Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Let me do a cliffs notes then ill elaborate. Basically it holds a little over 3 quarts of water on the first fill, holds about 3 times as much ice as our old magic chef war horse held. It uses an optic eye to stop production which is a huge step up over the thermocouple our old one used. And it has a self clean mode which is essentially just a mode where it runs the water pump to circulate water or vinegar for 6 minutes. Thats about the jist of what separates this one from our old one. I have had a magic chef ice maker for the last 5 or 6 years. It finally bit the big one. It had a good run and hadn't been shut off in nearly 3 years. I spent a couple weeks looking at ice makers. I go through a ton of ice during the summer. Daily we used all our old ice maker could make, all the freezer ice maker could make plus 6 trays of ice daily as well. Finally decided on this one as its a step up in production from our old one and appeared to have a bigger basket for ice. I was pleased to see it does indeed have quite larger of a basket. I would say it holds at least 3 times what our old one held. Holds about another quart of water as well. It was a little short of a gallon of water. As mentioned above it appears to use an optic eye that trips when its full of ice instead of a thermo couple like our old one. I always hated it because it never failed a cube would get hung on it and trip it before it was really full of ice. Also this one has what they call a clean mode which is a little bit of an exaggeration. But it will be handy. It circulates the pump for 6 minutes. So u could put some vinegar in it and just let it circulate then purge it with water and off you go again. Also it has a drain underneath it. Controls are simple enough. Has 2 sizes of ice cube and then clean mode. Basically 2 buttons. My only concern is longevity. My last one was a trooper and I hope this one is too. With appliances these days its always a gamble and their website looks a little sketchy as well. But its a great looking piece that really brings class to the counter top. I will try and post an update in a few months. I will certainly work it like a dog. Im posting 4 stars so far because time will tell on longevity and if I have a warranty issue or something. The 5th one is earned not given.