I was so excited to get this machine. I spend most of the day just trying to get it to make ice. Once it does, I love it. I have to side tank full of water, the reservoir full to the max line, and it will still tells me it needs water. It is random when it starts making ice. I love and hate this machine. I wouldn't purchase this once from Sam's Club. The concept is wonderful. I would try buying somewhere else.

I had a First Build Opal ice maker that I bought 10 years ago. It quit working in May 2025. So i decided to buy another First Build - well they are now GE. So I took a chance. I bought it 6-13-25 and it started making the same screeching noise that my 10 year old did before it died. Not even 10 days old. I am sooooo disappointed.

Loved the ice but had too many issues with it not working. Had to return it

Stopped working on the third day of use...very disappointed.

Excellent pricing and availability

The best purchase I made ever! Can’t live without this machine.

Requires sanitizing too often, every two weeks

We absolutely are so pleased with this ice machine!

Purchased one for my wife for Christmas, that one lasted 10 days before it had a horrible screeching sound. We returned that one and exchanged it for another. That one didn't even make it a day before it was making the same noise. We even did the cleaning cycle multiple times (on both new machines) and this didn't help either. We used triple filtered soft water, so very highly doubt the problem was lime buildup in 2 brand new machines. The 2nd one will be going back tomorrow when the store opens.

Great ice maker!