Nugget Ice Maker Countertop, Silonn Chewable Pellet Ice Machine with Self-Cleanin Function, 33lbs/24H Portable Ice Makers for Home Kitchen Officce, Black

🗓️ Length of Ownership: I’ve had this ice maker for almost a year now, and I’m genuinely impressed by how well it’s held up. I wasn’t expecting it to last this long for the price, but it’s been a great investment, especially during the summer. ❄️ Performance: We keep the machine running constantly in the warmer months, and it consistently provides fresh ice throughout the day. You can choose between small or large ice cubes—though even the “large” ones aren’t huge, they’re a perfect size for our drinks. As long as the bin isn’t full, the machine keeps producing ice reliably without any issues. 🧼 Maintenance: Taking care of this machine has been very simple. About once every two weeks, I wipe it down with vinegar and warm water—mainly the inside compartment and the removable basket. That’s really all it takes to keep it clean and running smoothly. It’s not complicated at all and only takes a few minutes. 🔊 Noise Level: The noise level is surprisingly reasonable. It’s not silent, but it’s definitely not loud enough to be annoying. We usually have it running in the background, and it doesn’t bother us at all. 👨‍👩‍👧 Usage & Capacity: It’s just my husband and me using it, and it easily covers our daily needs—typically 6 to 8 drinks a day in the summer. If you have a larger family or entertain often, you might want something with a higher capacity, but for us, this size is just right. ✅ Pros: Still working great after nearly a year Compact and stylish design Option to choose between small and large cubes Reasonably quiet operation Very easy to clean and maintain Perfect for small households or couples ❌ Cons: Ice output might not be enough for large families “Large” cube size is still relatively small (just FYI) 💬 Final Thoughts: If you’re looking for a reliable countertop ice maker that doesn’t take up much space and delivers consistent performance, this one is a great choice. It’s easy to use, easy to maintain, and perfect for keeping your drinks cold all summer long. We’re very happy with it and would definitely buy it again.

Setting: we have a fully functioning through-the-door ice dispenser on our refrigerator, that makes more ice than we can use. We also have an icemaker on another refrigerator that we don't currently use, but we could if we needed to (say, for a party). Thus we would be unlikely to need this. We bought one as a gift for my sister. We tried it before we gave it to her, and we almost DIDN'T give it to her... the basket of ice it made was so convenient, that we started drinking water more frequently than we ever had before. We considered that to be a healthy change, so after the gifting - leaving us without our new appliance - we immediately turned to Amazon for our own. The prices seem to fluctuate frequently on these icemakers, and the chosen color or finish can make a $30 or more difference! We found this stainless model at a good discount because it was an Amazon "renewed" item. It arrived looking like it was brand new, with the only indication of a short life before our purchase being some labels cut out of the packaging. The item itself was "mint" and even had the protective plastic wrap covering the stainless steel body (as seen in the photo). It works great, and quickly, making nice nuggets of ice that are just right for drinks (or chewing, but don't tell my dentist). I have only two small complaints with this model: 1) the newly-made ice tends to fill up one side of the basket, tripping the "ice full" sensor prematurely, and 2) the stainless steel body will not hold the suction cup hook provided to hold the scoop. Ironically, the suction cup held fast to the protective plastic, but when we removed that, it doesn't hold long to the actual steel. If the "ice full" light comes on prematurely, you can just sweep the ice down into the bucket and it will clear without needing to restart the machine. So... we LOVE this machine and now can't imagine not turning it on every morning. We keep it on the kitchen counter, where you can hear it, but not loudly. We turn it off at night when we've taken the last batch out for the evening. It's now a permanent fixture on our appliance-packed kitchen counter. Highly recommend!

Absolutely love this ice maker, I can't keep my hands out it. I am an ice chopper. This more than meets my needs. It is always full so I have tons in the freezer. Would buy again and again.

I love this ice maker. It fits perfectly on my counter under the cabinets. Starts making ice pretty quickly and the cleaning function is simple and easy to do. The only reason for not giving 5 stars, is the wording has already worn off on one of the buttons. Nothing I'm stressing over. Worth the money.

