Product review (5 stars): Wish I knew about this earlier
Knowing that I'm still in the honeymoon phase with this, I love it.  We rent and some of the houses do not have the best fridges (I.E. they lack ice makers.)  I know ice is easy to make, but sometimes I just do not have room in the tiny freezers I have to deal with!  I like the fact you do not have to keep it running all the time.  The ice will melt if you turn it off, but if you know you will not be needing ice (like over night when sleeping) you can turn it off.  I have been turning it on 1 hour before I know I will need ice.  Not because it takes that long, but because I like to make ice tea and it only makes 8 pieces of ice at one time.  We use the large setting and it takes about 15 minutes for the first batch and then it gets faster.  The instruction booklet says the small the ice the faster it goes, but I have not tested that yet.  I bought on sale (about $100), and the sale price so far has made it worth it.  I will try and repost if I change my mind!