Scubacouple2
Miami, Fl
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Whats the latest vote on Portable Ice makers? Which one do you guys prefer? This will be for keeping the adult beverages COLD! haha
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Fire Instructor
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I didn't do any "market research", or even ask around before purchasing, but last year CW had a Tent Sale at the NA$CAR race at Watkin's Glen, and I picked-up this Ice Maker for about $150. We've used it a few times, and it seems to do a more than sufficient job.
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AVid
SE Michigan
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We have one and like it, it works fine. But, I never take it with us. It takes up room and it's heavy. I prefer to make 4, 1 gallon zip lock bag fulls and put them in the freezer. Still have a bit of room left for the very few frozen items we bring. the 3-4 bags last all week, even through the onslaught of adult beverages.
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mtaylor05
Troy,MI.
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We bought the Magic Chief SS and it works great. We bring a little ice with us, just to get us started. We used it over Memorial weekend for 4 days and 4 adults and never ran out of ice.
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Clay L
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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We got a Magic Chef from Lowes or Home Depot (don't remember which) for about $150.
The first one died after a few months and the company that imports them refunded my money. They had me cut the power cord off and send it to them and left the disposal of the unit up to me. We were near Quartzsite at the time so I made a run up the Lake Havasu to get a new one. It's still working fine after about seven months.
The darn things work great and will do a pretty good job of keeping up with four happy hour guzzlers.
There are several different brand names but they all appear to be made in China by the same company and imported with private labels.
For example the Magic Chef brand is imported by M.C. Appliance. Their web site is HERE
I have seen the same machine selling under different names for as much as $80 or $90 more than the Magic Chef price.
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CW05 US ARMY
savannah georgia USA
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We got ours at Home depot, have had it 2 years now and use it everyday. We have it and a small freezer in our storage area under the camper...that way we never have to load or unload them. The ice maker pays for itself...you never have to run out and buy ice
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C.B.
APPLETON WI USA
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Got one similar in looks from www.smallappliance.com
Edgestar Model SA12863 Makes 3 different sizes of cubes. Just finishing up making ice for departure on next thursday.
Will be bringing it along for the first time since we'll be needing ice for 5 units for 4 days.
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rvtommy
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Our ice maker sits right outside our door the neighbors love it!!! I tell them take all you want just refill the water tank!! GET ONE!!! good luck rvtommy
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twinsmom04
BC Canada
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Can anyone tell me what the energy requirment is for an ice maker like this? (sorry don't know the correct terminolgy)I want to be able to use it when boondocking as well plugged into my converter And use it just long enough to restock the freezer with ice.
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bsinmich
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twinsmom04, That sounds confusing. You want to use the icemaker to restock the freezer with ice. Why not just run the ref. on propane? There is only one step involved and it sounds simpler. Just Curious.
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