Rival 8804-BL

Pros: Inexpensive and actually makes good ice cream

Cons: Noisy operation and can get stuck some times.

Review: This ice cream maker works great. Makes good ice cream, but is noisy. Also, you need to keep it an eye on it if it gets stuck, but just unplug it and rotate the drum and plug it back it. You will now with the ice cream is getting done, as the sound of ...

Pros: Inexpensive, works well, compact for storage

Cons: Noisy

The Bottom Line: A great ice cream maker, I just wish I could wash the plastic parts in the dishwasher.

Review: We owned an electric ice cream maker for years, but the last time we had it out the clear plastic lid broke and we couldn't get it replaced so we threw it out. We have missed our family recipe for Lemon Velvet ice cream, as we make it on special ...

Pros: inexpensive, works great

Cons: LOUD

The Bottom Line:

The Rival 4 Quart Ice Cream Maker works wonderfully and makes great tasting home churned ice cream in 30 minutes.

Review: When it comes to ice cream makers, I usually buy the cheapest models around mainly because we're not real big ice cream eaters (Popsicles, yay!). We may use them, always in the summer, three to four times before they always burn out or fall apart. Then I ...

Pros: great tasting homemade ice cream for a good price.

Cons: The noise but if you are in the other room it is fine.

The Bottom Line: It is worth it because it gets the job done and there is fresh ice cream.

Review: I bought it with recipes in mind. I started out with strawberry ice cream, MUCH BETTER than the store bought. The price of the ice cream maker was excellent. It is a alluminum cylinder. When i opened the box i thought the cylinder was broken ...

Pros: soft, cold ice cream, cheap

Cons: noise (but its not really that loud

Review: I was surprised at how good the ice cream we got for this sub $20 ice cream maker. I was shopping around to get a more advanced one, but never got around to buying it, so I picked this one up at WalMart. We froze the bucket and got the ingredients good ...

Pros: It gets the job done... Freezes Ice Cream to soft serve point nicely

Cons: Noisy

The Bottom Line: Its noisy and somewhat cheep, but works just fine. I have used mine now for three years and it is still going strong.

Review: I love making homemade ice cream for my family and friends in the summer. I found a good base recipe and enjoy trying to make new flavors. I borrowed an ice cream maker the first couple of times but soon decided I need to get my own. I really did not ...

Pros: None

Cons: Idiotic cheap piece of junk.

Review: This thing can't churn water, let alone ice cream that is getting thicker by the minute. It got halfway through the first back (2 quarts, not even full capacity). I followed the instructions and even those for when the unit jams, and still had to ...