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| White Mountain F69204-X 4-Quart Electric Ice Cream Freezer |  | Brand: White Mountain
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $177.86
as of 7/31/2010 18:50 EDT details
You Save: $52.13 (23%)
Rating:  38 reviews
Country: UNITED STATES
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.5
Dimensions (in): 20 x 14 x 13
MPN: F69204X
Model: F69204-X
UPC: 017397692046
EAN: 0017397692046
ASIN: B00002N62E
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Makes 4 quarts of ice cream, frozen yogurt, and other frozen confections | | • | Electric motor makes traditional family fun easier | | • | Stainless-steel freezer can and dasher inside wooden tub | | • | Ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet recipes included | | • | Freezer can and dasher are dishwasher-safe |
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Product Description
MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 1 YEAR
Amazon.com Review
For a century and a half, since a woman in New York invented the hand-crank freezer, making ice cream has been an American family value. Mom blended the ice cream mixture; Dad filled the maker's wooden tub with ice and rock salt to achieve the below-freezing temperature needed to produce smooth confections; kids clamored to turn the crank; and everyone happily consumed big bowls of ice cream as a reward. This family-bonding activity remains as vibrant today as it was through a century-and-a-half of "progress." With various ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet recipes included, this old-fashioned White Mountain ice cream maker maintains the tradition. Only the use of modern stainless steel for the freezer can and dasher and the electric motor distinguish this rugged maker from the one earlier generations enjoyed. And years from now it will still be used, knitting together a family's history. --Fred Brack
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 quality decline July 16, 2010
eyes wide open
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got a electric white mountain for Christmas, the drive gear broke off three teeth the first time we used it. Called White Mountain for the warranty - guess what - they won't honor the warranty unless you have the original sales receipt. Pitiful - guess they never heard of serial numbers. Even a $40 toaster has a serial number that the manufacturer keeps a manufacturing date on. Guess a $200 ice cream freezer doesn't. Now I have a broken freezer that needs a gear. Oops - you can't buy just the gear, you gots to buy the whole electric unit for $148. Quality has gone in the dumper. Too bad they were once nice freezers.
Product quality/durability is terrible July 8, 2010
Richard W. Alldredge
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have owned 3 White Mountain freezers and the quality has gotten much worse with time. My most recent experiences involve the motor drive unit. Three have failed in the last 10 years. The most recent lasting only 2 years (approx 8 batches frozen) before it failed. Examining the failed units I have found problems with workmanship and lubrication. When questioned about replacement parts and product quality White Mountain provides the same old response, "your unit is only warranted for 1 year and we don't sell parts below the motor assy level" which costs anywhere from $100 to $150 depending on the discount you are able to find. They also seem unwilling to acknowledge that their units have a quality issue or accept any input re failure causes.
Disappointed July 1, 2010
George Shivers (Branson, MO)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I studied long and hard before buying a White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer. I had a hard time justifying the price. I finally decided that it would surely be the last one I ever purchased, so I made the plunge. The second time I used it, the motor made an awful sound, like the bearings must be completely gone. I called them and they promptly sent me a new one. The third time I used it the pressure latch on the bucket came off in my hand. My daughter purchased one not too long before I did and when she used hers for the third time, the motor made the same loud noise. Unfortunately when she called them hers was more than 1 yr old and they would not warranty it. They wanted $90.00 to replace the motor! She opted to go back to the $20 models, after all you can go through 7 of those before you have spent the same amount of money to buy 1 White Mountain.
Engine fried within 10 minutes of first use June 22, 2010
Kimberley Thornton (Flagstaff, AZ USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
How disappointing. I bought this because my parents had one when I was young. I bought this for my husband's birthday as a surprise. I couldn't even finish one batch of ice cream, when the engine froze. I waited 20 minutes like the instructions said, but nope. Nothing. I am sending it back. I will order one more in the hopes that this motor was defective, but if not, this is not worth the money and next time I will the Kitchen Aide attachment for my mixer.
Motor problems plague White Mountain April 4, 2010
M. Wright
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The motors on these makers are of poor quality. I used it for les than 10 minute before it broke. I have read other reviews that say this also. Don't buy it.
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