the half pint container is much better becouse you get enough whipped cream (I never tried other things) for a group of even 7 adults eating dessert after a meal. remember, most of the time you're not eating the cream alone so if every guest is getting a nice 3-4 tablespoons of cream with the dessert it's is enough. You need to use 1 cartridge of every half-pint of cream anyway so it doesnt realy matters if you have the bigger "Easy Whip" or the smaller- you use as much as you need. I would recommend the bigger one for heavy users only.