Product review (5 stars): clear ice like it says
been using this for over a year and have yet to have a problem.  yes the first batch does take a while, i think 45-60 minutes but i also think the ambient temperature affects that a lot.  when the temperature is really cold inside my house, i notice the ice will freeze into a block on the large setting but it's probably only 60 degrees inside my house when it does that.  so i'm guessing if it's kind of warm in your house then it will take longer to make the ice too.  i don't really sit there and count the time, i just turn it on and walk away and come back hours later and there are clear cubes of ice in the basket.  i've had other ice makers in the past and they've all been pretty loud when they're freezing the water so the noise doesn't bother me.  i just like that this ice doesn't have a weird smell like the ice i buy and store in my fridge and it also doesn't cloudy up my drinks.