SMETA Commercial Ice Maker, 88lbs/24H, Automatic Under Counter/Portable Freestanding Ice Cube Machine with Scoop, Black

I was super frustrated. This item says that it has a 8.8lb storage bin and that the machine will make ice until full, then switch to cold storage mode until you remove the ice. There is no cold storage mode, it just melts in the bin until it releases the lever and starts making ice again. Also, the bin is so small that the ice sheets can't fall far enough to break, so they stay in the big sheets and lean against the lever to make the machine shut off. The bin can hold 6 or 7 cycles worth of ice, but after the 4th cycle, will shut off because of the ice leaning on the lever, so you have to manually go in and push the ice down off the lever to start it again. I needed about 40 lbs of ice per day, so I figured this would be plenty of capacity, I got 25-30 lbs per day MAX (16hrs) with checking on it and fiddling with it at least every hour. It makes ice fine, but if you need any kind of capacity, you would be better off going with a larger one. I'm returning this product for this reason.

I purchased this for my shop. Due to the pandemic, I just started using it on a limited basis as we start to ramp up to open. It worked for a couple of weeks and then just stopped. Despite troubleshooting and following the directions, it refuses to work. Total waste of my money.