We've had this ice maker for a couple weeks now and have been quite happy with it. It is a bit noisy, but ours is in the laundry room so it doesn't bother us much. If it was in a room we were in, it might be a bit annoying. It makes a good amount of ice pretty quickly. I wish it was possible to keep the ice frozen in there longer. The door is difficult to open using the handle, but opens quite easily by grasping the sides and pulling.