Product review (5 stars): know what you are buying
Know what you are buying.

 First off I love this little unit, my family goes through lots off ice in a day and this unit does the job and more. This is not a mini refridgerator with an ice maker combo. This is an ice maker inside of a cooler. So the colder the water is the bigger the ice will be. I prefer big ice so in order to get those results I will run the ice maker without the basket for a half an hour to one hour untill I can see large ice cubes in the water. Once I see the size ice cubes I want I place the basket over  the water and I will have a full basket of ice in one hour! Once the basket is full I will dump the tray in to a contaner in my frezzer and freeze the ice since the ice is not fully frozen its still really wet so in the morning when I go to get the ice from the freezer all my ice cubes are frozen together in my case a block of ice. I take my block of ice and place it in a high quality trash bag (that i reuse only for my ice maker) like a hefty dual layer and drop it on the floor.bing bang boom a ton of ice cubes. You don't have to wait to get your ice while its makeing ice its just if the ice is not frozen solid it will not last long in your drinks. Lastly park this thing next to your sink and never tip it on its side (this unit does not like being moved around) . Use the drain on the bottom to clean and get the water out. To get water into the unit use a sprayer or a pitcher. The chilling system has freon in the ice maker (just like a real refridgerator) that is how the ice maker chills the water cold enough to start forming large ice. placing it on its side can ruin the compressor.

Mine is 2 years old and still works great. Thats why I say know what your buying. This works great as per application. If your looking to plug this unit in and have tons of ice you will be disappointed (you need to do your part). But hay! I bought mine on sale for $100.00 and mine is not for sale. get your own. hope this helps.