maybejet wrote:That's true. If you really want to be ill, take a tour of the average water treatment plant and see what your city tap water REALLY is!

Lol, you've got that right. Its like soylent green but with water.

If you don't know what soylent green is... your too young and might miss the reference.

I have not owned an Igloo ice maker, but have had several similar ones, and trust me on this, if buying, also buy an extended warranty from Square Trade... these machines have a ton of moving parts (many of them plastic) and break down frequently. I am on my fourth one, three under warranty... one didn't even last 3 months. They DO make ice very quickly though...

I have one of these, but it's not an Emerson, not an Igloo. It looks exactly like it, though. Bought it on sale at Target for $130.

I didn't get an icemaker in my freezer because it takes up valuable room that could be better used for ice cream. However, when I throw a party, I need ice and lots of it. So I keep this packed away and take it out when there's celebration in the air. Or margarita cravings. Or both.

It REALLY cranks out the ice. The ice collection bucket isn't that big, but if keep emptying it, whoa daddy. Lots of ice. It is a bit loud -- makes a whirring noise and then the cubes are dropping and it can be a bit much. Sometimes I put it outside and let it work it's magic out there.

There's a little drain plug on the side that doesn't seem to want to seal so well. It's a bit of a dripper. I just put a towel underneath or a cup or something. Not a big deal, but I wish it didn't do that.

january wrote:Why would you use this?

Football season

Can anybody tell me if this keeps the ice frozen. I have a really small freezer in the fridge in my apartment. I would like to be able to just leave this on so there is always ice available if it can do that.
thanks

njkatz wrote:Can anybody tell me if this keeps the ice frozen. I have a really small freezer in the fridge in my apartment. I would like to be able to just leave this on so there is always ice available if it can do that.
thanks

The ice doesn't stay frozen in there, it melts and the thing turns it into more ice. So the answer is that you'd always have ice available, but it might be somewhat melty and the cubes would be smaller than when it first is produced. But yeah, there would always be some in there.

1)is it mac compatible?
2)does it have an ipod dock?
3)is it magic?
4)can i store meat in it?
that is all

if you use a bullet-shaped ice cube as ammunition, is that shooting someone in cold blood?

gauchogirl wrote:The ice doesn't stay frozen in there, it melts and the thing turns it into more ice. So the answer is that you'd always have ice available, but it might be somewhat melty and the cubes would be smaller than when it first is produced. But yeah, there would always be some in there.

Thanks. I'm seriously tempted to buy one. I've always wanted a fridge with an ice maker, but since I rent it's hard to find one..

bsmith1 wrote:They melt so the cops can't trace the projectile!

They also melt from the heat of the exploding gunpowder, rendering them useless. According to the Mythbusters, anyway.

"A pint's a pound the world around."

There's been a lot of math thrown about in this discussion, but for approximation (which is all you need for a product like this), the above adage, paired with the knowledge that a quart and a liter are about the same size is all you need to do the figuring.

When a machine's output is affected by the ambient temperature, approximation is all you really need.

I don't believe you can 'store' ice in these things.. The ice will melt in the reservoir after an hour or so.

shunb wrote:Is a bullet shaped ice cube still an ice cube? Or is it an ice bullet?

this comment would make more sense as such:

Is a bullet shaped piece of ice still an ice cube? or is it an ice bullet?

obviously the answer is no. it is a piece of ice in a shape that is not a cube. i don't think the drinks will mind though, maybe appreciate the change...

Another ice maker? This is the forth or fifth one in the past few days, thanks to at least 3 in the Woot Off. Do I need to make ice that badly? Nope!

This is about as useful as a portable lettuce crisper.

prfesser wrote:if you use a bullet-shaped ice cube as ammunition, is that shooting someone in cold blood?

No, but it's the first time the "trickle down theory" actually works.

wizwor wrote:A portable ice maker is the best accessory for camping

If you're camping where there's electricity, you're not camping.

I'm considering one of these because the ice maker in my fridge buttafuocoed a while ago. Getting kinda tired of buying bags of ice and transporting them home.

I'm not too worried if this doesn't freeze them fully - I'll be moving them from the ice maker to the freezer pretty quickly.

llandar wrote:If you're camping where there's electricity, you're not camping.

You missed the point - you bring your own electricity.

Besides, you NEED to have something to keep the beer cold, right?

Some friends of mine came over and saw the icemaker and ordered one on my account, now I want to order one and it won't let me.....my drinks are going to be warm until the next woot off.

llandar wrote:If you're camping where there's electricity, you're not camping.

