Product review (5 stars): This is for people who eat a lot of ice or people who hate ice trays in the freezer!
********UPDATE 6/22/16*********
I purchased the icemaker in March of 2015 and a couple days ago it stopped working. It still goes through all the motions but is telling me to add water when the water is full. Not sure if a sensor went bad or if these machines have a short life span. Very upset as this made the perfect sized ice. Might look for another brand because the idea is amazing.

******ORIGINAL REVIEW********
This ice maker is my life line. I hate making ice and I hate ice trays in the freezer. I can not purchase a fridge with a water line due to the location of the fridge. I have a client of mine at work tell me about this and I wanted to try it for myself. It literally only takes about 8 minutes to make a batch of ice. This has been great for parties and small get together's. All you do is add water and you can tell when the water is getting low. There is a plug on the bottom which took me a little time to wiggle out (it is really long and jammed in the hole). It is very easy to clean as well.
I have been asked in prior conversations what the ice is like. It is not a super hard chunk of ice. It is more like the ice you get at a hospital. It is very light and easy to chew. Also love the 2 ice size choices, large and small (I keep mine on small, better to chew).
One of the only negative items about this machine is, yes... it does take up a little counter space. Also, I don't hear it very often but my other half does complain about hearing it. He says it is loud and noisy, but I think it only is slightly noisy when it dumps the ice into the ice holding tray which is not on a constant basis because when the sensors have ice between them, the machine stops making ice until the ice melts down enough out of the range of the sensors or until someone takes some ice out.
I think this product is amazing and it will be something I always keep on my counter (it is totally worth the counter space!)