COSTWAY 26Lbs/24H Portable Countertop Ice Maker with Self-Cleaning Function - Fast 8-Minute Bullet Ice Cubes, Includes Scoop & Removable Basket - Perfect for Home, Parties, Bars, and Office Use (Red)

I am not usually one to write a review on something. I felt this unit deserves one. First of all I am a certified electrician and repair man of all things electrical. I bought this unit for my wife Christmas 2020. After she opened the unit we cleaned the unit filled with water and plugged it in. Has been making ice for over two years now.It has not been all rainbows and unicorns though. We had well water and we live in north Florida. The unit ran flawlessly for a little over the first year. I ran the clean cycle about every other month. The unit started to have buildup in the maker from the well water. I would unplug and drain the unit and wipe everything down best I could. Note if you do not wipe the sensors just above the basket your unit ma say it’s full but be empty. Keep the sensors clean to avoid this.About 8 months ago we moved to a new house and now have city water. My some dropped something in the unit shortly after and I did not know it at the time. The unit began saying add water and everything was full. After no luck checking all the obvious things I decided to take the unit to my shop and see how it works and what’s wrong. It’s 119 dollars so if it was broken I wouldn’t be mad after a little over a year of EVERY DAY ISE 24/7.I must say the unit was built VERY WELL. Took me quite a while to take the unit apart. After disassembling the entire thing I must say it was impressive how it was made for something from china and so cheep. I took apart the pump and found a small piece of plastic had jammed the impeller keeping it from spinning to pump water. I then cleaned the entire unit since I had it entirely apart. I could then see how much damage the well water caused inside the unit and on the unseen plastic parts. I cleaned all parts with vinegar and put the unit back together.after filling with water from the city now the unit has been running for almost a year clean as a whistle.I say all that because if you have a well or dirty water don’t expect the unit to run very long before problems. The pump can stop from the smallest thing getting sucked in or if it gets enough “sludge” in it from dirty water. If you look in the back when the unit is filling there is a small metal prong sticking down. I found while the unit was apart that that has a wire connected to it and that is how it knows if you are out of water. If that probe gets sludge or mineral deposits on it after a period of time the unit will quit as well.Taking the unit apart make it easy to clean all these things but I know most remaking this will not or can take it apart. This is just things I have seen that can or will cause problems down the rode. Most say Chinese pieces of junk but it is honestly built very well. Proper maintenance will keep the unit running for years to come.I say all this to hopefully help someone if they are having a problem or if the unit stops working. Yes it requires effort to keep it running. It’s man made and most water isn’t clean. Its like a car it will quit if all you do is drive it. We have taking this unit with us in our camper several times as well to have ice and the unit always works flawless. This review is how 99% of how all the ice makers work. Keep this in mind and you will be just as happy as I am about your ice maker.