Is The Frigidaire Countertop Ice Maker Worth It?

Is The Frigidaire Countertop Ice Maker Worth It? | Chef Dawg

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We are reviewing a Frigidaire portable Countertop icemaker For 2021 and testing if it's any good!
This Ice Maker Cost Us About $79.99 And Of Course Got It At Costco.
How Fast Does It Create Ice... It's About 6min And Can Create 26LBS Of Ice In 24HR. We Use The Frigidaire Much More Than We Thought. We Would Deftly Recommend The Ice Maker If You Don't Have One And Want One!
*Update
6 months after using it we noticed there was white powerdery calcium being built up in the ice try, so what we do now is use distilled water. We bought a water distiller so we don't have to buy any for personal use, also for the Ice maker. Now the ice cubes are clear like glass.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 Frigidaire First looks
00:40 How To Use Frigidaire Ice Maker
03:33 My Thoughts On Frigidaire Ice Maker
04:32 My Little Rant
04:50 Some Product Details
05:00 Outro
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@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

Update, check the description to see more!

@shaunamaddox3086 3 жыл бұрын

We are using it a lot more than we thought we would!

@latoyaarceneaux6023 2 жыл бұрын

I bought this ice make a few months ago because the ice maker on my freezer does not have a filter. We live in military housing so a new fridge is not an option. Now I use this to fill an ice bin in the freezer so that we have good clean tasting ice at all times. We also have two of those Kirkland brand water pitchers that we use for everything. We go through tons of ice since having this machine because the ice is so much better than what was coming out of freezer. We also take it with us when we RV.

@frankgibert2165 2 жыл бұрын

You helped me with my decision. Having an ice machine will help me with my fluid intake. Thank you!!

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

Yeah of course, we still have the ice maker on everyday and works great still. One thing we changed now from the video is what kind of water we use, we now put distilled water in it because calcium over time starts to build up.

@johnw3794 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reassuring me on this. The first review I watched a couple make fun of this product even laughing at it everytime it dropped ice then they actually returned it. I sense those people have a habit of not being impressed and demand 80 bucks be spent worth every penny.. so aside from that. You've got my thumbs up

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Thx appreciate the thumbs up

@TheSupart91 2 жыл бұрын

Sameeee thanks chef

@austin62halo 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao man I just watched that video! Those people were bad.

@katelee3956 Жыл бұрын

Lol, i think i just watched that video. Totally agree with what you said.

@Michmackenna Жыл бұрын

Just wasted my time watching that video as well I’m pretty sure they were both on something before starting that review 😂, glad I found this one 🎉

@techspot871 3 жыл бұрын

We bought a 44lb ice maker. We are a large family. The machine keeps up and I never thought I would enjoy icy drinks this much.

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

That's great👍 What we love about our is it's portability!

@artartwell1992 Жыл бұрын

Great review chief dawg.... 👍 👌 👍 👌

@DB-CA 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

You bet

@Confused_Philosopher Жыл бұрын

Running 24/7 it lasts for abot 18 months. I am on my 3rd one now and theis time I bought a vacuum thermos and I put the ice in there and I only have to run the machine maybe two three times a day. I have run just before bedtime so i wake up and can have ice in my drink. I luckily found a hot/cold thermos that matched the color of my pale blue machine.

@earthling1984 Жыл бұрын

Had one of these for a couple years. Use it 24/7. It will get dirty pretty quick. Perhaps unsafe to drink / eat the ice out of. Black mold will start growing within a few weeks. What I do, is every week or so, I do 50/50 water vinegar. And let that run through the machine a few hours. Then drain, and fill with water. Drain and fill a few times with just water (running one or two cycles in between). Then fill and keep using as normal again. If you don't do this, in a couple months, it will be very nasty.

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

We have noticed that too

@curtisraven3823 Жыл бұрын

@estherpavilla5912 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Of Course thanks for watching!

@pdmichele7-hp6zw Жыл бұрын

I bought one of these August 2021 for my daughter's birthday. It works great. The only problem is the silver coating on the Evaporator Fingers that the ice forms on is peeling off and leaving flakes of the coating all in the machine and ice. I don't feel it's from the quality of water since only bottled water has been used. It's going in the trash today.

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

We still use ours quite a bit... works great.

@Nina-tt1nv 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know it had a cleaning mode 😂 thank you for your video. I never read the manual.

@mercedeslotridge2417 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking up videos because my ice tasted weird definitely didnt know there was a self cleaning mode!

@icecold1011 3 жыл бұрын

You are right, they should have put something on it for the scup. We drilled a small hole in the handle and stuck a hook on the side of the ice maker for it to hang on.

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea actually

@BahamaBeauty24 3 жыл бұрын

I just got this ice maker and I put a little stick on magnet on the scoop handle and it sticks right to the side of the machine

@robertramsey653 2 жыл бұрын

@@BahamaBeauty24 great idea!

@tastemakerguidie 7 ай бұрын

your right that's how you say it

@mrallan8063 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. I was looking at the larger one on Amazon. Still on the fence.

@pepperdignhomes1 3 жыл бұрын

We like it more every day

@123Vikki 3 жыл бұрын

You could put a small command hook on the side for the scoop :)

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

We will probably do that!

@josephbennett3482 2 жыл бұрын

There's no hole in the scoop handle so you would need to drill a hole in it.

@shastanomoore4520 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett3482 I did this; very easy.

@jshapiro34 2 жыл бұрын

Own 2 of these 1 is in the camper next to coffee maker and a small wet bar. The other is in the wet bar in our movie theater room. If I was fancy smanchy I’d have one in the garage but I’m not typically a mixed drink kinda guy when mowing the lawn or building things…..that’s more for beer

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Dang you like like ice makers

@jshapiro34 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg we don’t want to waste freezer space with a bag of ice in the camper and multiple stories don’t allow drinks to travel well so wet bar was a necessity also the lg and kitchen aid fancy ice fridges are extremely expensive and I’ve herd they break a lot

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

We use ours for a trailer so much better not having bags of ice!

