What's going on everybody, this is James White
with Freakin' Reviews bringing you As Seen on TV product reviews, gadget reviews, and
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please consider subscribing for more videos like this. Now today I'm comparing five different ice
cream scoops. That's right, ice cream scoops. A while back I asked people what they thought
I should compare and this was on that list and I thought it might be interesting to see
if there's a big difference between the range of ice cream scoops. Now I've got five of them from a cheap one
at the dollar store all the way up to this luxurious model which cost me $35 on Amazon. So without further delay let's get right to
five ice cream scoops compared. Alright so let's take a closer look at these
ice cream scoops before I crack out the ice cream and start scooping. First up we've got the dollar store ice cream
scoop. It feels pretty sturdy, eh ish. Next up from Big Lots I paid $5.50 for this
one. It's the Farberware. It's got the easy action release which, I
don't know how easy that is. Then we've got the Oxo which also has easy
action release and that one feels a little smoother. KitchenAid. This one, a popular brand. I enjoyed their can opener in my can opener
comparison. Let's see if the ice cream scoop can come
through. And once again the luxury ice cream scoop. This is called the Midnight Scoop. It's designed to be pushed into hard ice cream
allowing you to use large muscles and protect weak wrists. Can it possibly be worth $35? Let's find out. By the way, this was $1, $5.50, $9, $11, and
$35. I should point out the first job I ever had
was in an ice cream shop in Riverside, California so I have professional experience scooping
ice cream. I've taken the other ones out of the packaging
but I want to unbox this one on camera. This box says it's the world's first ergonomic
ice cream scoop. Very fancy packaging here. Look at this. Oooh. Oh, that is a heavy scoop. I'm going to go wash this one off. So I really tried to look at ice cream scoops
for home use, not so much professional use. So I kind of left out some of the electric
ones, some of the heated ones, I just kind of wanted to stick with the manual hand-held
ice cream scoops to see if the range is really different because I've got $1 to the $35 scoops
and there's a weight difference for sure but is there a function difference? I want to find that out. A lot of people suggested other ice cream
scoops like the electric ones, the ones with water in the handle. So I might do those on a second edition down
the road. But for now, I'm going with the manual scoops
and get started in a minute. I do want to point out that Consumer Reports
did a comparison of ice cream scoops back in 2013 and it was pretty bad for Consumer
Reports. They had these people scooping out of these
tiny pint-sized containers which how are you going to get a good scoop out of a pint-sized
container? Come on now. Consumer Reports, you can do better than that. So although my test is not going to be scientific
- it is not scientific ok - but it will be better than Consumer Reports I assure you
of that. I will scoop them as fast as I can to get
through it before the ice cream has a chance to melt. Got some Blue Bunny ice cream here and it's
cold. It is cold ice cream. We have first up the dollar store ice cream
scoop. Ok not terrible. Not bad really. Could be worse. Of course, it's not the most impressive scoops
in the world either, though. Kind of flat. Let's go with the Farberware, the $5.50 one
from Big Lots. It has this fancy quick-release on it. Oh wow. I really had to push hard. Actually harder than the dollar store one
but is this going to work? Oh, it just spit on the table! It just spit. Try another scoop of this. It really takes some effort on this one. The handle kind of works. So far I'm not, I'm not finding these impressive
scoops here. Let's try the Oxo. Alright, this one is definitely pushing through
the ice cream more easily than the Farberware did. I'm a professional guys. I know what I'm doing. Ok, this one seemed to go through a lot easier. Got two more to go. Now for the KitchenAid which is heavier. It's heavier than the others. It doesn't have quick-release but it seems
like it's pretty well-made. Let's see what we got here. Alright the KitchenAid just glided through
there. These KitchenAid scoops seem like they're
more scoopy-looking than some of the others. The others are kind of flat. These two are the KitchenAid. The KitchenAid is on top of the dollar store. Looks like it's attacking it or something. KitchenAid is more scoop-looking. Let's try the $35 bad boy here. Let me do a closeup. This is a massive scoop, too. I'm really curious. I'll go into the coldest part of it here. Trying to hold this so you guys can see on
camera by the way. I'm going to digest this for a minute here. I'm not eating all of that right now by the
way. Well, that was round 1. I've got some contenders in mind but, so I'm
going to come back in a little bit for round number 2. How about some Blue Bunny mint chocolate chip
ice cream? This has been in the freezer for a while. It's very hard. This is much harder than the other one. Let's start off with a spoon because a lot
of people use a spoon. Let's see how it compares to the others. I'm not going to consider this in my final
results but I want to see how a spoon works anyways. Ok well, it penetrated the ice cream but it's
not really scooping. I would say the spoon is not doing so good
because this ice cream is quite hard. Not impressive. Let's go to the dollar store ice cream scoop. Ok well even though it seems kind of flimsy,
it's getting through it ish. Kind of. Maybe not so great. For the really hard ice cream, this is...
it's working but not working that well. Let's try the Farberware. Ok well it's kind of getting there. Ok the Farberware is not impressing me. Not only that but the handle isn't really
impressing me that much either. Let's go with the Oxo. Feels better made so it should be a better
choice here. Oh the Oxo is pushing through a little bit
better. I guess it's not bad. Let's keep going. So smooth. I don't know. I'm not feeling the Oxo either that much. Next up, KitchenAid. I can feel this cutting through there much
better. Oh wow. Look at that. It's a lot smoother. It takes much less force and it's certainly
cutting through the ice cream much better than the others did. That is not a bad showing from the $11 KitchenAid. I like this one. I like the ergonomic grip. It's actually very heavy. That's pretty good. It's actually pretty good. It's like the KitchenAid. It just cuts right through it. Of course the KitchenAid is a lot cheaper
than this one but I would say that the KitchenAid and the $35 one are actually pretty good. The question is would you pay $35 for an ice
cream scoop over $11 for a similar one. That is the question and I don't know. But as far as hardened ice cream goes.. oops.. I would say an impressive showing by the $35
ice cream scoop. These three and the spoon didn't fare so well. These two did. I want to point out that if you really want
to scoop ice cream effectively, leave the ice cream out for 10 minutes. Some people put it in the microwave or dipping
it in warm water. That's really the best way to scoop ice cream. But I wanted to see which one of these manual
scoops was the best without any of that extra work. Now it's time to rank these ice cream scoops
and I think I obviously have two groups of them. I've got the low-end models and the high-end
models. If I'm going to rank these from five to one,
I've got to pick an order for these three. I'm going to say that when you factor in performance
and price, I'm going to say the Farberware is number 5. I wasn't really impressed by any of the
scoops that it did. The handle is kind of janky. Not impressed by the Farberware at all. It's close for number 4 between these two. I think considering the price, I'm going to
say number 4 is the Oxo. I don't think it really was very impressive. Better than the Farberware. When you consider the price, the Oxo is number
4 and the dollar store is number 3. It's cheaply made. It's not real heavy but considering it's only
a buck and it still performed about as well as the other two, the dollar store I'm going
to say is a solid number 3. Now between these two, I'm going to say number
2 is the $35 ice cream scoop. I think they were about even but when you
consider the price. $35 vs $11, you've got to go with this one
as number 2 and the KitchenAid number 1. Now KitchenAid was also my number 1 can opener. I have no affiliation with KitchenAid. It just happens to be that they came out number
1 on two reviews in a row. But I really think that, factor in the price
and performance, KitchenAid number 1. I would say just performance you might want
to consider this deluxe luxury ice cream scoop. So have you used any of these ice cream scoops
or are there other ice cream scoops I should use in a future video? Tell me what you think in the comments below. Please follow my social profiles for progress
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