I received the ice cream maker as a gift for Xmas last year and although it's extremely difficult to use.  The plastic rotating mixer attachment is very difficult to align just right without the whole thing popping around with such force that it feels like the plastic will break and knock your eye out.  that said, I've made ice cream with it several times but I just pulled it out of my freezer only to find its leaking blue liquid everywhere.  Very disappointing.