EUHOMY Commercial Ice Maker Machine, 100lbs/24H Stainless Steel Under Counter ice Machine with 33lbs Ice Storage Capacity, Freestanding Ice Maker.

Hooked the ice machine up and have had it running for a day. None of the reviews mentioned the inside ice hopper dimensions, which I was curious about:Front to back: 12”Width: 15”Bottom to front lip: 10 ½”Bottom to ice maker trip switch: 12”Yes, it looks small and measures smaller than I would have liked. Ran it overnight on +6 (highest setting for full cubes) and it held two full bags plus another 1/3 bag. I purchased the “Pinnacle Mercantile Plastic Ice Bags 10 Lb. with Draw String Closure Pack 100”. The bags are thinner than I would like, but held up to dropping a frozen bag of cubes a few times. I think they will be reusable one more time before they start to get holes. Perhaps if one was careful and gentle, they could be reused more. I am not careful or gentle so am looking for a sturdier bag.As it filled, the ‘blocks’ did not break up, so I had a lot of full blocks to break up before I could bag. I used a metal 24 Ounce aluminum scoop to bang on them. Not the easiest thing to do in such a small space. An 8 ounce ballpeen hammer did a much better job. I was worried about cracking the inside casing, but solved that below.With the cube set on “6” it made a cycle in 22 to 25 minutes. As others mentioned, it produces a surprising amount of ice. If one kept on top of it, I could see 6+ of the bags per day. My boat needs are 4 bags/day and this will more than keep up with that.The ice does melt in the hopper. Overnight (8 hours from empty hopper) at 75 environment degrees (as reported on the machine screen) there were 7 cups of drain water. The ice was ‘wet’ when bagged, but bagged and put in the freezer like that, it easily broke up by dropping the bag on the floor, once on each side. Pretty standard even for purchased ice.Noise level: It is pretty noisy. A louder than expected hum of the compressor/fan. Annoying if you are in the same room, not too noticeable if in an adjacent room. The blocks dropping in an empty hopper is a bit noisy. The machine came with nice foam padding in the packaging. I cut a piece to fit in the bottom (cutting out for the drain) and that eliminated that. It has not been a pain to scoop off of and I figure to take it out every few days and replace with a second one I made, to let the first one air out. This does, however, prevent the first blocks from breaking up as they hit the bottom though. The ballpeen hammer works well and with the foam padding on the bottom, I believe I have helped eliminate the possibility of cracking the inside casing.Overall, I initially give this little bugger a 5 rating. Time will tell how well it holds up. Came very well packaged, no damage. Hooked up easily, came with more than enough parts needed. I bought the recommended in-line filter, so have a ton of extra waterline. Screen is pretty simple to use. They are one touch buttons, no “menu” to scroll though to find something.Only negative so far is the height of the opening. It really needs to be raised to make scooping out easier. Could use a larger holding bin also, but with about an actual 25# of ice storage, fine for my needs Yeah, they say 33# but that would be all blocks broken up and manipulating the cubes to fill the hopper. Not going to happen in real life.Front grill, top and back are metal. Thin gauge, but still metal as advertised. Sides, door and frame are plastic. Fairly heavy plastic, but I would not put this in a heavy abuse location. Plastic door does slide up and lock open, is not removable.For my use, needing 4 bags/day for boat fishing, this will fit the bill. I can accomplish this bagging twice a day.For the other retired bachelors who go fishing every day, this is how I set mine up. Spare bathtub. Put 2x6’s across the tub to set the machine on, resting on pieces of the packing foam to cushion and prevent slipping. Puts the opening at a much more comfortable level for scooping out. Feed the filter/machine from the shower head, with a shutoff to the feed and separate shutoff for the shower spray. Drain water goes into the tub. I can clean the inside using the shower spray. I capped the tub faucet because in time, I know it will leak and I don’t need it. Hanging work light as it is easier to see inside the machine. Dropped ice while bagging falls into the tub.

Honestly no issues. As many of the other reviews have mentioned the drain is gravity fed but that's easy to solve for depending on where you are putting.I put mine in my garage and I live in Arizona. We shall see how it goes but Im also planning to insulate and put an AC unit in my garage so not concerned.I had my plumber come out and add a line directly from my water heater with a shut off valve. Easy to get to and clean water. I have a whole house water softener so I felt I didn't need to add a filter but I may in the future if I notice any hard water or issue with the ice. I then found these lifter height adjustments. https://a.co/d/0AEunl6. The feet on the ice machine fit right into the whole, almost perfectly. I then drilled a whole in my garage wall to the outside, excuse the mess outside, and slid the drain line into it and out the otherside. I will add a elbow to the pvc and run another 3 feet to protect the line from the sun as well as put a little mess on the end just in case little bugs want to ruin my ice. I also tapped into my water heater drain as it was just set up to drain into my garage. I did drill a 1.5 inch whole at an angle. So far the water from the ice maker is draining great and Im not concerned with the water heater now. I have it at 7+ for thicker ice given how warm my garage can get. It makes ice very fast, seems durable and looks great even though I haven't peeled off the protector. Seems super durable and have had no complaints as of yet. We are a house of 7 people and run out of ice fast. We plan to bag up the ice and store it in the freezer.As for power that was also easy. Just plug it in. I have it plugged into my garage GFI just in case.I then caulked around the inside and outside pipe.

I saw on youtube a guy that did a review on this ice machine and he claimed it was working well with no issues for 3 years, well I bought this 2 years ago and I will say yes! definitely well worth it. I have a $3000 machine at work that doesn't last as long without maintenance issues. But this one is excellent, cleaning it, you should use spray soap and water then rinse or use a vinegar solution and rinse with water. "Do not use bleach, it will discolor the nickel cube bracket!" One thing everyone needs to know as well, if your power goes out it will not reset you have to manually turn it back on. Also if you plan on keeping outside on the porch like I do then get a thin rubber seal ("2mm thick) to put around the door, unscrew the top cover, put some around some of the edges, and screw it back down. This will prevent bugs from getting in and keeps the ice longer. Settings, Ice should be set at +0 once the bin is full then increase to +5 6 or 7 that way you'll have thicker ice throughout the day. If you start with +5-7 it take a lot longer and most of the beginning ice blocks are mostly melted away.

So far I love not having to go out and buy ice every day. Only issue I have is when it kicks the ice it comes out as a brick and doesn’t separate. The holding tank doesn’t stay cool enough to keep the ice very long unless you have your house frigidly cold. Not that big of a deal unless you’re trying to conserve water.