Flash Sale 🔥 Luma Comfort Clear Ice Cube Maker Machine | First Cubes In 15 Minutes, 28 Lbs. Of Ice In 24 Hours | Countertop Portable Design In Stainless Steel – IM200SS 🛒

7 reviews for Flash Sale 🔥 Luma Comfort Clear Ice Cube Maker Machine | First Cubes In 15 Minutes, 28 Lbs. Of Ice In 24 Hours | Countertop Portable Design In Stainless Steel – IM200SS 🛒

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   delNeko – February 3, 2014

   After looking at portable units for clear ice, I finally crossed my fingers and ordered this unit based on plenty of reviews and the fact that they’re all made in china….Clean it thoroughly, and run plenty of ice before you make ice you’re going to actually use. It has a strong ‘made in china chemical smell’ when you first unbox it. Reminds me of the little made in china dremel I got one year that actually stated you should wash your hands after handling it due to chemicals used in manufacturing…. When I say clean thoroughly, I mean getting your hands inside the water receptical to wipe it all out, etc. Q-tips worked for cleaning the freezing grid. Then make ice constantly for a day, I didn’t run soapy water through the plumbing, by the second day it was fine to put in a drink.The pros: It makes clear ice, which looks great in your drink! (this is from water from the tap through a brita filter). For bigger cubes, hold down the power button and count to 10 when you turn it on. When it gets going , it drops a waffle of ice every 15 to 20 minutes. Comparing fridge ice maker ice (a new kenmore), ice from trays (brita water) and ice from the store, this ice tastes best. Odd that it tastes better than the brita tray water, but it does….It also cranks out the ice fast enough that it’s easy to make enough ice for two days in a evening (we go through ALOT of ice). I havn’t done the math to see if it makes 28 pounds/day, I could care less if it meets the families requirements. Another thing that’s nice is that the cubes are small enough to go into the ice maker bin in the door of the fridge and pass through the door dispenser, so clear ice from the freezer door. Very convenient and no wasted space by a sub-par freezer ice maker. The spare ice is in a bin to refill the door hopper as needed. Since it’s not refridgerated, the ice bin is basically a cooler, let it make a couple waffles of ice, then remove the ice above those as it drops. This keeps the interior colder, and helps the ice form faster (the ‘large cube’ setting has the unit make ice 3minutes longer than ‘small cube’)The not so pros: It’s loud. Not jet engine loud, but you’ll notice when it shuts off. It throws a bit of heat. Not much surprise there, just be ready in the summer. It’s large… Measure it out and make a form from a carbord box or something to see how it will dominate your countertop. Luckily we had space right next to the sink for it… It’s portable yes, but it’s heavy and bulky, so near the sink so you can drain it easily is best if you can fit it in. The ice cubes are wet and they will freeze into a solid pile of cubes in your freezer, have a ice pick or mallet handy lol. This isn’t a fault of this unit, all these ice makers work that way, it’s unavoidable. Stainless steel finish shows water spots and fingerprints like nothing I’ve seen before…The cons: First of all, Amazon sold out of these and I bought from Brookstone (via Amazon) since I didn’t want to wait for Amazon to restock (yeah hindsight is 20/20 right?) Why is this a con? Because the unit stopped working a month and a half after we got it, and it cost 65$, yeah SIXTY FIVE dollars to ship it back to brookstone for an exchange. I’m never buying anything from Brookstone again. Ever. Never going to go to the local ups-store again either…But as I said, it stopped working a month an a half after we got it. It ran like a champ every other day until the ‘add water’ light came on and nothing else. Power cycle, everything in the tiny manual it comes with, no noise, no tripping of some internal switch (you hear a loud click when it starts, or you should). Since I could exchange it, I did, or I’d go at it with a hammer and pliers to see what was going on inside…It was missing the left front foot. Not a big deal? It showed how well it was manufactured. The foot didn’t come off, it was never installed. The feet are held on by screws, and you could see the starter hole in the metal where no screw had ever been…The ice scoop they include is tiny, and the only thing it’s really good for is scooping a little bit of dry cat food. It’s that flimsy.The controls on the unit are pretty spartan… Yeah you can use one circuit board for multiple functions etc, but it’s just cheap… Your two controls are the power cord, and a button to turn it on and off, and holding the button for a 10count to have it go to ‘big ice mode’ is just asking for trouble down the road….The ‘filters’ (there’s two, one in the water receptical and one in the bottom of the ice bin) will filter anything larger than a milimeter. That’s not a filter in my book, that’s a grate. And, there’s a sticker on it that says that distilled water is not recommended. Um… Why? Misprint or it would foil thier mtbf? I’m not into fluid mechanics but I can’t think of a reason why distilled water woudn’t be good for a ice maker…And the “I can’t say if this is a pro or a con”: The new unit arrived, and the Stainless finish on the housing looks brighter than the other unit, it has all four feet, and it’s working. I also noticed a little sensor tip in the bottom of the ice bin in the drain depression. I honestly can’t recall if there was such a thing in the returned unit or not, but on the new unit, there is less water sitting at the bottom of the ice bin. The old unit would release water and fill the cooler to the bottom of the ice tray (maybe a inch or more of water). The new unit, there’s half an inch or less of water in the bottom of the cooler. Is this a ‘new’ unit, and the first unit a ‘several years old’ unit dusted off for the Christmas buying season? I don’t know, but I’ll update this review if the new unit stops working.If it hadn’t stopped working, I’d have given the first unit a 4star rating (missing a foot is just too careless to warrant 5stars no matter how good the ice tastes). If I’d gotten a unit that looks as good as the second unit and it didn’t stop working, I’d give this a 5star rating. It works great when it works, and the ice is the best tasting ice we’ve had.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Michael D. Woody – June 19, 2022

