Product review (5 stars): Great Machine!  FAST, FAST and makes ice great for eating.
A couple of years ago there was a fundraiser for a new ice machine that makes chew-able ice...I almost spent $500 then but thankfully had to sense to wait.  Two days ago I went in search of that machine and went all the way through the checkout process and decided that was just crazy.  I can buy A LOT of "good ice" from Quik-Trip for that much money.  But, I still needed an ice maker for ice so I came to Amazon and decided to give this one a try.  OH HAPPY DAY!!!  It makes great "good ice"!  No, it isn't the same shape but it is still soft and chew-able.  AND, I had ice within 10 minutes of plugging it in!  Very, very, happy.

Update:
If the goal is to just sit and eat ice then I throw some of the "cubes" into a blender and pulse it a couple of times and it comes out PERFECT!  The "cubes" are OK but even the small size is bigger than I want.  So, so happy with my new machine (which dropped $30!!! right after I bought it! :-(  )