one against my request. We have the top of the line Breville ice cream maker which we use only occasionally. We gave the Creami a try with the chocolate recipe with addition of toasted hazelnuts and the vanilla gelato substituting basil for the vanilla while heating up the cream. We were both blown away with how great both turned out. I think we’ll be using this more than the Breville. We have three containers sitting in the freezer ready to process. Regarding the noise you mentioned I was prepared for a sense that I was inside a jet engine so the moderately loud hum was a relief. It’s really not so loud and it is for a pretty short time.

Really disappointed that you didn’t use the Gelato button. I want to see how that texture would turn out. Otherwise, this was a great review. Thanks!!

I literally used mine for the first time as I watched this review. I made the banana sorbet and mixed in Nilla wafers. YUMMMMM! I’m shocked that it works this well. It was a gift but a great gift. Love it. Next up-vanilla and light chocolate ice cream.

Appreciated that you added the elapsed time it took for the thing to do it's thing! :-) It is incredibly loud, but so tempting. Thanks for the great, in-depth review!

I had no idea we are now using jet engines to now make ice cream. At least it's electric! 🛩 🍦 😄

This is a really good review. I have been watching your reviews for a while and they never disappoint. ❤️🙂 All of the recipes looked really good, but the chocolate recipe and your reaction makes me want to get this machine! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.❤️❤️❤️

I just bought one of these on a Costco sale. Great review and thanks for the walk-through and “how-to” video. First step, shop for ingredients. Thanks for the great review.

Great review. First time I have heard of this machine. Seems like they should include a package of earplugs in the box.

Perfect for when you know you'll want a single serving of ice cream tomorrow

I've been subscribed for over a year now and I love to see how your video quality has improved over time. The editing and pacing in this video has to be one of your best. Great content, can't wait to see more.

I love your review. I may eventually get one of these. I'm kind of a kitchen "mad scientist". So years ago, I took to freezing almost any thing, fruit, cream cheese, peanut butter, and then (yes after 24 hours) I would put it in my Ninja blender with a can of cold condensed milk and "Voila!" Ice cream. Thank you for sharing this, up until now, all I had heard about this unit is that it sounded like have a jetliner in the house.

I remember my first Ninja blender in 2010. It was the best blender I ever had. From what I saw is there are areas that need to be cleaned a lot or else they get moldy. Though if you are cleaning it after each time you are done making ice cream it shouldn't be a problem. I also saw that you need to freeze the pints before using it.

I think the point is that you get to control the ingredients (great if you are allergic to anything) and you can always buy more pints and make these in bulk. I could go to McDonald's and buy a cheeseburger for $1 for instant gratification or I can go through the effort of cooking a fresh one, same concept.

Another excellent video from you. I appreciate the time that you take to actually test the items that you review. You tell it how it is, and don't hold back if you don't like the item. I look forward to your next review. Take care.

I bought their single-basket 8 qt air fryer. It's very finicky at the start-you have to revamp all of your cooking times and temps-but it is incredible when you finally figure it out. It massively cuts down on the cooking time, and is very easy to clean up after.

Thanks for doing such a great job and being easy and pleasant to watch. No comedy, no theatrics......just the task at hand....well done. Even though this is quite loud, it seems it's worth having! Thanks again.

Not surprised. Ninja always works. Maybe you don't need the product. And maybe you pay just over what you think you should. But it works. It always does exactly what it says it will do. One of the few brands that have my trust.

My daughter and I are lactose intolerant, vegan, and she has celiac disease, along with many food allergies. We loved this review. I realized I don’t want the Ninja after seeing your review. Thank you. Your review made me realize I needed to spend a little more to buy the Cuisinart ice cream/ sorbet maker. It has a built in freezer. We buy expensive plant based ice cream, so this should pay for itself pretty quickly. Maybe you can do a review of the Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker, 1-1/2-Quart. I bought this on Amazon. We hope you, your kids, Bailey, and everyone here has a very Happy Holiday season. Terri and Natalie in Florida ❤️🌸🎄🎁

Your review is excellent and your facial expressions are priceless. You definitely helped me decide to purchase one. Thanks!

An affordable consumer sized pacojet. I like it

I've had this for a few months and it's working great. I try a different one every week and even make some recipes up.

I’ve had a Breville ice cream machine for a few years now and I absolutely love it. I saw this one advertised and thought it looked interesting. Thanks for the video!

You are the best reviewer of general stuff. Thanks for testing for all of us. I think you are an honest gentleman. 👍

Another extremely detailed review for which I thank you.

I just saw this at Walmart! 😆 I was tempted to get it but thought it’d probably just end up buried in my pantry lol

It doesnt make ice cream per say but as someone who loves ice cream, has someone lactose intolerant in the house, this is a perfect christmas gift. I love the fact that you control the ingredients.

