Product review (5 stars): Very pleased!
We bought the ice maker for our lake house, specifically to have ice for our boat. After searching for quite some time, we decided on the NewAir AI-100S silver portable ice maker. It made tons of ice in a short period of time. The fast 6-15 minute operating cycle is not 100% correct, however. It begins making ice that quickly, but when the water reservoir is filled, it took a good 1/2 hour or so to complete the cycle and use up all the water. But, a full reservoir makes enough ice to fill an 8 quart plastic freezer bag. You do need to empty the ice as it's made, into a bag and put it into the freezer. The ice maker DOES NOT KEEP THE ICE FROZEN. The only problem we encountered was a "plastic" taste and smell in the first cubes we made. As other reviewers mentioned, that may occur. I simply made a full batch of ice with the juice from a lemon added. That solved the problem, and the lemon scented ice refreshed the cooler in our boat nicely! It's a nice size, fits on the counter top, and is a convenient way to make ice.