Hi! We're glad to know that you your opal is working well for you. Thank you for taking the time to post this review. We're pretty fond of this unit as well. Especially since you'll never run out, thanks to a large capacity ice maker that makes one pound of fresh ice per hour and holds up to 48 ounces at a time! We appreciate you sharing. Enjoy! - Tierra@GEA

Hi there - Thank you so much for sharing your review. We appreciate knowing how everything is going. We're so glad that you are enjoying the icemaker so far. This model is perfect for this delicious summer drinks. We are going to share one of our support articles that goes over normal noises that can heard during ice production and other modes. This way you can know if something is abnormal. Here is the link: https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=35276 Thank you again for the review. We hope you have a great week. - Jonathon@GEA

Hi there, we're so pleased to see you're loving the ice your new Opal is making, but sorry it's running louder than expected. We understand how this could be aggravating to deal with, so we'll be sure to share your comments with our Opal team so that they can review them for future reference. Your feedback goes a long way in us making sure we're capitalizing on opportunities to improve upon our appliances, so we appreciate you reaching out. We're happy to have you in our GEA family and we're wishing you the absolute best. Guy@GEA