We had a different ice maker before this one that lasted just over a year because it had a lot of moving parts. My husband chose this one because it was more straight forward meaning less parts to breakdown. We honestly love it! The ice makes what looks like a tray of ice at a time and it stores the ice inside so you don’t have to empty it each time. You do have to break up the ice that comes out as a tray but we just keep a spoon next to our machine to break it up. Makes a lot of ice and is a wonderful investment! Hopefully this one will last a long time!!!