Product review (4 stars): Good Ice for Chewing!
If you love to chew ice, then you will love this ice maker.  The ice is best right out of the holding basket, but I will say that a big draw-back is that the ice is wet when you take it out of the holding area which isn't a big deal if you are going to use it immediately, but it is if you are making a bunch of ice for future use, not so great.  You can't put wet ice in the freezer or it will freeze together in a big lump.  The big lump of ice will have to be broken apart with an ice pick which give you sharp edges on the ice and as an ice chewer....not desirable.  So what I have been doing is taking a smaller batch of ice and putting it in a freezer bag and then placing the bag in the freezer with the ice spread out in a single layer.  Later on when it's all frozen, I break up the ice in the bag, trying to keep the ice as "whole" as possible and transfer the ice to the ice holder in the freezer.  Yes, I know it's a bit involved, but it works.  I wouldn't want this ice maker to be my sole source of ice, but I do like the small size "cubes" it puts out for small batches of ice chewing pleasure!