We had an original hand churning ice cream maker for years. We never knew what we were missing until we got our hands on this. The bowl needed to sit in the freezer for 16 hours just like another bowl, but one it was frozen it was frozen for a long time unlike our other bowl, even after making our ice cream. The set up of the mixer handle was very easy and 20 minutes later we had home made vanilla ice cream that was absolutely the best ice cream I have ever had. I would highly recommend this attachment!!