GE Profile Opal 1.0 Nugget Ice Maker| Countertop Pebble Ice Maker | Portable Ice Machine Makes up to 34 lbs of Ice Per Day | Stainless Steel

The media could not be loaded. Every week I found myself going to Sonic to get their yummy ice. It was a fight to get it home in one piece and refrozen in my freezer without it turning into a solid chunk of ice! Once summer hit, I knew it was going to be harder so I looked into investing to my own "sonic ice maker" and found this one. I debated about getting the water attachment, but decided since I got it on sale, I'd do myself a favor and get it. If you are questioning getting the water attachment, do it!! I'm so thankful I got the attachment. Our family goes through so much ice a day that I'm filling the water attachment several times a week. Now here is my only complaint about the water attachment - it's really hard to hold/handle to fill the water in the container. For me, it's a two person job as I use my Zero Water Filter Container to fill the water tank - one to hold the water tank and one to push the nozzle of the water filter container. Without that side container, you would have to pull the ice basket out and fill the water from underneath, which can be messy as some ice does slip through the holes of the ice basket. So if you are on the fence, get it!!Cons - my sidetank lid came to me scratched as well as the lid of the ice maker. It bothered me when I first bought it, but to send it back over scratches wasn't worth the hassle so I kept it. I see it now and still wish I sent it back and had it fixed, but the reality is I'm sure it would have gotten scratched sooner or later.The feet of the ice maker are sharp and scratched up the counter where I initially had the ice maker. I wish it wasn't so sharp and I hadn't ruined my brand new counters.While the machine is supposed to have a humming noise when the ice makes, sometimes it gets loud. But in apartment living where everything is so condensed and open, you are going to hear everything. The noise is louder than my fridge (everyone said the noise wasn't louder than a fridge) and sometimes bothers me with its noise.I wish there was a place to put the ice scooper. Right now it sits on the inside/top of the ice, but sometimes it gets burried in the new ice. If the ice scooper had a hole in it, I could hang it on the outside of the ice maker.Lastly people have asked if the inside of the ice area is a freezer. While it's cold on the inside where the ice is made, it all sits together and keeps the area cold. As it melts, it goes through the basket and recycles the water to make new ice.I believe that's everything about this amazing ice maker. GET THE SIDE TANK and save yourself the headache!

I wish I would have looked into this more. Like most reviews, figured going with the premium "Profile" GE product I would get quality. Completely wrong.This thing must cost $100 to make, because it is CHEAP. My unit started the squeeling, eventually stopped making ice. I cleaned it, and cleaned it regularly with white vinegar. No change... being an engineer I opened it up. First thing I see? The entire inside of this unit is full of white dried hardwater stains. See my picture attached.This thing is not sealed, it leaks from multiple places. The entire center unit where the auger and round steel cyclinder that freezes the water was covered, in some cases rusted and corroded. I took part piece by piece to see if I could clean it better, until eventually I couldnt remove anything else. I tried to remove some of the bolts to see if I could reach the auger... they were so badly deteriorated they had become fixed to the bottom plate which inevitably destroyed the threads... not exactly sure what those did, and because of how badly it was corroded I decided to put them back into the holes and test it out again after my deep cleaning. The unit ended up freezing up, auger continued to run, and it completly twisted the shaft until the copper line to the compressor popped and released all of the refrigderant.Now back to the freezing over and defrosting issues. During my journey of tearing this thing down and reading the reddit posts... there have been a few people who have suggested adding a fan to the back. This is wrong, not only is this wrong but possibly dangerous. The issue for the heat/lack of defrosting or freezing over is because the fan blows air over the coils, which is supposed to dissapate the heat and sent cold refrigerant back to the steel cylinder but dust/hair/dirt etc acclumilates INSIDE the unit, on the back side of the coils which you cannot reach, cannot see and cannot clean.This unit is 100% improper and knowingly poor design from the engineers and the factory. These units are defective IN THE BOX, STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. It will not and cannot survive longer than a year because there is no way to actually access or clean the inside of the unit, and the parts who touch water are not properly sealed.

I previously had the original Opal Nugget Ice Maker (now called 2.0) before it was bought by GE. It worked great, for the most part, but the suction motor finally gave out. I was going to get the new version but this model was on sale so I decided to give it a shot.So far, this machine has worked much smoother than my old one. I'm able to leave it on all the time. I don't have to dump ice into freezer bags, I just leave it running and as my ice bucket runs low, it's refilled as long as I keep it full of water. Which is a good thing because dumping the ice bucket on this one is not as easy as the other model. I wouldn't say it's hard, it's just not as easy.As the machine is always running or in standby mode waiting for me to fill it or open the lid, I'm pleased that the noise level is low. It's a background white noise that is not intrusive. Previous model would make a ton of noise until it was warmed up. This model is definitely quieter.I also like that it tells me and reminds me when I need to clean it. The process is easy and I can clean and sanitize quickly.I live in an area with incredibly hard water so I only use distilled water to make ice. Mixed with bottled water, occasionally we've noticed a slight flavor to the ice that we didn't have before. It's not enough to prevent me from using it (and I am a water snob - yes, I have a preferred brand of water that I drink and other brands that I avoid because of how they taste). I'm hopeful it's because the machine is new and that it will go away as time goes on.Overall, this machine is a great way to get our beloved nugget ice for a little less money. I highly recommend it.