Ice Maker, Commercial Ice Machine,100Lbs/Day, Stainless Steel Ice Machine with 48 Lbs Capacity, Ideal for Restaurant, Bars, Home and Offices, Includes Scoop

Ok, I love this ice maker but there are a few quirks that need be known to those wanting to buy one.First, this is made to be hidden under a counter top or behind a bar. It’s kind of an eye sore sitting in the middle of my kitchen but I plain on building a shelve to hide it in.Second, the instruction pamphlet’s that come with the ice maker has a lot grammatical errors and are a little hard to understand. Especially the area pertaining to the timer delay portion of your ice maker.Third, on the first day I used the fill with external bottle technique and the ice came out crystal clear and tasted amazing. Had a full harvest within several hours but it used a lot of water making ice that way. I am an engineer so was able to tap into my fridge water line and add an inline filter for the supply line to ice maker. Now I still get the same amount ice as before but it’s not as clear as before. As a HVAC tech I know that this means there is possibly contaminates in the water or air. I guess one could solve this problem by investing in a good quality water filter.Fourth, and this is my biggest complaint. You can see by the pictures that I had to add an external pump to remove the water from the ice bin as the ice melts. This is not a cooler that holds the ice for days on end. I would have thought the manufacturer would have tried to reuse the water as it starts to collect at the bottom of the tank. This ice maker is made to be tied to a sewer drain line so that the melted ice water can be removed from the ice storage tank. I tried several different ways to drain the tank by hand but it makes a mess in doing so. I now use a water pump bought off of Amazon. The gravity fed water flows out of ice tank and into a small pump. I reengineered the pumps water outlet line to supply the unused water into my dogs water bottle. Again when I bought the unit I hoped the ice maker would reuse the water to make more ice but I was wrong. .So in conclusion I would say the ice maker performs to the quality as sold and I'm happy with my purchase but in a world where water is so precious I would like to see the melted water somehow get reused to make more ice. Also with the user manual please correct the grammatical errors and give a better description of operations on how the settings affect the operation of the ice maker.

Don’t buy, too risky for the money. I have never written a bad review on Amazon before but I have also never encountered a non-responsive, unprofessional vendor in all my years of Amazon orders. Had the machine since August 2023. First use got the E2 error. Instructions say if unplugging and plugging back in resolve, no bug. That action clears it so all’s good. Makes ice reliably until beginning of October, then stopped pulling water in, intermittently flashing E2 again. No obstructions, nothing. Past return window on Amazon. Reached out to vendor via email, receive canned response “please send video”. Paperwork said it could be some kind of gas hazard so we didn’t leave it hooked up. Dismantled it. I reply that it’s this code, canned response again. Numerous times all I get is this auto-reply. Calls go straight to voicemail and no one returns the call. Amazon has changed policies and are no help at all either, sadly. So now we’re out $300 and have a useless machine taking up space.

This little machine makes ice so fast. It says 40 pound capacity when full but is closer to 20. But it makes that in about 3-4 hours. I keep a large ice chest next to it to dump three or four times a day. I keep it outside the RV in the Texas sun and use the ice even when home. If it were inside, it would make more. We’ve had the machine for 4 months and the only thing I have had to do is clean it and remove the tube and soak it in vinegar to remove scale from the small holes that distribute the water evenly. But that is very easy. Just pull off supply tube and slide it up and out. Then just line it up, slide it back in after de-scaling, and slide the supply hose back on. The only other thing is to make sure the machine is level so water distributes evenly. As others have stated, it makes sheets of ice cubes. This is not a problem for me as it only takes a dull knife to break up. The ice breaks up on its own when it drops into the empty hopper. The sheets occur closer to the top.

I recently purchased this outdoor ice maker, and overall, I am quite satisfied with its performance. The ice maker is of good quality and is perfect for small spaces like under the bar. The size of the ice cubes is just right, providing a refreshing and enjoyable ice experience.However, I did notice that the ice machine doesn't keep the ice as cold as I would prefer. While it's not a deal-breaker, I would have liked it to be colder. Despite this minor drawback, the ice maker still serves as a great little addition to my setup.Unfortunately, I did encounter an issue with my item upon delivery. It arrived damaged, and I tried reaching out to the seller for assistance, but unfortunately did not have any luck in resolving the matter. This was a disappointment, as I was hoping for better customer support.In conclusion, this outdoor ice maker is a good quality product that fits well in small spaces. The ice cubes it produces are a nice size, although the machine could benefit from better cooling capabilities. However, my experience with customer support after receiving a damaged item left me unsatisfied.