IT DOES NOT START MAKING MORE ICE SOON ENOUGH WHEN THE ICE IN THE HOLDING TRAY MELTS DOWN BECAUSE THE ICE SITS ATOP A FOLDING FLAPPER ARM IN THE INFRARED BEAM KEEPING THE MACHINE CUT OFF LONGER THAN THE ICE IN THE BASKET.THE BASKET ICE MELTS DOWN WITHOUT THE MACHINE COMING BACK ON UNTIL THE ICE ON TOP OF THE FLAPPER MELTS DOWN (LAST). THIS ALLOWS FOR NO ICE IN THE BASKET UNTIL THE ICE ON THE RED SENSOR GETS MELTED OUT OF THE WAY (WHICH ALWAYS MELTS LAST). I SUGGEST A MECHANICAL SENSOR AND NO FLAPPER FOR ICE TO SIT ON SO WHEN THE ICE MELTS DOWN A LITTLE IT CLEARS THE SENSOR AND STARTS MAKING IC AGAIN SOON ENOUGH THAT YOUR BASKET STAYS FULL OF ICE AT ALL TIMES. I DON'T LIKE TO BABY A ICE MAKER WHEN THERE ARE OTHER MODELS THAT KEEP UP THAT ARE MUCH CHEAPER.