Product review (4 stars): Plan ahead ... Bag ahead ...
My wife & I have used this ice maker daily for the past 3 weeks...  It produces 9 one inch long by 3/4 inch diameter thimble shaped ice pellets every 8 +/- minutes... My estimate is it take 90 minutes to fill a one gallon zip lock bag, so if your having guests, begin the ice making process well in advance... Don't panic when the first 9 or 18 cubes are dropped in the bucket, they will be smaller than the 3rd batch as the refrigerant takes time to reach max freezing temp... Once running the cube size is consistent... So plan ahead, bag ahead...