It has only ever worked for me once since I bought it I would never recommend this to Anybody. What a waste of money.

The machine is easy to use, and works fairly quickly, but the simple paddle has a notable design flaw; There's a couple mm between the edge of the paddle and the side of the container. As a result some of the liquid always freezes against the side of the container and becomes hard. As you scoop out the contents there's a notable texture difference between the ice cream that's churned in the center versus the stuff on the sides. They should add either a silicone paddle or a silicone border that scrapes the side clean while churning to make sure the texture is more uniform.

The Sage Smart Scoop makes consistently great ice cream. My only disappointment is that it didn't come with a recipe book - its a pretty expensive gadget and including a booklet would have been nice. I know that there is a PDF version that can be downloaded from the Sage website but I only discovered this by accident - perhaps a QR code with a link to the downloadable recipe book could have been included in the box?