Product review (5 stars): Great ice maker for the money
I bought this over a year ago just as an additional ice maker for the home. Will use a lot of ice, both for coolers and entertainment. This thing is unreal, I use it 4 or 5 days a week for the past year and a half in this machine has worked flawlessly for me. I have recommended you to other families who have since bought one and they love them too
11/20/14- Still going strong, use it weekly in winter and daily in summer.
5/3/2017- I pack a lot of coolers so I run it every day and store the ice in plastic bags in a large freezer.  It runs 5-7 days a week 8-10 hours a day and it still runs perfect.  Not sure of typical life span but this thing has paid for it self multiple times over with all the ice I have made with it.  Now sure enough something will happen since I've posted such a rave review, but I don't expect it to. Have bought 2 for friends for Christmas in 2014, they still run theirs as primary ice makers at their house.