For some reason youtube won't let me leave my own comment so I have to comment under someone else's. Might as well be yours. Great video, I've seen these for sale on Amazon and wondered if they were any good. Hope you figure out what the technical difficulties were and let us know.
Just as a heads up BetterHelp has been caught in the past combing the internet for therapist that aren't associated with them and just posting their personal information not even business information like phone numbers and addresses without notifying the therapist before doing so.
I know BH seems like a great resource for mental health, but they are really predatory. They overwork and underpay their professionals, they steal information from people not working for them to make it seem like they are, and are overall just not a good company. I’m not usually one to critique how people make their money (sponsorships are usually great), but please consider the numerous horror stories before working with them again. Sincerely, A long time fan who has a multitude of mental illnesses PS, that machine is so cool! I could never justify it unless I had my own business but the wow factor is on point 😍
@@o0Theresa0onot really because she has to still squeeze the icing and scrap. I personally don’t think it is worth $1000 or time. It’s not like she can walk way and it stack fill and ice cake.
For $1000, I was expecting robot arms that would take it from naked to fully frosted and decorated wedding cake. A square edge on a spinning plate seems like something Kevin could build.
As someone waiting to get ahold of of a freeze dryer ($2000+) the price tag isn't that surprising.... but if it worked reliably, I think it'd be a great investment for a caterer or someone with less knowledge about decorating cakes. Heck I saw the crumbs the machine left and thought 'perfect place for a fancy flower decoration! I been wanting a freeze dryer specifically for corn (just crush it and ya got cormeal) and fruit. You can make fruit powders to dust desserts, mix in to frosting and batters... and it preserves a lot more nutrients than typically dehydration.
$1K seems like A LOT for a turntable with some rulers attached. There are smartphones that cost less than that, and they’re basically complete tiny computers, soooo…. For that much I expect it to be able to crumb coat, add the icing itself, and even offer some basic templates for patterns. Like you ought to be able to plop an un-iced cake on there, pick what you want and walk away.
So many great moments in this video. To me that feels excessive for $1000, but I imagine it might be helpful to a bakery or someplace mass producing cakes. I wonder if you could build/hack something with a similar outcome that could be far cheaper, smaller, and with easier clean up. (Maybe give Kevin another chance to use his tools?)
@@myladycasagrande863 I was thinking of something simpler as the base, like a cake plate that turns. My family has an old wind up one, though it turns slowly I'm not sure if you could find something motorized. Then all you need are the side blades, which could be modified rulers.
seems pretty pricey for basically, a spinning cake stand with a metal right angle that stays in place. I think this could easily be DIY'd for cheaper, like you could probably even just use a cheap pottery wheel for the spinning base, which would give more control over the speed/start and stop for doing details/decor.
$1000 is too much for what it does, unless it's meant to be used in an industrial setting and could handle being used all day every day for years. It also might stop because it isn't sensing any frosting on it? Not sure. It seemed to work fine when you were frosting the cake, but maybe you frosted the cake BECAUSE it was working fine? Either way, looks like fun!
omg, this looks so fun! Try maybe creating a wedding cake yourself and then try to recreate it with the machine. Or do sth like you decorate a cake yourself and your husband decorates the cake with the help of the machine
I love that this video is short but is ALL just complete chaos 😆 the cake looked great when it was working but I definetely wouldn't justify it being so expensive, even if I was rich 😅
I think it would be good if you could just dump the frosting in the machine somehow and it would take off on its own. Seems like it defeats the purpose if you have to fill a frosting bag and then stand there and push it out onto the cake. Maybe it does a lot of other things that we haven’t seen yet but as of right now I think you can frost a cake faster and better!! 😁🍰💕
Your husband could make something just as good for under $100. Make it an episode and a challenge for him. BTW, the machine did not decorate the cake...it simply did a surface coat.
