My friend and I are inspired by the Ice Crusher. He makes great ice cream, exactly as it should be. Not only "snow", but real small pieces. For volume is to say before putting in the ice, you can hear just a little buzz. With the ice it's getting a little loud, but I think the neighbors can afford it, especially since the device is indeed relatively quickly in the crushing. Clean the device can be good: simply wipe with a cloth and possibly dry a day on the air - that's it. What I like less is the ball in Luke for the ice. The outer "protective cover" is rather pointless and the "hinged lid" makes the whole somewhat unnecessarily complicated. I think where you can change something. My conclusion: price and performance and on the small shortcomings may be overlooked. For the price any time.