I bought this unit to replace my ice maker that had just died. Settings are a little weird, but after figuring it out, it was fine. I like the option of different thicknesses of ice it can create. It does make the ice very quickly as well. The overall design is very good. The only thing I'm disappointed in is that it doesn't recycle it's melted ice back into the system as it drains it. Since this is at my home bar, I don't have a sink around it, so therefore, I had a bucket it would drain into. After a month of consideration, I am returning the unit to seek an alternative ice maker.