Ice maker/IM-01

I bought this nugget icemaker and rec'd it two days ago. Here's what I've learned so far. Pros: a) Packaged really well. Unless someone really tried to destroy it, it should come in just fine. Nice job! b) Easy to take all the pieces out, clean and put back together (hint: there aren't many parts, which is nice!) c) They say ice in 6 mins... True but not enough to use. lol My attached video shows this. However, in 20 mins there was enough for one cup. Give it an hour and it'll be about full. It'll auto turn off as the ice gets stuck coming out of the chute so it thinks it's full but it's only about 2/3 full. That's fine. All ice machines will do this. Several glasses worth in an hour. d) Very compact and pretty light. e) Pretty quiet. You can hear it but there is a lot going on inside to create the ice. It's not loud enough to be a bother. f) Delicious nugget ice! No complaints on size or taste! g) Easy to drain, dry off and put away. Cons: I can't come up with any. How long will it last? That's the real question. Only time will tell. Overall, here was my goal. I just wanted to use it for a day, bag up a bunch of ice, drain and dry and put it away until I needed more ice. The reason for this goal was this... My first nugget maker was the GE Profile 2.0. Almost $600. I ran it 24/7 (I use a lot of ice). This was a mistake. Running it that much wore it out too quickly and also dirtied it up too easily. There was no good way to clean it other that hoping the "clean" setting actually did clean it. Well, it didn't. I don't think any can. You can't take any of them apart enough to make sure there isn't black gunk growing in all the guts of the machines. This nugget maker is easier to get too. The top lifts off and you can actually see the inside water tank and the big front tank and clean them both. Much better and a third of the price. Will it make ice as fast? Heck's no. Can I make ice for a few hours and bag it up and put in the freezer? Heck's yeah. I'm going for price now. I'll make ice, clean up the machine and put away for a week. So far, this is a great buy!!

I am really surprised at how well this ice maker works. I am an ice-o-holic. I do not drink anything without ice. I don't chew on ice, I use it to cool everything I drink, the colder the better. The ice maker on our refrigerator failed about 2 years after purchase. It is a known-issue. The fix from Whirlpool is to replace the entire freezer door. At the time, they wanted $1,700 for the door. I'm pretty sure we paid $1,800 for the refrigerator. I started out buying bags of ice, then bought ice cube trays to make ice. I finally bought the Euhomy Nugget Ice Maker after about 2 years of that nonsense. I was reluctant to buy a countertop model because they don't store ice. I was thinking the ice would melt very quickly and would be a lot of work to get a lot of useable ice from the machine. Fortunately, that is not the case. I'm sure there is some ice loss due to melting, but after 30 minutes, there is a decent amount of ice in the basket. I have used the Ice Maker 4 times, running it for about 8 hours each time. I fill the water basin and turn the machine on. It takes more like 8 minutes for the first nuggets to drop. I usually remove the ice every 30 minutes and had a cup or two of water after removing the ice. This way the ice maker runs constantly. I have a process to keep the ice from clumping too much while it freezes in the freezer. When I remove the ice from the ice basket, I place it in a 1 gallon freezer bag and lay it flat in the freezer. Then, 30 minutes later when I remove the next batch from the maker, it goes into a second 1 gallon bag and is laid flat in the freezer. The next 30 minutes, I break up the ice in both Gallon bags by banging them on the counter and then combine them. The empty bag is filled and the process is repeated. Once a gallon bag is filled, there are only a few large clumps of ice. After about 8 hours of this process, I have two 1 gallon freezer bags of ice nuggets that generally last a few days. I generally make ice twice a week. I think in the summer, I'll probably be making ice 3 to 4 times a week. Some reviews claimed the ice maker is loud. It is about as loud as our Air Fryer and Microwave. I don't really think it is very loud. Most of the noise comes from the fan and the clinking of the tiny cubes falling into the plastic basket. I am glad we got this ice maker. It's obviously more work than making ice cubes in ice cube trays, but it makes more ice in the same amount of time as 4 standard ice cube trays. If we were to run out of ice, it only takes about 20 minutes to get enough ice made for a 20 ounce glass. With ice cube trays, it takes many hours to make solid ice.

Love this nugget icemaker I use it a couple times a week. It’s quiet makes ice fast and I love that it’s chewable ice. I also love that it has a self cleaning option would definitely buy this again.

Makes ice very quickly.

Bueno realmente decepcionado porque el tamaño de los hielos es muy pequeño parecen de juguete mala inversión

I love how quick it is and how easy it is to use and clean

Awesome, always ice on the ready!!!