Product review (5 stars): Great portable ice maker
We bought this to go on our boat for a trip up the inside passage to Alaska.  It got a good workout on the weekend before summer and then for the full 5 weeks of the trip.  Great way to make ice for the cooler outside or cold drinks inside.  We used it about 6 hours a day and had lots of ice (about 6 lbs).  Simple drain it and leave it open between trips and it goes right back to making ice the next time.  No problems in the 2 years we have owned it and that included 2 long trips where it got used heavily every day for a month or more.  Nice compact machine which is nice for boats where space it tight.