Ninja·home appliance
Ninja Creami
Based on 29 credible posts from Bluesky & Hacker News. 3 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
Medium confidenceA solid sample; expect small shifts as more owners post. How we score
Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Most owners are happy with it: 86% of 29 reviews are positive and 0% negative. Praise centers on price & value. Owners with 6+ months of use are less positive (33%), which suggests it wears on people over time.
What owners like
Price & value praised by 3 owners
“Way cheaper than buying pints of Halo Top.”
What owners complain about
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners talk about
- Price & value3 praise · 1 complain
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I’ve been making ice cream at home for the last few years and I’ll never go back. Store bought is all trash now. If you haven’t had the chance to taste ice cream from a Ninja Creami, you’re missing out!
So I got the Ninja Creami last year. It was expensive but considering what I was spending on artisanal ice cream, it was a wash. [...] The big gripe with it is you have to freeze things overnight in order to run it…
A year later, I’m still obsessed with my Ninja Creami but less obsessed with how it’s as loud as a jet engine and the neighborhood knows when I have a sweet treat.
[...] Xanthan or Agar Agar are commonly used even in household gelato (think a 1kg ice cream machine or something like a Ninja Creami - which is one of my own ever favorite and most recommended appliances) to reduce the formation of ice crystals. [...]
Since the Ninja Creami hit the market as the "Pacojet Killer", I like to make my own lemon sorbet and Sgroppinos. But of course I swapped the vodka for Limoncello.
[...] A machine like a Ninja CREAMi is opening up accessibility to ice cream varieties that were previously difficult or impossible to make at home. [...] I’m not saying everyone needs some kind of expensive appliance. [...]
[...] You can make soft serve, milkshakes, concretes, and gelato with the Ninja CREAMi. [...]
[...] So my wife and I bought a ninja creami and I’ve been making homemade ice cream! [...]
I bought my wife a Ninja Creami for her birthday and now I think I’m an Ice Cream guy. [...]
i own a ninja creami and a waffle cone maker so worth i love soft serve so much 🤤🤤 i need a new waffle cone recipe tho bc i cant quite get it to taste like my fav ice cream shop’s
I bought my auntie a Ninja Creami and she's been making sorbets. Absolutely fantastic
i got one of those ninja creami things and y'all. [...]
I have a scoop of their snickerdoodle protein powder in my coffee every morning. Their flavors are great. I use them to make the ninja creami ice creams, too.
I bought a Ninja Creami and I’m immediately all about that lifestyle.
I got the Ninja Creami! The og and not the fancy one so no fancy swirled ice cream but its SO good
I bought a Ninja Creami yesterday and I made some peach sorbet from some fresh peaches and oh my god
The main thing is the equipment, I got a Ninja Creami which is a consumer-grade Pacojet and it’s amazing
[...] My BF got me a Ninja Creami and I got a Kindle from the 'rents and Sister! [...]
I bought a Ninja Creami on Friday and I’ve already eaten three pints of ice cream since. At this point I’m not sure if I own it or if it owns me.
Louisiana strawberries $2/16 oz at Robert on Sat, so I got a couple. Prepped yesterday and did ice cream instead of a sorbet for the first time in the Ninja Creami and it's really pretty good. [...]
i bought mint chip protein powder specifically to make this shamrock shake ninja creami concoction and it turned out better than i ever could dream of
Someone on the Ninja Creami subreddit suggested white Monster Energy drink and strawberry sorbet and so I got my immersion blender out because that sounds oddly refreshing.
I bought a Ninja Creami earlier this week. [...] Way cheaper than buying pints of Halo Top.
I bought a Ninja Creami and I apologise in advance for the person I'm going to become. (A person obsessed with ice cream.) (Oh, wait.)
I got a ninja creami and it is life changing. I can just make froyo and all the weird ice cream I want
I own one of those Ninja Creami things so I just made myself a pint of ice cream for breakfast. Yes, my wife is still out of town, why do you ask?
This summer, because TikTok should be banned, I saw so many videos about that Ninja Creami drink maker that I bought one. [...]
I sooooo want to return our Ninja Creami Deluxe, recently purchased at Costco. [...] From Googling, it seems that Ninja started out doing warranty replacements for the issue but now have shifted to "its a safety feature". [...] But my spouse likes it, I am pretty certain that any replacement unit is going to have the exact same issue, and it was a pretty good price. [...]
I was gonna try selling the Ninja Creami I never use, and then I remembered I got it at Costco 💅
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“I’ve been making ice cream at home for the last few years and I’ll never go back. Store bought is all trash now. If you haven’t had the chance to taste ice cream from a Ninja Creami, you’re missing out!”
after 3 yearsView on Hacker News“[...] So my wife and I bought a ninja creami and I’ve been making homemade ice cream! [...]”
“So I got the Ninja Creami last year. It was expensive but considering what I was spending on artisanal ice cream, it was a wash. [...] The big gripe with it is you have to freeze things overnight in order to run it…”
after 1 yearView on Bluesky“A year later, I’m still obsessed with my Ninja Creami but less obsessed with how it’s as loud as a jet engine and the neighborhood knows when I have a sweet treat.”
after 1 yearView on Bluesky
Common Ninja Creami problems
Issues at least two owners independently report.
No recurring complaint pattern found across the reviews analyzed. That's a genuinely good sign — it means owners aren't converging on the same problem.