Limited stock, assorted colors.
Please note that we cannot guarantee the color
FEATURES
• Double insulated freezer bowl holds up to 2 litres of frozen dessert
• Colourful plastic housing with embossed logo
• Fully automatic
• Heavy-duty motor makes frozen desserts or drinks in as little as 25 minutes
• Large ingredient spout for adding mix-ins
Just so people know I own one of these things and they are a complete waste of money in my opinion, cheap Chinese crap.
I think it's a great machine. Maybe you're not using it right.
I once thought that too but since discovering this blog, my ice cream tastes a whole lot better. Although my ingredients aren't always organic.
Thats one great blog site, thanks for sharing.
This is a great machine. We had the silver one 6 year ago and it works wonders. Buy the way does cheap and chinese = crap? For example the Nokia Lumia 520 are made in China and its not only cheap, its a great phone to use.
Yeah, it does actually.
Toys available in the 1970s were mostly made in Japan. I remember reguarly buying new spud guns from the local newsagent, as they broke within a few weeks. They were made of cast metal. I saw one in Kmart two days ago… made of thin, brittle, orange plastic. It wouldn't even last one day of use.
The same day also looked at a "Bug Catcher". This was a staple of kids' backyard play in the 1970s/80s. I remember mine was so strong that when one of the thin air vents did eventually break, it still lasted YEARS. When I was older I tried to break it. To do so I had to SMASH it to pieces with a HAMMER. The thin, rubbish plastic of the Kmart today one would be lucky to last some poor kid two days. In fact, some were ALREADY broken on the shelf! The made body felt like it would break just from removing the top lid.
My parents purchased the cheapest Hornby train set available when I was about 8 years old. Both engine and track were made of sturdy plastic and metal. I stood on the track several times and overfilled the engine with oil. It stopped working until the oil dried out and was still working 20 years later. The Kmart train set was lightweight plastic that would break if a (starving) cat walked (sneezed?) on it.
Diecast Matchbox cars - now plastic underneath and are absolute junk.
You could buy both joggers and school shoes from Kmart/BigW that you GREW OUT OF before they fell apart.
Purchased a cheap bicycle pump in 1983. It became bent a few months ago. We bought another. When you pumped it, there was no one-way valve. So air in the tube forces the handle to spring back out and hurt your hand. We also bought an extension bit to fit the old pump. The rubber tube inside split on first use. Bought another. Where the tube is crimped to the brass fitting, it gave way on the third use. We bought another from a bike shop this time. The brass fitting stripped in about 10 uses. But before that it's tube walls began sticking together, so we have to force hard on the pump it to open it up first, then squirt WD40 in to keep it open, before it will pump air. All these things happened within DAYS of purchasing. I got sick of it, so I straightened the old pump greased it, and it works fine. Pity I can't find a decent rubber extension though.
Ice cream machine from Aldi. Made 1L then died.
Aldi bathmat. Rubber deteriorated in a few weeks and stuck to the floor. Had to use eucalyptus oil to get it all off.
… and the list goes on, and on.
Mobile phones might be a different animal. But when you look at the vast majority of products in KMart, BigW, etc. it's like walking into a shop that exclusively stocks LANDFILL. Even clothes are garbage. 100% cotton shirts that feel like polyester, and are so thin, they're not even useful as rags. You may as well take their junk straight to the tip after buying.
In the 70s, the roll-your-eyes joke was, "Groan - it's not made in Japan is it?" And yes, it's true, back then it was considered cheap junk. But compared to the absolute rubbish coming out of China today? I'd LOVE to still be able to buy what was considered junk back then.
I am not sure about you but I shop at Kmart and Target all the time and I find the product are good for its price. I had a sweater 3 years ago for $8 and still going strong. So is a cheap speaker bought for $11.99
You wanna premium, go pay $100 for a shirt. See how long that will last you.
You get what you pay for. And cheap doesnt mean all bad either.
I am 100% with you, I think Australia has become the dumping ground of cheap Chinese made goods. I think its the exception where you find a well made Chinese product in most shops these days.
There are some high quality items that are made in China that are sold here but you pay a premium having said that there are exceptions where you find cheap Chinese made product that will do what its designed to do.
Anyway it is what it is, you just need to be selective and keep receipts for everything you buy.
Yoghurt Maker 2 Litre for $99
Is that cheap ?
Think of it as $49.50 for the yogurt maker and $49.50 for the ice cream maker
Definitely sounds like this model isn't cream of the crop
I doubt this will make good ice cream without compressor.
This is a better ice cream maker from Cuisinart.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/331158903867?limghlpsr=true&…
For $300… All things being fair, I'm sure many things 3 times the price are better than the alternative.
Be sure to read some reviews on the compressor types. Many of them stop cooling enough to freeze.
Good price.