You are so funny! It’s like watching me when I discovered the yonanas machine. I was making yonanas for the entire culdesac. Same as what you made with the frozen bananas. It’s a lot of fun! Why aren’t people more excited about this? I’ve had people over and toasted almonds, added organic, dark chocolate, and even caramel sometimes! Haha! I’ve also done egg nog and cookie dough. I know, crazy! Livin on the edge🤗. Great reviews! Blessings! Almonds, strawberries and coconut release their flavor when lightly heated. If you heated them until just turning golden (almonds & coconut) I think your mango treat would be fire. I didn’t know you could do mangos in it. Now I will have to buy it. Dang it.

Wish I had one of these when my daughter was little, as she was allergic to eggs, dairy, corn syrup and many other ingredients. It would have been great to be able to make treats for her

I'm pretty sure that giving someone a Ninja Creamy is a federal crime

Reminds me of these frozen fruit things they used to have at the gas station I lived by. You put a frozen cup of fruit and juice in the machine it ground it all up into a frozen yogurt consistency was awesome. This looks just like it with the pineapple. Sadly it was super expensive and they only had for a year or so

Best review I have ever watched. You did a wonderful job. Very informative and showed Lot of recipes.

I got one as a bday gift yesterday and have my first pint in the freezer. I think that the small batches is a plus for those with self control issues around ice cream lol.

Everyone has their price. Some guys can be had with a Porsche. Some, with a Stihl chainsaw. I have the feeling James can be had for a bowl of really good ice cream.

I've had the Creami for about a month. I love it! I do Keto, so I can make Keto friendly ice cream that is delicious. I control what's in it. I love that I can eat some, then smooth out the top and put it back in the freezer. When I want to have it again, I take it out of the freezer and do a respin, and it's perfect! It is loud, but I think it needs that power to get through the rock hard frozen mix. I heard one person compare it to a drill press. That seemed pretty accurate.

Great review, just missing a Gelato demo and a showing of the cleanup/washing process for the unit (like does the blade come off for easier washing?). Otherwise, wife and I just bought this on a whim at Costco yesterday, and this review makes me glad we did!

I use this for my protein shake, I fill it with one fairlife core power protein shake, freeze it for 24 hours and and than put it on icecream mode. It tastes exactly like chocolate or vanilla icecream depending on what flavor you get. Highly recommend I will never go back to regular protein shakes

that was one of the most professional review's i've seen. not a big icecream fan and not even interested in buying it but im prolly' going to recomend it

The freezing time isn't a big deal. You can prep the ingredients and have them in the freezer until needed. Once used prep another batch of the same flavor. Keep. A few flavors in rotation.

I just bought one of these from Amazon supposedly used and labeled just like new. I made lite ice cream both chocolate and vanilla and yes, it was crumbly. I also used home made almond milk instead of the oat milk and honey instead of agave nectar. Good to know about respinning. The best part is I only paid $65 for it.

About 13 years ago when I was still working in the kitchen, we had this device called PacoJet, that was doing exactly what this thing does: It let you easily create sorbet and iceream by freezing the ingredients and ten using the blade to shave the mix into something fluffy. Those things were all the rage back then and really expensive (7000.- CHF upwards) but sooooo great. Now you can have them at home for a lower privce That's actually tempting... I guess it isn't as powerfull as the professional version, but for some ice at home? Hell yeah! éittöe Side note: I think your freezer might be just set to low for proper Ice cream, that's why it's crumbly so often. but overal, I'm impressed. The receipes are garbages though from my point of view. All that vanilla extract and corn sirup nonsense... I mean sure, you get it to taste like store bought one, but is that really the goal? I'd rather work with simple ingredients, take a bit longer to prep them properly and don't use the shortcuts. But for the average user, that's not a trained chef, I think the receipes are quite clever and almost guarantee success.

This reminds me of when I was at the grocery store and they were giving free samples of banana ice cream made with an ice cream maker they were selling, and I can remember it was AMAZING! But it really is entertaining to see how shockingly well this works, apart from the noise.

Machine: *slows down toward the end of the process on every single use* James every time it slows down: “wow look it’s slowing down!” lol

Thank you for the genuine review, I absolutely love ninja products, they are expensive but worth purchasing and they do last long time if you look after them properly - definitely buying this as i love ice-cream but are lactose intolerance so now i can use other alternatives - i did have another ice creamer but it wasn’t good.

If your ice cream is crumbly after the first mix, you can add a little milk, cream, etc and re-mix. It comes out perfect…

Talking about the Chocolate Ice Cream: “Mmm, that’s good. Thats really good.” Me: Yeah I don’t believe you Freakin’ Reviews: trying to move on talking about something else, “I’m going to have another bite” Me: Okay now I’m convinced😹

I just got my unit.. I unpacked it and then read the instruction pamphlet, and was thinking "Oh, I don't know about this..." then I watched your video review of each setting and now I don't feel too intimidated by this product. Thank you for a VERY GOOD review.

