Haven't used the hand crank yet, the electric motor froze the mixture quite hard.

We have not used the hand crank yet, but the electric part freezes ice cream very firmly.

We tried the hand crank and it even stuttered and clicked.

I got out the hand crank and it didn't work either

and then the hand crank did not work because the plastic gears would not grab

The hand crank is useless because the gear mechanism slips long before the ice cream is completely ready.

The hand crank is terribly loud and annoying for the next 40 minutes of cranking