Countertop vs Floor-Standing Ice Cream Machines: Choosing Between B Series, Easy7 and Power7

A countertop ice cream vending machine and a floor-standing one are built for different ways of selling, and the amount of space you have is the smaller part of the decision. What decides it is who will be near the machine while it sells: nobody, a member of staff who already takes payment, or staff who are on the premises but busy with other work.

Huaxin makes a machine for each of those situations. The floor-standing B Series (B83 Max, B84, B85, B86 and B86 Max, plus the smaller-capacity B83) is designed to sell on its own in public spaces. Easy7 is an automatic countertop soft serve machine for a staffed bar or front counter. Power7 is a countertop vending machine that lets customers order and pay at the machine inside a store or venue.

This guide settles the format first and the model second. Full specifications, configurations and prices are on each product page.

1 Start with how each sale will happen

Picture one order at your site, from the moment a customer decides to buy until they walk away with a cup. Three questions sort most sites quickly: who takes the money, who handles the cup or cone, and how long the machine must keep selling before anyone attends to it. The answers usually point to one of three operating situations.

Unattended public sites

Shopping mall corridors, transport hubs, attractions, campuses and waiting areas often have no staff assigned to the machine. Here the machine has to take payment, dispense the cup, make and top the serving and hand it over without help, then keep doing so until the next service visit. That is the job of a floor-standing ice cream vending machine such as the B Series. Its size is what lets it carry enough mix and cups to sell for long stretches on its own.

A staffed bar or front counter

Cafés, dessert shops, bakeries, restaurants and hotel breakfast bars already have someone at the counter taking orders and payment. What they need is consistent soft serve without training a person to pull and shape every portion. Easy7 does that from a small counter footprint. It is not a vending machine in the B Series sense: it has no automatic cup dispenser, and payment normally stays at the till.

Self-service inside a store or venue

Convenience stores, cinema and entertainment-centre lobbies, hotel lobbies and similar venues have staff on the premises who are not free to serve every order. A countertop ice cream vending machine such as Power7 fits this gap. Customers order and pay at the machine, which handles the cup and toppings itself, while staff reload cups and mix and keep the area tidy. It needs counter or stand space rather than floor space, but it carries far less stock than a B Series machine, so it suits places where someone can check it during the day.

Buyers looking for a mini ice cream vending machine often expect a scaled-down B Series that can be left anywhere. Neither countertop model works that way. Easy7 relies on staff for payment and the cup, and Power7 relies on someone nearby to restock it during the day. That is why the format decision comes before the model decision.

2 What happens at the machine

The three formats divide the work of a sale differently. The differences below are the ones that change staffing, payment setup and site choice.

B Series: from order to pickup without staff

The customer chooses a product on the 32-inch touchscreen and pays at the machine. Payment can be by card, QR code or mobile wallet, or cash and coins, depending on the country, the payment provider and the terminal configured for the project. On configurations with automatic cup dispensing, the machine separates a cup, makes the soft serve, adds compatible toppings and sauces where the configuration includes them, and delivers the cup to the pickup opening. A viewing window lets customers watch the process; it is not where they collect the cup. Each machine runs one base mix at a time, and menu variety comes from toppings and sauces.

Easy7: a person places the cup, the machine makes the serving

Easy7 has no cup dispenser and, in its standard form, no payment system. In a typical store the customer pays at the till, receives a cup or a flat-bottomed cone, sets it in the holder and taps Make on the 11.6-inch screen. Staff can do the same steps themselves if the store prefers. The machine checks that a compatible container is in place, then its programmable dispensing arm fills and shapes the serving. There is no automatic topping or sauce system, so any toppings are added by hand at the counter.

Two practical points follow. The holders are set up for specific cup and cone sizes, so cups have to be decided before the machine is finished. In one order from Spain for three Easy7 units, the holders were made to the buyer's own 4 oz and 6 oz cups, and those sizes had to be confirmed before the order could be completed. Payment is the second point. A buyer in Cambodia that already supplies coffee machines ordered Easy7 without a payment system, because paying at a machine is uncommon in its market and customers pay at the counter. If you do want customers to pay at the machine, ask at quotation stage whether a payment module can be added to your configuration, or look at Power7.

Power7: self-service from a counter

Of the two countertop models, Power7 is the one that works as a countertop ice cream vending machine. The customer chooses on an approximately 13-inch touchscreen and pays at the machine. Card and QR payment are available on compatible configurations, subject to the local payment provider. Power7 holds about 32 cups inside. A lifting mechanism positions each cup while the machine makes the soft serve and, where configured, adds up to two toppings and two sauces. The finished cup is delivered to an enclosed cup port, and a window lets customers watch it being made. Like the B Series, it runs one base mix at a time.