“Step two: *slowly* mix in the heavy cream and milk” _Dumps both in_ 😅😅 I laughed out loud and had to rewind it to make sure I heard you correctly.

Most ice cream makers have either a built in freezing unit or use a container with saline solution that you freeze, or ones that use rock salt to bring down the temp, but I've never seen one where you need to freeze the actual ingredients ahead of time, seems like a weird way to go.

I love the cooking themed videos they’re always so relaxing.

I just orderd mine tonight looking forward to trying some of these recipes ty . and great review.

Maybe you should try using an immersion blender and see if that can achieve the same results? Amazing in-depth review as always!

Would've been a perfect opportunity for a 2 in 1 review by seeing if noise muffling headphones work to keep the noise down from the IC maker. lol

Certain blenders like VitaMix and Blendtech can be loud like that.. several espresso stands in Washington that use such blenders typically have them in clear sound dampening boxes.. it would take up just a touch more space inside one and cost a bit more to get one to put your Creami in but the noise reduction would be worth it.. also you can pre-freeze as many pints as you have containers for and just spin them up whenever.

Much appreciate you taking the time to make this video! Helped immensely👍🏾

I bought a regular Ninja blender set and it is pretty loud, but it's kinda hard to imagine how they'd make them quieter with how high powered they are.

Alright James you gotta let us know, did you get a new house because that kitchen is FANCY

Great video James! I’d be interesting it just for the fruit sorbets alone. Imagine the creations with fresh summertime fruit!!

Bahaha! Your face as the machine works is so funny! Thank you for the wonderful and thorough review!

I love all my Ninja products. I’ve had every version of the Foodi pressure cooker and grill. Each time I upgrade I give them to my family members and they’re still going strong.

That thing is louder than my dang angle grinder lol. I grew up with a hand crank ice cream maker, then upgraded to a motorized one. We now have a Cuisinart ICE-30BC, that may be something you could look at on the channel.

Great review. I've owned a ninja blender and air fryer for years. Both get used several times weekly and are great machines. This is not something I'd ever purchase though, the blender does a good enough job for makeshift ice cream to fit my needs.

Thank You for taking the time to create and share this wonderfully informational and helpful video with us all ❤️. I have absolutely everything GOOD to say about this appliance. Sooooooo happy to be able to not ever, ever! have to by "ice" and "rock salt" for my traditional ice cream maker anymore!!!! Definitely worth purchasing for us ice cream lovers❤️.

I got a ninja blender years ago, I used pudding mix and ice with lot's of different fruits no overnight freeze.lots of trial and error however.lots of work some great results.

This is honestly really cool! Especially if you like to craft new flavors or have cravings

I like ninja products especially the big air fryer

Looks solid. I use my KitchenAid right now and it's pretty decent but it does have issues mixing in additives like chocolate chunks, cookie dough, etc if you put it in too early.

I ORDERED a Ninja Bleander back in 2014, it also came with food processor the main one and small one for making fresh salsa, guacamole home made peanut butter. it came with three cook recipes cook books on QVC home shopping net work. after that I ordered the Ninja ice-cream book in 2015 .love it, just like what you just made, they even have my mom's favorite ice cream peach 🍑. They even had indorsir the guy that introduced it on the show when I call in to order it. even when the slow cooker came out I went to Walmart too.

I love my Ninja Creami, have made many pints of keto ice cream as well as the pineapple sorbet

Never had a problem with a product with the ninja label! 👍 Love them! 🙂

Okay this is my 1st video of yours I have watched, please don't take this wrong but you are hilarious!! I can't remember when I laughed this much. Needles to say, I think I am going to be watching many more. Was great info! I am hoping the noise issue may have been because you had a large, emptyish kitchen.

I just received mine today. I love ice cream and wanted to make healthier versions. This is an excellent video. Thank you!

It is really easy. I have made fruit sorbets only froze the fruit for 12-14 hours. It was fine. You needed to respin your vanilla ice cream. ***I added almond milk to my pineapple chunks and a little swerve. It made a "Dole Whip!"

This looks like a great product, and I love the idea of being able to control what I put in. I don't see the container size as a problem - seems plenty enough for a healthy diet.

Thank you for an honest and thorough review. After the initial ice cream test, I figured out that neither myself nor my cats will be able to tolerate the noise this machine creates. I'm so glad I watched this video first!

I'm excited to get mine! Thank you for such a great review 😊

Fantastic video. I just ordered mine and can't wait for it to arrive. Some videos say if it is crumbly add a bit of milk or fruit juice, etc. And all Ninja products are horribly loud. :) I would put those strawberries (or other fruit) into a mini processor to mash them up first. I am anxious to see if it will work with Nutpods as all or part of the heavy cream. UPDATE: Wow! Just wow! I absolutely love this machine; how did I ever get along without it? I use it a lot to make sorbets out of nothing but fresh fruit or berries, pureed and frozen. The Creami makes the best ice cream and frozen treats I have ever eaten, and so easy to use!