Product review (4 stars): Great Concept Requiring A Strategy
Since my refrigerator does not have a built-in ice maker, and the freezer space is a precious commodity, I decided to look into these portable Icemakers as another option.  After reading reviews on quite a few, I chose this model, mostly due to its nice look since I plan to keep in on the kitchen counter.  I was ready to accept the fact that these machines were not going to be creating mounds of ice right away, but the time it takes to fill up one large glass is close to an hour.  At first, I was disappointed, but then thinking about it more reasonably, it is fighting a lot of obstacles.  1) It starts up at ambient / room temperature.  Unlike a fridge that is already cold, it has to create its first batch of ice into a room temperature tray which will help melt that ice if not collected immediately.  2) It is not a refrigerator, so it is not designed to store the ice once it is produced. 3) If you try and salvage the units good work and store the ice in a separate freezer, I have found that it melts just ever so slightly on the way in to weld most of the little pieces together.  This requires the use of an ice pick or possible using a different storage approach, which I have not yet figured out.

One thing I am going to try is using a plugin timer so that I can have the machine turn on an hour before I get home.  This way it will be ready to go and there is no need to worry about too much ice since it has a full sensor.

Combined with my Reverse Osmosis water, the ice is a wonderful treat.  All things being considered, it looks good, runs quiet, and with a bit of strategy, produces a good amount of ice.