Product review (4 stars): Works great, if you are not in a hurry.
I purchased this unit for use in a small RV.  I have now used it several times, in the RV; and at home during dinner parties. It does everything it claims, exact the speed of ice making. It takes the unit well over an hour to produce a full cycle of ice. You need to be near by, as the basket only holds a fraction of the ice made from one load of water, so it stops about four times during each water cycle until you empty the basket. I didn't experience any issues with unpleasant tasting ice, but followed the manufacturer's instructions to the letter regarding cleaning before use.

Update 5/23/2015.  This thing is still plugging along, after several annual trips to the Florida Keys where it lives under the awning outside my RV in the scorching heat; and still makes ice.  Even though it isn't self refrigerated, if you do leave it alone, since the ice just melts in the maker when the basket it full, and the unit will gradually restart once the ice level melts down, so you will have some ice left when you return.