This is a nice, lightweight, portable machine. The compressor runs smooth and it's pretty incredible how fast it can make ice. It's a contained unit, so you just pour water into the reservoir (holds around one quart) and it auto-pumps to fill the ice moulds, then when the ice is done a flapper pushes the ice into a basket that sits just above the water reservoir. The process repeats until the ice gets high enough in the basket to trip the photo-eye which pauses things. Once you dump the ice basket the process starts again until the basket is full (or the water is used up). Note that the ice basket area is not refrigerated, so as soon as ice is made it starts to melt slightly and remains wet, so if/when you transfer to a freezer it'll freeze together into a block and will need broken apart depending on your application. If you forget about ice in the basket no worries, it'll eventually just melt back into the water reservoir and get recycled. The carry handle and access lid are a bit fragile, not sure how they will hold-up long-term, but overall I'm happy with this unit.
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