I was really excited to try this ice cream maker as I liked that it wasn't too big and made a smaller amount of ice cream. I also was excited that it can make popcicles as well. Now the popcicle maker is so so. Nothing spectacular but it does work. Onto the ice cream maker, it doesn't work well. We followed the instructions to a tee. Made sure to freeze the bowl for an extended period of time and chilled the mixture for a while. When we churned the ice cream, it never froze and was quite runny. This ice cream maker is very disappointing and I wouldn't recommend it.