Product review (5 stars): Great Ice!
I just bought this unit today. (Btw, the loading clerk briefly turned the unit on its side as she put it in my trunk. I quickly told her not to do that with a refrigeration unit. She said, "This isn't a refrigerator. It is an ice maker." I said, "Same thing." We loaded it into the backseat instead.) I brought it home and set it up. It is heavy for one person to take out of the box alone. It is a Christmas present, and I wanted it working right away, so I set it up and ran the cleaning cycles and made a batch of ice.

I should note that I used only about 1 or 2 ounces of vinegar in 1 liter of bottled water, not the strong 1:1 solution recommended in the instructions. One liter seemed to be enough to clean it of the plastic smell, even though the reservoir holds 3.5 liters. I ran the cycles as directed in the manual, first with vinegar and water then just with bottled water. Then I drained it well and wiped out the interior. Next, I filled the reservoir almost to the Fill line, set it on Medium size cube, and left it running for 15 minutes. When I came back, there were a dozen small shapes of ice. I changed the size to Large, and let it run while I played on the internet and took a nap. I went back about 90 minutes later, and the bin was full of large ice shapes!! I put the ice in a gallon Ziploc and added a bit more water. (I used two gallons of spring water for the cleaning and the first ice.) I went back later, and the bin was full again. I put the ice into the Ziploc. In the end I had about one and a half bags full of ice.

My only concern is that the drain is in the back and will be hard to get to once the unit is in place on the counter. I hope not to use the drain much, as I will use bottled water (to avoid hard water deposits) and will run the unit until all the water is used and wipe up any remaining water.

The ice maker on our kitchen refrig/freezer doesn't stop making ice and overflows its bin, jamming the mechanism, so this icemaker will be used to replace that function. I love the round/cylinder/bullet-with-a-hole shape. Much nicer for drinking than the crescent shape. Oh, and I loved watching the unit drop the 12 cubes. They go one at a time as the pegs warm a little bit. Plop, plop, plop, then the unit dumps all 12 into the basket. Really cool! (No pun intended.)