Holmes FD350

Advantages: Small amount of freezer space needed
Disadvantages: Too much ice cream!!!

...I really hadn’t planned to buy an ice cream maker. In fact, I had been so disillusioned by one that I had years ago that it had quite put me off the idea all together as it had been so much hassle that it was never used and, in fact, it even managed to get itself broken without ever having BEEN used. Quite a record in our household! Why then did I choose the Rival. Well, to be honest, I saw it demonstrated on television and it looked so easy that I couldn’t resist it. The main attraction was the fact that you didn’t have to find room in the freezer for the whole of the base – or bucket – but only the “Gel Disk” which will fit easily into any freezer or freezer compartment. RIVAL - a make I was not familiar with - made by Holmes Products (Europe) Limited. www.theholmesgroup.com/europe. The actual ice cream maker... Read review

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Advantages: Ace
Disadvantages: local shops don't sell the right ingrdients

...After all the Christmas and New Year gorging, and feasting, I am currently on a diet of home made bread and home made soup, in an attempt to loose the pounds piled on over Christmas THE REASON I have been after one of these bread making machines for some years now, but when they first came out they were horrendously expensive…about a hundred quid for a decent one, and I just couldn’t afford it. Imagine my delight when I was trogging round the post –xmas sales, and wandered into ‘Boyes’ to see this lil’ beauty for £19.99, COOOOOOeeeeee…! A massive price drop from the usual £56 - £64 on-line price. The reason it was so low in price was because it had B-grade stamped on the box like it was a slight second or something. I inspected it with all my Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass looking... Read review

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