GL: Portable Ice Maker

[Bill Donovan]

Kevin and Lists:

We used the portable ice maker by Magic Chef, bought at The Home 
Depot, www.tinyurl.com/3xcgh4 (click or "ice makers"), and couldn't 
have been happier with it.  Actually, we bought two after we broke 
the first one by mistreating it.  The unit functioned flawlessly for 
the full year we were on the Loop.

We kept the unit under the bimini enclosure on the flying bridge, 
plugged in to a 110v outlet for the entire year.  The unit draws 
about 4 amps, so our 2500 watt inverter handled it easily.  We only 
ran the unit about 4-8 hours per day and never bought a bag of ice 
all year!  We used filtered water (just because we wanted to) and 
would store the ice in the freezer part of our Norcold refrigerator 
until we needed it.  We kept a 52 quart cooler full of beverages and 
food chilled, as well as providing ice for drinks and some additional 
for our sailboat friends!

Hands down, it was the most appreciated item on the boat!  And, at 
$200, you could throw it away if it broke and buy another one (like 
we did).  Lot's better price than the permanent ones at $1000 or so.

No affiliation with the store or the manufacturer -- just very, very 
happy customers.

Bill Donovan
formerly of "Integrity"




At 01:27 PM 4/9/2007, Torrens, Kevin wrote:
>Hi All,
>I am considering a portable ice maker and was wondering about experience
>(good and bad) with various brands I have seen on eBay. Brands I have
>seen are:
>
>EdgeStar
>Sunpentown
>AI
>Newair
>
>Any comments on brand and/or sellers would be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Kevin
>m/v Wisper
>DeFever 41
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