Product review (5 stars): This is ideal for the ice chewer. Skip the extended warranty. People don't like it except for the warm blanket affect.
I love chewing ice. For the last year I have been fight my Waring Ice Crusher and I finally got fed up with it. Last year the Waring was the best ice crusher available as far a reviews went and now you can't even find it in a search. I guess it was the short life span and the fact they doubled the price of it the end of last year. The Waring worked a little better when I was in Texas and had half moon shaped ice cubes to put in it but here in Colorado with regular cubes it is jamming so much it was hardly worth the effort. For the record, I bought  this to free up the half of my refrigerator that had all ice trays and now has been reclaimed. The thing makes about 8 small or larger ice cubes, which I can barely tell apart, in about 5 minutes. You fill the one gallon reservoir below the ice tray holder and in half an hour the small ice tray is full. It comes with a little ice scoop to scoop the ice up with but I just lift the basket up and dump it in a ice container I have in the freezer. In an hour I can easily fill it.  The best part of the Igloo ice maker is the shape of the ice, It's tubular shaped and has a hole in the middle so this makes it excellent for chewing.  I bought the extended warranty offered here but I will not do it again. People seem to buy them for peace of mind but I never see anyone who have used it successfully.  The people that gave the warranty five stars are just happy to have it, they have never used it, and the people that gave it one star are the ones who have tried to use the extended warranty.