I have yet to use it for anything other than cocktails, but I have serious commercial applications planned. However, I was shocked by the power this thing has. I’ve only use household ice so far, but the freaking thing spit out snow in seconds! I felt like I couldn’t feed the thing fast enough and the fact that you can adjust the setting for what level or sort of granular output you want is fantastic. You can make coarse grains like hail, or you can make very fine near snowflake quality. Be ready though, because it really spits that ice out really fast. I would not complain about this, but if they could make the ice shoot in a more narrow spray, it would be absolutely perfect, but until they do that it is just an excellent machine. I’m very pleased, and I honestly have apprehension about buying it from a Chinese manufacturer. So far so good.