Product review (5 stars): Laboratory Grade
I am a chemistry teacher and need a smallish but regular supply of ice (ice baths) for about 180 teenage students doing lab everyday, all day. Got tired of making ice trays and hauling a cooler back and forth from the teacher's lounge, so I bought this.
I have used it every day, 7 hours a day, for about a month and I couldn't be more happy with it. I turn it on when I get to school in the morning, and by the time I start my first lab period (about an hour later), I have a full bucket of ice ready to go when the kids come in. At the end of the last lab period, I turn it off. Repeat.
It is quieter than most of my other lab equipment and the kids love the finger puppet style cubes. I have no complaints. If this broke, I would buy another in a heartbeat.