I was skeptical about buying this unit but it has proved to be a great ice maker. I got it 5 months ago and it is still working well. I followed the directions on the set up to the letter, and the next day the ice started flowing. We ran it at least 8 hours a day for 7 or so days to build up extra ice. It works better than the ice maker in our very expensive refrigerator. Ice is soft, no taste and I can fill the ice maker in the refrigerator and it will dispense just fine. Love the capacity too. I can make enough ice in one day to last a week for 5 ice loving people. Yes there is sound when the ice drops but its not loud, not that I sleep in the kitchen, but it wouldn't keep me up if i did! Yes, the ice melts if you don't bag it up after the basket is full, but it's not a hassle and really, what ice doesn't melt? Great product! Great size. Low noise.

Title: Stylish Nugget Ice Maker: A Chic Addition to Your Kitchen I recently purchased the Stylish Nugget Ice Maker for my home, and I must say, I am impressed by both its appearance and ice-making capabilities. One of the standout features of this nugget ice maker is its sleek and modern design. It looks absolutely chic on my countertop and adds a touch of elegance to my kitchen decor. The compact size makes it easy to fit in any space, and the stainless steel finish gives it a high-end look. In terms of performance, this ice maker excels at producing high-quality nugget ice. The ice cubes are soft, chewable, and perfect for a variety of beverages. Whether I'm enjoying a cold drink on a hot day or whipping up cocktails for guests, the ice from this machine always impresses. However, it's worth noting that this nugget ice maker can be a bit noisy during operation. The noise level is noticeable, especially in quieter environments, which may be a downside for some users. Despite this minor drawback, the stylish design and excellent ice quality more than make up for the noise factor in my opinion. Overall, I would highly recommend the Stylish Nugget Ice Maker to anyone looking to add a touch of luxury to their kitchen while enjoying delicious nugget ice. It may not be the quietest option on the market, but its aesthetics and ice-making performance more than compensate for this minor inconvenience.

If you’re looking for a compact, nugget ice maker for one, that could easily fit alongside your child’s Easy Bake Oven in the families playroom, I think you’ve found the perfect small appliance. This ice maker requires lots of attention for a small amount of ice making. Requires awkward cleanings, where as you have the ice maker positioned at the edge of a sink, you must reach under the machine, and fumble around feeling for a drain plug, which isn’t hard to find and feel for when removing it, but replacing it is a different story. Which of course you must do 3 times in succession after you’ve run the first cleaning with a teaspoon of bleach, and two more run throughs with clean water. Quite frankly, this little gem is made for a single person, unless you want to babysit it four literally hours, bagging up small amounts of ice through a 24 hour period, adding and adding more water as you go, and placing the haul in your freezer. The main issue I have with this unit, is the positioning of how the ice falls out of the unit into the basket. The new ice seems to stack up like a small water fall that has frozen in the mountains, which is beautiful to see in nature, yet really annoying in this case, because it backs up constantly, turning the ice making mechanism off, because it thinks the basket is full, and that couldn’t be further from the truth. This predicament requires the human who purchased this machine to every 20 to 30 minutes or so, to open the lid, and using the plastic scoop, move the ice around, to get the machine to turn back on, and continue making more ice. (Excuse me for a moment, while I go and do that right now). (I’m back)! If you have all day and are diligent, you’ll have a full basket of ice, if you leave and half to work, you will come home to maybe a half basket, or less. Because that mountain freezing waterfall I mentioned, will freeze and melt, freeze and melt all day long. Look, I’ve owned a few of these types of ice makers over the years, generally they work real well for about two years, and that’s if you maintain them well, regular cleanings, only using distilled water for making ice and for all cleanings, which is the water that creates the least calcium build up. But for around $200 bucks, they aren’t bad for the money. But in this case, cleanings are annoying, because it doesn’t have the back drain tubing which many of the better ones have, and having to constantly be involved in stirring the ice in the basket, to keep the full sensor from being triggered is a pain. It’s not a loud machine, it is a compact machine, actually the smallest I’ve ever come across , but it’s a machine that if you want it to do what it’s designed to do, requires too much involvement from me, the human, I wouldn’t recommend this particular unit. Good luck in choosing what’s best for you.

At first, really nice, chewable nuggets. Not too load, but not quiet. You know it is there and working. I can live with that. Makes ice at a decent rate, but like most of these machines, ice piles up, machine shuts off, and you have to flatten the pile so it knows to keep working. They all seem to suffer from this. Requires intervention. And then the shoe drops. A really load squealing noise. What is that? Mfg says turn off, drain, refill, restart. It wasn't dirty! That works, but every day? Sometimes every two days if lucky. This baby requires lots of tender loving care to keep it making ice. And that painful noise. Please stop . If the mfg tells me one more time to celan the clean machine ... You get it. I mean, don't get it. Look for an alternative instead.

Pretty loud but worth it! Perfect chic fila nugget size ice.