For a family of six, I find the refrigerator ice maker sometimes can't keep up with demand. I like to do things like throw water bottles in a small ice chest in the back of my car and dump ice on it so I always have cold water if and when needed.
We all drink a lot of water and have daily needs in the summer to fill up small ice chests, large water containers (soccer practice and soccer camps alone), etc. And forget about taking an ice chest on the deck while grilling, or working in the yard, etc.
So I have been looking at these small portable ice makers. I see they make about 27 pounds of ice a day. (My brand new large refrigerator freezer specs say it makes 9.0 pounds a day).
Problems - the small ones that are portable and don't require a water line require you to fill it with 1/2-1 gallon of water at a time. When they make ice, it dumps into a bin that is not refrigerated, so the ice is kinda "melty." it fills up fast, so it will require dumping into the freezer, or ice chest or something pretty regularly - maybe filling up in 90 minutes or so?
I think it is worth it to me, given my needs, but wondered if any of you had any experience with these. And I'm talking the $100-150 kind, not the more expensive one that is more like a commercial ice maker.
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