Product review (5 stars): Ice!
I love this little ice maker. I have several, Magic chef that I bought, another I bought from target that died on the first week and was sent back, don't remember the brand, and ivation. There are several reasons I really like this ice maker. The design is sleek and it doesn't take a huge amount of space on my counter top, though I do have to be sure to leave enough room for ventilating. The top is flat in back so I have a place to rest my ice scoop. The basket is a nice size.

this ice maker says high capacity and it's not kidding. Even with iceaholics like us I had to turn it off a few times because my freezer bin was full of ice, just to catch up. It is fast! It makes perfectly formed ice cubes. They melt in water to make perfect chewing ice, a habit I've had since I was a kid, soft and crunchy and perfect.

Another reason I really like this ice machine is simplicity. I have one that has a timer, tells time etc, and I like it, but I don't need the extra bells and whistles. This is on, or it's off, it makes one size ice, it tells you if it need water by flashing the water icon, it tells you when it's full. There is nothing complicated, clean it out when you get it, plug it in, let it sit a few minutes, take out the ice basket, put water to the fill mark, and turn on, and make ice. It's beauty in simplicity and the end result is exactly what I want, perfect ice cubes.

There are two sensors on the ice makers I've had, an eye, or the type like this where there is a bar that gets cold and tells the ice when to stop. I prefer the eye, the bar is a little less sensitive and this one seems more so. The ice backs up over the basket and goes where the freezing molds are, it's not a big issue but something I thought I'd mention. Otherwise this is, what I consider, the perfect ice maker.

It takes about six minutes to make ice, and makes around 26 1/2 lbs of ice in 24 hours, assuming you keep the water full, empty the bucket so it keeps cycling. This is not a refrigerator unit in the sense of keeping the ice or food cold. The ice, if not emptied, will eventually melt back into the reservoir and recycle.

The ice maker weighs 24 lbs and fits comfortable on a counter top.

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