Portable Ice Machines

[Bethers]

Karen,
Just wondering where you keep the ice you make if your freezer doesn't have room for ice trays, it doesn't have room for this ice either? Or do you keep it in a cooler and just keep making more? That's the complaint of a friend here who says he got the ice maker to save space, but it doesn't, as the ice then has to go in the freezer or else he has to keep making more ice before he needs it cuz it's melting in the ice maker.

I must admit that I've loved it here - filling up a freezer bag with ice from the machine for the kitchen every time I get low. No mess, no fuss - but will be back to ice trays when I leave - after I find where I hid them lol

[sharon]

Yeah Barb, I know about needing the minerals in the water for the ol' bod, but I figure you get enough from all the coffee you make! LOL!

[Barbzeee]

Hey Sharon, Them ain't no minerals..them is Juan and his donkey kickin asp LOL Strong coffee beans...LOL...


God Bless Ya... wait...retro red ????? RVGranny (Lori and Ernie).. now ya gotta take a picture...and shop Target..that ice maker be cheaper..


Zeee..

[Liz]

Here's my dollar, two ninety-eight...I rarely use ice, don't like my drinks that cold. One ice cube tray evaporates before I use it. So I'll save my money by not buying an ice maker or distilled water for it.

[sunshinecruiserTN]

Just get a rig with an icemaker built in!

[soisew]

An RVing friend of ours has one and loves. Her rig has more room for loose stuff (appliance cart filled with stuff) so for them it works. They have a refrigerator with built in icemaker but don't use if for the same reason we don't....

We have an icemaker in the frig but after the valve froze and caused a leak (twice) we just unhooked it. Besides it makes ice from the fresh water tank and is unfiltered before it enters the icemaker. Unless the fresh tank is kept filled with chlorinated water and is filtered it is just nasty stuff. There is no way we are making ice out of tank water! We've been filling with well water here at home so an ice maker is not a good idea. I fill 6 gallong jugs for our drinking and cooking needs here. Our friend uses nothing but bottled water (drinking and icemaker) so if you don't mind buying bottles it works ok but if you used water from what ever campground you happen to be at -- you'd end up with some really weird ice. It's just so much easier for us to buy a bag of ice once per week and maybe cheaper than using the whole ice machine process. I don't know about you but I don't have room to store something like that. When in use it would take up too much space on my already small counter and when moving it would be dangerous to haul loose. I most certainly am not taking up space in our car for it!

So to each his own -- if you have a good water supply, space to set it up and a space to store it, or don't mind buying bottled water...it would be a good idea. But a bag a week already made is so easy and simple!

[Pooker]

.99 Store - 2 plastic ice cube trays - don't want my wine diluted anyway - cubes are enough for whatever else I might drink - just refill 'em with filtered water I cart from home - voila! more ice cubes! Works for me.

[Cedar518]

I'm with Pooker on this one,... don't dilute my good "stuff".... hee hee...

[dpf]

Thank you for all your responses and input! I've been doing a lot of research on different brands and reviews and it seems that people either love them or have had trouble with the model they purchased. So I have decided that I am definitely not going to buy one on-line because I don't want to take the chance of having to return one by shipping should I have problems with it. When I did my stints has a bartender I know that ice straight from an ice machine is wet and tends to melt quickly therefore we usually "cured" it by bagging it and putting it in the freezer . We have a huge "extreme" cooler and before we take off on a trip I usually have frozen several large chucks of ice to put in the bottom and then the canned refreshments then top it with cubes. If we would take a long an ice maker I think it would keep up with replenishing the cooler and also for ice for water, tea, etc. I am an ice water addict....first thing I do when I come home from work is fill up a glass with ice and water.