Hear, hear. Same goes for hot/running water or toilets.

llandar wrote:If you're camping where there's electricity, you're not camping.

thats funny right there.. when you get past 35 power is glorius and if you have a wife... camping is taking everything you have and moving it to another place for a few fun filled days then put it all back. i cant belive every woman doesnt have one next to her makeup box.

You all have een no help its 50/50 on if it works or not

jvcar wrote:Umm, there might be a problem here. The woot unit says it's 120 Watts. The comparison units mentioned range from 200W 300W or 400W. this may explain poor performance experiences.

I think that should read 120V. But it is a low power consuming unit compared to the others. According to the manufacturer's spec sheet it uses 160W. It may not make the greatest ice but you'll be able to run it on the same circuit as the fridge and the microwave without tripping the breaker.

Roughneck campers can also plug it into their cigarette lighter using an inexpensive 200W inverter to make ice to soothe those aching muscles after a hard day of rock climbing. lol

http://www.curtisint.com/products/Images/SpecSheets/ICE102.pdf

I'm amazed more boaters have not picked up on this, especially cruisers who use a generator for 120 volt power. The marine stores sell a 120 volt ice maker, which makes 24 pounds of ice a day starting at $1,099.00 It's not "Eastmarine" but the opposite one.

wizwor wrote:A portable ice maker is the best accessory for camping. Just set it up outside and you have ice when you need it -- no more trips to the camp store that always seems to be out of ice. Beside drinke, we used the ice to keep out coolers cool. We actually fill zip lock bags with ice for this purpose. Keeps the food cool and dry.

Is it really camping if you have electricity???

Tatts wrote:"A pint's a pound the world around."

Absolutely. And, while alcohol, gasoline, and cooking oil all weight less than water, they are close enough to use this for ballpark calculations, like "how much does a full tank of gas weigh?"

LastApeMan wrote:almost all the bottled water on the market is TAP. look it up and you will be amazed.

That's why I use my Kangen water to fill up my ice trays. But THIS machine is perfect for me I didn't even know they existed.

joded1 wrote:thats funny right there.. when you get past 35 power is glorius and if you have a wife... camping is taking everything you have and moving it to another place for a few fun filled days then put it all back. i cant belive every woman doesnt have one next to her makeup box.

Exactly, camping is taking everything with you so you can get away from it all. And the corollary is as soon as a woman marries the perfect man she tries to change everything about him.

Paid twice this much for a Magic Chef. Works great when you're having a party & the fridge can't keep up.

FYI...all well water is not the same!! Depending upon where you live and how deeply your well is dug, the water quality and mineral constituency of well water can vary dramatically. Some well water is obscenely hard, while some is soft yet full of iron and/or sulfur. Plenty of unlucky folks have water that is both hard AND full of iron. And even expensive water softening systems generally don't make delicious water out of waer that starts out very hard and/or full of metallic minerals.

How is this "portable"? Maybe I don't understand the definition of that word or maybe I have all sorts of "portable" appliances and don't know it.

LastApeMan wrote:Wow! that's exactly why this country is in trouble. well that and several other things that are equally as messed up.

You've got that right, his grammar was terrible.

$100 for ice? Really?

I have one from the link below and I love it. It drops new cubes every 11 minutes and we can keep the cooler ready every day. We use it in the RV. Dunno if the Igloo is the same but I love this one.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rls=com.microsoft:*&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7GGLL_en&q=portable+ice+maker&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=18026173213603340651&ei=4XTDTLOhNcP_lgfl1uDQCQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEoQ8wIwAg#

cantcan2 wrote:I have one of these and mine does not make clear cubes. They are white. Personally I don't have a problem with that and it works fine for my needs but the ice is white and not clear. FYI.

There's nothing wrong with white ice. It usually just means there's some air (bubbles) trapped in the ice (although white ice also can be formed more easily from hard water).

drunkenalien wrote:Btw. All of you who use this machine while camping really need to reconsider what camping is really about.

I used to feel the same way, before I had kids. But perhaps I've mellowed some - "camping" doesn't always have to mean "caveman." I can also mean "extended picnic," or anything in between, as you like it.

MaxHedrm wrote:You've got that right, his grammar was terrible.

Ah, the irony...

Woodpecker wrote:How is this "portable"? Maybe I don't understand the definition of that word or maybe I have all sorts of "portable" appliances and don't know it.

I'm guessing that their definition of "portable" means it's not as big as a conventional refrigerator/freezer and one person can actually lift and carry it.