I honestly think this could be amazing for a baker who may have arthritis as they age or Parkinson’s. As well as people with maybe prosthetics or limb difference this could be a wonderful tool. ❤
@@TheIcingArtist It's not something silly like it having a sensor to feel the resistance from the frosting, is it? Does it work consistently while it's touching the icing? Hard to tell in the video but it seems like a possibility, though it would stop you from using it as just a motorized turntable, which would be a shame.
It's pretty cool, but looking at the design, Kevin should be able to build you something similar. I'd probably get an old record turntable and just set up blades. Or does it have more features you didn't get a chance to show? Very interesting, though!
This is so damn cool. I'm curious to see if this is worth the cost in the future. I'm wondering who would do better in a challenge, the machine or Kevin? That be fun to watch. Have Laurie use the machine as much as possible vs. Kevin doing everything by hand. That be cool
A thousand dollars sounds like a lot but considering the cost of cakes these days, even a part timer could recoup the cost pretty quickly. If you’re an aging baker whose hand strength is waning but family members all still want you to make their big event cakes, this would be awesome.
If a baker was making a ton of cakes, it might help prevent carpel tunnel damage. But it seems wildly expensive for all it does. It was super fun watching you guys open the box with a chainsaw, set it up and use it for the first time though! 😂😍
I wonder if you'd get a similar result from just an automatic turning table without the big machine and all the arms that I imagine will make cleaning no fun.
When the title said 'decorate' I was expecting piping, lettering, shapes, etc. This looks like something you could put together yourself with a motorised cake stand and a t-square for about £50. A thousand bucks? They saw you coming.
Me and my hubby invested in one of those for my sister who is starting her cake business and she absolutely loves it. I honestly think it’s worth it especially since it’s just her making the cakes on her own. Love your videos!
I love you & Kevin, I just wish you hadn't paired up with Better Help. I know they seem like a good company & good idea, but the company itself is looking more and more shady as more info comes out. There are lawsuits and federal investigations over business practices. 😢 I had high hopes for the company when they started but am now glad we went with a local dr our insurance covered for our teenage daughter. The idea of her answers & private information being sold by her therapist's employer is heartbreaking. I feel for all the people who did have that happen. It already takes so much strength to get help for mental health stuff, sucks that someone is always trying to make a buck.
For 1k I'm expecting it to at least have multiple settings so I can crumbcoat and then ice and also have a sode scraper so u don't have to do kt co sidering u have to clean the machine. You're doing most the effort for an expensive machine. If I'm being spoilt ide like it to also have area to add icing and filter in onto cake itself and stop when feels full but that's pushing it 😆
The idea is great, the price is insane. This would be such an easy DIY build actually. I can't frost a cake nicely to save my life, so I actually might get my dad to help me build a much more cost efficient version of this because it is really handy!
I challenge Kevin to build a better version. Also I love the chainsaw part. That was perfect. Who sends something in a wood box inside a cardboard box? I'm sure your delivery person loved that.
@@brianhorton6676This! We get things sent to my hubs shop packaged in this manner quite frequently. EDITED TO ADD: Sometimes there is even a plastic shipping container thrown in the mix as well.
I just watched the burnable edible paper video where I think you invested $800 on paper, ink and printer. It’s amazing what different technologies cost.
Wow…certainly veeeeeery cool. But $1000?????? Don’t think me can afford. It would have to do like 3-4 cakes at a time at that price…🤪🤪🤪 Heck I got one of those “profroster” manual icing smoothers….and I got frustrated. Think I’d freak if the machine wouldn’t turn properly, or shut off…especially at the price.
@@TheIcingArtist Ya, but I good decorator can ice a cake in minutes. So not sure a bakery could justify the cost. I guess if you get fast enough to pop the cake on and off. I’d like to see larger cakes iced on the machine. See how well it does. And, hey, who knows, the price may come down??
Okay, but does it have cake comb attachments for different shapes sides / top ? I always find some of those to be difficult to do by hand, a stationary machine might be more precise.
