Viatek Duo Treat Ice Cream Maker

Kind of fun but not really a good ice cream maker.
The air of the normal freezer (at least my freezer) is not cold enough to freeze the mixture fast enough to make smooth ice cream. It doesn't mix fast enough to keep the outer, frozen parts of the mixture stirred in to the center so it stops when the outer part is icy and the center is still liquid - which then freezes too hard to be called ice cream. Also, the cold causes the batteries to drain faster. Can be fun if you have kids and want to make a couple of flavours at once but if you want real ice cream, get a real ice cream maker.

Edited (5 months later) to add: for awhile the Duo Treat was not available. Now that it is available again they have a different picture for it. It's possible they've come out with a new model that addresses some of the problems listed above (then again, maybe not).

Paying a penny would be too much
I bought this from another company and even when the company sent me a new one, I found them to be far from "easy and fun to use". The two that were sent to me were great ... in theory. I have family members who are diabetic and this seemed a wonderful alternative to store bought ice cream. The recipies are simple and in truth they taste fine, if you like *ice* with your cream. The maker itself only turns for less then two minutes, then stops and starts against 30 minutes later for the same less then two minute turning. By the time the *ice* cream is made, it's nothing but a creamy flavorful chunk of hard ice. I could do that in my freezer myself!
I hope the company fixes this problem and releases a better model, then I might be tempted to try this again.

NOT PLEASED
THis product does not make good ice cream - mine had ice crystals in the it. If you need help forget it this company no longer makes this product. I left several voice messages and no one ever returned my call. I followed directions exactly (I have been cooking for a long time) and got a second rate product. I did eventually find another number for the company and talked to someone who could not help.

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