Cuisinart ICE-200 Slushy & Soft-Serve Maker vs Cuisinart Cool Combo Ice Cream Maker Snow Cone Machine

Buy the ICE-200 if you want soft-serve, slushies and frozen cocktails without pre-freezing the bowl. Its built-in compressor chills on its own, so you can run batch after batch. The Cool Combo is the simpler, cheaper-feeling machine: a 1.5-quart bowl you freeze ahead, plus a snow cone chute. Owners rate the Cool Combo higher (4.8 from 20 ratings) than the ICE-200 (4.1 from 148), but that is a small sample. The ICE-200 is heavier at 24.5 lb and takes more counter space; the Cool Combo is compact and light.

• Choose the Cuisinart ICE-200 if you want soft-serve, slushies or frozen cocktails on demand and don't want to pre-freeze a bowl.
• Choose the Cuisinart Cool Combo if you want classic scooped ice cream plus snow cones for kids and don't mind freezing the bowl overnight.