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- I bought one of these http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magic-Chef-Portable-Ice-Maker-MCIM22TW/13308699
And then I got a deal from a friend for $35 for the same unit.
I can crank them both up and realistically get 8 pounds when the bins are full.
It drops ice every 9 minutes. Thats enough to fill coolers when needed. - I dump the the first two cycles back into the water to Cool it down
Like I said I will then run it long enough to fill two or three one gallon zip lock bags, that's enough for about three days use
Approximately 10# of ice, for iced drinks - Not unusual for ice to pick up flavors from what's stored in there.
- Sure beats a 10-mile drive. Refrigerator/freezer cubes taste yucky for some reason and yes the freezer is surgically clean and odor free. I believe frozen meat give off odors?
wa8yxm wrote:
dcg9381 wrote:
Eh?
Produces up to 26 lbs. of ice in 24 hours.
I've got a similar product. It produces a lot of ice pretty quickly, but has limited storage.
Same here
I read the ad,,, it only stores 2.2 pounds so if you want 20 pounds in 24 hours you have to empty it every 2 hours.
I like mine, it makes JUST enough Ice.. What I do not like is the fact that I dropped and broke my Brita water filter... So I brought home a used PUR.. Turns out the Brita cartridges fit (Who'd a thunk it) So I can use up my Britas and then buy what's made for it, Does not fit the fridge as well though, Brita is about 1/2 inch shorter.
Using water out of the fridge like you do (I do too) makes a load of ice a couple of minutes faster.dcg9381 wrote:
Eh?
Produces up to 26 lbs. of ice in 24 hours.
I've got a similar product. It produces a lot of ice pretty quickly, but has limited storage.
Same here
I read the ad,,, it only stores 2.2 pounds so if you want 20 pounds in 24 hours you have to empty it every 2 hours.
I like mine, it makes JUST enough Ice.. What I do not like is the fact that I dropped and broke my Brita water filter... So I brought home a used PUR.. Turns out the Brita cartridges fit (Who'd a thunk it) So I can use up my Britas and then buy what's made for it, Does not fit the fridge as well though, Brita is about 1/2 inch shorter.- Shows sold out. Also note "refurbished".
SaltiDawg wrote:
????????
"Bin stores 2.2 lbs of ice"
Wonderful! lol- "Bin stores 2.2 lbs of ice"
Wonderful! lol - Paid for one of those over $200 about 10 years ago.
Perfect ice maker for party (used it at home as well) but you need to learn how that thing works.
It takes water from big tank, freeze the ice rings on cooling pins and drops into the tray above water tank.
When you fill up 80F water, the rings will melt in the seconds, but next tray of ice rings follow in couple of minutes and slowly whole maker will get cooler and cooler, so at some point the ice rings will stay in the tray for long time before they melt.
The ice has 32F temperature all the time, so not the best for coolers, but perfect for drinks.
Give it about 2 hr head start and you will like it.
