Gevi Household Countertop Nugget Ice Maker GIMN-1102
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’ve owned an Opal Nugget Ice maker for about 6 years and it started grinding and whining, making it unbearable to listen to. Decided it was time for a new one after a few attempts to fix the old one, but when I saw the price to replace it I was so glad there were now other options. While researching, I found the Gevi and bit the bullet, expecting a lower quality but acceptable replacement…I was so wrong. The Gevi actually has indicators to tell you when to clean it, fill it, when it’s making ice and when it needs attention. Opal just stops working and lights flash, meaning you need to Google the cause. It’s so quiet and the ice is must softer, so ice chewers can delight. It is slower to start making ice than the Opal, but once it gets going, it keeps the bucket full for you. As with the Opal, you don’t need to remove the ice when it’s made, as it slowly melts, the water returns to the base and gets recycled into ice again. If you buy it, read the directions, which are very easy to follow and very important to make sure you don’t damage your machine, such as “Use Room Temperature Water”; not cold water from your refrigerator. So glad I found this machine and I hope it lasts at least as long as my Opal. I may just have to gift one to my Sonic Ice junkie daughter.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Play Video\n UPDATE: I've used this machine every single day for 3 months, I have not had any issues at all. The noise has not gotten louder and the ice is still as amazing as day one. It is extremely easy to clean (there is a clean button), and also very easy to drain. This has been the best purchase I've made in a really long time. Highly recommend.\n\nThis machine is amazing and makes the perfect chewable ice!! I love ice in my drinks but I also love to chew ice as do my kids. The machine is quiet, kind of sounds like a microwave going or a small fan. It is a big machine, but fits nicely under our cabinets. I am very happy with this purchase. I did a lot of research on ice makers because I wanted a certain type of ice, and I'm happy with this. I've only had it two days, and will update if anything goes wrong, but so far, I'm loving it!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have a wife that needs to chew ice. This ice has to be of a specific consistency and size to be acceptable and unfortunately the crushed ice from the refrigerator does not fill the bill due it being just shattered cubes... who knew. So one of my daily errands has been ice retrieval from one of the convenience stores or restaurants that has the correct crunchy ice. My frustration in this comes in the melting department (also in the frequency of trips to Sonic et al). In an attempt to be more efficient I decided it would be worth a try to get this ice machine after researching all of the similar products from various brands. I must say that this particular machine is definitely worth its weight in at least silver to me, maybe gold. The operation is quiet, it fills quickly, it is not required to use the fridge style water line if you don\'t want to, and the ice produced has been deemed by my ice addict as "perfect". I have begun to use this ice in my drinks as well rather than the crushed ice from the refrigerator ... which I previously considered excellent.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' I love these nugget ice machines where I have one in my theatre room and just had to have another in the kitchen. I found this one, a little bigger nuggets than my other one and just the right color and just had to give this one a try. I was not disappointed, this one works really well. First off, very easy to clean. I did the first cleaning, right out of the box, and it did a really good job where the ice tasted fresh on the first freeze. Secondly, I really love the size of nuggets this one makes, solid ones, and makes them pretty fast too. Lastly, I really like how much ice this one holds, a bit more than my other one and I drink 5-7 glasses day with ice and it keeps right up with me and always ice left in the bucket too. Also, I just love the color of white, goes with the kitchen and all of my stainless steel too and by the way, this stainless steel is top grade, never had problems with finger prints not coming off and the stainless steel is beautiful all around on this too. No cons, really works great for me, where I am very happy with the purchase.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I originally had an Opal nugget ice maker that only lasted for not quite 2 years. When I started my search for a new machine I did a lot of research and read all of the comments before I settled on the Gevi Nugget ice maker. I do not regret my decision at all! Besides being very easy to set up and understand the instructions, it makes ice faster than my Opal ever did, but probably the most important thing about this machine is the customer service department at Gevi. When I first got the machine I wrote a quick review about pretty much what I said here as well, but I also casually mentioned that when I unloaded the machine, there was some small damage in the lower rear corner that probably happened during shipping and probably won't affect anything. Well, apparently the awesome people at Gevi read my comment and sent me a $21.80 refund for the slight damage done in shipping. That is one awesome company!! Its also a better machine than the Opal ever was! I highly recommend this nugget ice machine, and this is coming from someone who is addicted to chewable nugget ice!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So far we have had this ice maker for about 2 weeks and it has been great. Before this machine we tried the GE and the Frigidaire machines and both were noisy and broke within a few months. Time will tell with this one but so far it is very quiet and makes better Ice than the other 2 brands. I will update as we use it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Updated review:\nI must have received a defective item the first time.\nThe new item works great and I have to give customer service 5 stars too!\nIt’s super quiet, started making ice after about 10 minutes, full tray in a few hours.\nLove it!!!!\n\nI am surprised by all the great reviews or perhaps I received a defective item.\n\nI followed all of the instructions to set up (waited 2 hours, clean mode, 6” of space, etc) and this did not produce any significant ice.\nAfter about 6 hours I got 1/4 of a basket.\nIt kept flipping to to “defrost mode” every 30-45 minutes melting what little ice it made (first pic is after about 6 hours).\nI left it on over night and it made extremely loud noises waking everyone up.\n\nThe next day I unplugged it, drained it, let it sit for about 8 hours and then started over to give it another try and the same thing happened. (Video of the loud noise).'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’ll first start off negative it’s not the company’s fault. It was damaged on arrival. I don’t wanna go through with the return process so going to keep it. I’ll post pictures.\n\nI’ve been Wanting a nugget ice maker forever just didn’t like the pricing and bad reviews on slot of them but couldn’t pass up the price with the $100 off coupon they have right now and reviews! so pulled the trigger and bought it. Waited the 2 hours upright just to make sure. Amazon delivery can be hit or miss anymore. Makes ice slow then once it’s on for awhile it really starts making it. Has to get up to the operating temp first Completely understand. Would definitely recommend! If anything changes I’ll update the review!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Convenient best ice these are the best type of ice cubes'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Our whole family loves this ice maker. It is super easy to set up and use. We don’t have this hooked to water. We just fill as needed. It makes ice super quick too. It is quiet. It produces a constant hum that isn’t annoying. The ice is perfect. The machine clearly states that it isn’t meant to keep ice frozen. I turn it off overnight. Any ice that melts goes back into the reservoir. But when I come down in the morning, I still had some ice, added water and turned it back on. You could easily transfer any extra ice to baggies and put in the freezer. The ice is wonderful and soft. Just like Jesus Chikin and Sonic. I highly recommend this product.'}]