Once the machine has cycled through the water cycle for the first few minutes the ice starts coming out quickly. Impressed with the amount of ice made in the first few hours. Ice us just like Bob's Big Boy and Sonic ice! We got the machine with the side tank and it is so much easier to fill.

The ice that this makes is great and quick, and have not had any issues so far. The only complaint I have is that when you tilt the drawer forward the drips always run down the front into the drip catcher outside, leaving water marks on the machine. I understand it is needed to collect the water that melts back in to the pool inside to be used again and not lost, but when opened these drip outside when tilted forward. It seems like they could improve this aspect in a future revision, but that is the only criticism I could think of. Overall, fantastic.

I am absolutely in love with my ice machine. It's so quiet and easy to set up. Cleaning it was so easy and didn't take much time. Having the water tank is incredible, and easy to fill up. And the ice!! Oh my goodness it's like sonic ice and chick fil a ice had a baby. It's the perfect size and the perfect crunch.

I absolutely love this product. Actually, truly give this icemaker five stars. I watched several YouTube videos and reviews about this product somewhere good and somewhere bad. But I wanted to take the opportunity to try it for myself. I'm glad I did. This was my best purchase of 2023. I love it.

There is no comparison in nugget ice makers. The Opal is the highest quality and well designed countertop ice maker money can buy. If you are serious about "the good ice" or make drinks at home, the Opal will pay for itself and bring a little bit of joy to your life.

We absolutely love this ice maker. We have it set on a schedule to come on in the mornings and shut off in the evenings. Always have plenty of ice for when we have guests over. Great investment to our kitchen, and the stainless looks great and matches our other appliances.

Makes great ice for drinks. We use it at our Hawaii home for individual drinks and use our fridges ice maker for ice chests and blender drinks. You will need a more industrial ice maker if you currently use a lot of bagged ice or fill ice chests often.

I have been using this GE Opal 2.0 portable ice maker regularly and I'm impressed with the machine so far. It performs very well and doesn't make loud noise while making ice. It also fits well under the cabinet. I like the design, it's simple and elegant. The blue light makes it looks cool and beautiful to watch. The quality of the ice is great, it's crispy and chewable. It doesn't take long time to make ice. I can leave the ice in the machine. The side tank is helpful and easy to fill water. I think the price is a bit expensive. this machine can be operated through wifi via SmartHQ app. But the app occasionally shows OFF status even though my machine is still on and making ice. Might need some update on the application in the future. Overall I do like this ice maker machine.

My family (5 of us at home) are using tons of pellet ice... loving it. This machine keeps up with us just fine... and has revolutionized our hydration lives. Great ice... quiet operation... low maintenance. The ice is a treat in itself and makes all our drinks treats.

This ice maker produces fairly quickly however I have noticed that it circulates water through the system before they start turning to chunks which results in them being wet and then frozen. This makes them clump together more than they should. Other than that I haven't had any issues with it and it works well so far.