I bought this as a gift for my husband. I’ve never been so disappointed with a purchase. The only upside was it is easy to return. It is very aesthetic, this does not make up for the poor design flaws throughout. I left the pints out 15 minutes to thaw and passed it through the mixer 2 times on the first ice cream before putting on the swirl side. It only did a little over half before it put out an error and I would have had to mix it again on the right side, but as the piece that pushes the ice cream out backed up to release the pint a bunch of ice cream ended up behind the seal, then I had liquid ice cream running all down the side of the machine. Normally this would not be an issue only another design flaw, there is a seam halfway down with a small gap. This makes it impossible to clean. It also got all over the piece that turns the swirl part to push it forward, if they made this piece removable it would make it much easier to clean, however it is inside the machine and impossible to clean all the crevices. I can’t imagine how filthy this thing gets over time. The pints are also impossible to clean as they do not completely come apart (you can find several videos online and customers complaining about mold growing because it never dries). Also after doing a second ice cream I passed it through the mixer 4 times and it did go through the swirl side after that. Once it pushed out as much as it could there was still a pretty decent amount left in the bottom of the pint, we just had to scoop it out at that point. I really wanted this to work, it was just way too much work and so much clean up and too many parts that were poorly designed.

I am just not a fan. I first tried the recipes in the included book and the vanilla and chocolate leave a nasty fatty film on the roof of your mouth, and the pint that I had to respin actually had chunks of butter in it from the cream turning to butter. I know the sorbet recipes will be good, but finding a basic vanilla recipe that doesn’t leave a greasy film on your spoon shouldn’t be hard. I’m glad I didn’t throw my traditional ice cream maker away.

I got this as a gift for my roommate and after we got some long drawn out issued resolved and I was about to give him his gift way late he was sooo happy. Its nice to see a grown 40 something yound man smile and feel like a kid again. We've made so many different styles and flavors. I think his favorite part is pulling the lever for the soft serve to swirl out. Yeah its loud and sort of expensive but aren't we all at times. Its still fun to make type own soft serve at home

dispenser lid is fragile be careful cleaning other than that its perfect eating ice cream for breakfast

Sent it back too complicated and everything has to start frozen so not an automatic thing won’t get used much since have to freeze everything firs

Best! Made my whole family happy! Easy and delicious! Cant wait to try new recipes! And easy to clean!

I gave it as a gift to my daughter in college. She does love using it, but comes up with a few issues.

So far we are loving this! My husband is an ice cream freak! This just made his Father's Day a major win. It does take a minute to get used to the consistency of the blended mixture. Once we figured that out., it was a breeze.

I bought this a month ago and so happy that I did. This machine is fabulous. I've only had it for a couple of weeks and have used it many times. My family loves. The different creations I come up with. Highly recommend this machine.

We love ice cream and making your own all natural is great! I live being able to control how much sugar (or no sugar) is added. The only issue is the sound. The machine is very noisy!