This ice cream maker is very easy to use. You freeze the bowl, snap it in, and then attach the paddle to the bowl and lastly connect everything to the mixer. Overall this is very easy. The only real con to this is you must chill the bowl for at least 16 hours prior to using it. The bowl contains some type of liquid inside it which is what chills the ice cream as you churn it. This is a little bit of a drawback because there is no spontaneity with it since you have to chill the bowl for so long. It makes a soft, custard like ice cream with a smooth consistency. I churned on level ten for 30 minutes and then transferred to a glass bowl with a lid and froze it. Overall easy to use,
Makes a nice quality ice cream and I like that it doesn't take up a lot of space.