I got this a few weeks ago and have made 4 batches of custom flavored ice cream since then.   The unit has worked perfectly as advertised and takes about 25-30 minutes to make ice cream.   The unit is easy to clean (no dishwasher to be used-hand cleaning only)   It has a nice capacity and freezing the drum overnight in the freezer is all that is needed plus using chilled ingredients.  It is easy to add nuts and other ingredients thru the large opening in the lid and also easy to check on the hardness of the ice cream by dipping a spoon into the mixure as it rotates.   The motor is powerful and never noticed it straining too much as the mixture got harder. After 25 minutes the mixture is of soft serve consistency and needs to be further frozen in a freezer to harden up well.   The instruction book has several recepies but you can find many others on the internet.