It works okay but it is very, very loud. I've only made one batch of ice cream so far, and it was easy enough, but I'm not expecting a long life for this thing. It sounds like it's going to break at any second. The mixture freezes solid around the wall of the cold-can about 1/8" thick and will not come off without digging it off which could scratch the interior surface. The plastic wall-scraper bends away from the wall as the mixture freezes and builds up on it , so I wasted at least a half cup of product.