COWSAR 2.1 Quart Ice Cream Maker Machine with Built-in Compressor, No Pre-freezing, LED Digital Display, Frozen Yogurt, Keep-cooling and Timer, Stainless Steel

Works great

I just love this ice cream maker. I have a Ninja Creami but I use this one all of the time. It doesn't make a lot but it makes enough for me and my son and daughter in law. I bought some little half cup freezer cups and they are perfect serving sizes since the ice cream from this maker is usually pretty rich.

Easy to use, fairly easy to clean, decent instructions for use.What I liked most was that I could make several batches in a row, without having to refreeze the bowl, thanks to the built-in freezing function.Not super quiet but not terribly loud either - I'd say it was OK as far as noise goes.Just what I needed, a way to consume even more calories in a day! But it's worth it for delicious homemade ice cream, just how you like it!

Makes great ice cream and frozen yogurt. It's much faster than I thought it would be. I had to try different amounts and ingredients to get it right. My only issue with my machine is the yogurt setting. It only gives an option of 4 to 24 hours on the timer and nothing ever happens. The ice cream setting does does work for frozen yogurt, not sure what the difference would be. For the price, I don't mind,just odd..

Very easy to assemble and use, and it works. I started with a warm mix and had gelato firm enough to eat in under 40 minutes. It's a nice slow churn so it works really well for gelato I think.Designed for easy cleaning. The paddle connects semi-loosely to the lid/motor assembly -- that's a feature, not a bug. If you take the lid off to check the ice cream after it's firmed, the paddle will disconnect but that is better than stressing or breaking something. Just fit the hole back over the paddle and reconnect the lid carefully.Obviously this machine is not designed for industrial use, so use it with care and common sense. When the mix gets stiff and the motor is working hard, it should turn off automatically but you can turn it off early and you can serve something soft, or put it in the freezer and firm it up (or put it into popsicle molds which works great)

First, this ice cream maker holds a quart, calling it 1.5 quart is stretching it a bit. Overall this works well, but the instructions are poor. You can run the beater, or the cooling individually but I'm to sure why you would.Now, the defect, or just plain bad design. The top lid contains the beater motor, and when you fasten on top, two contacts in the top get power from the base. So far, so good. The top [part is actually two parts, the motor and a clear plastic cover. The motor clips to the clear plastic part, but not strongly. So what happens is, when making ice cream, the motor separates from the plastic cover and the contact raise and the beater motor stops. If you press down it starts again, but let go and the motor store. So after one or two uses, you have a paperweight, unless you fix it somehow.A second problem, is the beater design doesn't really mix semi-frozen ice cream, rather, ice cream and beaters and all just spin. No easy fix for this.UPDATE 11/15/23 - The company responded and proposed a solution, so I'm happy now. Good customer service.

Do not buy this machine, it does not churn, freezes up the paddle and they charge the consumer to return the item back to them. Total scam.

For many years I’ve been questioning the ice cream you get to buy in the grocery stores.To many ingredients and some of them you barely understand what they stand for.All the Ninja ice cream machine and other brand require you to freeze before hand.What I like about this machine is that you need no skills or knowledge on how to make an ice cream. Of course you follow a recipe but it’s very easy to use. Mix your favorite ingredients and within less then an hour you’ll have yourself an amazing ice cream.For the first time I can make ice cream with no guilt a I can actually tell the exact ingredients I’ve been using.Must buy for anyone who has craves for ice cream and wants to eat better.The size of the bowl is huge. The stainless steel making the design really fits nice in the kitchen. The machine is also extremely quiet.