Features:

  • Portable Stainless Steel Ice Maker
  • Over-sized Ice bucket holds 2.2 lbs of ice
  • Choice of 3 Ice Cube Sizes (small, medium and large)
  • Enjoy a batch of ice in as little as 6 minutes
  • Produces 26 lbs of ice per day
  • NOTE: Refer the User Manual before use which is highly essential.
Happy with it so far and it's churning out ice as specified

Might change my review later, but for the first hour of operation, it really looks good. So far, whatever size we set it too, (ice size) is almost "exact" (at least to the minute - small ice size at 9 minutes on the first ice offering, 10 minutes on the second batch of ice at the medium size, and 13 minutes on the dot for the larger ice size) We purchased, didn't open and returned a unit from SAM's because we read the reviews for that unit when we got home. Not good, esp. over the long haul. The IGLOO seemed to get overall better reviews, but just in case, we did purchase the extended warranty thru an Amazon proxy supplier. (or possibly maybe just a "seller" of product warranty's) It's presently located inside the house and the ice in the bin says frozen. (while it's making ice) Since it was purchased for camping and might be located (and operating, esp. being opened and closed) outside on a picnic table, I guess we'll have to see how it does in that environment Pro : - It works (so far) like the manufacturer says it does - It's decently quiet, though not silent (if would never bother me) Con : - It's a little larger than I'd like, but I definitely wanted the IGLOO brand and anyway, I don't know if a smaller unit is even available from any other manufacturer - I kind of wish the scoop could be stored in a special place inside,. Not a big deal and will try simply laying it in the ice bin to start with (thinking about insects "visiting" the scoop if left lying out on a picnic table and "kids" touching the handle that is now touching.lying in the ice) (Might just use that ice for the cooler) Edit : OK, I want to edit my review after five or so straight days of "flat out" running the new ice maker 4 stars to 5 stars and it is "pouring ice out" - as for someone's issue of freezing the "wet ice," we don't see the problem. We are bagging the ice in gallon plastic bags and throwing it in the freezer. We weren't always particular quick about emptying the bin either. (so there was also some melting) It "does" stick together after deep freezing it, but if you drop the bag on the counter, the ice breaks apart perfectly. I guess we have 18 gallon sized bags of ice now, not counting what we used or threw out. I really like this thing. I do think "the mechanism" appears a bit fragile. It may not hold up and it (the machine) doesn't need any "little fingers" in it for any reason. The machine doesn't seem very "industrial," but I guess I'll update this later if it fails. But so far, we couldn't be happier with this unit

i love it!

OMG i should have bought this ice maker years ago!!! i love it!!!!!!!! (2 months with the product and works perfect, if something happens i'll update this review)

The Opinion of a Chewable Ice Connoisseur

My husband was tired of travelling to the store every two or three days to buy me ice. Not just any ice at any store, it had to be a certain ice. Bless him, I have the best husband. I drink lots of ice water and love to chew on the ice. Our new home came with a fancy fridge with a built in ice maker/crusher that we don't use. The ice is too hard, and when you use the crushing option, it provides you with smaller chunks of razor like ice shards. Needless to say we don't even have it hooked up anymore. The ice I prefer is round with a hole in the center. I'm not sure how or why, but it produces a softer less deadly, chewable ice. I'm not a huge fan of the snow cone type ice as it melts too fast and even from the start there is really nothing to chew. So my husband figured he spends close to $400 a year on ice. This does not include transportation to and from the store. I found this ice maker online and he said "GET IT!!" I purchased it and told him not to get his hopes up because if I didn't like the ice it produces, it's going back. Well that isn't the case. I LOVE the ice, it's smaller and even softer than the ice we had been purchasing from the store. It also has the hole in the center of the cube, which makes me wonder if that is the key to soft chewable ice. The unit is fairly quiet. In fact it's much quieter that the refrigerator ice maker. I think it's because it has less of an ice drop to create that earth shattering noise. It works really fast. I've only made the large cubes, which are still fairly small, and it will produce them in about 10 minutes. It drops enough to fill a small glass, but in 10 more minutes you have more. We hooked it up, left the house for 2 hours and came home to a full bin of ice. I emptied into a large 2 gallon ziploc freezer bag. It took about 4 full bins to fill that bag up. When the ice enters the ziploc it's a little wet, so it tends to refreeze in the freezer and make a solid chunk. This chunk easily separates with one hard drop of the bag onto the counter, so this is not an issue at all. The 2 gallon bag takes up a lot less space in the freezer than the 20lb bag we had previously been buying. I primarily take from the counter top unit when I fill my glass and save my ziploc as a backup. The rest of the family uses a lot of ice and the unit does well to meet our demand. My only complaints (and they are by no means deal breakers) are that the counter unit is much larger than I was expecting. I wish it took up less space on the counter AND for being so large, the bin that holds the ice is rather small and fills up quickly. That's all.. Otherwise, I love it. So happy to have found it.

