Purchased the Newair ice maker, followed instructions, waited for Freon in unit to settle. When I turned it on it started producing ice within about 9 minutes. Ice was clear but a bit small. I followed the Directions and held start button for over five minutes and that increased size of ice. My family was in bit apprehensive about buying an ice make since our frig has one. But within a few days everyone was using the ice. We have five adults in our home and everyone uses ice because of the hot weather. Very happy with the unit so far and would recommend buying it.