The machine makes wonderful chewable ice and makes ice efficiently. The app interface does not work very cleanly and takes a while to make work. Lots of sitting time hoping the connection works successfully. Finally successful. This machine makes great ice.

Literally the best ice maker ever! I recommend to all! Perfect for all your summer drinks! My iced coffees taste ten times better with this ice! Pregnancy ice cravings? This is perfect! Trust me! So easy set up and clean up! One thing I do recommend is to use distilled water.

We love our ice maker!! After our freezer ice maker broke, we were buying ice from chick-fil-a weekly. That became a pain so we purchased the opal. Life changing! Love the ability to set a schedule and boom you have ice! No more chick-fil-a ice here! We have our own nugget ice now!! Just wish it kept the ice frozen!

The ice maker works fine, but when you open the bin to get ice out, water leaks upon a black shiny piece of plastic. I wouldn't expect it to leak, but the way it is designed right now, I'm sure that there is no other way. Maybe a new design in the future.

My husband & I hesitated to purchase a countertop ice maker because of space concerns as well as fear of it being too much trouble or not making enough ice. After much reviewing, with the GE Opal consistently coming out on top, we took the plunge. I'm so glad we did. We both love the small nugget ice. Ice production is quick and with the side tank, refilling is easy. No more fighting with the built-in icemaker in the refrigerator door! I'd highly recommend this to anyone considering a countertop ice maker.

I have two Opal ice makers (had one for home and one for my office which I brought home). I’ve used only distilled water, cleaned regularly with Opal cleaning kit, and have them set up properly. One unit has stopped working (suspect the ice bin switch) and I cannot get any parts or service help. The second unit is making a loud noise and I suspect it’s dying. My suggestion is to pay the extra money and get a professional unit like a Scotsman or Hoshizaki - these are “cute” toys but not real ice makers. Add to that GE bought Opal and as they say when that happens “GE, where great companies go to die”.

Makes ice quick. The only downside is the noise and it makes, it’s louder when it’s first starting up for the first few minutes and quiet down but we had to move it into a pantry area because of the noise level. Or maybe we have a bad unit, don’t have anything to check it against.

No tank came with mine, and I need the tank for my apartment, so I’m waiting for them to send one to me, so I can’t tell you how well it makes ice… I’m just trying to get my prob fixed faster, I’ll do another review if they send the rest of my order.

The device was really easy to set up and get started. Once you clean it out, you will have ice within an hour. Family has been very happy with this appliance and we would definitely recommend it. We like that it recycles the water from the melted ice so you won’t fill it as often if you are not using it much. The app that you can use to monitor it isn’t too difficult to setup.

Bought this since the family wanted pebble ice. Would not buy this again. In about a month the unit is so noisy that you have to unplug it at night. It makes squealing noises that are so loud, you cannot even watch TV over the noise. It will absolutely wake you up during the night while you are sleeping.