It comes packed very good. After I finished my install I waited 24hrs to plug it in and start it. I flushed few gallons of water trough the filter that came with it, before I connected the other side of it to the ice maker and I also connected the condensate pump. Both came with the ice maker machine. Make sure you leave 20 cm. around the machine to have enough airflow to help cool it down. I installed mine in the pool house and it’s working pretty good. I’ve been using it for about 10 days now. It gets pretty hot during the day here, 88-90F. Once it fills with ice, I think it took about 6 hrs the first time, it shuts off and only starts again when ice inside melts or you take ice out. It refills with ice fairly quick (few hours). Today I noticed an drop of water on the floor behind the unit. It’s only condensation dripping from the cold water which drains out of the ice maker into the condensate pump, so it’s perfectly ok. The factory settings that came programed on my machine works very good for me, I didn’t change them.