Even if it doesn't come with the attachments, it seems like it might be possible to use small clamps to attach your own tools yourself. Curious to see if it works, seems like that'd be a very useful function!
Girlfriend, busted into that box, like someone sealed her phone up in it 🤣, best 'unboxing' ever❣ ~Imho, it looks like fun (how long till the novelty wears off?), but it is big, bulky, and it took you 12 minutes? Unless you are icing a mass production, I think $1000.00 for a machine with an attitude problem, that only has one function is a weee bit pricey!
An icing match between Kevin with the machine and you without would be nice. But also how long it takes yourself with/without the machine. And video's with coloring icing definitely 😁
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I actually really want one of these because I have an injured left arm and I can no longer turn the turn table with my left hand to frost cakes. But I am a home baker that just does cakes as a hobby, and it is just not a practical investment. I also have no place to keep it. That thing is huge. Also I have to say, I agree that I don’t necessarily know that this would be faster than the time it takes a skilled cake decorator to frost a cake, but it would save years, yes years, of practicing, learning and developing skills to become a skilled cake decorator. So in that case it is years faster.
That’s not exactly what I thought you meant when you said decorating cakes, but it’s pretty cool! It definitely can help if the machine is doing one cake and you’re doing the second one manually
i have a machine that slaps out pizza dough for me half way. when you know how to use these things right, they're such a life saver when you're making stuff en mass
@TheIcingArtist You could have a "GHOST" moment like Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore except with a Cake... 😂😂😂 Imagine?!?! Just have ur husband sit behind you and play "Unchanged Melody" in the background... 😂😂😂
Well when it works it's a good help. But if it didn't come with an instruction book that included a trouble shooting section then no, it's not worth $1000. And if any part of that is plastic then again not $1000. If it takes you any longer than 4hours to unbox, set up, plug in and start then no again.
I have seen these and thought how amazing. And saves time. But worth it? Maybe if your pumping out a lot of cakes. Or if you value more personal time thanks so much, can't wait to see what all you dobwith it
Wasn’t Betterhelp a total scam with what you’re trully getting and the actual help you’re getting? Coming from someone struggling with anxiety and depression, it is kind of disappointing…
"You can't... it's mine. My precious." 😂😂❤ I can't lmao. This youtuber, she's just so adorable and funny. Radiates so much good energy it makes me happy.
I can see this helping in a big bakery. But at that price it’s not exactly for home bakers. I do think you could diy something for less. A pottery wheel for example or an old record player even. Build a stand with the scraping blades and there you go.
Dang... I could have used one of these the other night 😅 I decorate cakes for people but don't currently have an oven so they have to provide me the cake part.... the cakes I was given Friday were falling apart and one was smashed down on one side. It was SO uneven the short side was about and inch smaller. Trying to even that out with icing by hand SUCKED!
Idk, it's like one of those pottery throw turn tables but with a couple scrapers attached. And a pottery wheel even comes with a pedal. So, add the price of a pottery wheel, a couple scrapers, a few nuts and bolts to help the scrapers move, and there's what it's worth. Bonus is whatever is going on with the power and rotation won't be an issue. Definitely not worth a thousand bucks lol. Plus unimaginable shipping I'm sure. BUT it was awesome otherwise. Fast, efficient, quiet, fairly clean, definitely a smooth and even finish. I could see this being great for business owners if it were a bit less pricey.
Although that looks so cool to play with I don’t think it’s worth the money or space to house it if it’s not going to work half the time and you still might have to crumb coat on top of that. Still, thanks for the vid it was fun.
Very cool gadget.... why did it take 2 months though? For 1000 bucks I def would not feel good about waiting that long nor the fact that there seems to be glitches in the power.
That chainsaw really brought back a couple memories of my brother when he cut himself with one while he was cuttin down some trees 😨 (he’s okay, it wasn’t super bad if you care lol)
