Product review (4 stars): My favorite appliance!
We have used this ice maker for a few months. We have it outside of our travel trailer on a picnic table under the trailer's awning, so the noise of the machine doesn't bother us. However, If I were to use it indoors, I would have it run for a limited time to stock up on ice and then turn it off. I expected the machine to make a bit of noise and it's worth the convenience of having on-demand ice. Because we don't have to buy bagged ice, the machine has paid for itself. I really like the shape of the ice, because I'm an ice-chewer and the medium size is satisfyingly crunchable. (Yeah, I know it's a bad habit and I should stop.) My only complaint about the machine is that, a few days ago, the LCD panel started going haywire. I didn't program in start and stop times when I began using it and I'm wondering now if I should have. We just let it run until it's out of water and then refill it. When ice piles up, the machine pauses itself. When we notice that it's full, we remove the ice, fill it up again and off it goes. But in the past few days, it has been beeping erratically and I tried to use the LCD panel to put in the time and a start/stop program, but the panel was unresponsive to what I was trying to do. It finally adjusted itself and went back to chugging away again, so I'm hoping that it was just pitching a little fit and wanted some attention. Basically, this is a terrific machine and I wish I could give it a 5 rating. If it behaves itself, perhaps I'll re-rate it after a while. In the meantime, I'll pay it more attention to see if that helps.  ;-)