Product review (5 stars): Good Ice Maker
This is a really handy little ice maker. I love ice, and now I have it ready whenever I want it. The machine arrived promptly, well packaged and undamaged. I cleaned the machine surfaces as directed and then ran 5 or 6 icemaking cycles to clear out any chemical traces in the mechanism. You just pour in the water (with the cup provided), hit ON, and it starts to make ice. If you fill the reservoir to the FILL line, you will have to empty the ice bucket after a a couple of cycles because it will fill up. When it has used all the water, it will stop and notify you on the screen that it needs more water. I put my ice maker next to the kitchen sink so it is easy to drain any left over water through the drain plug on the back of the machine. Remember, too, that the machine is not a freezer, so the ice will begin to melt when it dumps into the tray. Remove it promptly and you won't have to worry about melty ice cubes sticking together when you put them in the freezer for later use. If you forget to empty the ice bucket, the ice will simple melt back into the water reservoir and go through the icemaking cycle again. Not a problem, just a delay in getting your ice cubes.