Because Power7 handles the whole order, its menu and cups need the same testing as a floor-standing machine. One operator in the Czech Republic who began with a single Power7 had it running soon after delivery and used that period to trial crushed-biscuit toppings on the machine.

3 Space, installation and power

Floor-standing B Series

B83 Max, B84, B85 and B86 are listed at 1950 (H) × 1080 (L) × 940 (W) mm. B86 Max measures 1950 (H) × 1080 (L) × 954 (W) mm, and B83 is 1950 (H) × 960 (L) × 880 (W) mm. The models differ in their front doors and exterior design and share the same internal configuration, apart from B83, which is smaller and carries less mix and fewer cups. Each weighs several hundred kilograms.

Plan the delivery route as carefully as the site. Doorways, lifts and corners on the way in must take a machine almost two metres tall, and the floor at the site must be level and able to carry the weight. Leave room for the service door to open for refilling and cleaning, and place the machine near a suitable power supply. The standard configuration is 220 V / 50 Hz, with 110 V and 60 Hz available as options that must be confirmed before ordering. Remote monitoring of machine status and sales data needs a network connection. Outdoor placement is possible only in limited cases, with shelter and an assessment of heat, rain, sun, dust and electrical conditions at the site.

Easy7 on a bar or front counter

Easy7 is listed at L660 × W334 × H622 mm and weighs just over 80 kg, so check that the counter can carry it. The narrow 334 mm side faces the customer, which is why it fits beside a coffee machine or till, but the 660 mm length runs back across the worktop. Many standard worktops are only about 600 mm deep, so measure yours first. Hot air leaves through the top of the machine, which makes it easier to fit between other equipment on a bar or front desk than a side-vented unit. It still needs clear space above, so avoid placing it under a low shelf or overhead cabinet. The standard electrical configuration is 220 V / 50 Hz with 1200 W rated power; 110 V and 60 Hz are options to confirm for your market.

Power7 on a counter or stand

Power7 is listed at L560 × W826 × H812 mm. It is far heavier than Easy7, well over 100 kg, so it needs a stable stand or a counter built for that load rather than an ordinary display shelf. The standard configuration is 220 V / 50 Hz with 1700 W rated power, and 110 V / 60 Hz can be specified when ordering. Allow standing room at the front for customers using the screen and payment terminal, and access for the staff who reload cups and mix.

4 Capacity: how long each format can sell between refills

Rated figures apply under standard conditions. Actual output varies with serving size, recipe, mix temperature and ambient conditions.

Storage and speed answer different questions. Mix and cup storage decide how long a machine can sell before someone has to attend to it; the rated speed decides how quickly it can work through a queue. Neither should be turned into a daily sales forecast. Serving size, recipe, mix temperature and room conditions all move the real figures, and a per-serving time is a different measure from an hourly rating.

For an unattended site, storage matters most. A B Series machine's approx. 20 L of mix and approx. 160 cups are what let it sell between service visits with no staff on hand. B83, with 10 L and about 80 cups, suits regular commercial sites where visits can be more frequent. Power7's 32 cups would be a constraint at a busy mall entrance with nobody nearby; inside a staffed store, the same limit simply means someone reloads cups during the day.

For Easy7, storage hardly matters, because staff are present and cups come from the counter. The peak does. A rating of 60 cups per hour under standard conditions suits steady café trade. If your sales arrive in sharp bursts, such as a cinema interval or the end of the school day, compare the size of that burst with the hourly rating before you choose.

5 Matching your site to a format and model

Among B83 Max, B84, B85, B86 and B86 Max, choose by front door and exterior design, since the internal configuration is the same. Product pages such as B86 and B86 Max list the full specifications for each design.

Two choices come up often. Between Easy7 and Power7, decide by who handles each order. If counter staff already hand over coffee and cakes, Easy7 adds soft serve without a new payment setup. If staff are busy and you want the machine to take orders and payment itself, Power7 does that, with the payment integration your market requires.

Between Power7 and the B Series, decide by how long the machine will be left alone. A machine that someone checks several times a day can work from 32 cups and 6 L of mix. One that may go most of a busy day without a visit needs the storage of a floor-standing machine.

6 What to send for a model recommendation

Huaxin can suggest a format and model once it knows three things about your site:

1. Site type and country, for example a café in Madrid or a cinema lobby in Bangkok.

2. Whether staff will be present during selling hours, and whether they will take payment.

3. The space available: counter width and depth, or floor area, ideally with a photo of the spot.

If you already know your cup sizes or the payment methods your customers use, include them.