GE Opal 1.0 Ice Maker Silver

We've been looking for a countertop ice maker that makes the little chewable pebble-sized ice cubes you find at Sonic and other restaurants, but don't have the space nor the need for one of the dishwasher-sized units that makes hundreds of pounds of ice. This one fits on our kitchen counter right under our cabinets (no need to get to the top for any reason) and makes a basketful of ice moderately quickly. This isn't one that you have to hook up a water supply to; you simply pull out the ice drawer and fill the reservoir under it, replace the drawer, turn it on and off it goes. It will stop making ice when the basket is full, and keeps the ice cold as long as you keep it turned on; otherwise the ice will melt, and the water goes back into the reservoir for the next icemaking session. We do not leave it on all of the time because it will try to suck water out of the reservoir as long as the basket's not full; we make a bunch and bag up the unused ice and put it in our freezer. We bought a dented one for quite a discount and it came with a better return policy than usual. I would say the only downsides of this would be that you can't leave it on with an empty reservoir because it makes that pump-sucking-air sound which is a little noisy (for good purpose, I imagine), and it doesn't make a large amount so forget supplying your party guests with lots of ice. It runs fairly quietly so it's not distracting. We didn't buy the extra side reservoir tank because we just don't make that much ice at one time, and you don't want lots of water sitting in the unit for a long period of time. We use bottled spring water because our tap water has a lot of minerals in it and would cause us to have to do the cleaning/descaling procedure frequently.