It was a Christmas gift from my husband, and we have used it  at least 6 or 7 times. We have made vanilla, chocolate and strawberry  --- with chocolate being our fav.  The ice cream is always rich and creamy, except one time we used low fat milk instead of whole milk, and it wasn't as creamy.  We plan on using it every 3 or 4 weeks , as we don't want to get fat.