how does this hold up outdoors and does it make solid ice cubes or the one with the holes through them. Thanks, Doug
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I have had this unit installed indoors for about 3 months. It is working great so far! It makes a solid suare cube about 3/4" X 3/4" with indented top. No issues.
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I am not using it, it made great ice cubes quickly. However I used it indoors, and my kitchen requires an internal pump to drain. This unit uses gravity drain. I don't now about outdoors, depends where you live and is it covered. We have a second house which the kitchen needs remodeling and plan to use it there. For the money it works great much faster than our old one. Just no internal pump.
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Dont think it would be a good idea outside especially sitting in rain. Cubes are the square type with holllow middle but no hole through
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We do not use this machine outdoors. It is installed in our basement. It make square cubes with an indent in the top of it. They do not have a hole all the way through the ice cube. It is working great for us. Hope this info helps.
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I cannot attest to the outdoors question but it makes solid square ice cubes with little indentations in the back like the ones large commercial ice machs make
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I use it in doors. It makes solid cubes that come out in a slab. If you buy a metal scoop it's easy to break up the slab into seperate cubes. It's not as good as my old Perlick but it cost less then $1,000 verses $3,000+.
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Ice cubes work great. I put in 4 or 5 and can keep adding water all day. I still have ice cubes in the evening. They never get in the was of drinking. This is a great product.
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We use ice cubes but you could use a block of ice if you break it up. As long as it fits down the chute the machine will chip it up. I would not use crushed ice because that would make slush.
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I haven't tried this one specifically for ice cubes, but I do have silicone ice molds that work very well. Seeing as it's made of the same material, I don't think why it wouldn't.
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yep- not too badly either. I don't like setting the icemaker on my fridge door to crushed ice from cubes because the ice gets all jammed up in there. I use regular cubes in the bullet and it works fine. btw- I got an off brand bullet one time and it leaked all over the place. Magic Bullets won't last forever- they break too...but that is because you will use it so much. I often find the Magic Bullet cups at thrift stores too so you can get additional parts that way. I even got a new blade piece at Value Village last week! This is the first "As Seen on TV" product I would actually recommend.
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I had it out in the sun for approx 8 hours and it worked fine. I had put those frozen blocks on the bottom and the some ice on the top and everything kept nice and cold. To be honest, by the end of the day, the ice had melted and the blocks were back to liquid filled, but the compartment was still cold and so were the drinks we kept in it.
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I just installed this ice maker and am having the same issue. The ice comes off in a big block and does not separate without beating on it with the scoop. Still does not completely separate. We have reduced the temperature and it is a bit better. Going to reduce the temp a couple more degrees and see if that is the fix.
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It comes with these plastic ice cubes filled up with water or something (not 100% sure whats in it) but they are reuseable, you can use them forever until a hole gets ripped in it. There are 3 that come with it and you use all 3 in the cup at the same time and as I said they are reuseable.
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We've had a ton of heavy, wet-to-frozen layers of snow this year and this thing does cut right through it. It wouldn't cut through a pile of straight-up ice, but it's pretty heavy-duty and sturdy. Not sure if it would scratch your patio, but likely not if there's a coating of ice over it. We use it on concrete sidewalks, driveway, and patios. Not sure how it would be on a wooden structure such as a deck.
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This pot is a plastic composite with no drainage holes. While you could probably drill some draining holes in the bottom, I'm not sure if the finish on the plastic cold withstand the elements of being outdoors.
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Mine held up to a rough Michigan winter. You're supposed to knock off excess snow throughout the season but I only did that if it was more than about 4 inches at a time
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It's well built, but then again, I only make 2 or 3 at a time. It's never jammed on me and I have filled it to the top, but the last ice cube will always freeze itself to the metal tray.
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Got this for my husband last year for Christmas. He used it a lot for ice fishing last year and this year and loves it. He said there were no problems shooting through ice but it was clear ice. Not sure about how well it works through cloudy ice
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It should make ice over a long day but it won't be as fast as your home freezer by far. I had thought of how to get cold drinks iced as well and came up with this solution. Try using popscicle maker molds. I kept popscicles frozen for days. You may need to pre-make them,though. Cheers.
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Ho how are you. Well i actually have not used it as of yet until next month on a house warming outdoors... so i really dont have an answer to that. Im sorry.. but i tell you that is well done to put ice for sure...on the bottom also has a small hole where u can drain the water out as well sort of like a wine cork. Is a bit tough to open and close it but eventually it is manageable.
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Well it doesn't snow a lot here but when it does, it holds up very well. I've had absolutely no problems with mine. No regrets making this purchase.
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Larry we have not used it to break up ice cubes. It puree's, blends, mixes, chops nuts and spices very well. We are very happy with the Bamix and would recommend it. Sorry I could not give you an answer on the ice cubes. Brian