I had high expectations of this product. The recipes that come with it are nice to have, and it is very easy to use. But it requires more work than expected. You have to use eggs with most recipes, which requires you to cook the ingredients separately, let them cool, then begin the ice cream making process, which takes awhile. It also doesn't come with a lid to store the ice cream in the mug, so you have to either eat it all at once or cover it in the freezer to save. Just kind of inconvenient and takes a while to make semi cream ice-cream, maybe it's user error but mien never really got very creamy or thick, it just seemed like the cup got to room temp to quickly. Technically it does make "ice-crea." But it's not quick and it does take some knowledge to be able to make it successful.