Product review (1 stars): WARNING: All the ice smells like plastic after a few dozen cycles.
POTENTIAL BUYER WARNING: This device works as advertised, but also has an EXTREMELY STRONG PLASTIC SMELL inside the device, and your ice will come out tasting like it (a little bit salty, a little bit artificial) every time. It actually got stronger for me after the first few dozen cycles (I keep it running 24/7). I tried unplugging it, draining it with the lid open, and then placing it (unplugged, no water) in the sun for a few days, but after turning it back on, the plastic smell is still there. Think of the smell as "new car smell" minus the pleasant parts. Somewhere between "plastics factory floor" and "hobby lobby fumes," happily frozen into your ice cubes every day.

I can smell the smell in the ice, in the water when I drink it, and even when I drain out the entire interior and open the lid for a few days. I'm not sure if it's because a leak or what, but this thing definitely seems TOXIC. It's unfortunate, because the smell didn't show up until after the first couple dozen cycles, after which I had already THROWN OUT THE BOX AND PACKAGING (so it's basically impossible to return now).

As a disclaimer, my girlfriend has a frequently stuffed nose from allergies, so she can sometimes tell that the ice is smelling like plastic, and sometimes cannot. (I can always smell it by opening the lid or my tasting water that contains the ice.) So from my perspective, the useful cycle of this product is about ~100 productions of ice, and not much more.