Makes a lot of ice really quickly. The cubes of ice are well formed and can be made more or less dense. With this machine going we constantly have a nice fresh ice supply on hand. Only negative I have is breaking the ice apart. The cubes come out in a grid pattern like a Hershey bar and have to be broken up to get individual cubes. This is a very minor con in my opinion. We have been using this for months and love it. The water reservoir holds around 2 quarts so its plenty to keep the ice going.