Anybody own a portable icemaker?

[Darrell KSR]

Now that summer is gone and it thinks it is fall, of course, I start thinking about this issue.

Our icemaker keeps up fine--unless it's game day. Son loads a water jug with ice, carries a playmate cooler with "some" ice in it for his frogg togg chill pad, daughter carries two water bottles with ice, and we're out of ice. Have a freezer downstairs and another refrigerator (without an icemaker) in the garage, and usually just end up stopping somewhere and getting a bag of ice, and sometimes think about doing it when we go home to stick in a freezer, but would love to run a portable icemaker really from about March through October to add a little extra ice.

I have seen a couple that are inexpensive and highly rated. They are interesting to me, because they just make ice--they don't "hold it." They have a bin where they hold between 2-4 pounds of ice, but it slowly melts and the water drops back into the reservoir to make new ice on a constant basis. So the idea would be to have it convenient to a freezer, and every couple of hours, dump ice into the freezer.

Anybody use one as a supplement? Good, bad, indifferent on them?

[BigBlueBrock]

#thingsoldpeopleask

[Darrell KSR]

Get off my lawn!

Hey, with a 12-year old and a 14-year old playing sports and engaging in all day activities, it's a pretty relevant topic for a bunch of us "old guys." At least I'm not asking for retirement home recommendations.

Yet.

Actually, I'll probably never ask for that. Not in the forseeable future, regardless of age. Sigh.

[CitizenBBN]

#thingsoldpeopleask

Not so fast. nothing says "party host" like a stand alone ice maker to keep the cocktails flowing.

I have a Scottsman Darryl, but it's a full blown, installed in the cabinetry ice maker. The only advice I have is that every standalone ice maker I've known about gets two comments. It makes great ice, and it is as reliable as a pothead who hates his job.

Mine is on the fritz, not getting enough water into the line IMO and I don't want to burn out the motor if the water level gets low. I can have it serviced, and will b/c I just can't get around to the task, but it's not a hard fix. $10 says my filter is messed up, we get a lot of iron and minerals in our water and I bet it's built up on the fine mesh to impede water flow.
I still like it though overall b/c the ice is superb quality, and not just stopping and cleaning the filter is my fault, not it's fault. They are awful picky though for something you would think would be a no-maintenance process. Every so many months you're supposed to totally clean it with this solution that gets rid of mineral deposits, and scrub the little copper nozzles that spray the water, etc. Not a big deal but a start contrast to a fridge where you vacuum the front now and again and it runs for years without tweaking.

[CitizenBBN]

Oh, when you research pay attention to the noise of various models. Some of them are pretty loud, it's like picking a dish washer in regards to sound issues.

[Darrell KSR]

I actually started to comment back to him that he must not entertain much, as a couple of reviews specifically mentioned the party use.

At the price point I'm looking at, frankly they are almost disposable. But I would like it to be semi - reliable.

Probably put it next to the fridge in the garage, so the decibel level may not be as relevant, but I better double check with my boss, and the point about the noise is well taken.

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[BigBlueBrock]

I actually started to comment back to him that he must not entertain much, as a couple of reviews specifically mentioned the party use.

Not a lot of partying can happen in a 720 sq-ft 1BR apartment

[CitizenBBN]

Not a lot of partying can happen in a 720 sq-ft 1BR apartment

As I said when BEvans said nothing good happens after 2am... you aren't doing it right.

[MickintheHam]

Not a lot of partying can happen in a 720 sq-ft 1BR apartment

Just as I thought! You have no imagination. Seem stuck in your ways. Old at 30!

[timpane]

hey are awful picky though for something you would think would be a no-maintenance process. Every so many months you're supposed to totally clean it with this solution that gets rid of mineral deposits, and scrub the little copper nozzles that spray the water, etc.









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