While I would love to have an ice cream maker with a compressor in it, that's just way to convenient to make ice cream whenever.  Since I already had a Kitchen Aid, I got this instead.  I like it.  I've had it for 5+ years and thinks it serves the purpose for which i bought it.  it just lives in my freezer with frozen veg in it and I pull it out when i want to make ice cream, which is really only about 2-3 times a year.