I had one of these in the past and can confirm they work great! If your refrigerator doesn’t have a built in ice maker, or if it just doesn’t make enough ice, this item works well. I was quite surprised at how much ice it spit out. I purchased mine at a membership club for about this same price 2 years ago. I ended up giving it to a friend when I got a new refrigerator, but it continues to work for them.
The negatives:
First and foremost, it consumes a lot more electricity than I expected! I definitely noticed it on my electricity bill. Leaving it running bumped up my bill about $15-$20 a month.
Second, you do have to look after it and care for it. You have to refill it with water as you take out ice or it will run dry. Not a huge deal, but you have to remember.
Third, there’s almost no insulation. If you leave the ice in the bucket it will melt. Of course, the melted ice (aka WATER) is then run through the ice maker again. This keeps ice fresh, but uses more energy (see my first point).
We are happy to hear you had a good experience.
We purchased one from one of the big club stores for a veteran and set it up safely and carefully near his bedside on a utility cart…just so he wouldn’t have to go very far for ice. 
The ice machine was checked throughout the day, and filtered water was added as needed. It worked great until it didn’t. It just stopped making ice.
We packed it up and took it back to the store. It was replaced, and the new one worked really well for about 6 weeks (it could have been seven). Then it just stopped.
We took it back to exchange it, but we were told they had pulled the ice makers from their inventory. So we ended up with no ice machine. 
We ended up buying a small cooler for the veteran, and we dropped off ice in the morning and again in the evening. One of the nice nursing staff heard what we were doing and asked us to bring a cooler with us to the VA. He filled up our cooler with ice before we left so we didn’t have to stop and get ice. 
Some of the VA medical staff are really nice.
We also tried the Tramontina ice machines. We had the same problem. They worked fine until they didn’t.
One of the other families at the VA told us they had purchased an ice machine made by Newair, and they just love it. So we are now looking into that brand.
We have no idea if we got a lemon several times. But we hope these from Woot are a good batch for everyone who buys one.
Just make sure the UPS delivery person doesn’t toss it in the general direction of your door.
I have one of these. Not this brand but I got it from the mothership and it’s up there with my favorite appliances. Had a friend visit and she asked what it was. She had no idea such a thing existed and was giddy as can be. She bought one and it’s her favorite! I make a bag or two and keep in the freezer and make a new bag once one of the bags is emptied.
Pro tip: If you put the ice into plastic bags, it will all clump and stick together. If you want to avoid that, put the ice cubes in a paper bag in the freezer. One bump of the paper bag and the ice cubes all break away from each other.
It works great, when it works. If you can’t get a warranty for it, I wouldn’t buy it. I’ve had three and all three died shortly after a year. Three different brands but all the same style.
‘Member the ice cube scene from Showgirls? Just sayin’.
If you make ice immediately put it in the the freezer only 3x a week to will it consume so much electricity?
Purchased one last year and returned it. Did not make a sufficient 
amount and the nuggets were very small.
We love your tips!
Thanks for posting.
Will the paper bag trick work if your freezer has auto-defrost?
We double checked. We had three Tramontinas, two Frigidaires, three Igloos, and some off-brand.
They were great when the worked. But they all just stopped at some point (less than a year).
We are looking at the Newair ice makers, but for now (and as long as no one gets in trouble) we welcome our cooler being filled with ice before we leave the VA. Plus, we think the housebound veteran (who we deliver the ice to) likes the short visits in the morning and the company late at night. A win-win…we think, and we will take it where we can. 
I have this same one in a different color. It does not use a lot of power.
It’s about 120 Watts when running which is pretty amazing considering the ice output. It comes out to a small fraction of the price of buying ice at the store.
Sure if you keep the machine running 24/7 (a logistical nightmare as you’ll have to keep tossing out ice and adding water) it’s going to add roughly $10 to your monthly bill. But I think you’re in the tiny minority if you’re running it that way.
Run it when you need a lot of ice. For other times just keep a big bag of the ice in your freezer.
How many people go on these veteran visits anyway?
We have a similar model from Frigidaire (EFIC-117) that we have been using in an office of 9-11 folks for over 5 years. It has worked flawlessly over that time. The only problem is that Steve sometimes ‘forgets’ to add water haver he’s taken some ice. I KNOW IT’S YOU STEVE!!!
Can anyone provide the best recipe to use to get good results.
Two parts Hydrogen to one part Oxygen usually works for me.
Steve keeps eating my luch
I bought one last year for a friend who has to have ice in her drinks and they were spending so much money buying ice. They are a family of 4 and I just learned that they use it all the time and love it. They make a bunch and store it in their freezer, so they have ice on hand anytime they want it.
Tbh the higher electric is less than whst they were spending on buying ice, let alone their time and gas to buy it.
Iron deficiency - he also refuses to take care of his health
The two of us go as much as we can. Sometimes only one of us can go; so in that case, it is just the one.