horseflesh, I've had the Breville machine for just about a month now, and am totally satisfied with the machine. We've owned a Simac Ice Cream Boy since around 1987 or so but used it occasionally due to the pain in the butt due to the non-removable canister. I've made butter pecan, chocolate, mango, vanilla with chocolate covered bacon bits, dreamsicle with pineapple chunks, black cherry and all have been crowd pleasers. Easy clean up, settings for hardness of the ice cream is really handy, and it plays the ice cream man song when it's done!
