As someone who purchased this when it was originally released by Opal (before the GE purchase), I can say this one is a TON better. Better design, quieter, easier to clean, better ice production, the list is seemingly endless. The darker grey color and side water tank are wonderful additions. Ever since GE purchased the company, the unit is vastly superior to the original. Highly recommended!!!!

I love this nugget ice maker. Here's a tip if you decide to purchase one: I highly suggest using distilled water in your machine for ice and when cleaning it. I live in CA, and our tap water is awful, on top of the fact that we have really hard water. If you love the nugger ice, this is the machine for you!

We love our new ice machine. Works great and the wifi feature is so convenient to set a schedule and control when I am away from home. We have noticed some noises and it seems to need cleaning more quiet often then I expected so I am trying to understand if its just our water, but overall we love it and are happy with our purchase.

This is our 2nd Opal 2.0 machine. This is a must have appliance in our household and gets a lot of use. It's works as advertised- makes ice very quickly and is easy to operate, BUT it can be laborious to maintain. You HAVE to clean and descale regularly or else you will be disappointed with it. It took me a year to realize this with my first one which lasted about 3 years. I think would have lasted longer had I followed instructions from the start. I would give it 5 stars if upkeep was easier.

So far we love this icemaker the Opal 2.0. This is our second one. The previous model started making noises 6 months after we bought it.. and then failed completely after 8 months. My advice is to buy an extended warranty! Hoping the newest model is more reliable, as it makes terrific ice in great quantity

I purchased this countertop ice maker, after doing a looking at numerous options. I was not happy with the large solid cubes, that my refrigerator made. I love the small size and brittleness of the cubes, that this unit produces! This makes ice fast enough for my needs. I could see someone needing more ice for a group setting or a larger family. I plan ahead and I bag up a few gallon bags of ice and place them in a cake pan, to freeze more completely, before breaking them up and placing the small cubes into my refrigerator's built-in ice dispenser.

I love this kind of ice so my husband surprised me with this little gem for my birthday. It makes enough ice for the two of us just fine. We both use it every morning and throughout each evening. We've never run out. The water doesn't need to be filled more than once or twice a week for us. If I could change one thing it would be to allow water to be refilled without removing the water tank. Not a big deal, but it would be nice, I think. I love this ice!

My wife realllllly wanted this as a Christmas gift. I was struggling to see why I'd spend so much money for an ice maker, but now I get it. We don't have an automatic ice maker in our freezer, so we've primarily been using "manual" ice-making trays. It's a pain and we never have enough when we have guests over. This machine allows us to have plenty of ice for guests and she enjoys chewing on it during the day in addition to being ready for drinks. It's quiet and thus far, has been a set it and forget it machine.

Great purchase so far. Only had the ice maker 2-3 weeks but zero complaints so far. Have been filling the tank using filtered water from a refrigerator pitcher to hopefully minimize build-up. Ice is soft, crunchy and tastes great. Not noisy at all in my opinion. There is a very low hum but that's it other than when the ice drops. The app makes it very convenient. Runs every day from 9am-9pm without fail. Emptying and cleaning is annoying to have to do but it's a necessary evil and is relatively easy to do. Expensive but the wife loves it.

I toyed with ordered this nugget I've maker for well over 6 months. Now that I have it, I wish I would have just pulled the trigger then! It makes the perfect amount of ice for two adults. I refill my cup with it constantly through out the day and it never runs out. I haven't figured out how to move what's in the ice bin into our freezer without it turning into one giant rock, but that is my only complaint. It does produce a small amount of noise, but we keep it in our laundry room so it doesn't ever bother us. We have black stainless steel appliances from LG and this machine matches everything pretty spot on.