The motor on this ice cream maker is complete junk; it made a humming sound, but failed to function; it wouldn't turn the dasher / canister, and the fan wouldn't move

Motor on this thing was not strong enough to keep the thing running just as the cream started to freeze to the sides of the can

The motor in ours burned out the second time we used it

The motor died the first time we used it

Motor has plenty of power to freeze the ice cream before it stalls.

Unfortunately the motor was weak, smelled and sounded like it was going to expire, and the mixing blade could not turn in the freezing pan to churn

While the exterior parts are plastic it does look like this motor is bit a more heavy duty than the last

Motor is strong and churns to a perfect soft serve stage.

Stopped after 10 min the sides freeze up and the motor is too slow and week to thicken it

The rotating motor is weak and very slow .it failed to mix it properly.tried every trick in the book and on the web and checked everything

Used about 4 times and then it broke- seems like the motor burned up

Motor is a little weak, but overall very happy with the product

The motor died after 3 batches

The motor is slightly more sluggish than my old one, and the cord is ridiculously short at 24".

I'm also not sure how good this product is, maybe I just got one with a bad motor

The motor died today (7/4/2018)

Didn’t work at all , motor would not tun

We've used it several times already and the motor is strong (somewhat loud, but strong) and it shuts off automatically when the ice cream is done

I would gladly pay Hamilton Beach an extra $10 if they'd offer a deluxe version with a better motor and cord.

You NEED ti be there to unplug the machine, otherwise you can burn out the motor

If this occurs, take off the motor top remove blades and run warm water on the outside of the plastic tub to melt the frozen ice on sides which stop the blades

motor is pretty

Loud/weak motor, takes 30+ minutes, can only fit 3 quarts of base (have to give room for expansion)

Motor works well and grinds to a halt when ice cream is soft enough to still add what ever you want to add.

That is the motor is not loud

The gap allows a build up of frozen product which will stop the motor before the product is properly frozen.

Loved this until the third batch of ice cream then I guess the paddle stopped turning because it kept running until I was afraid it would burn the motor out

We've used it several times already and the motor is strong (somewhat loud, but strong) and it shuts off automatically when the ice cream is done

Motor works well and grinds to a halt when ice cream is soft enough to still add what ever you want to add.

So they used a cheaper low torque motor with a big heart reduction to make it work

Motor is a little weak, but overall very happy with the product

Used the motor as a Kif tumbler, works great.

I gave it four stars because the motor is a little loud, so you would probably want to move it from the kitchen to the garage or patio.

Motor died during 3rd use

MOTOR SOUNDED GOOD AND DID NOT CHUG.

I'm assuming if ran it would then burn up the motor

It froze to a soft serve consistency, then the motor died.

The motor (a meager 180watts) is seriously undersized for the one-gallon processing capacity advertised

I followed the instructions exactly, and made fabulous coconut ice cream, but after one use the motor on the unit burned out and doesn't work any more

The motor was very loud right from the start, but so was my old, old, old ice cream maker.

Purchased the Hamilton Beach 68330N 4 quart ice cream maker after my cuinsenart ice cream/sorbet maker quit working (plastic motor parts; not too hard to sheer

But the motor should be more durable than it is.

The motor is so loud you can hear it running outside but the paddle doesn’t seem to spin

Motor is noisy but it does shut off on its own when ice cream reaches thickness

Motor died after about 15 quarts

I like it but the motor is underpowered

motor and inside arms were fine

My only real complaint is that the motor is loud, but it's tolerable for twenty minutes or so.

The motor appears very powerful, the housing durable, but for another dollar in manufacturing costs this could possibly be a good product.

now I use this product as a trash bin and and dishwasher containe,r that is certainly a useful purpose for this.