BELLA 13716 Ice Cream Maker 1-Liter Red

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This is a neat machine. I got it as a gift and only used it like two times. I finally got a recipe that I knew would be successful so I pulled it out of storage to make some ice cream and before the 30 minutes were up, the paddle stopped rotating. I'd never seen that before, so I wondered if that happens when the ice cream freezes enough but it was still sorta liquid in the center. I pulled the paddle attachement out and removed it from the moter, but the gear was not turning even without a load. I decided, since it's long ago a gift and has no warranty, I would open up the motor and see if I could find the problem. Found the smallest gear, all of them are made of plastic, had broken clean in half! The little gear comes from the motor shaft and turns each bigger gear till it gets to the Paddle Gear. I tried to fix it with E6000, but it wasn't strong enough to keep the little gear from snapping in half again. Customer Service was really nice to look up the phone number of the Manufacterer, but when I called, it just hangs up. No voice mail, no automated voice directory, just hang up. They have no email. If I coudl just get a replacment gear then this thing will work like a dream. As is, it's just a big chilly ice bowl and a useless motor. Now that i know the gears are soft plastic, I don't want to spend $40 to replace it and have the same thing happen in a year again. I found a different phone number and left a message. Hopefully they get back to me soon next week. Read more

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I have to be honest, right??????? It WAS my experience that this machine is very basic.... it work(ed)s and that is all. Losing makes me cry and therefore two(2) stars! And now I KNOW, $30 is too much to pay for Bella. Read more

this product was supposed to come with instructions and recipes, it did not. i had to look up instructuions on line and when i did it did not work. the mixing rod did not really fit, it looked like it was for another machine. very bad experience. after running for 45 minutes, ice cream was never mad.. terrible product. Read more

First time using it, did not freeze product. Paddle did not seem to scrape the sides to get frozen mixture into center. Had to freeze the liquid to get final product. Would opt for better, more expensive unit to get better results. Read more

I love this ice cream maker! Made soft serve ice cream just like I had as a little girl with a hand crank machine. I've seen other reviews where folks say it dosn't "churn" out ice cream consistency, but if you refrigerate your mixed ingredients for at least one hour prior to adding them to the Bella maker it makes rich, smooth, creamy ice cream! I made pina colada ice cream in this little maker and was very pleased with both the just mixed soft serve and the stiffer frozen mix as well. Read more

Please save your money. I've used this product twice. The first time I used a new method to make the ice cream harder. On my second attempt I realized the bowl never froze completely. I've had it in my deep freezer for over 24 hours. If the bowl doesn't freeze you'll never have ice cream. I wish I had read the reviews first. Read more