Product review (5 stars): I unboxed it and set it upright and cleaned parts an inside with vinegar and water and dried it good with paper towels after rem
This little gem is a workhorse at making ice.
I unboxed it and set it upright and cleaned parts an inside with vinegar and water and dried it good with paper towels after removing all tape.
I set it on a filing cabinet I had in my livingroom in my apartment.making sure the fan on the left side had at least 5 inches to blow out the hot air.
I made sure the rear of the unit had at least 5 inches clearance from wall to pull in air for the compressor cooling.
The manual says to let sit for 1 hour upright before plugging it in. The yellow placard that came with it said 2 hours upright.
I chose to let it sit upright for a min of 2 hours before I plugged it in.
Then I filled it with distilled water that I had chilled in my fridge to the fill line and turned it on.
I timed it to see how long before it made ice on medium cubes and it took 10 min after I turned it on to drop ice.
Then I changed it to large cubes and timed it and it dropped ice in 11 min.
I experimented with a timer and recorded different actions of the ice maker.

Time to first cubes from turning on -----  10 to 11 min.
Time to make large cubes-----10 to 11 min per cycle.
Time it takes to fill up the the ice tray------ approximately 1:45 min to full tray.
Weight of a full ice tray---- aproximately 2 lbs.
Time to add water light comes on from max fill line---- around 3 hours

Now that it has been running constantly since I turned it on it produces large cubes in about 10 to 11 min like clockwork.
If you set a timer or check your watch you will know that you need to go empty the ice tray in 1:45 min.
If you time it you will know that it is out of water in about 3 hours.
I fill it up to the full line around 8pm and I know it will run cout of water around 11pm and will be quiet for me to sleep.
.I also discovered that I could put some of the cubes of ice in the water tank and it helped keep the ice area colder and ice lasted longer in the bin.
I always used water that I had chilled in my fridge to fill it up.and this seems to help it stay cold longer.

I purchased a white waste basket with a touch lid on it at wallmart that would fit and set perfectly in my small chest freezer.
Every 1:45 min I check my ice bin and dump the ice into the basket in my freezer. This works out really well for me
I also learned that when the add water or empty ice red light comes on just add water or empty the ice bin and close the lid and the light will reset automatically in about 3 min. You don't have to do anything but wait 3 min.

I am very happy with this icemaker and it has been running for 3 days constantly and not slowed down a bit.

Update  3/21/2016
Making Ice With My Edgestar Ice Maker

Fillup Water Tank with 101 oz's of distilled water.
Or add 6 bottles of 16.9 oz of purified water.
Turn  on ice maker an set cube size.
I use the large cube size.
First cubes made in approx 10 min.
Ice will be made every 10 min.
Ice bin will be full in approx 2 hours.
Full ice bin is approx 2lbs of ice.
Takes approx 11 trays of ice to fill bin (10 min each)
Empty ice light will come on in approx 2 hours.
Empty water tank light comes on in approx 7 hours.
Full tank of water makes approx 6 lbs of ice.

These times are approx but very close to accurate.

I marked a 1 gal distilled water jug with a black marking pen for a fill line after i added 101 oz of water to the jug
You can use 6 bottles of 16.9 oz of water if you prefer to fill the tank that way

I purchased a tall 13 gal plastic waste basket with the push button lid to open for ice storage at wallmart.
I set the basket in my chest freezer and simply empty the ice bin into the waste basket when it is full. This stores a lot of ice for me and I stir or fluff the cubes to loosen them up. I use my chefs round knife sharpener for this task and it works very well.

When water or ice light comes on just empty ice or add water and the ice maker will restart in apx. 4 min. Just wait and don't turn the icemaker off and then back on. It is not necessary.