   My family moved and we are living in an Airbnb as we search for a house. Our freezer in the Airbnb isn’t too big so we were buying bags of ice and using a cooler; that was adding up fast and I had looked at this before so I decided to buy immediately. Shipping and delivery were great and, after listing it sit upright for 2 hours I added water and began to make ice. This really produces a lot of ice. Overall, I am pleased.By removing one star is because the ice cones out in blocks and you need to break it up. Also, it isn’t set it and forget it, you have to constantly make sure it isn’t jammed up. One morning I awoke to lots of water in the ice cavity and little ice. Overnight it might have run out of water but it didn’t use the water in the cavity before stopping.For best performance, follow the instructions on letting it sit, wiping it down, etc. Refill the water every night, or every other night, and break up the ice every so often. It is a good buy and I will see how long it lasts.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Mike Weltz – August 12, 2022

   I have had ice makers for the last 5 years. While all have done ok, this one is the Champ! It was easy to set up. *make sure to read the instructions before turning on. There is a way to make your ice thicker!*.I was skeptical about the speed of ice production, but if anything, it was under promised and over delivered. The ice is clear and tasty and the maker can produce more ice in an hour than any other ice machine I have.I had an older bullet ice machine before this and between that and my refrigerator’s dual ice machine my family was always running out of ice.Now, I bag ice and keep it in my garage freezer for back up but I doubt I will ever need it.When it’s time for party’s or BBq’s I just start bagging ice a couple days before and I am able to fill up two ice chests and still have plenty of ice for cocktails.It may not produce Sonic or crunch ice that we all love so much, but this bad boy get’s the job done.Don’t waste $500 on one of those machines you saw on instagram. Get this one!

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Shopaholic – August 16, 2022

   The machine works great at making ice and keeping it frozen inside the machine when it fills up with ice. When you take ice out it starts making ice again right away. The only complaint is that even when I set it for thicker ice, the ice is actually the same. Otherwise very pleased.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Jim Fox – August 29, 2022

   Makes great ice and doesn’t leak after a few weeks like the 5 other less expensive ones I’ve owned. The ice cubes don’t separate in the tray. I pretty much leave it running 24×7.

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   PA Guy – October 30, 2022

   Just seeing if anyone has any cleaning hacks/part replacements that work to keep this thing clean. I ended up moving on to a Nostalgia brand that doesn’t have the same seeming supernatural resistance to cleaning practices that the Luma did, but the ice basket is too close to the freezing area so it’s just always big blocks of ice that I need to break up every drop (it usually stops for FULL) after 2 drops before I have to do that which is a huge hassle during parties.It does however clean easier, no slime after 3 years just occasional hard black debris that I assume is coming off a part of the internal components, but again that’s maybe once every 3 months. A kinda fellow at a Holiday Inn hooked me up with a jug of the solution they use for their ice machines & it works great. However for the Luma I even started with a fresh machine (replacement for grinding noise issue) cleaning with the solution every couple of days but the slime mold & other junk still showed up.Again, just curious if anyone has figured out tricks etc to keep the Luma clean? Despite the weird issues with having to perfectly balance the water reservoir levels to work, it made way more ice before I’d need to either empty or break up clumps & broke apart much better on drop than the Nostalgia one does.

7. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Pammy1364 – November 2, 2022

   Easy to use, super easy to clean. Keeps up with the daily demands of our family of 4. This is our 2nd Luma Comfort Ice maker – and LAST Samsung fridge.