This ice machine makes great nugget ice. But unlike the previous nugget ice machine we owned, (which was not a GE brand) the bin does not stay full  The previous ice machine we owned when it was about 25% low, would start making ice, so that ice machine’s bin was basically always full of ice. Our new GE model which was installed a few weeks ago, seems to have to go down to about 75% low, then it starts making ice   Most of the time this GE ice machine is about half full or less of ice. Plus, it has to ‘run’ a long time to fill up, producing a lot of heat.