I have coveted this machine for years. When it hit my price point I made the purchase and it’s every bit as wonderful as I had hoped. I’m a household of one and I can have luscious ice cream frozen in 20 minutes when I fill 1/3 full. Large batches deliver soft serve in 60 minutes. Operation is straightforward. Clean up is easy unless you overfill. Negatives include noise level is really high reminding me of the old electric models used with ice and salt (I tune it out as I know I’ll have homemade ice cream shortly), it’s heavy, and it’s large. For easily making ice cream it’s an excellent product - no ice needed, no salt, no remembering to put a canister in the freezer, and no pre-chilling the mixture needed. Overall I give it 4 stars as it does exactly what it’s supposed to do very well. Noise control is an opportunity for future product improvement.