Product review (4 stars): This thing is a WIN!
This thing works well and fast! We live in an older house and don't have the hook ups for a built-in refrigerator ice-maker. Everyone loathes refilling ice cube trays and the pain of trying to get the cubes out of the tray. Bought this ice-maker to solve that problem. SO glad we did! Takes up about the same space as a bread machine. Easy set up, easy use, easy maintenance and clean up! Indicator lights tell you when you need more water or when the ice basket is full. Keeps the made ice cold like a cooler would. As the ice melts, the water drips back into the reservoir to simply turn it back into ice. We use it to stock our ice bucket we keep in the freezer. We also just use the handy scoop it comes with and we grab ice straight from the machine. It's quiet and doesn't heat up the house at all with the motor's fan. Only sound we ever hear is when it drops the ice into the basket. You pretty much unpack it, plug it in and it's ready to go. Of course, I cleaned it first and threw out the first couple batches of ice in case of cooties, but that's just me. We tried the ice on the small setting and decided we preferred the medium. Haven't tried large yet. It's nice to know that if I go to the store and buy a warm beverage and come home to no ice, I only have to wait about 10 minutes from the time I press the power button on the ice-maker until we're good to go. Sure beats putting a can in the freezer and forgetting about it. My folks like it for their RV too.