Great Northern Polar Cube Elite Stainless Steel Finish Portable Ice Maker

• 3 ice cube size selections
• Dimensions: 12" (L) x 14" (D) x 15" (H)
• Application: Makes ice for indoor and outdoor use
• Ice-Making Capacity: 9 pieces per cycle, 33 pounds per day
• Operating Cycle: 6-15 minutes

I usually will not order anything that has not been previously reviewed and gotten good reviews but I let the price dictate my ordering in this case and not the reviews. This was a big mistake Item was a convenient size and would have been okay if it had worked.I followed the set up directions and used the required amounht of water.I tried the smallest size setting to begin with and received 4 small ice cubes in approximately 6 minutes.Unfortunately, that was all the ice I received at any size.After the first 4 cubes I began smelling a very strong odor that soon could be smelled throughout the house.

I have returned this ice maker and I have ordered another brand that had very good reviews.This has taught me a very valuable lesson about buying a "pig in a poke".

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Got the now unavailable cheaper model despite many negative reviews about small cube size and slushy consistency.Largest size is ~1.5cmX2cm; ice was slushy (better for your teeth if you habitually chew) -but I decided to post a review after using home distilled water ($99 unit, google and see unreputable-looking ad) -someone less full of BS than myself will explain it better, but water needs impurities to form ice crystals; well water produces about 9 cubes after 6 minutes, and rest assured the entire basket does fill up; 1st 6 minutes with distilled water yielded a single sliver of ice.A couple of hours later (MUCH longer than with well water) I had a full basket of black-hole-dense, super-clear, diamond-hard ice, like I've never seen before.I'm a 3-lighter-a-day smoker and live with several of every type of mammal, so I suspect it took that long for "impurities" (or as the mammals call it, "fiber for your lungs") to get into the Polar's water system.If instead it takes as many hours to refill the basket, I suspect the water's few impurities just got the slow crystallization process rolling and this will be the case with every subsequent cycle -if I get impatient I'll cut the distilled water with well (or tap or bottled or simply filtered) water.

I don't sell distillers (if I did I'd try to spell them correctly on my super-discount-distiller site) but I'm a fan -but then I'm killing 500+ watts for 2 hours, then running this 100watt Polar unit -but then the distiller is a fantastic space heater and warm humidifier.I'd be surprised if I refill the Polar with water twice a week, though I fill a pint glass 4 or 5 times a day with ice.But now that I have super-pure-supercooled rock-hard ice I'm going to need an industrial ice crusher.But industrial ice crushers make for wonderfully relaxing white noise machines...