Easy to use. Easy to clean. But you have to plan ahead and freeze the bowl. You can only make 1 small batch at a time unless you buy an extra bowl. The ice cream recipes are great when they are first made. Soft and creamy. But they lose quality after being in the freezer over night. They get kinda hard and icey. Especially if you use a fruit with high water content like pineapple. Some flavors freeze better than others but over all you really need to eat it the same day which isn't really a problem because the batches aren't very big. We took the vanilla recipe and added all kinds of different things. Tweaking the recipes is easy and fun. Great little machine for a special treat.