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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent machine - kiss the diet goodbye!
By Amazon Customer
Makes the best ice cream you have ever tasted from the simplest ingredients. I've only tried the eggless recipe (just cream, milk, sugar & vanilla extract) and the results are superb. Whack a few extras in (chopped up Ripples & hazelnuts, Raspberry and white chocolate, or tonight's recipe, coconut & chocolate buttons) and you have a tastebud tingling treat.Using the amounts listed in the recipe leaflet, your ice cream will be ready in about 20 minutes. The machine is solid as a rock and very easy to use. You can take the lid off to add ingredients during churning - other machines I've looked at make you add them through a small opening. The only fiddly (OK, impossible!) thing is to take the beater out before you scoop out the ice cream, as recommended in the instructions. With your fingers covered in slippery ice cream you can't get a grip on the thing at all, so I just scoop round the beater until I can a better grip on it.The machine is BIG, so make sure you have enough worktop space, or cupboard space to store it, but be careful about moving it as you have to leave the refrigerant to settle for several hours if it's been moved (12 hours if it hasn't been kept the right way up, as when it was delivered to me upside down.)If you love ice cream you really HAVE to get this machine. And you'll probably have to buy clothes a size larger too!

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic
By Terry
Purchased this machine for my wife following a lot of research. Both my wife in particular and I are very impressed with this machine. Makes fantastic ice creams. Have tried the Vanilla, chocolate and ginger ice creams within the first few days. Every single one of them was delicious. The Vanilla ice cream was the best VIC that we have ever tasted. Will never purchase another Supermarket ice cream!!The machine was easy to use and very study. Wish I had purchased this machine sooner. I have since bought an Ice Cream Receipe book which will enable me to make a variety of ice creams.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
dream machine
By S. Rubyan-ling
This is a great machine. It's sturdy, sensible - yet stylish looking - and it's relatively quiet. It's easy to use and you can add bits like nuts and chocolate whilst the paddle is turning. Cleaning is pretty straight forward - though I agree with one of the other reviewers that it's a little fiddly getting the ice-cream coated paddle out without your hands getting completely gooey. Never mind. You now have an excuse to lick them off. Someone has to.A word of warning: don't be tempted to overfill the bowl even though it doesn't look full. 600 ml mixture is the max (this leaves a bit of room for expansion) and the machine will cut out if it has to struggle with much more. I know this from experience. All in all, I'm very satisfied, but fear I will need another freezer to hold all my creations e.g. Banana, blackcurrant, mango and grappa sorbet, strawberry, chocolate, vanilla bean...