VERY high maintenance machine!! Makes ice, BUT… DO NOT LET WATER SIT IN THIS UNIT - NOT EVEN FOR ONE DAY! I go through a LOT of ice! I make ice every other day. When I had to replace my Avalon Bay Ice Cube Maker I was incredibly disappointed that they no longer make countertop models. That unit lasted me for 12 years! Maintenance on my Avalon Bay machine was incredibly simple. I rubbed it down thoroughly with lemon juice probably every other week, and once a month ran a lemon juice mixture through the machine. I never had any issues with my machine (and once a quarter gave it a cleaning with vinegar water). The ice always tasted fresh and clean. Its downfall was when the scoop finally broke. 12 years NO chemical cleaning necessary! Remember, I make a LOT of ice, so it performed famously! This new machine is SO high maintenance! I make approximately one and a half full reservoirs of ice cubes every other day, so the machine NEVER sits inactive long. If I leave any trace of water in this unit overnight, when I fill the reservoir with water I get black floating gunk/film emerge from the tube that sucks the water up into the unit. After making ice I have to tilt the machine to ensure that all water is emptied when I am done making ice. I also remove the little gasket/cover inside the reservoir, tube up a paper-towel and stick it into that tube that sucks water into the machine, tilt it forward, to help ensure all water from the tubes are evacuated. This has to be a flaw in the design that causes water to pool in the tubing in order for it to create scaling and mold of this nature within the unit. I never once had that issue with my Avalon Bay unit in 12 years. This started with Silonn unit within the first week after I got the unit. I did a thorough cleaning and descaling of the unit with chemical descalers (which I like to avoid for health reasons), then ran water and vinegar through it to ensure it is clean. Now when I make ice I have made a habit of dumping all water from the unit, making sure the unit is dry, and give it a rub-down with lemon. Now that I have started that routine I have not had anymore issues with it, but it is a pain not being able to allow water to sit in this unit for just one day. Yes, I use filtered water.

I'm huge on ice. An ice fanatic, if you will. Big fan. HUGE fan of ice. And yes, I have a history of iron deficiency, but even when my iron levels are on point, I just love ice. Any time of year. I bundle up in the winter and lay on heating pads so that I can have ice to my heart's content without perishing of hypothermia. I used to keep a list on my phone of the restaurants with the best ice, or the gas stations that sold my favorite brand of bagged iced. It's truly insane. But I'm otherwise normal, promise. We don't have a fridge with a functioning ice maker, so I was buying bagged ice at least 3-4x per week to have and to munch on. Eventually I realized that if I found a decent ice maker, it would pay for itself eventually. AND BOY HAS IT! If this machine ever dies, I will absolutely repurchase, immediately. I may buy a backup so I never have to go without, truly. PROS: - Such a great product for the price! It paid for itself (by me no longer buying bagged ice) in like 2 months. I believe when I purchased it, it was discounted pretty significantly which was the cherry on top. But even the regular sale price is super fair for the product. - The ice itself is the biggest pro. Oh my god, the ice. It is officially my favorite ice in the world - topping all the restaurants and bagged ice brands and airlines that I once ranked lol. It is soft but not too soft, and shaped my favorite way (bullets/ovals with holes in the middle). It's so good. - Set up and instructions were super easy. - You can choose small or large sized ice (although I always choose large) - The machine is fairly quick to churn it out - the only times it seemed slow was before I had it for long enough to have collected a stockpile in my freezer. - It's pretty quiet (although, if you are nearby and forget you have it on, the sound of the ice dropping may startle you!) - It isn't very imposing, doesn't take up a ton of surface area and doesn't really catch the eye when you enter the kitchen. - It can take about 64 oz of water at a time. I have the machine right beside my Vitamix, so I just fill the vitamix with water, pour it into the ice maker, and then am good for a while. CONS/Room for Improvement - and I'm being detailed with this but personally, these are all things I'm not altogether fussed about given the trade-off but I know it may matter to others! - The piece that holds the collected ice is big enough to completely fill a cup of mine that holds about 32oz of water. Once it is full, it stops producing ice until it is emptied or has melted down enough to make room to produce more. When I forget to turn it off, I come home to a chamber that was definitely once full, but the ice that has now melted down is positioned in such a way that it still registers as being full even though, with a shake, it's really only half-filled by that point. I'd be happy with a bigger chamber, but honestly the fact that it fills the cup I always use is kind of perfect. If I was fighting others for ice, this may be a bigger deal to me. - When it needs more water, it makes a sound where you know it's trying to run to produce more ice but can't draw up water. I think it'd be a nice touch if it powered off or had some sort of sensor to prevent the motor from continuing to try to make ice until you refill it - similar to the 'ice full' sensor. - If you are stocking up your freezer, you do have to empty out the container yourself. Which leads to some drippage on the floor. It takes a large amount of these trips from machine to freezer to fully fill up the freezer's ice box. And because the ice is soft and wet, it often really clumps together in the ice box so my husband and I have to take turns hacking away at it with a knife so that it breaks apart enough to be able to dispense through our fridge's ice dispenser. I've seen others say they bag it, and as it freezes into one big mass they break it up on the ground like you would bagged ice - which is a solid solution, unless you're filling your freezer's ice box so that it can move through the dispenser like we do. - Ice texture is different the first few times it drops after turning it on, or when it fully empties of water and you completely refill it for some reason? Hard to explain, but after a couple cycles it goes back to perfection. Not a huge deal to me. - Once turning it on, it takes probably...45ish mins (give or take) to fully fill the chamber. - The chamber itself is not chilled, however the collection of ice keeps itself cold for a good while before it starts melting. A completely full container will take at least an hour or two before it is noticeably smaller in size. - It's not really the ice's fault but I prefer the ice straight from the machine over the stockpile I keep in my freezer. Once in the freezer, it (obviously) really solidifies and loses the satisfying softness! So my favorite thing to do is have enough in the freezer for if we have company (or if it is the summer time and my ice consumption is faster than the machine), and otherwise use it straight from the machine! - Because there's work involved with manning the ice maker (work I am happy to do for the payoff), if we are going to fill anything aside from a really small cooler, we will still buy bagged ice for that.

