5 stars

Reviewer:  JimV "JimV"  (Boonville, MO)  See all my reviews

I have been using it at work and it works great. Have 8 pleople getting ice out of it and it suprised me and keeps up. It really makes ice fast.

4 stars

Reviewer:  Tgirl "saturena c"  (georgia)  See all my reviews

My new ice machine works well. I was a little nervous about it when I read some of the reviews. I make ice with no problem, I don't leave water in it when I'm done making ice like the instructions say. I just followed the instructions and it works great for my family. We use a lot of ice and I got tired of buying ice every two or three
days. I make about 3 zip lock bags full and it last a long time for a family of 5. I say buy it and make sure you follow the instructions. Most of the negative reviews seem to me are because the buyers did not follow instructions that came with the machine. This product was worth the money to me.

1 stars

Reviewer:  drips "drips"  (stuart, fl)  See all my reviews

It worked just great for the first week. Now it does not make ice - just recylces the water. It is going back. Very disappointed.

4 stars

Reviewer:  SAHM  (Denton, TX)  See all my reviews

Purchased this item on sale even after reading the reviews. As everyone else has said, there are apparently two issues with this machine. 1) low water light comes on even when the machine has water in it. I had this problem after the machine made ice one time. I tried to get more ice, but the red light came on and even after draining and refilling several times (with a wait inbetween) the water would not flow and no ice. My husband commented that the machine might have a manual float and that it was stuck (don't know if that's the case). So the next time I turned the machine on, I tipped it slightly (45 degrees) toward the back of the counter by pushing up on the front of the machine. Happily, this worked like a charm. I have drained the machine several times and refilled and it continues to work without a problem.

The second problem was the ice full light. Thankfully, someone else already posted the fix for this. Just hold on to the thermostat (metal post on the top right corner of ice bin) with your fingers for a few seconds and it will reset.

No other problems at this point. I would have given 5 stars except for the problems that needed work arounds.

5 stars

Reviewer:  Happy Camper "Stan S"  (Fall River,Mass)  See all my reviews

Purchased this ice maker on May7th, Ran it for about 10 hours!! works purfectly-read the instructions, when changing ice cube size, give unit time to adjust
So far, love this unit! my hat is off to the person who thought of this device!! I have a faucet filter, and use water from that. Will update at a later time

3 stars

Reviewer:  Honeybee  (Austin TX)  See all my reviews

I bought this ice maker on Saturday, 5/9/09 and so far still working great. The only problem is that I can't change the size of the ice. I press the button for the 3 different sizes (I want the small), but no matter what light is lit up, the only size I get is the large. Other than that, it works great so far.

5 stars

Reviewer:  A Customer  (St. Louis, MO)  See all my reviews

Bought this ice maker back in the middle of July '08 and have ran it consistenly since then. Great item for the price. Would purchase another one without hesitation.

3 stars

Reviewer:  Paul R. Hecht  (New York, New York)  See all my reviews

I'm an Interior Designer and purchased this item for several clients and reviews were split down the middle. Most were purchased for vacation homes where this came in handy at the wetbar while others were for small Manhattan apartments where ice-makers were nonexistant. For the most part people were happy..ice was produced quickly and efficiently while others found that the machine just didn't work. For those, I assured returning to Target and swapping for another would solve their problems, which it did.

1 stars

Reviewer:  J. Watson  (Toledo, Ohio United States)  See all my reviews

Get used to warm drinks. I took a chance that some of the negative reviews were just flukes. "Wrong" I used my machine the first day. "wow" was I impressed. It did deliver cubes about every 9 - 11 minutes as stated. I was surprised how quickly it accumulated. Before I knew it I had about 10lbs. of ice. I put the machine away because it took up way to much room on the counter. One week later I took the machine out to make more ice. Added the water and started the machine. It started out just like before. I left the room and heard the first then the second load, then nothing. I checked to make sure the machine wasn't out of water or overloaded with ice. I noticed that it had tripped the wall outlet breaker so I reset it. As soon as I plugged the ice maker in it blew the circut again. The same thing happened in other parts of the house. So after only 2 weeks I returned the unit. I almost picked up another emerson unit but the other unit boxes looked as if they had been retaped. I thougt it best to try a totally different brand. Of course the other models cost more but you get what you pay for, right? I think next time I'll choose a different brand. So stay away from this unit. Only a lucky few got good machines, but it's not the norm. Too bad, because I liked the price.

2 stars

Reviewer:  Tracy L. Wiswall "TWiz1"  (Memphis, TN)  See all my reviews

I have had the unit for only a couple of hours. I have some complaints but not against the model itself but against all of the portable ice makers. I have been looking around and even the more expensive units have the same problem. Below the ice basket is the chamber that holds the water from which the ice is made. As its made it drops into the basket and immediately begins to melt back into the water chamber over and over again. The ice is always wet as the interior is not refrigerated by anything but the ice itself. Someone needs to invent the portabel ice maker that has a freezer or at least refrigerator built into it. I will rate this specific unit in my next review due to limited space.