PCM425AQ Retro Hard and Sugar Free Countertop Cotton Candy Maker, Includes 2 Reusable Cones And Scoop – Aqua

Was nervous about the many poor reviews, particularly recent ones, so put it together carefully, read the instructions, and watched some YouTube videos about cotton candy machines. After making our first set of batches, my overall take is it's a great little unit. I had no trouble getting it going, waited the full 10 minutes for it to heat up before using it, and used candy floss sugar bought separately (unit doesn't come with any). Spun up into floss in about a minute, and was relatively easy to spin out onto cones (came with the flossing sugar), or a straw / chopstick we had around. We made about 6 'batches' consisting of about a tablespoon of sugar (the max for the unit), and they got eaten very very quickly (faster than I could make them). I set it up outside because of the reviews saying the sugar got sprayed 4 ft in every direction. I did not notice any sugar spraying out of it at all for me; my next batch I will try inside. I did however, find some perhaps 25%-50% of the sugar in the batch fails to make it into the floss, and is flung as small particles onto the walls of the bowl in a ring (where the spinning disk is). I collected it afterward (the pieces snapped off easily) and tried putting a couple big pieces in to re-melt and have less waste. That turned out not to be such a good idea, as the weighting wasn't distributed evenly for the spinning disk. The solution is to crush the hard candy into little pieces first, so that it can spin out more evenly, which I'll try next time. I stopped the machine due to the odd rotation that was occurring, and let it cool. The sugar in the head all hardened inside and looked like a fairly nasty mess to clean up. Good news is it's sugar, so it dissolves in water. After cooling for 20 mins I popped the head off and ran it under hot water and dissolved out all the sugar that had hardened inside. Took a good 10-15 mins to get it all out, so I won't be in any hurry to re-create that situation. But all in all it's straightforward to clean and looks like new again. In sum, does what it's supposed to do (makes delicious cotton candy), is easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to clean. 5 stars. Just know it's small batches, you may want to make some ahead of time if you have a bunch of kids / people that want to eat it.

Todo llegó bien, solo que uno de los dos palitos que vienen para enrollar el algodón llegó quebrado :(. La máquina si funciona

The product was in clean shape it’s easy to clean all the parts were there and we were able to creat a good amount of cotton candy.it doesn’t take a long time to heat up.Over all I really loved the product

I recently used this cotton candy machine, and it was a blast! It was easy to set up and didn’t take long to start spinning. The machine warmed up quickly and started making fluffy cotton candy in just a few minutes. It was fun to watch the sugar turn into big, soft clouds of cotton candy. The texture was light and airy, just like at fairs — not too sticky and easy to enjoy. Cleanup was pretty simple too, since most parts came off easily for washing. Overall, this cotton candy machine is fun, easy to use, and makes great-tasting cotton candy. It’s perfect for parties, sleepovers, or just a sweet treat at home! 🍬😊

Works well, and I made lots of cotton candy. 2 things 1. It can't run for very long withoutgoing a little wonky, obviously not to be used to provide cotton candy to a large group which is expected. 2. Some people said they used jolly ranchers? I'd advise against this, the favor is to strong that way. I did crush a jolly rancher with quite a bit of store bought granulated sugar, which worked well.