Margaritaville Blender Review: The Key West Frozen Concoction Maker

Treating yourself with a wholesome homemade drink is one of the best ways to release yourself in leisure and nurture mental health. And to make wholesome drinks, you need nourishing ingredients and, most importantly, a machine capable enough to put out bar-quality frozen drinks. The key here is to shave the ice, not crush it.

That’s where the like of this Margaritaville Key West Frozen Concoction Maker steps in and saves the day.

The product is considered one of the best drink makers on the market. It’s manufactured with quality craftsmanship and equipped with an array of useful features— the kind of traits that deserve more attention.

Let’s take a closer look at the machine.

Margaritaville Blender Review: Defining Features

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• Dishwasher safe

• Easy to use

• Low maintenance

• Strong motor

• Secure footing

• Helpful preset programs

• Expensive

• Heavy to move around

With its thick pitcher and ice reservoir, strong core motor, and preprogrammed portion settings, this Margaritaville blender ticks all the right boxes.

Robust Work Base

The first thing you’ll notice about this Key West Frozen Concoction Maker is the quality of its part, particularly the power base. Its housing yell excellence with the reassuring weight and balanced build. Together with the sure footing, the whole machine barely vibrates on itself and the counter, making all operation safe and relatively quiet.

A resilient and strong 450-watt motor powers the base. As a result, the machine shaves ice with no hassle and rarely fails due to overheating.

Quality Reservoirs

The two reservoirs— the ice bowl and the pitcher— are both made of thick and durable glass. Judging by the presets and what the company claims, the bowl takes enough ice to make up to three batches of margaritas in one go and at maximum ice holding capacity.

The pitcher holds 36 ounces of wet ingredients, and the measurements are marked on its body. It has a lid (mostly for the shaving) and a pour spout to avoid messy spills.

Helpful Modes

This frozen concoction maker offers three automatic presets to help blend up a few quick drinks. All you need to do is add in the ice and the ingredients, turn the machine on, select your portion setting, and flip the Shave & Blend switch (next to On/Off dial), let it run, and you’ll have your drinks on in just a few minutes.

The display is to keep track of the duration of the cycles.

If you want to shave the ice or blend the mixture yourself, flip the Shave/Blend lever next to the portion dial to pulse. The pulsating feature comes in handy when you want to add more ice to the mixture, or when you’re not entirely pleased with the consistency yet.

Low Maintenance

Although the whole unit from Margaritaville consists of quite a few parts, compared to conventional blenders, they are simple to remove nonetheless. However, the machine is rather space-consuming.

Both the ice bowl and the pitcher, among other removable parts from the work base and the pitcher, are dishwasher safe, but only top rack. The housing of the base should be simply wiped clean with a damp piece of cloth. If you want to be 100% save, we suggest spending the time washing everything by hand.

This model is under a 1-year limited warranty.