does it hold ice allso or do you have to empty the ice out to keep it from melting?
603147
You have to empty the ice. The ice maker and the ice it produces are wonderful! It has saved us so much money buying ice every week. I highly recommend it.
1709240
Has a little freezer enough for one ice tray. I've had it a couple of years and have not needed to defrost.
1974573
It's not. It may stay cooler if your have ice or whatever in the cooler part.
1175606
No, it will not prevent that. It certainly cools but not to a temperature below freezing. It would certainly slow the melting of ice down compared to leaving the ice in just a non-cooled container.
1688153
No it does not hold that much it holds about 5 lbs. It will make that much in a day but the ice is not very thick
200664
this model has ice holding cone inside that keeps ice separate from beverage to keep beverage from getting watered down as ice melts other model does not
1000271
Technically it does but all it amounts to is a very shallow bowl shaped area at the top where you put the water in. I haven't used ice in mine but it MIGHT hold an ice tray's worth of cubes, that's about it.
805130
I leave ice in it for a couple hours...but it isn't very frozen when I dump it into my freezer. It often clumps together Once dumped in my freezer due to it having started melting. Also if I use the ice straight out of the bucket it melts fairly quickly if its been in the bucket for a couple hours. If you dump it quickly the ice is fine. I don't think you could leave the ice all day and expect it to still be chilled. A few hours at max.
807191
It can hold up to 25 pounds and when full will stop making. However, the ice does slowly melt and replinish.
2241525
It doesn't. It is like an inflatable raft only smaller. It holds about 4 large salad bowls. I thought that it was well worth the price. I can't recall if it has a drain (someone borrowed mine for a graduation party, can't check right now) but it insulates well enough to hold ice for a couple of hours without melting and is easy to dump the ice, easy to clean.
1715853
Yes it takes any kind of ice, if it is to large of a piece, which has to be pretty large just break ice into pieces. I use store boughten ice but it will take ice trays and or ice from an ice maker just fine.
441434
I do not use ice in the cooler. I use it primarily to bring home frozen goods from the market. The frozen goods remain in good shape even if they are in the container for one hour. Ice cream stays cold as well. If I were to add a coolant I would use blue ice blocks that do not have real ice.
613196
it doesn't keep ice cold. it just makes ice and holds that ice, which then melts and gets made into more ice. it is constantly making ice. until it breaks and you are just SOL, which will happen soon after you buy it.
566180
Hello! I would estimate it holds about 10 ounces of ice. A cup plus a little!
1717329
Okay...had this for about a month...it keeps things cold, but if you want ice cold beer, you need to move them to the freezer (which holds about 3 bottles). The "freezer" does build up a small amount of ice, and it doesn't appear to be self defrosting.
1058856
Not that I noticed, but I always place ice in it, so by the end of the day the ice is melted. The thing REALLY keeps things cold, even when in a 90+ degree car most of the day.
1225418
We shave a large bowl full and store it in the freezer for later use. It forms a slight "crust" if harder ice but generally stays nice and soft. I would expect a cooler full might melt some.