COWSAR 1.5 Quart Ice Cream Maker Machine with Built-in Compressor, Fully Automatic and No Pre-freezing, Frozen Yogurt, Keep-cooling and Timer

This is an awesome little machine. It's a little bit noisy but well worth every minute to have such a wonderful dessert in under an hour producing soft serve ice cream quickly efficiently and taste wonderful any one can use this machine functions exactly as it should looks good sitting on the counter and it's stainless cover easy assembly easy cleanup all around one of the best things I've purchased for the kitchen

What a great ice cream maker! My first batch was excellent. In only 45 minutes I had a perfect batch of ice cream. This machine is a great value. Well constructed, and easy to operate. So my initial thoughts are "Buy it". I can't yet speak to longevity yet, but as I said it is well constructed.

We were undecided about which ice cream maker to buy. This one was priced way below many others. We decided to take a chance and save the money. Glad we did. This is a quality product in every way. Very simple to operate and it freezes the ice cream perfectly in a very short period of time. We highly recommend this product.

I finally got myself to the point that I could give this machine a try last night, having received it earlier in the week and not, until then, having the time to go fetch the required ingredients that were needed. Backing up just a bit, I will say that I wish that the included recipes use both metric/international measures and standard imperial/U.S. measurements (cups, ounces, etc., vs. grams) A quick internet search resolved that issue for me though and helped me get the sample included recipes converted to one that I could measure ingredients for and actually make.I love that this ice cream maker has built-in freezing ability. No need to pre-freeze a mixing bowl or anything like that. I've had (my first wife had gotten one) one of the units that has the freezing bowl that must be placed in the freezer. It was OK but the bowl got ruined because it was run through the dishwasher when it shouldn't have been (ooops!). While the stainless steel bowl for this ice cream maker shouldn't be run through the dishwasher, that is fine. It is definitely easy to clean up and take care of.Noise level for this is a bit more than I might have hoped for but certainly not intolerable. I loaded the ingredients (mixed up as instructed in the recipe) into the machine, started it up and let it whirr away. It hummed and whirred and you could hear it churning along as it was freezing the ice cream and making a delicious batch of vanilla ice cream for me and my Mrs. to share. The included recipe resulted in a serving for each of us and enough leftover ice cream to put into a pint size (give or take) container and save in our freezer for later consumption.Functionality for this unit is really simple and easy to enjoy and use. Touch screen menus are easy to understand and make use of. A few touches/button presses and off it goes to make ice cream pretty quickly. While the estimated time (in the recipe) was 60 minutes and that is what I set the machine for, it actually took less than that because of the hardness/softness setting that I had selected. While I could have let it get more firm, it was good as it was and was a bit easier for me to get out of the bowl and serve up. If it had gotten to more of a hard freeze getting all of the finished ice cream out of the bowl would have been harder. The included ice cream spade helps to make it easy to scoop out the contents of the bowl, very nice to have that included.On the size front, this unit is a little large compared to the frozen bowl style ice cream makers. It takes up more counter space since it has the built-in compressor/freezer components. To me it is well worth taking up that counter space. I am very much looking forward to more usage though will have to ration that usage out so I don't wind up consuming too much of the good stuff and make my own personal weight issues that much harder to deal with.

Love it! It works like a pro ice cream churn. I make the best frozen custard just like I grew up having.

I bought this machine because I can't eat dairy and the vegan ice cream options in the stores are limited and costly. I picked this kind of machine so I wouldn't have to rely on ice and salt to get the job done. I already have one of those old-school ice cream makers in the house and I don't want to be bothered with having to freeze the bucket before using it. So far I have made mint chocolate chip and coconut ice cream. If you chill your mix for at least four hours in the refrigerator, it will take 30 minutes to make ice cream. If you use your mix immediately after making it, the time is 60 minutes. I am still learning how to properly attach the churner to the motor and make it lock just right so it will work. If the churn does not move when you start it, you need to stop the machine and make sure it's connected in the right way. I had to do this a few times with each batch so I'm learning how to get it right the first time. It's not too big or heavy and the controls were easy to understand with the booklet. I can make one and a half quarts of ice cream, which is so much cheaper than 5-10 dollars per pint. I love being able to explore lots of different flavors instead of being limited to the same commercial options. I also plan on using it to make yogurt at some point too. Cowsar covers the machine for one year and you can reach out to them if you have any problems. I purchased the extended warranty and I am so glad that I did. This ice cream machine is one of the best decisions I made this year.

I had to get this since due to a medical condition that prevents me from having dairy products, I can make my ice cream at home with different flavors and using fresh fruits and non-dairy products, I highly recommended

Opened product and made ice cream mix per recipe book. Followed all instructions for operation of product per instruction booklet. Product failed to freeze, in fact, it never even got cold. Piece of junk!