Post #751340 by jimsflies on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 5:45 AM

@tikiskip Thanks for the info.

As you know, my bar is outside (and mostly used in the summer here in Michigan). So if sitting at 90-degrees ambient is going to keep it from making ice, and it certainly makes sense that it would impact performance...then an ice machine may not be the way to go for my situation.

I don't necessarily need a machine to keep up with a party situation (of course it would be nice). I don't mind picking up ice when guests are here for a drink. But it would be nice to have at least a few drinks worth of ice when I want to make a couple drinks in the evening for myself and my wife. Currently, I get the ice from the refrigerator in the kitchen which is inside and up a flight of stairs (not conveniently located to the bar). Plus the recently purchased Samsung fridge I bought for the kitchen seems to have a smaller capacity ice maker than other fridges I have owned.

I have been researching models and you're right there are aren't many of them that get positive reviews consistently.