Product review (5 stars): Amazing device:  How to make it better
Owned this item for a couple of months now and I love it.  I didn't realize that ice was such a barrier to me getting drunk.  No more will my girlfriend judge me when I got to the freezer to retrieve more ice for the dry bar.

How to get the coldest, best ice:  Remove the stupid ice tray that comes with the ice maker.  If you want cold, "hard" ice you want the water reservoir to fill with ice.  The colder the water going into the ice maker, the better the ice.  By default the ice is kind of "soft" and melts rather quickly.  If you remove the ice tray and "prime" the reservoir with ice from the freezer or give the ice marker time to fill the water reservoir with it's own ice it will start to produce large, rock hard, cold ice that's amazing for cocktails.