GE Profile Opal | Countertop Nugget Ice Maker | 2.0 Version
[{'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': 'People who complain of the “noise” are dense human beings and don’t understand engineering. Like…doesn’t your washing machine make noise?! How insatiable. This ice machine is incredible and I’m in love!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The product is nice love the ice but stopped making ice within a couple weeks made awful noises. Too expensive for it not to last and work.'}, {'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': 'I absolutely BATTLED with the first version of this ice maker and exchanged them thru amazon THREE TIMES...they lasted between 2 and 6 months. It was a TERRIBLE machine that made great ice every now and then. Amazon did not have the 2.0 last year so I bought this somewhere else, but I have had ZERO problems since last summer, and that is a miracle. We run this, and I kid you not, almost 24/7 and not once has it stopped working. I use the side tank from the 1.0 with no issues whatsoever. If this is available to you through Amazon, they were totally in my corner with 1.0 and I would have zero issues ordering it from them if I did not already own it. In short avoid the 1.0 first generation and go with the 2.0. Incredible machine.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This machine was a replacement for the previous model that broke. It’s much quieter! We’re obsessed with it. I hope it lasts longer than the two years the previous one lived. But if it doesn’t, we’ll still buy another! Is it dramatic to say we can’t live without it? Ok then I’ll say we don’t want to live without it. Oh one tip, USE DISTILLED WATER. Keeps it from getting gunked up with tap water junk.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': " Overall, this is a niche product that I don’t think is practical for the average home. However, after 2 days of use, it has been running just fine. If this breaks or stops working on me, I will be sure to come back and update my review.\n\nConsiderations:\n-This makes ice very slow. It drops anywhere between 2-7 pellets a minute on average. To fill a tall cup, you would need about 15 minutes. Therefore, it wouldn’t be practical to make ice while a party is happening, but if you start with a full bin of ice, it will be able to keep up. After 1 hour of running, it filled about 33% of the ice bin.\n-This makes a loud noticeable humming noise, louder than any appliance in my house. It reminds me of a window unit air conditioner running on low. I couldn’t imagine having this on all day, it would be too loud. However, for a party it’s fine.\n-It is recommended to run this through a cleaning cycle at least once a week. The cleaning cycle is easy to do, but that's a lot of work just to make ice.\n-Unless you are an ice enthusiast, I could not justify paying this price for a slow ice maker. It takes up a ton of counter space, it's slow, it's loud, and at the end of the day, it's just ice.\n-I wish this came with a little bucket to put the ice scooper in.\n\nPros:\n-This makes pellet ice which I haven’t seen sold in a store or accessible to home buyers.\n-The ice is soft and chewable. A number of fast food joints and hospitals use this ice style.\n-The machine looks sleek with the black stainless steel and LED lights.\n-The LED light can be set to 2 different levels of brightness.\n-You can open the bin to get ice while it is making ice. While the bin is open any ice that is made just falls into the water reservoir below.\n-My family and friends seem to be impressed by it but agree they wouldn’t get one for their home.\n-The extra water reservoir is worth it. Especially if you plan on using this at a party and don’t have to refill it often.\n-The machines is easy to clean and drain. Just pop off the tube on the back."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'it has never mad ice - it has stayed in defrost mode and 1 hour and 45 min waiting on the phone with GE and looking at a lot of youtube , I still will not make ice - 700.00 and never made ice'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Horrible product. Been battling with them forever. It’s under warranty and will only be given a refurbished one. Don’t buy one!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is my second Opal. First one lasted 3 years and probably would have lasted longer if I had used filtered water and cleaned the unit more often. The ice is excellent quality and perfect for cold drinks as well as a bum knee! It is a bit noisy and generates a bit of heat. Noises can be creepy late at night. But totally worth it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Most come to my house and say you got the hospital ice. Never thought of that. I just like the ice. Wish It didn't take so long to make ice it takes 1 hour for 1 pound of ice or use up all the water in the container. I have it connected to my phone to schedule it to go off at the time I want and come back on. It also tells me when it needs more water and when it needs to be clean. It's best to put filter water in there because you don't have to clean it so soon. It's easy to clean. It's a heavy machine. Wish it came in candy red. It's a great addition to my appliances. It's very noisy like my dishwasher. It's a loud vibration sound. That's why I have it scheduled to come on and go off. When you open the door to get ice and close it. It will immediately start making more ice once the door is closed. Works very well for my family."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love chewing on ice, specially the softer opal to nugget size ice. I used to get 4 to 6 bags of ice from 1 particular convenience store once a week or I would have my hubby bring refill cups of it on his way home from work. When I found this ice machine I had no issues from him to purchase it. Infact he put a rush order for it so he wouldn't have to stop and get ice for me. It's the perfect size and the ice is soft like I love it to be. It's definitely a much needed purchase for those addicted to ice chewing. According to the hubby it's already paid for itself multiple times over the very short time we have had it in our possection. We are one happy customer."}]