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59 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 Yay! No more buying bags of ice! Jul 05, 2008
By Proberta Gerber
"wine snob"
I just used my NewAir ice maker for the first time today. I love it.
It's slower than I expected - I thought I'd have enough ice for a large iced tea in just minutes. No. However, now that I know, I can start it up a hour or so before I need it and have more than enough ice for a few large iced teas.
It's very easy to use. Give it a wipe down with a damp cloth before the first use, fill the reservoir with water, put the "ice tray" in, and select the cube size. It makes small, medium and large. I started with medium, which gave a cup-shaped cube about an inch long.
It seems to work by freezing water onto metal prongs, giving a cube that is hollow and open on one end. Keep that in mind when you choose the size. The open cubes will cool your beverage faster - more contact area, but they will also melt faster - thinner ice than a solid cube.
If it stops midway before all the water is used, try leveling the ice cubes in the tray. (Or bag them and move to the freezer.) There seems to be a sensor that stops production if the tray is too full - better than ice cubes all over the floor.
So, simple to use, needs only your basic 110 power, a little heavy, but manageable for almost anyone, I'd think, since I'm not exactly a weight lifter. I love the crimson exterior. Oh, and it even comes with a little ice scoop.
Free ground shipping! What a deal!
ADDENDUM: It doesn't freeze and hold the cubes over a period of time, e.g., overnight. However...if you leave it on, the ice will melt and drip back into the water reservoir, starting up the ice making process again...and again. Kind of hard on the energy bills, so bag it and store in the freezer if you don't use it all.
27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
small enough to fit on the bar - large enough to keep ice hogs happy Sep 09, 2009
By D.Phillips
"Megera"
The product was delivered very quickly. It was difficult to handle inside the box because it is not terribly heavy but it is large enough that a short woman can't get her arms around it - once unpackaged however, it is very easy to handle and light enough for a feeb such as myself to manage.
First batch of ice, i tossed - the plastic smell of the sealed machine was a little much. Might have been my imagination. But all the ice after was perfect and tastelessly tasty as ice should be. it makes enough after 30 minutes to fill 2 8 oz glasses - after an hour, it makes enough to fill a 52 oz jug to overflowing.
And its pretty. My last countertop icemaker was larger, and stainless steel and black. this one is smaller, produces nearly as much ice, and is a very pretty red that goes with and enhances the look of my kitchen.
And its *much* more quiet than my last icemaker, as well.
26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Love It!!! Jan 01, 2010
By A. S. Goodrich
I received the NewAir Icemaker in Red for Christmas. Once it was unwrapped, I wiped it down, plugged it in, added the water and let it do its thing. It works great! Within 15 minutes, I heard a "popcorn popping" sound and realized it was the first batch of ice cubes falling into the "ice tray" (and this is the only noise I've heard from the machine). I was pleased with how quickly it produced the ice and how within an hour or so I had to remove the ice from the tray and move it to my freezer so that it could continue to make ice. I was expecting approximately 10 people for Christmas dinner that evening and thought that I was going to have to run out to buy ice for the party, but this little machine produced more than enough ice to get us through the day with our regular drinking and through the dinner party.
I should note that I have only been using the machine for about a week now. I do not keep it on constantly as the "freezing unit" turns off once the tray is full, so the ice on the bottom will begin melting. The upside is that the ice tray has holes in the botton and the water from the melted ice will drain back down into the water tank (which is probably why the manufacturer recommends draining it daily). Because of this, I run the unit long enough to fill up my ice tray in the freezer (a large one that came with the automatic ice make that no longer works) and then I turn off the machine. Because we typically use a lot of ice, I have only drained the machine once as I tend to use the full water tank full of water when refilling my tray.
The ice machine does have 3 ice cube size settings, but I have only used the Large setting based on reviews from users of this and other ice makers. I actually love the large ice cubes as they are similar in size to those cubes in bagged ice, and easily go into my metal water bottle.
It's red color is perfect for my kitchen. It blends well with my other red small kitchen appliances which include Kenmore, KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Keurig, and Oster reds. They're not all the same shade of red, but they all compliment one another as does this machine. It's compact size is also a bonus as it does not require much counter space. While it is a solid machine, it is not so heavy as to make it too difficult to move from the counter to the sink to drain the water tank.
Overall, I'm in love. The pros (function, production, color, size, quiet) are much greater than it's con (ice melts when tray is full). I would recommend this unit to a friend looking for a compact ice maker.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Update after 6 months of use Dec 27, 2010
By Cath C
The product arrived timely - actually before I expected it. That's a PLUS. As shared in previous reveiws, I was expecting the first few batches of ice to have a plastic taste but that diminished after 5-6 batches. The large ice cubes are perfect size for drinks and I use about 2 Britta pitcher fills for 2 gallon bags of ice to store in the freezer. This unit is NOT a freezer, as indicated in previous posts. The only downside to this machine is when the water is filling for the next freeze, the unit makes a screeching noise which lasts for 2-3 minutes then stops. I banged it on the side and it stopped temporarily but that's not the solution! LOL It's tolerable but annoying since I work from home and the ice maker is within earshot. This unit looks good on my cabinet and is about the size I expected even though dimensions aren't available on Amazon. You have to look it up elsewhere. It's about 12" wide, 14" deep and 14" tall. It weighs in around 20 lbs or so. Except for the screeching noise, I would highly recommend this unit.
*UPDATE* It's now March 4th,2011, and the little ice maker is truckin' along. I am very happy with my purchase. The screeching is not as loud - maybe with time it will stop? ~SMILE~
*UPDATE* July 1,2011. Last week, it made one LOUD pathetic SQUAWK, but kept working and the screeching has stopped! YAY! Makes you scratch your head and go "hmmmmm". I make ice about once a week and store in gallon baggies for the week - quite convenient. So far, so good.
*****I updated from a 4 to a 5 star after the screech stopped.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Already Reviewed This Item - But Willing To Do IT Again Jul 03, 2010
By Dollymomma
"Lainee B."
The ice maker is wonderful! Love the red color - it goes with all my other kitchen appliances and is the only red one I could find on the Internet. There are 3 choices of ice cubes - the donut kind with a hole in the middle. We use the medium size and it is really fast. Lots of cubes for a few glasses before it has to start making more of the little "cubers". My son thought I was crazy when I told him I had ordered an ice maker, and a red one at that! But, after he set it up for me, added the water, set the size of the cubes, then waited just a few minutes before the ice was plunking into the container - he said, "Wow, mom! This is great! What a good idea!" I said pretty much the same thing in a previous review for this product - so am really just repeating how pleased we are with this purchase.
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