I always wanted an ice cream maker, but figured it was too much of a hassle to be worth it.  This device proved me wrong.  The included recipe book includes all of the information you need to know and you can easily tweak the recipes to your liking.  The ice cream does come out a bit softer than I was expecting, but freezes well.  The recipes do seem to create a but too much ice cream for one run, but I have had no issue doing it in two.  I like making my own ice cream that does not have a bunch of hard to pronounce ingredients in it.