"excellent machine. Unlike soem of the others, this one rotates the whole bowl rather than the paddles. the bigger motor makes for a less noisy machne and ne that should be more relable given that it is put under less stress for its size than a bowl mounted motor.

I think this ice cream maker is quite good for the price. It has a decent sized bowl and is quite simple to use. The ice cream tastes nice ( I use a vanilla pod as well as vanilla extract). It's good because you know what ingredients go into it, no preservatives etc.

Hubby makes all his own ice cream now. I don't know that it's any less expensive to make your own, but the taste is so much better, smoother; and you can adjust the flavors to your liking. We haven't purchased store-bought ice cream since getting this. It's easy to use and clean.

Make sure to put the container in it's UP RIGHT position... If you put it slanted in the back of your freezer, your ice cream will come out liquidey.. That little detail is important, I would say to leave it in for a day about, instead of just 6 hours... For the price, I'm satisfied.

I had first incorrectly ordered a 1.5 quart freezer bowl, but Amazon worked with me in returnning that item, so I replaced with this one--the correct 2 quart freezer bowl. We wanted an extra so when making ice cream for family groups or parties we could make either larger batch or two different...