Product review (5 stars): Excellent Ice Maker!
This is an incredible ice maker! That being said... you MUST take a few precautionary measures!!! It is an ice maker. When you get it, let it set upright for a day or two - JUST IN CASE shipping wasn't correct. Then put water in it and let it produce ice. The first batch may be lean on ice, but you have to understand how it works to understand the results. When you put in water, it is on the bottom below the ice. It will produce some ice, and continue to work. The machine recirculates the water so it doesn't freeze, so it is chilling the water. When its time to produce more ice, the chilled water enters the freeze chamber. So after multiple cycles, the water is chilled when it enters the freeze chamber and the time to produce ice decreases. If you want to help it out, use chilled water when you have to add more water. Let it run and you will have TONS of ice! We ran this unit for 2 days - not during the night- and filled a 13 gallon garbage bag with ice! We use it every time we go fishing! Awesome Unit!