Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Yes, this device makes the kind of ice you are seeking (i.e. pellet, nugget, Sonic, rabbit turds, Chik-fil-a, etc.) After using it now for a full day here are my observations: 1. The ice maker is slightly larger and much heavier than I expected. When sitting on a kitchen counter it will have about 2" of clearance from the bottom of the cabinet. My point is that this is not something that you just stick out of the way in the corner somewhere. 2. It is easy to use. I filled the hopper with about 3/4 of a gallon of distilled water and pressed the power button. The only other button is the cleaning button, so it really is idiot-proof. 3. It is somewhat slow to start making ice, it took about 20 minutes for the first pellets to start dropping and after an hour I had enough to fill a 8oz cup. It speeds up considerably after that and was making enough ice every hour to fill a 16oz cup. It took about 7 hours for the "add water" light to come on. 4. It makes some noise. It is about the same amount that my ultra quiet garbage disposal makes. The sound is similar to an air fryer by not nearly as loud. The noise it makes is easily tolerable considering how much joy the ice brings to everyone in my family. Honestly, I ordered this one because it was the lowest priced one that I saw on Amazon. I figured if it didn't work as expected I could return it and spend the extra money for the GE Opal. I have only been using it for 1 day but it worked flawlessly so far. Time will tell if I made the right decision. EDIT: I have now been using this everyday all day long for almost 2-months now and it had functioned flawlessly so far. It SEEMS to have sped up considerably, though I do not know why or how other than I started filling it using the chilled water pitcher from the "beverage center" in my Samsung fridge. My wife and I both WFH and eat the ice all day long and it has no problem keeping up with our ice addiction. The noise is tolerable and I do not really notice anymore until it shuts off. The noise it makes is very similar to the "white noise" machines that are in the exam rooms of my doctor's office. My only "complaint" is that once it shuts itself due to a full ice bin it will not automatically start up again once the ice melts. I leave it on overnight and in the morning the ice bin is only half full. It will not start making more ice until I open the lid. This is the very definition of a "first world problem" but I just wanted to let people know that just because you leave it on 24-hours a day does not mean you will always have a full bin of ice.