Product review (5 stars): This thing is a hit!
We have a place down on a river in Baja California, Mexico.  It gets HOT down there, and as everybody knows, you "don't drink the water".  So, ice is a hot commodity (we've even began calling the mother-in-law the "Ice Nazi", because she harshly scrutinizes everybody's ice use in our house).  Enter this little guy as her "gag" birthday present from me last November.  Dump in bottled water, and in 6-7 minutes, you have enough fresh ice for two cocktails... Wait an hour, and you have nearly a freezer bucket full.  It's still rockin' and rollin', 4+ months later.  The arguments/anxiety this little guy has prevented (combined with the "WTF" look on my mother-in-law's face when she opened up her birthday gift) were WELL-WORTH the price tag!

Sitting on the patio, enjoying a Margarita I just made using ice from it, as I write this review.  Definitely recommend it!