The ninja creami is a great gadget for any home.  We have made delicious ice cream and milk shakes over the past few weeks.  The one thing that I didn’t realize before hand is that you have to freeze the base for 24 hours prior to making ice cream, so it’s not really a spur of the moment kind of thing.   We try to remember to make a new base after washing the pint cup, but there are some times we forget, abd are disappointed when we want to make some ice cream.   That is more user error than anything though.  We usually have some kind of ice cream in the house, so the milkshakes have been a big hit, since you can make them spur of the moment.  The machine itself is kinda tall, but not wide, so we can keep it right on the counter.   This is a great little gadget that I wish was around when I was a kid.