I’ve wanted a countertop ice maker for a couple years, both because I like the nugget size ice and because I have a teeny tiny refrigerator with a commensurately teeny tiny freezer. And because I don’t always remember to fill the ice trays and put them in the freezer 24 hours before I know I’ll want ice. I picked this brand primarily because of the decent reviews and, honestly, the turquoise color. The color is adorable and accurate to the online photos. I recommend this whole-heartedly. I can’t imagine going back to manual ice trays. It’s easy to use, and a full bucket of ice happens so much more quickly than using ice trays in the freezer. All the manufacturers seem to primarily tout the speed at which you get your first cubes, but what matters to me is how quickly I get a full enough bucket of ice, so I can fill up my 40oz water tumbler. So I tested it: filled it with water, hit the on button, and clicked my stopwatch. It took just over an hour to get a basket full enough to trigger the “blocked chute” auto off. I’ve uploaded a photo of what that looks like. If I wanted an even fuller basket, I’d have to use the scoop to push the ice to the sides to make room for more ice in the center, where the chute is aimed. I can’t be bothered to do that, though, as there’s enough ice for my tumbler at the auto-off point. It’s pretty quiet. I tested it with the NIOSH SLM iPhone app, and it was 55 decibels at about 6 inches away. It doesn’t drown out the kitchen tv while I’m washing dishes, but I can barely hear it in the next room, just enough to know when it stops. Important note: countertop ice makers of this style do not have frozen baskets. That means, as soon as the ice is created, it will start to melt. It doesn’t melt in the hour it takes to get a full enough basket, but you can’t, for example, turn it on at bedtime and have ice waiting for you when you wake up. That’s just a limitation of a countertop ice maker. I’m fine with this; I turn on the ice maker at the same time I start the coffee machine, and by the time I’m finished nursing my coffee, a full-enough basket of ice is ready.

I am crushed! Pun intended. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this Ice Machine and as luck would have it, it started sounding like a very loud dying cat and quit working 3 months after I bought it. I'm not happy because I love my ice machine but I can't pay $189 every 90 days for a new one.