One COOL little ice makers. lmao See what I did there? COOL ice maker?? :)

OK, So let's talk about this little Igloo counter top Ice maker. It showed up on my doorstep last Tuesday. It also just happened to be one of the hottest days of 2017 so far in my area. Needless to say. I was super excited. It had sat on my doorstep in the sun most of the day. So needless to say, it and the packaging was a bit toasty. Regardless I brought it in, unpacked it poured water in it, and waited for a cool breeze of ice. FAIL. SO VERY VERY disappointed. Now with all of that being said. Let me tell you an ol saying my grandfather lived by. "Experience is something you get 5 minutes after you needed it." So be the case here as well. The unit as a whole isn't refrigerated. So pouring hot or room temperature water in it the unit is NOT, I repeat NOT going to end well for you. You will get VERY small cubes, and they will melt almost as fast as they are made. Chill your water overnight before you want to start making ice, then what I do, * and you don't have to do this.* but to keep it cooler in the storage area. The first 2 cycles of ice that are made, I dump down into the reservoir. This helps keep everything chilled and you will get better results. Also. another trick I've learned. Don't leave the ice in the catch bin. Once it is about halfway full. Dump it in a one gal zip lock bag. Why a zip lock bag you ask? The ice comes out of the catch bin VERY wet.If you put it in a reg ice bucket then put it in the freezer. You're going to end up with nothing more than a block of ice, and it is difficult to break apart. If you put it in a zip lock freezer bag, it breaks up much easier. All in all, I am VERY pleased with this. I was a bit concerned about some of the naysayers, and the bad reviews they posted. But with a little thinking on my part, I addressed all of their problems with more than pleasing results. Some people are just a bit too lazy to think, and to fast to complain. Oh, one more tip. When you are done making ice, dry it out as best you can, then get an old clean sock, and put some white rice in it. Then set it in the holding tank. It will draw out any leftover moisture and prevent any mold Update. 4 months later, and it still works like a champ.

If you need an ice maker, this one is the best

This thing is phenomenal. It cranks out ice like there's no tomorrow and it just keeps recycling the ice through when it doesn't get used. The large ice cubes are the perfect size (I imagine the small ones would melt much too quickly). We have it in an office environment so it gets a lot of use. It's been running non-stop for over 6 months now with no issues. It's sitting on a large counter so size isn't an issue for us, but for a small kitchen, this would probably take up too much room. The stainless steel looks very nice though. 11/27/18 update: We've been using this machine in a large office for over a year now and it has continued to perform 100% for the past year. We have to fill it with water every day but it just keeps on cranking out ice all day long and this thing is getting a lot of use. I'm very tempted to buy a second, backup machine because if it ever stops working we will really miss it. 11/16/19 update: Well the machine finally died about 6 months ago so it lasted a couple of years of constant use in a business environment. My office manager bought a replacement from a different manufacturer and in so many ways it just doesn't work nearly as well (smaller size, instructions in barely legible English, it beeps all the time for every little operation, leaks out the back etc.) When this one breaks, I'm definitely going to back to the Frigidaire.

Excellent so far UPDATED

****UPDATED REVIEW 7/5/18**** Just making it clear, I bought the 48lb/day ice maker, and my review is for that one. I received this two days ago. It is quite heavy so you may need an extra person to help lift. In the photos provided, you can see that my ice maker is filled. These ice cubes are large. This ice maker has been wonderful so far. The ice is wet, and sticks together if the bucket gets full, but its so easy to just break them apart. I toss my basket of ice into a small cooler for my mother, who has trouble walking, and by the time the small cooler is empty I have an entire basket full of ice again. The first thing I noticed was that, when first starting up, the ice is tiny. I was concerned, but just thought it needed time to properly freeze the ice. After some time, the ice that was coming out was large. So, if your ice maker is producing small cubes at first, just give it time. The maker creates a humming noise, much like a refrigerator, but it's not bothersome. After our fridge died from flood water damage, we were buying ice at $5 for 2 bags, multiple times a week. That adds up! If this maker continues to do it's job it will save us a lot of money in the long run. UPDATE 7/5/18: I've had this machine since November of 2017. It still works perfect. I've had absolutely no issues with the machine at all. Still continues to make ice, and we haven't bought a bag of ice since getting this. Where I live, bags of ice cost $3 each. Given the amount of ice my family uses, that's a bag of ice every other day. So, counting November and July, I've had it for 9 months; 36 weeks; 252 days. Half 252 (every other day of buying ice)= 126. So, if I had not had this machine, I would have spent 126x$3.00= $378 on bags of ice in 9 months. $378 minus the cost of the machine at the time I bought it (149.98 rounded up to 150.00) I have saved $228 on ice. Not bad, right? I'm more than happy with this purchase. It's been nice not having to worry about going to the store because I ran out of ice. 10/10 would definitely recommend and also buy again.

