Product review (5 stars): I am in love with this counter top ice machine
I am in love with this counter top ice machine.  My refrigerator is 20 years old and the ice machine broke.  So I got this just in time. I hate having to fill and empty ice cube trays.

The ice machine is a little bigger than a bread baking machine and weighs 25 pounds. It has a modern stainless steel body and a black top with a see thru window.

It's so easy to use and came with an instruction manual.  You just plug-in and add water. The machines works on its on.  There is an electronic control panel on the front with LED light indicators.  There are metal rods looks like 9 that create the ice.  The basket holds 2.2 pounds of ice.  The machine let's you know when the water is low or the basket is full with the LED lights.

It is very quiet and the only noise I heard was ice falling in the basket.

When I first started it took about 15 minutes to make about 9 medium pieces of ice.  To be honest I though of my gosh it's gonna take a couple days to fill this ice basket at this rate.  After the first batch of ice it started making ice about every 9 minutes.  I noticed after about 2 hours that the basket was almost full.  We made several baskets of ice that day and have been making lots of ice ever since.

I prefer the larger size ice cubes which are not as big as ice cubes in an ice tray but work good in my diet soda and ice tea glasses.  The small size would be great for slushes in the blender.

I like having the window on top so you can see the ice.  Should I get busy and forget to empty the basket,  the ice just melts back into water in the reservoir.

To change the size of the ice just requires a push of a button for small, medium or large.  There is also a power button to turn on and off.

It has a drain plug to empty unused water since it says to use fresh water every 24 hrs.

This is definitely one of my favorite new kitchen gadgets.  My daughter has already asked to borrow it.

It also has a 12 month warranty which is great.

I did receive this product free in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.