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Fast, well built, additional bubble shield a must, plus...
Color: Pink
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 hun
gry 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.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2015 by Watson
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Best cotton candy machine!
Color: Pink
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!
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2023 by Tiffany T.
Color: Pink
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 a
nd 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.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021 by KM KM
Color: Blue
This is a good quality machine, hands down. A little bit pricey, but looks nice & produces good cotton candy
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023 by Amazon Customer Amazon Customer
Color: Pink
Es buen producto pero costoso, le hace falta la parte superior y si la vas a comprar es demasiado elevado el precio
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2022 by Peter
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MOTOR IS NO LONGER SPINNING FLOSS
Color: Pink
THIS IS THE SECOND VIVO I PURCHASED THAT ONLY LASTED A FEW MONTHS. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO USE THE MACHINES A HAND FULL OF TIMES BEFORE THEY BROKE. I PURCHASED THE BLUE VIVO WITHOUT THE STAND AND BUBBLE IN AUG. I USED IT 3 TIMES AND ON THE 4TH TIME I WOULD NOT TURN ON. I WILL POST PIX OF THE MACHINES LATE
R. BECAUSE I ONLY PAID $180.00 FOR THE BLUE ONE I ASSUME IT WAS A DUD AND PURCAHSED THE PINK VIVO WITH THE CART AND BUBBLE TO GO WITH IT AFTER CHRISTMAS, I INTENDED TO USE IT FOR SMALL FUNCTIONS AND POSSIBLE RENTAL. I PAID OVER $300 DOLLARS FOR IT AND AFTER ABOUT 7 USAGE IT SPINS BUT ONLY BURNS THE SUGAR AND SMOKES. THIS MACHINE STOPPED WORKING IN FEB AND I ACTUALLY STARTED USING THE PINK ONE IN THE SECOND WEEK OF JAN. THIS ONE ONLY LASTED A MONTH, I TRIED EMAILING THE VIVO COMPANY BUT NO RESPONSE. THEREFORE, I PURCHASED A GOLD MEDAL COTTON CANDY MACHINE AT SAMS CLUB LAST WEEK, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR! SAVE YOUR MONEY, TIME AND FRUSTRATION AND OPTED OUT OF BUYING VIVO COTTON CANDY MACHINES!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023 by darcell-Cali gurl
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Its so easy to use and it makes delicious cotton candy.
Color: Blue
Its fast efficient and makes really good cotton candy. Cleaning it took less than 5 minutes. Its really worth the money!
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2022 by bridget stewart bridget stewart
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BUY THIS YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!
Color: Pink
Had been using a machine I bought 30+ years ago. It is a small home model. Was great but 4 grandchildren each waiting 10 to get a small cone made me look into this maker. WHAT A GREAT CHOICE I MADE!!!! This comes in a few parts & only pictures to put together. Between husband & myself it took 1/2 to
put together. Had 14 cones bagged into 7 bags 15 minutes!!! Couldn't keep up with the machine. So very exited to have this new machine😊 Look forward to make many more in the future. Bought cover & am do happy I did. Can make it and be able to make anytime I want now. COVER IT WORTH IT!!! Almost didn't get it but am very happy I did. This is with every penny I paid for it. Also bought the plain cones 300, printed bags 100 & 4 different cartoons of sugar. Very happy with it all. Thank you Amazon for having this. After 35+ years using the small machine, am so happy I bought this😍
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Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2016 by Scott
Color: Pink
I useThis cotton candy machine for a rental business and so far it’s been Great! Just try to run it often or else it will make a loud screeching noise and you may have to replace the orange piece that it comes with the round thing. I had to do it because I didn’t run it often enough and it started to
get jammed up and make a loud screeching noise. It was very hard! But I got it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2021 by Kim
Color: Pink
Makes cotton candy almost instantly, not a lot of parts to clean, and wipes down easily. I highly recommend this product.
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022 by C & B
Color: Pink
It has been great for birthday parties and warm evenings with the kiddos running around. Everyone is always asking where we got it or if they can borrow it. It’s easy to put together and clean. We’re glad we bought it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022 by Cristina
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Makes lots of cotton candy fast!
Color: Pink
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
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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2014 by F. Wilson
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Keep it clean and it's all good .
Color: Pink
Seems to be good home unit , would not use commercially but cool for kids birthday party. Warms up fairly fast, decent design, clean up is great until the burner gets black, DO NOT LET BURNER GET BLACK , out get reviews say soak in vinegar and use scrub pads and this works but will clean lover than y
ou make cotton candy , I will be using wire wheel on drill next time besides that me and my daughter have had a blast making candy and it will be great for family gatherings and small events with kids
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Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019 by Robert bose
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Why the bad reviews? I have nothing but love for this cotton candy machine
Color: Pink
So far so good! I ordered this item on June 28th for my son's birthday at the end of July! It came two days early, which put it here the day before the 4th of July! So that was pretty cool, I wasn't expecting that. So far I'm pretty impressed the machine is bigger than I had expected and we made abou
t 9 cotton candies in less than a minute and these were good size cotton candies. I used the regular cotton candy sugar floss to make those. I will update my review after I've used it at our big party to review how well it performs, as well as when I use it with hard candy to see how well it breaks the candy down to create the floss.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2018 by I buy all the thing's! I buy all the thing's!
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Neat Machine in an Adorable Pink
Color: Pink
Dropped shipped this to my 6 year old granddaughter to take the sting out of Covid isolation. Backfired badly as her home has now become the most popular place on the block. Have received several photos of numerous children bouncing around the machine as it spins out their treats. Definitely not a so
cial distancing tool. Be sure to get a dome -- my daughter reported it's difficult to control the fluffy stuff otherwise.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020 by Yerkey
