Magic Chef Portable Countertop Ice Maker, Small Ice Maker for Kitchen or Home Bar, Tabletop Ice Maker for Parties, 27-Pound Capacity, Stainless Steel

I got this for my mom for her birthday and she loves it . Its easy maintenance to clean , just put it over the sink , let the water out from the hole at the bottle , wipe it down and plug it back up to make the ice again. it makes 2 different size ice cubes and takes not even 30 minutes to fill up the machine. its a nice size so it can fit on any counter top or small space. 10/10 ill recommend , shes had it for about 3/4 years now and it still works like new.

MAGIC CHEF is the brand to Buy at AMAZON. We have two of them so we never run out of ICE. We turned off and removed the ice-maker in our Freezer, as it was connected to the CITY water even though there is a FILTER in our Refrigerator; Filters don’t remove the dissolved heavy metal components in city water. Other than the great ICE, we use DISTILLED Water (or Quality Bottled water) in these units, as the water quality of TAP water is questionable. Every MONTH drain the Water, and Rinse the internals with HOT water sprayed from your Kitchen Sink sprayer. I graduated with a Degree in Chemistry, and read the annual reports that municipalities are required to send into the US Gov. Boca Raton, FL is supposed to have the best municipal water quality, the water quality is Questionable at best. These MAGIC CHEF ice makers are terrific and generate lots of ice cubes to service quests that visit with us. Set the Unit to LARGE Ice Cubes. The internals contain a real Compressor sealed system using the updated R600a series Refrigerant. Remember don’t use TAP water, use Quality Bottled Water - and Important, DRAIN and Rinse the Ice Maker every MONTH.

It is so simple and easy to use and it generates ice with no effort other than pouring in water. I have had it running for days now and have accumulated pounds of ice. It surprises me how quickly it generates the ice. Since ice has jumped up to over $2.00 per 5 pounds this little machine will save me a lot of money!

So what it works great to make ice fast! But what it doesn’t do it keep the ice frozen once made.. so the ice isn’t used it will melt back into the reservoir and won’t make more if it is blocking the sensor.. then what ice is in the basket could be sitting in water if the water was filled to the max fill line.. haven’t had for a week yet and thinking about returning it to get a different one that keeps the ice frozen!!Update: All of these counter top units work in this same way.. none of them I have found that keep the ice frozen! It does often over make ice.. I have decided to keep it and everyone in my family loves that we always have ice as long as there is water in it that is.. is still a great buy!!Update: Nov 29th 2022 ice machine has broken! It is way to hard to clean. It has no self cleaning function! It was fun while it lasted.. I ended up buying a whole new machine that does have the self cleaning feature because cleaning the build up in the machine is a pain in the butt! I always used bottled water and not tap because tap water tasted bad!

Does the job as expected - i.e. makes ice fairly quickly. As other reviewers note, it doesn't keep the ice super cold; I recommend scooping the ice into a bag or bin in the freezer (which will also give you colder, longer-lasting ice). Reasonably priced.The included plastic scoop is, of course, useless; per many recommendations, we bought a metal one at the same time.The basket that catches the ice is NOT dishwasher friendly - ours melted and deformed in the dishwasher (air dry cycle only, no heated dry) and now we have to force it in very carefully so the machine doesn't register that it's full.The reason I'm rating it low is that it is VERY, VERY difficult to clean. If you run it for a couple of weeks at a time, you will start to see bits of mold growing in nooks and crannies. Yes, you should clean it oftener than that, but if you do let it go, there are places that are nearly impossible to get to, which are not visible. Specifically:The flap that helps toss the newly-frozen ice chunks into the main bin. It has ridges, which can be a focus for developing bits of black mold. It seems flimsy, though you can clean it with a soft toothbrush, but the underside is hard to get to.The really critical part is the area where the ice is actually formed: the metal "fingers", the curved trough that holds water while the ice is freezing, and the white plastic area behind all that. These are not terribly easy to see, when you're doing a routine quick clean. I finally went to do a deep clean, and holy cow, the trough, and the plastic area behind, basically had a solid layer of slime. It took me several days, with several different types of brushes, to finally (I think) get that gunk GONE. No brushes we had around the house could even reach the back section, nor the back parts of the fingers. I am just hoping they are clean now. It's currently running with a vinegar/water mixture, and tomorrow it will meet the dilute bleach / water mixture.There really is no excuse for that kind of design flaw. I've seen online how-to videos that talk about basically partly disassembling the machine to try to clean it.

A couple of years ago there was a fundraiser for a new ice machine that makes chew-able ice...I almost spent $500 then but thankfully had to sense to wait. Two days ago I went in search of that machine and went all the way through the checkout process and decided that was just crazy. I can buy A LOT of "good ice" from Quik-Trip for that much money. But, I still needed an ice maker for ice so I came to Amazon and decided to give this one a try. OH HAPPY DAY!!! It makes great "good ice"! No, it isn't the same shape but it is still soft and chew-able. AND, I had ice within 10 minutes of plugging it in! Very, very, happy.Update:If the goal is to just sit and eat ice then I throw some of the "cubes" into a blender and pulse it a couple of times and it comes out PERFECT! The "cubes" are OK but even the small size is bigger than I want. So, so happy with my new machine (which dropped $30!!! right after I bought it! :-( )