VEVOR Commercial Ice Maker Machine, 65LBS/24H Ice Maker Machine with 24LBS Bin, Stainless Steel Construction, Self Cleaning Ice Maker for Home Bar, Include Water Filter, Scoop, Connection Hose

I purchased this unit a year and four month ago and it’s still working great. I plumbed it to my reverse osmosis unit and the ice is clear and tasteless. It makes a good amount, but if you’re having a large party, say 50+ people, start making ice and bagging it a day or so prior. Even though the holding tub is not refrigerated, the ice does not melt very quickly. I also hooked up the drain line to a float level pump since I do not have the unit near a drain. I have it pump into a bucket, or recirculate back into the machine through food safe tubing. Note that I only do the latter when I’m home and monitoring and not overnight. It could result in overflowing. Also, I only use it when needed, which is probably twice a month for 1-2 days. Make sure you clean it out, dry the inside well. It’s easy and there’s a drain cap inside (see photo) to make it easier. Overall this machine is an excellent value and I’ve made hundreds of pounds of ice with it. I highly recommend it.

Order arrived on time. I was *SO* excited to receive this item. The install was very simple and all of the accessories were included. I only had to purchase a "T" for splicing into my water line, which worked great. Tapped a hole into the drain for waste water and I was making ice in less than an hour.The first ice came out of the machine in 11 minutes, and before too long the bin was full. Since the purchase, I have been giving ice to friends and family that stop by. The cubes are a great size.The included plastic scoops are very durable and do not crack or chip, even when left in the freezer. They do a fairly solid job of breaking up ice most of the time.The included waste water pump is quiet enough to use in any room, and I have had no trouble with the line backing up, the unit keeps the waste water cleaned up quite nicely.The *only* drawback is that the ice cubes come out in a "grid" and don't always break apart, so it's handy to have a meat tenderizer hammer to break up the ice before bagging.Really, this is the appliance of my dreams because I LOVE ice water and can never keep enough ice in my home before now.The unit is very attractive in any setting. I highly recommend the unit to anyone that has an above-average need for ice in their home or business.-Robert Holloway

The media could not be loaded. We originally received this ice maker damaged but it was just cosmetic and the return would cost the seller too much to be worth it so they agreed to send a drain pump to us as compensation. It worked ok for a few weeks. I clean it once a week but after awhile I noticed where the water drips down over the ice tray it started spraying all over instead. This spray not only melts the ice in the bin but hits the door then drips down the whole front exterior of the machine which is metal so it’s now starting to stain even though I try to keep it clean. I put a try under the unit to catch this dripping water but one day we came into our office to a SOAKING wet rug. The pump stopped working and all the water drain everywhere. I cleaned all the water and the machine and tried to see if the pump would start working again and nothing. We contacted the seller and sent all the photos and videos but they have yet to respond. This thing cost too much money to just sit here doing nothing so we are using it but I have to keep towels around it and buckets for the drain. This machine is crap and keeping it clean isn’t easy either with all the exposed parts inside the ice bin the whole design is crap.

As with many reviews on these VEVOR icemakers, they make a lot of ice quickly. This is a nice machine, I just wanted it to work as advertised. Unfortunately, the ice is not clear-ice as indicated in the photographs and descriptions. Because of other reviews, I assumed there would be issues with the filter, so I installed a higher-end filtration system with a pre-sediment and a carbon block filter. And yet the ice is still cloudy after many full ice making cycles. Also, some reviews point out how the ice doesn't break up (again, as shown). It simply doesn't on this price point of machine. However, I noticed how you level the machine does have an effect.Also, the condensate pump and the filter are not as bad as described. Yes, the water filter is a very basic sentiment filter and was not up to my standard. Again, you need to remember the price point. Yet the condensate pump works wonderfully and it's dead quiet. I wanted a machine that came with the pump and it works great.In summary: We use a lot of ice, and I wanted something more than a counter-top unit. And I am happy to finally have a machine making ample ice. As nice as this machine is, I just wanted it to work as advertised. I can't recommend it as a "commercial ice maker machine". If I had a small bar or retail space that required ice, the drawbacks of the filter and having to manually break up the ice would prevent me from recommending it. As it is, I'm okay with putting a better filter in front of machine and putting up with breaking up the ice. Yet this simply wouldn't be acceptable if you relied on it for a busy retail space.Other annoying thing is setting the ice thickness. Many ads tout the ability to adjust the ice thickness. Yet the feature is awkwardly placed within the menus. And it is not that it simply buried in the menu structure, it is very poorly described in the manual and unintuitive. Once you've figured it out, the setting stays accurate, yet for such a prominent feature it should be much easier to set.