Product review (5 stars): Does the job for me!
I am giving this product a 5 star rating so far. I have been using it about a week. I have read a lot of these reviews and the "paint" job that is complained about is probably the protective plastic removable coating put on the unit and is to be peeled off. I have been using mine about a week and it does great. I have it upstairs in my TV area. It saves me going downstairs for ice. I am 64 and have bad knees. I turn it on about 2 or 3 PM and I have all the ice I need throughout the evening. When I turn it off at night the left over ice melts back into the water reservoir. I use gallon jugs of distilled water so I won't have mineral build up to clean out on the unit. I have read this unit fails within a year of use. If this unit also fails within that time I will lower my rating. But for what I use it for it is great so far!