Product review (5 stars): The little engine that could!
When we first got this I was skeptical. The first batch of ice cubes took about 13 minutes....apparently that was the "start up" phase.

After that, and ever since, it churns out the cubes at a nice steady rate

This last summer we had many, MANY pool parties which included hundreds of margaritas and this Emerson kept up the whole time...I HIGHLY recommend this for a low cost, high producing item.

I saw someone mentioned the machine is loud...that is not the case with us...yes, you can hear it if the room is silent, but under normal daily life conditions, it's no louder than a mild hum.