works wonderfully

we bought thisas a Christmas gift for friends- they love it so much- they keep sending us pics of ice hahahaha

This is a BIG ICE MAKER and I am so happy that I bought it!!! No more lugging home bags of ice!!!

This is a Wonderfully Amazing Machine!!! This is NOT a flimsy little machine. It is a heavy duty ice maker!!! It makes so much ice that I have to turn it off at times because my freezer is small and it gets full quickly!!! This machine has an off and on switch, so you can simply turn it off when you don't need it or when you have enough ice. The small ice cube setting makes a very large ice cube!!! It comes with a nice ice scoop that I keep in a gallon freezer bag in my freezer to dump my fresh ice into so that it will freeze hard. For those complaining about how wet the ice is when it comes out, the ice I buy in bags is wet, too!!! ICE IS WET before it freezes!!! Just put your fresh ice in a baggie, allow it to freeze hard, then break it up by slamming it on your counter, and dump it into your ice bag. At least, you won't have a huge lump of ice cubes all frozen together!!! This machine is heavy, so take it out of the box close to the table or counter where you plan to use it. You'll want to allow it to sit for 2 hours before using it because the Freon (or coolant) has to settle in the machine. The cleaning instructions are confusing, so I just wiped it down good and filled the reservoir. I threw out all the ice that it made out, drained it, and sopped up all the water, then refilled it. It makes ice very quickly, so soon I was putting ice in the freezer. I am so tickled!!! Now I don't have to remember to buy a bag of ice at the store!!! I am in ICE HEAVEN!!! This is a quality machine, so I don't expect any problems any time soon!!! However, if you are worried about it going out on you, buy the 4 year warranty like I did and then you'll have PEACE of MIND!!! UPDATE!!! In May 2018, after a year and 2 months of great service, this ice maker died! When I purchased my ice maker, I bought a 4 year warranty thru Square Trade. I have called and they have approved my claim and are going to send me a check!!! I went ahead and bought a new one. I hope that my new ice maker lasts as long as this one did!!!

Finally some ice !

I had to wait about a week before I even attempted to write a review. I don't have fond memories with countertop ice makers. In fact I hesitated ever buying one again after my first encounter with a an oversized della that cost twice as much. It IDK it was garbage within the first 3 months because warranties and no knowledge base built for repairs. Tons of these just die out for ridiculous reasons to end up never working the same . HOWEVERI am excited to tell you , at least for me anyway , that this Igloo ice 103 counter top machine is an Ice making monster . I was very surprised at how well this thing works after having one that never worked right from the beginning. Yes I will be afraid to ever unplug it from the wall or to move it at all. (seems those two things manage to kill off a once decent ice maker). I would without a doubt tell you about this ice maker . Della I'm sorry for putting your product down but this product puts one of your best to shame . Until the companies decide to make a freezer ice maker this one with the over size basket will be just fine . Also its making ice so fast and large even the small cube is large and I cant keep up with production. Very fast and constant . be ready with the kool and clean water is best ...Hope this helps

Nice Ice

Amazing product. I discovered these while camping with friends. It keeps them fulfilled in drinking ice and the excess goes into coolers for fishing or keeping other things cold. Every 7.5 seconds or less, it drops a batch of small ice bullets, about the size of a thumb. Medium takes about 8.5 and large about 9.5 minutes. There is not a huge difference between large and small size bullets. Not very loud even in a quiet room during operation. I have been experimenting with saving ice. It works pretty well if you fill a gallon ziploc with ice bullets and drop in freezer. During the first hour in the freezer, I punch the bag of bullets a couple of times to keep them from freezing together. So far it's working like a charm. You can use bottled water, or any drinking water I guess, but I'm using filtered water from my fridg at home. I will purchase gallons of pure drinking water for camping with my ice maker. My friends use potable water from their camper and filter it through a Brita pitcher filter before adding it to the ice machines reservoir.

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