I purchased this at the end of 2024.Looks great cute.color. Not that noisy.However, the capacity for making ice cream is small.. Really only a single serving. The bowl doesn't stay frozen once out of the freezer. The freezing substance becomes liquid pretty fast therefore it always is more of a slush than soft serve.Even after putting back in the freezer it was a frozen slushy instead of ice creamI have followed the recipes they provide and instructions to no avail..Better to spend extra and get something better. In my opinion this was a waste of money.

Came as shown. Made strawberry ice cream. Wasn't to bad. You'll have to play with recipes ( which I fully intend on doing as it gets warmer).All in all, a good buy

We just know took product out to use and it looks like this product was a return by someone. It looks like it's been used.

During my 2nd try at making ice cream the dome starting cracking where the dome locks into the base. I will be returning it.

Good for its size but just very small. Makes a single serving and then you have to re freeze and start all over 12 to 24hrs later. Great if you are making it just for you!

Ah, Grandma's house, 4th of July, every year hamburgers, watermelon, etc. AND last but not least homemade ice cream. She had a ready workforce of kids excited about making (and eating) homemade ice cream. Rock salt, a few bags of ice, and about 40 min. or so of boredom, I think it was 3" of ice and then a scoop of rock salt. Over and over, finally, when the motor stops and you can smell those motor windings burning, that cool retro humming sound, it's time to unplug it. "Oh boy, can we have some now Grandma?" "Oh no, you've got to put it in the freezer to ripen." "How long does that take Grandma?" "Well best to let it freeze overnight, but at least an hour or two." Of course we always badgered her and she caved after an hour, still pretty "soft-serve" like, but we didn't care, we wanted it now! now! now!!!This trip down memory lane was to make clear to those not fortunate enough to have had the experience, or just don't remember as well, even the good ol' machines didn't pop out ice cream on demand. It always has "soft-serve" consistency right from the machine.I've had a couple of the old machines thru the years, always the same. But I think personally I like this cheap, plastic thing better. Much less mess, cost (ice isn't cheap) and hassle.It is a new learning experience. 1st batch, I forgot to buy evaporated milk, it was pure half & half and some vanilla. It was ok, consistency was off because I churned it too long, all pumped with air. 2nd batch was perfect, it was great, just like the good ol' days. Made with heavy whipping cream, evap. milk, vanilla, right out of the recipe book. 15 min. churn time was the magic, perfect. Now making my 3rd batch and I had problems. Being a bit more cost conscious than back then, I saved my evap. milk in the fridge for a few days. It and the whipping cream were very cold and that evap. milk is extremely viscous, I had to scrap it out of the container with a spoon. And that was a problem. It was too thick for the motor. Seen that video on these reviews of the dasher going back & forth rather than round and round? It's the motor protecting itself from a jam. I think pound for pound this tiny motor is more macho than the old electro-shock models, although I must grant they had a tougher job, as they turned the 1 gallon canister around in the ice jacket, while the dasher was held rigid. But anyway, this motor is fine, it's obviously heavily geared down, it barely even gets warm. But everything has limits. So I scraped out as much of the mix as I could back into my Pyrex measuring cup, nuked it for about a minute in the microwave and it began turning the dasher properly. But I don't know if we're going to overcome all the time spent fooling with it and loss of coldness. I'm ok with having a few learning trials with a new machine though, and I'm confident it's a winner in the end.Which brings up another point. I see many people worried about having everything as cold as possible. The freezer container has plenty of retained cold in normal use, and last successful time I used room temperature evap. milk, which I'll do in the future as well.MY errors notwithstanding, I can't find much to fault with this machine. The cheap plastic tabs for the motor concern me, but we'll see. Not fond of the retro turquoise, hey guys, back then everything was white, fridges, stoves, everything, what's wrong with white? It seems to be a generic recipe book that it comes with, but it's just for getting started anyway, you'll find the magic recipe you like eventually. Personally, I like any flavor, as long as it's vanilla. I do kinda miss that shocking dose of rock salt that always leaked inside though, guess I can just put my salt grinder on coarse and add a little.So cons, barely worth mentioning. Buy it, you'll like it, just be prepared to mess up a few times before you get it right.

The ice cream maker is nice. However, after a couple of uses, I discover that there is clear liquid leaking from top edge of bowl constantly if the bowl is tilted even slightly. It appears coating of bowl is chipped on tiny area along the edge. I only washed with water and non scratch sponge. I don't know why this happened. I have to stop using the product.I am very disappointed with this brand.

This little ice cream maker is so cute and it’s the perfect compact size. I love that it only makes a small amount because I usually don’t have a lot of freezer space. It’s easy to use and comes with recipes and directions on how to use it. The quality seems great and it works really well, it’s just a little loud like other reviews have said. Would definitely purchase again.

I used to make homemade ice cream all the time and my family loved it. My machine got misplaced during a move and never replaced until now when I got this one. This is a great machine, so much easier to use than the one I had before. I don’t have to worry about salt or cranking a handle. It’s really pretty simple. Freeze the bowl, mix the ingredients, put in the bowl and start the mixer. In about 20 to 30 minutes you have dessert! It’s not frozen hard- for that it has to go back into the freezer again. This is more like soft serve. And it only makes a quart at a time. If you want more you will have to plan ahead and make more than one batch. But you’ll want to do that anyways!

This ice cream maker is just love. The size is adequate and easy to move around. The machine is very easy to use and user friendly. It makes perfect ice cream and sorbet for student parties. It is easy to clean.