Product review (1 stars): not a family ice maker
I bought this because during the summer months 3 ice trays just doesn't cut it and I can't afford a new frig or ice maker.  If it doesn't break down, I probably won't return it but it's not what I would describe as an ice maker for the family.  Setup was easy if you follow the directions.  The problem is that it doesn't generate enough ice to be all that useful especially if there is more than 1 person.  First of all, the ice cubes are bullet shaped with a hollowed out core so they melt very fast and the holding bin only stores about 2-3 cups of ice.  1 cup of ice in a drink melts in about 10 minutes which is a little less time to produce and so to get any usefulness you have to run it all the time and bag frequently for the freezer.  In the short time I've had this it goes thru an extraordinary amount of ice.  Works for me for the summer but would be completely impractical for a family.  FYI, it looks to me like it takes about .08 to .10 kwh so I figure in my area it adds about $6-$8 to my electric bill.

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Update:

These are junk.  First one lLasted 10 months and then stopped working.  Magic chef told me to put salt in the water.  They said if if you use filtered water the sensors stop working so you're supposed to add salt to the water.  Huh?  I'm not adding salt so I asked if regular tap water would work.  So I did that and no go.  Then they told me to take it to this nightmare of repair shop downtown to have it fixed.  Bottom line: two weeks later, they never looked at it, but they told magic chef there wasn't anything wrong with it and magic chef refused to honor the warranty.  Okay, so I buy another one and that one lasted 3 months and quit working.  You might think I'm nuts for buying another one but I figure that if a company won't honor the warranty on their product then I'm going to stick it back to them any way I can.  Anyway, this time same thing happened; it lasted 3 months and then stopped working altogether.  I have another one on order so we'll see but so far I've never bought anything that was so unreliable.  Okay, well, except for the stupid dashcam I bought.