Product review (5 stars): 5 Stars...for Now
I got this to replace my Hamilton Beach Ice Maker that is now taking up space in my trash. I gather these things tend to fail and I will update my review accordingly if that happens within the next couple years. For now, here are my thoughts.

This is bigger than the ice maker that it was replacing and comes at the same price. You can see the attached images for size comparison. It appears to hold about twice as much ice, twice as much water, and makes much larger ice cubes in about the same amount of time. Obviously it takes up more counter space, also, but still fits quite comfortably on the counter.

I like that it has a timer function. I'm a bit disappointed that it isn't a timer you set like you would a light timer. You can basically set it to delay for a certain amount of time. Instead you set it for a certain delay. So it appears you need to set it each night to turn on the next morning. I get up an hour before everyone else and try to remember to turn on our ice maker so there is plenty of ice ready and waiting when needed. My forgetter works really well though, so I will forget from time to time. I thought the timer function would be helpful, and it still might be, but I will probably prove just as adept at forgetting to set a timer each night as I am at forgetting to turn the thing on every morning.

This leaves the ice cube size as my favorite thing. It is a common complaint with the hollow-bullet-shaped ice cubes that they melt very quickly. These are also hollow-bullet-shaped, but would be bullets for a much larger gun, so they seem to last longer. There are three options for sizes on this unit. If you're like I used to be before I broke a tooth and you like chewing ice, use the small setting. If not, choose the large setting. I don't know who the medium setting is for.

While longevity will be the key, I greatly prefer this unit, at least initially, to the last one. It's nearly the same price and we will spend a lot less time fetching ice and refilling the water reservoir.

I didn't receive jack for this review. Even if I had, I'm too big of a fan of honesty to let some jerk manipulate my review by giving me free stuff. The review written above represents my honest, unfiltered opinion of the product.

P.S. It's not blue. I just left the stainless steel protector film stuff on it until I got it in place.