We were given a plastic electric ice cream freezer for our wedding which froze good ice cream approximately 4 times per year for 25 years. After 24 years it started to take a long time to freeze a batch so I started researching something new. I figured a new one could last me many years if I bought a really good freezer. I surveyed friends and family and read everything I could find online and chose the  White Mountain F69206-X 6-Quart Electric Ice Cream Freezer. It froze ice cream fairly quickly for 2 years (4 times per year). I wasn't crazy about the airy creamy texture of the ice cream but after freezing the leftovers in the deep freeze it tasted almost as good as ice cream from our old freezer. I thoroughly wash all parts when finished and store open and separate parts to avoid rust etc. I don't get the motor wet. Earlier this year it took a very long time to freeze a batch of ice cream and then this week it roared when I plugged it in. My husband took it apart to oil some parts and could see that one of the problem parts was even deeper and would require more time to dig into. So he stopped, put the motor back together, and I used the freezer which was making a little less noise after the oiling. It still took longer than before but it worked. In the meantime I borrowed my daughter's garage sale freezer to freeze the other batch and it worked great. Since I haven't used the freezer many times I looked into returning, but Amazon won't return after this long.