Its very easy to use ,press and go,makes a full basket in 90 min max. Have been making ice for 3 days ,filled up both freezer bins. Very quiet when running just a low hum from the fan. Highly recommended.

While it does a good job producing ice, the size cannot be adjusted, despite it being an option. The cubes are massive! The machine itself wouldn't stop producing ice, it just overflowed the basket. We also didn't have the sticker over the button telling us what the buttons were. I tried contacting the company, but they never responded.

El equipo llegó golpeado y con una fuga del aceite de enfriamiento. Inicié la devolución hace meses, DHL pasó a recoger el equipo y no he obtenido respuesta

The icemaker on my refrigerator went out. Actually the line that chewed by a mouse. I ordered this as a replacement. it is so far superior to a refrigerator based icemaker that there is no comparison It continues to make ice with minimal maintenance superb design and many many useful features. It is insulated so it keeps the ice pretty much intact although it eventually thaws but there is always fresh ice. I ordered this and it didn't work I talked to the company and they determined that the internal pump was bad. These pumps were backordered until October. I had bought the unit at the Amazon warehouse for a substantial discount. Rather than return it I requested that the company replace it and the company has sent me a brand-new icemaker! They are a delight to work with. They are truly a class act company and I would recommend any of their products without any hesitation. I have been using the first icemaker I bought in the kitchen and the replacement will actually go in the shop.To reiterate, this makes refrigerator based icemaker's look like a child's toy. It is a remarkable well-designed well-made piece of equipment that sits on the countertop requiring only occasional water. It is easy to clean out easy to maintain quiet end effective and I just don't have enough superlatives to say about both the icemaker and the company. By the way, I have used two lesser icemakers ordered from Amazon over the last couple of years and there is not even the remotest comparison. This is not the cheapest model but it is by far the best value

So far so great. Running 24 hours a day. We have it in our bathroom where I also have a PUR water tank filter where I fil the water tank then transfer the filterd water to the ice maker so the ice is also filtered. The ice does melt fast but makes for AWESOME iced water. I keep a cooler of extra ice from the maker that I constantly refill. Because it melts fast (but not like super fast) there is always since really nice ice water in the cooler that I scoop up with a large cup and drink right away.There are three sizes of ice cubes but I only use the middle size.For safety I 'cleaned' it the first time by doing what they said with a 1:1 vinager/water ratio. But I also ran a full batch of ice afterwards to make sure I didnt get any vinegar ice. The drain spout is pretty close to the bottom of the machine. (I guess it has to be) and the machine is BIG and HEAVY so I had to cut a paper plate to stick under it that routed the water over to the sink so it would drain properly. Be nice if it came with a drain hose or something.All day every day I keep the water going filling the ice maker and transfering the ice to the cooler. But I drink a lot. I have diabetes insipitous which makes you drink insane amounts of water so it is WONDERFUL to have a CONSTANT supply of ice water without having to run steps.Havnt tried the freezing them after making them idea but it does make sense. If they sit too long in the basket they freeze together. But easy enough to break up.Comes with a cute ice scoop, but its good quality and perfect for the medium size cubes.It seems to be really good construction. As I said 24 hours a day since we bought it with no hookups. I mean it only turned itself off once and dont know why and it didnt even 'die' it just finished its round and stopped. Started it again just fine.It has a metal bar that senses when the basket is full and so it will stop making until there is room again. Either by emptying the basket or the stuff inside has melted enough for another batch to fit.The measureing process of whats in the basket (by the machine) is imprecise tho. Sometimes more sometimes less. Guess it depends on where the ice hits. Also because the lifting arm that dumpes the ice causes the ice to slide into the baseket. The ice will build up along the side of the drop area even though the oposite side still has space. If I dont have time to empty the basket into my cooler system I just stick my hand and pull all the ice to the other side and then it makes a few more batches.Again I LOVE IT!!!

The rental house I am in doesn't have an ice maker in the refrigerator. It was the best choice out of all the rentals I looked at the last time I moved and since I don't use ice every day, I decided it was something I could easily live without.I started out using bags of ice from the store, which works OK. Then I decided that it would be nice to have an icemaker in the house, so I looked at portable ice makers. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to run a water line to where the refrigerator is and really don't want to go to that much trouble since I do rent this house. A portable ice maker is easy to set up and can go with me when I move.Having had an excellent experience with the , I put the NewAir brand at the top of my list when I looked at portable ice makers. I finally settled on the Newair AI-215SS Stainless Steel Portable Ice Maker with 50 Lbs. Daily Capacity because I liked its features and I liked it's high daily capacity.The unit has a self-cleaning cycle, which I very much appreciate. My sister used to have a portable ice maker, but it did not self-clean and she said it was really difficult to do manually with her model (I don't know what brand she had.) I put the self-cleaning cycle on, using the manual's recommended solution of one part water to one part white vinegar. After running it through a cleaning cycle with the vinegar solution, I ran a cycle with clear water to `rinse' it. The procedure is very similar to using a vinegar solution to clean a coffeemaker. After both the vinegar solution cycle and the fresh water cycle, I set the appliance on the edge of the kitchen sink, aiming the drain plug to empty the unit into the sink. At the end, I had to tilt the ice maker a little to get the last of the liquid out. Draining it might be a little easier if the drain plug were placed underneath the unit, but I'm not sure if that is mechanically feasible. Still, it wasn't hard to drain it, although I do think there is room for improvement.Once it had been freshly cleaned, I filled it with fresh water and set it to make medium-sized ice cubes. The window on the top lid allows you to watch it make ice cubes, which is only exciting for about a minute. Mostly it is nice to simply see what stage the cycle is in. The ice maker comes with a basket to catch the ice in after it has made, and an ice scoop for serving it. Both of these items can be run through the dishwasher on the top rack, but they were also very easy to hand wash.I filled a couple of large zip style bags with ice () and stored one in the upright freezer in the garage and the other in the kitchen freezer for serving. The bags are easy to handle and can be zipped up to protect the ice. I also like that I can write the date I made the ice on the bags.The maker produces bullet-shaped `cubes' that fit nicely in most glasses and work wonderfully in most drinks.You can use this maker during parties if you want to keep ice going throughout the party rather than make a few batches beforehand.While this machine does make ice cubes, it does not keep them frozen after it has made them. However, as the ice melts in the basket, holes in the basket allow the water to drain back into the water reservoir, recycling it to make another batch of ice bullets.I am very pleased with this ice maker. It does everything I want and has proven very reliable so far. The only thing that would make it easier to make ice would be if it could be connected to a water line, but I really didn't want that feature because it would have required an installation I'd need help with. With the AI-215SS, I was able to unbox it and go with no assistance from anyone.