Product review (5 stars): Cranks out ice fast.
Cranks out ice fast.  Once the ice gets in the holder it does melt, but as it melts it drips the cold water back into the reservoir making the water in the reservoir cooler.  Once the reservoir water is cooler the cubes get bigger.  I use the ice right out of the holder and dump the holder to a refrigerator freezer when the holder fills up.  We use about 8-10 lbs of ice a day in the summer and this machine keeps up - we run it a few hours in the evening.