Antarctic Star Nugget Ice Makers Countertop, Pebble Ice Machine with Chewable Pellet Ice, 34Lbs/24H, Self-Cleaning, Sonic Ice, One-Click Operation, for Kitchen,Office Stainless Steel Silver

Great appliance! A little noisy for my small studio, but I have learned to tune it out (most of the time). It is not refrigerated, so the ice does slowly melt in the bin, but it is constantly making new ice. In fact, it makes it surprisingly fast. I find myself refilling it a lot, not because the reservoir is particularly small, but because it's so convenient to grab ice for everything. As for ease of cleaning, it was a little bit confusing the first time I did it, but customer service walked me through the steps and then it was back up and running just fine. As for looks I think it is pretty compact considering, and I think the build feels like it was made with quality materials. Overall, it is a workhorse in my kitchen, and I think for the convenience it's fantastic. I would buy it again, no questions asked!!

We've had this for awhile now. Best ice maker we've had at the office. Soft ice, makes a lot, and stays pretty clean. We do clean it about once every 3-4 weeks, but it hasn't been bad at all. Only drawbacks is it can be a bit loud, but not bad. Does seem to go threw water quickly, but it get used by everyone! Overall, been very happy with this ice maker.

This ice maker is almost perfect for us. The size is great, it takes up a little counter space and will generate a fair bit of heat but is not much bigger than a knife block, which is great. The only reason I have only given it 4 stars is that ours makes the very annoyingly loud hum/vibration for the first few minutes of operation that others have noted int he Reviews. My guess is that it is the compressor pump trying to bring the refrigerant under pressure for efficient cooling. Literally after a few minutes, the ice maker is whisper quiet as expected. As promised, the first nuggets of ice start falling into the collection bin right at the 6min mark and it will continue making ice until gravity can no longer allow ice to fall and then it will shut off. Because of the annoyingly loud vibration sound, we have done what others suggested and turn it off after it has filled the collection bin until it is low, and then turn it back on to fill the tray again. Super simple, but defeats the purpose of having the ice maker on all the time as expected.

This is the first ice making machine I’ve ever owned, the ice maker on our refrigerater went out and I got tired of making ice, I run it usually every other day, I did try making two rounds of ice in one day and it made a squealing sound, I think it may have gotten too hot, the next time I used it there was no sound. It’s fairly quiet, not any louder than a microwave. Ice tastes good, I do use filtered water from both the faucet and then a filtered water pitcher. We have fairly hard water so I do descale it more frequently to extend the life of it. I would recommend it if you don’t need a lot of ice, for one or two people max. I’ve not tried running it more than once to know whether or not it made that noise again. I generally stick to every other day, summer coming it might end up every day. For my needs it’s been a good machine.

Not a bad product. Just not what was expecting.Pros - Easy to use. Set up is simple. Ice is the nice nugget size. It’s relatively quick considering the size of the unit. It is small and compact and fits easily on a countertop. Seems solidly built.Cons - Does not hold a lot of ice. In fact there might be a design flaw in how the ice comes out. It has a sensor for when the ice bucket is full, but the ice chute that the ice travels to enter the storage bucket is where the sensor is. So you get a pyramid affect that looks like a traffic jam of ice. Causing the ice sensor to think it’s full of ice, when in reality it’s not even 25% full. If you want the full capacity of the ice available, you have to routinely scoop away the ice from the chute so it doesn’t think it’s full. Additionally, the capacity of ice it holds is not that much either. For one person, or a college dorm it might be ok (assuming said dorm isn’t hosting a party). But for using in a home setting, definitely not the right fit. For the price point this had versus similar products, I was expecting more.

My son got this ice maker for me for my birthday. I’m so happy with it. It was easy to start it. It makes ice fast. The ice is soft. The only thing is it makes a lot of noises, like popping. It’s loud at times.

Love this ice machine ! This is my fifth purchase of an ice maker and the VERY BEST yet.Lots of ice is a must in every drink in my house. I bought my first machine about 6 years ago, it was the bullet style cube and only lasted about a year. This was followed by 2 more bullet cube machines and 1 previous nugget style. All previous models were short lived, had to be cleaned frequently and never failed had to actually work to insure that fresh ice was available.This purchase is different in EVERY way. There is ALWAYS a full ice bin !! I think it might be a bit noiser than previous purchase and I do use only bottled water in it but when it comes time to replace it hope to find the exact model again