This has been so handy. I live in the country and fish in my own pond in my back yard. Before I had this I need to make a seven mike trip, fourteen mile round trip to the nearest convenience store just to buy ice to fill a cooler to fish in my own backyard. The built in ice maker in my freezer does not replenish itself fast enough, it takes all day and doesn't really produce enough ice for a cooler. This makes nine ice cubes (bullet shape pieces of ice) approximately every five minutes. That is three dozen ice cubes in just twenty minutes. Each basket full of ice will fill up a little more than half a gallon size freezer bag full of ice. Therefore it doesn't take too long to make several bags of ice a store in my upright freezer. In my garage. I keep at least had a dozen bags of ice in it to feel a cooler for fishing, tailgating, or whatever. This ice maker has truly been useful.