I received the ice cream maker as a wedding gift a year ago. Upon using it for the first time this spring/summer it worked great (luckily before the 1 year warranty ended). Then blue fluid starting leaking out the second time it was used. I received a replacement a month ago and it has begun leaking after just three uses. Would not recommend buying this ice cream maker, 1-3 batches of ice cream is not worth the large amount of money.