FrigidaireEFIC103-AMZ-SC Counter Top Maker with Over-Sized Ice Bucket, Stainless Steel, Self Cleaning Function, Heavy Duty, Stainless

This ice maker is amazing And great looking Complete stainless steel Operation is Seamlessit's very quiet it delivers at least eight cubes per cycle Pictures of the unit that I Posted Is different because I was expecting the control panel to look different but it doesn't matter because I like the one size bullet ice cubes Anyway

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!!!

The only reason this product doesn't get 5 stars is because my first one didn't make it a full month before crapping out on me. Around the 2-2.5 week mark, it started making this awful growling/grating noise (which I decided to live with because I'm lazy). Right around the 1 month mark, it finally gave up completely and the cooling unit failed, so no nice was being made and the ice that was in the collection tray melted. Thankfully, this was right before my 30 day return window, so I was able to exchange it for a new unit. It has now been 2 months of 24/7 use and still no issues.I would imagine best practice is to use it to make ice as needed and leave it off the rest of the time. The unit only takes a few mins to make ice in each round, and with in 20 mins you'll have plenty of ice for several people. The manufacturer claims the collection tray will keep ice for up to about 18 hrs and this seems to be accurate. My machine is on 24/7, but typically only runs several times a day as the ice falls below the fill line.

I bought this ice maker nearly 2 years ago, and it just stopped working this morning. What a great ice maker this is to have lasted this long under daily, heavy use. Our normal kitchen fridge/freezer has a built-in icemaker, but it tends to constantly freeze up. So, we gave up on trying to fix that one and bought this one instead. We let this unit run around the clock so ice is always available, and it kept working like a charm for nearly two years. I did weekly cleaning cycles on it, but those don't take long, and then you're back in action. I would highly recommend this ice maker.

Update September 6, 2019: I used this ice maker from mid-May through mid-September 2018. I didn't use it again until late July 2019. I turned it on and I heard the mechanism move for a second and that was it. It turned off and never made another sound and won't turn back on. It's basically scrap metal after 4 months of use followed by 10 months of non-use. It has been in my home-office the whole time just sitting on top of a counter-height refrigerator, so the failure is not due to the storage environment. I really thought this was the answer to an reasonably priced ice maker, but a $140 + electricity and water cost to make ice for 1 person's beverages for only 4 months is not reasonable by any stretch.Original Review Follows:Pros:- It makes ice fairly quickly. About 6 minutes for the small size, 8 minutes for the medium size and 10 minutes for the large size pieces- It not too big. It takes about the same space as typical microwave or toaster oven.- Stainless finish looks nice and will match brushed stainless appliances well.- The ice bin is larger than the bins in most of the other countertop ice makers.Neutral:- It's somewhat heavy. It's not too heavy for one healthy adult to lift, but it's still heavy. If you need to move it often, you'll definitely want to put it on a rolling cart.- The ice pieces are shaped like thimbles. The difference between the large, medium, and small size is just the thickness of the ice around the hole in the middle.- Cleaning. You will need to occasionally run it with diluted bleach water to kill mold and bacteria. Also, depending on the quality of water you use, you may need to run it with diluted vinegar to remove scaling.Cons:- Makes only 10 pieces of ice at a time. Not enough for one drink if you actually want the drink to be cold (see next con).- The ice is not very cold. The pieces are wet on the outside, so they're only 32F at the outside and only a few degrees colder in the middle, depending on how recently the individual piece was made. Compare that to around 0F for ice from a typical freezer. I tried an experiment with a glass filled with 20-ounces of room-temperature water. I added 10 pieces of ice immediately after they were dumped into the bin, then started stirring the water with a straw. The ice was completely melted in 30 seconds and the water was not "ice cold." Of course, if you're cooling some other liquid besides water, it will get really diluted before it actually gets ice cold.- No place to put the scoop. They really need to have a scoop holder build onto the side of the unit somewhere. Don't be tempted to leave the scoop in the ice bin or you'll end up with less ice in the bin, plus you'll get more contaminants (bacteria/mold/dirt) in the ice and water.- Noise. Unlike other reviewers, I definitely would not call this ice maker quiet. The fan noise is loud and the sound of ice dumping is even louder. I moved it out of the kitchen and into the game room because it runs nearly all the time and was just too loud.- Efficiency. All of these countertop ice makers seem to work the same way. They make ice, dump it into a bin, and any ice that doesn't get used right away slowly melts into water which gets re-used to make more ice. The machine never gets cold enough inside to keep the ice in the bin from melting, so basically, whether you use the ice or not, the machine constantly makes ice. It's not nearly as efficient as it could be. You might think that since it makes ice so quickly that you could get away with using it for only a few hours per day. Well, not unless you plan to clean it every day. Bacteria and mold will get into the water and if you turn off the machine and let the water warm up to room temperature, it will start growing. If you turn it off for more than a few hours, you need to drain it, wipe it clean, and prop the lid open until the inside is completely dry.- Saving your ice is tedious. You can take the ice from the bin and put it in your freezer to store it or make it colder, but since it's wet when it comes out of the bin, it will stick together in your freezer. Just put it in a sealed bag and put the bag in your freezer for an hour or so, then take out the bag and drop it on your counter to break the pieces apart, then put it back in the freezer.I've had the best luck by refilling the machine with bottled water that I keep in the refrigerator. The bottle water just makes good tasting ice. Keeping the water cold doesn't allow the machine to make ice any faster, but the ice pieces are a little larger and a little colder when the water starts out cold.I have had one malfunction so far. Once it apparently failed to eject the ice, so it attempted to make another batch starting from the ice that was already there. The result was one giant rectangular cube that was physically too large to be ejected, to I had to turn it off and let the ice melt, then start over. This happened on the second day of use and hasn't happened again since. [Edit Aug 23, 2018: I'm not 100% sure, but I think this was caused by unplugging the unit when it was nearly done making a batch of ice and then immediately plugging it in and starting it up again.]I bought this mostly because it had the best reviews of any of the countertop icemakers that were available with a 4-year extended warranty plan. The vast majority of bad reviews are from users that complain it breaks within a year or so.

Quick ice maker. Makes lots of ice quickly