This icemaker is relatively easy to set up. It is moderately loud, about the level of a quiet dishwasher. The ice is fantastic! Our liquid intake has definitely gone up since purchasing the icemaker. Highly recommend the side water tank option - much easier to fill with water. Only negatives are the ice will form a pile and trigger the ice maker to shut off before the bin is completely full. You have to spread the ice out to get it to start making ice again. Also requires periodic cleaning/descaling. Well the worth the minor gripes for great quality nugget ice.

I love my Opal ice maker I did have the one with the side tank. It is by far the best ice you will use in your Cocktails! Very important reminder to clean the machine regularly… it will start squeaking if you let the calcium build up! I did use super filtered water and. Lean it out monthly!

So far so good! Quite a few steps to set it up, but very clear instructions and not difficult at all. I’ve had it for a week. I love it. The only issue I’ve had is getting the side tank to properly provide water to the main unit but other than that it’s been great.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Not only does this appliance look great, it works great as well. This makes the perfect ice to satisfy all your drinking needs. It's easy to use and install. Comes with an excellent user guide, which provides good clear instructions for everything. It's quite attractive with the clear plastic and brushed stainless steel, it fits right in with all my other appliances. It's much quieter than expected with just barely an audible hum during operation. This is a rather large (and heavy) ice maker but it fit perfectly fine underneath my cabinets. This unit is not refrigerated, so as ice collects into the bin it will slowly melt, however the water gets recycled back into the machine and will be reused to make more ice. My only complaint is how long it takes to complete an ice making cycle, it takes literally hours for it to fill the bin with ice. Not a big issue but you definitely need to plan ahead if you're going to need ice, however if you dump the ice into a bag occasionally and freeze it you'll always have ice on-hand.

I am astonished at the volume and quality of the ice that this puppy makes! It’s not for a person who just wants to plug and play— my guess is that the nugget ice machine isn’t there yet, at least not the home version at a reasonable price. This guy needs frequently filled manually, and regularly sanitized and descaled. But great ice requires a great commitment and this bad boy is worth it!

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.

Worked great for almost two months, then started making this loud crying/screeching sound. Turned off and on about 3 hrs later and it was fine for 1/2 day and now making that sound again. So expensive to be having issues like this. Will call customer service

After much research, I chose the GE nugget ice maker and I am extremely happy. Other reviews mentioned it being noisy, but our unit is very quiet...similar to the noise our refrigerator makes. Once the set up was complete, ice was made very quickly and it was exactly as advertised. The unit is larger than expected and does not fit under our upper cabinets.

We were so tired of the ice maker on our refrigerator getting jammed and needing repair so we bought this ice maker. We love the ice that it makes and it is was cheaper than one call to the appliance repair man. Great quality, easy to use, and economical for the amount of use it gets.

I absolutely love my machine! It does make some noise but typically I can’t hear it over the tv so it doesn’t bother me at all. Does exactly what I need it to and love the fact I can set times for it to turn on and turn off so I’m not wasting power. Price point was more than I wanted to pay but for the quality and the amount of use it gets I’m okay.