EUHOMY Ice Cube Maker Machine Countertop, 2 Ways to Add Water, 45Lbs/Day 24 Pcs Ready in 13 Mins, Self-Cleaning Portable Compact, with Ice Scoop & Basket, Perfect for Home/Kitchen/Office/Bar

I bought this ice machine in April of 2023 to use at my office. Living in the south the summers can be brutally hot, I thought it would be nice to have ice available.Now, our ice machine in our refrigerator at home is having some trouble keeping up with everyone home at the same time. I didn't notice until the Christmas holiday when there five of us home at the same time all wanting ice.Here we are in the third week of January 2025 and all of us are home together and out of ice in the refrigerator. Super annoying. I finally decide to add an ice machine at home and was searching for the same oneI purchased for work. I'm buying my second one of these today as it has worked so well, five days a week for eight hours a day for almost two years now. It has an option to add the big water bottle on top so you don't have to keep refilling it, but at the office we just keep a five gallon bottle with an electric pump thing next to it and it works better for us. It's very tall with the bottle on top and we lack counter space. Other than that, it uses two average size pitchers of water to fill up and that can last the whole day.I have hauled it home several times to give it a good cleaning, only because living so close to the ocean, dust is everywhere so I wanted to vacuum out the motor areas as well. Plus, sitting water can get a little slimy over a long weekend...especially when it's 60 degrees one day, 90 the next and then 50 degrees the third day. I have had no issues cleaning this machine. It has a drain plug on the bottom so it's not a complicated task.I have gone through five of those bullet ice machines, that ice melted fast and they just kept breaking, they certainly do not travel well at all. So, paid extra to get this machine and I, as well as my office staff have been very pleased. I am a bit of an ice snob and would absolutely love a nugget ice machine, but again living in the south with the heat I do not think one could keep up as it too melts fast.I cannot say enough good things about this ice machine. Great value for the money and as I stated, I bought it in April of 2023 and have used it almost daily since then. It makes ice fast, it's easy to clean and will fit on your kitchen counter. It takes two average size pitchers of water to fill, it's not loud by any means, unless you count the first drop off ice. Perfect for an office staff of ten or a family of five, easy to clean and transport for travel ( camping, road trips) Five stars! I hope this was helpful!

I started out several months ago with a small Frigidaire ice maker purchased at Target. It was the kind that has the 9 vertical prongs that freeze up, and water is run over them to produce "cylinder hole cubes". This method is slow, inefficient and very prone to mold. It had no self-cleaning system (this was the worst part), and I realized over time that the cubes were getting me sick. (Mold even builds on the vertical prongs.)On the contrary, this EUHOMY ice maker is THE BOMB! I took a chance on it, even after some negative reviews here (which, now that I've owned it for several months, I know their problems are from improper use). First off: The SPEED of ice making is fantastic. About 3--4 bottles of water will fill the reservoir. It will only take about 2 hours for it to drop it all as ice...and we're taking REAL "cubes", not those silly "cylinder-cubes". It's like you bought a miniature professional ice maker and installed it in your home. This will make ice much faster than you can use it, and has a good-sized bin to retain them.And, it's fun to watch them freeze-up and drop. It'll often be as one big sheet, which you can easily chop-up.The best way to use this machine:1) fill with water2) as cubes are dropped, get them from it3) put the cubes in bins4) store in freezer5) when water is out, turn off machine6) drain any leftover water7) run self-clean8) occasionally in the above cycle, run a clean cycle with a mixture of vinegar, then another clean cycle with waterIf you get into the above routine, you'll have a plentiful supply of perfect cubes sitting in your freezer (created in literally no time), AND a clean machine that only runs for a limited time when you're in a 'production cycle'. No more having a machine chugging away constantly to keep-up with your need for cubes.And, there is ZERO need to "pick away" at the cubes in the freezing element. (I'm sure this is how some people have damaged the zinc coating on it. And, the manual even tells you to never touch it or pick at it but to press a button, which I'm guessing heats the element back up to cause them to fall.) I've never had them not fall into the bin. And, the time to break/separate them (if they remain a big block), is either in the bin or ideally when you dump them into your storage tray for the freezer.Note: My "storage tray" for the freezer are 3 of those 3-liter water bottles. I tried that method of putting the water bottle into the top holder, but I don't recommend it. There's no good way to open a 3-liter bottle, turn it upside down over the top of the machine and get all the water in the hole quickly, without spilling some. But, afterward, I did save the bottles, and cut the tops off, so I have these flexible plastic 'bins' to store finished cubes in.Bottom line: Make the EUHOMY the FIRST and only ice maker you'll ever need. The extra $50 or so you spend over the more common (inferior) designs you see is WELL WORTH the quality you get, and the avoidance of health-related problems with the cyllinder design. There's a reason professional ice makers make actual CUBES, not finger-hole dumplings.