Product review (5 stars): Love it!
I ordered this ice maker several days before a party we were having. It arrived quickly and upright as the box directed. I set it (still in the box) aside for a few days then unpacked it and set it up. What a great little machine! Compact size, perfect sized ice cubes (we set it to medium-sized), runs 24/7. It's in our garage, near our beverage fridge so I can't say if it's noisy, but that wouldn't matter where it is. We made ice, packed the cubes in bags and set them in the freezer. We used the bagged cubes in our drinks. Perfect! The cubes can get wet sitting in the bin as others have said. We still pack it in a bag for the freezer. If those ice bags become frozen solid, hit it against a solid surface or use it to chill an ice chest, etc. no problem for us. Tend to the bin promptly and it won't happen. Very happy with the unit!

I read tons of reviews before I bought it and know that sometimes the machines can fail in a year or two. This machine is running constantly right now (and hopefully all summer/fall) and our weather will stay warm until late Oct. I'll update this post if that changes.

It's now 8/1/2015. This machine has been running 24/7 since I set it up. We have ice in our drinks all year long. In the spring and summer we put a small ice chest on our porch and fill it will 6 bottles of water and ice for the mail carrier, package delivery folks and even the Witnesses that stop by. If the ice maker died tomorrow, I'd get the same machine again. Small enough to not waste electricity, large enough to keep us in ice when we want it.