Product review (4 stars): Ten years of excellence
I am the maintenance technician for our neighborhood association clubhouse. Our Manotowoc Q130 is ten years old this month. We have followed a strict cleaning regimen, and the result has been an almost repair-free life for our ice maker. The one service call was for a problem that turned out to be an ice thickness sensor that needed adjusting.

This machine has a self-cleaning feature which allows the user to add de-limer and or cleaner to the water reservoir, flip a switch to "CLEAN", and walk away. The machine cycles several times and stops. Flipping the switch to "ON" then makes ice again. Internal parts are easily removed for cleaning.

The only drawback if any, is noise. We have an open concept clubhouse where the kitchen is open to the main room which we use for meetings and lectures. This ice machine can be a distractor, so we sometimes turn it off as needed.