@jshapiro34 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg facts that’s more steaks and chicken wings I can fit in the freezer

@rr-eo6wm 3 жыл бұрын

My $200 samsung ice maker in the freezer stopped working. I bought an icemaker for $150 I think this ice maker will serve us better than the built in fridge unit

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Hope it work for you guy's!

@plizotte2003 2 жыл бұрын

hello y have a same problem small and large as same size, brand new machine, small worked 1 time but after small and large as same size. this is a problem with this model

@robertramsey653 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of these and that wasnt a good comparison for the size differences in the pieces of ice. There is definitely a difference in the sizes. My problem is the small setting on mine produces the larger pieces while the large setting produces the smaller ones. But dont get me wrong, I've had it for almost 4 months now and it's a good product.

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Ours only does one size... big

@robertramsey653 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg I really didnt mean my comment the way it looks. It didnt seem like I was coming across like that when I wrote it. My humble apologies.

@happymomXO 2 жыл бұрын

Just grabbed one of these today

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Fyi...I use filtered water to fill it up...definitely improves taste

@happymomXO 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg Thank you for the tip! I’ll try it 😋

@happymomXO 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg so my husband woke up in the middle of the night thinking our new “Ice machine” was a burglar rattling around downstairs. He shot up out of bed and grabbed his Glock 🤣🤣🤣 I seriously have never laughed so hard in my life. Worth every penny 😂

@wallabing 2 жыл бұрын

Great for mancave bar or gaming room

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

It Would be great for those! Lol

@jeanetterivera9374 3 жыл бұрын

my ice looks clear not like that do i have to wait longer for them to look like yours

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

If it's clear I'd say that's a good thing... but we use filtered water to fill it with.

@joanabney6742 Жыл бұрын

The ice on the small setting is not as thick as the large setting.

@kennymartin379 Жыл бұрын

Ours works pretty good

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

We use ours all the time... works great

@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 3 жыл бұрын

Most important thing is the self cleaning function, any info?????

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

On how self cleaning mode works?

@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg yes please, not sure mine worked. Does it heat up?

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Ours doesn't heat up, it just pumps water to the tray and emptys then fills again... whenever we clean I use soap and clean the inside making sure to not make the outside wet

@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg thank you. I was hoping our new Frigidaire self cleaning with the 30 minute clean cycle might make things easier. But I don’t think it worked. I cleaned it with sprayed on bleach/water.

@rileyuttley4131 3 жыл бұрын

Is anyone else’s doing the actual cycle but it won’t make ice, like it fills the cup up but the water just runs back out.

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Take it back... shouldn't do that.

@techspot871 3 жыл бұрын

Take it back, your refrigerant is gone or the refrigerant compressor is broken.

@sadiejackson774 2 жыл бұрын

Did yours come with a user manual? Mine did not.

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

ours did... that's odd

@josephbennett3482 2 жыл бұрын

There have been many others that has mentioned that same issue you have with the manual missing , luckily you can easily lookup the manual online but there's not much in the manual besides some basic user descriptions and cleaning instructions along with a warning about letting it sit for a while before turning on if the box was flipped on it's side or upside-down due to the refrigerant in the unit.

@shastanomoore4520 2 жыл бұрын

This Frigidaire makes WET ICE. Not "solidly" frozen like other higher quality units. This means that the CUBES MELT FAST once placed in your drinks. But, if that's not a deal breaker, a good price for what you get.

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input 👍

@rebeccakrupke8334 2 жыл бұрын

How fast do you know?

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Produces ice within 8 minutes

@rebeccakrupke8334 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg thank you. How long til they melt tho? With the shape and size trying to get a sense of how long it’ll be in my drink as an actual ice chunk

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Seems normal to me

@justinclark5329 3 жыл бұрын

My first batch of 8 takes no less than 20 minutes to make. Not 5 minutes as adverstissd.

@kimijonghighball9626 Жыл бұрын

How much does it weigh?

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

Around 5 or 6 lbs

@austin62halo 2 жыл бұрын

Should we leave ice in this 24/7?

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

We do and its been about a year and its working great... the only thing we do is fill it up with distilled water instead

@austin62halo 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg alright I can transfer ice to the icebox, just started the first cycle on our machine

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it'll just melt fast

@thsckdgns456 Жыл бұрын

So is this worth is guys?? And how about its electricity consumption???

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

We use it a lot so id say yes... no clue on energy but can't imagine it's much

@michellelivingstone1696 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering how to clean ice maker machine

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

Something we actually do now is use distilled water, it makes it so you don't have to clean it out that much

@michellelivingstone1696 Жыл бұрын

@@ChefDawg thank you

@angelacurrington9554 Жыл бұрын

Bought one for my daughters birthday last year and she had it less than 6 months before it stop making ice . Very disappointed

@ChefDawg Жыл бұрын

That sucks... take it back

@EverythingTrueCrime97 3 жыл бұрын

Mine tastes like plastic

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

Our did too a little what we did was just wash it with soap and water then just ran it for a little bit

@ChefDawg 3 жыл бұрын

But now I use filtered water when I fill it up so it's clean as I can get it.

@jamescohen 3 жыл бұрын

The ice is really low density. It melts super fast and dilutes your drink. Its OK for water, or something you plan to knock back in one gulp, But its crap for any kind of booze or softdrink you don't want diluted all to hell. The ice is so low density its sort of between snow and ice. Lots of air in the little thimbles it makes.

@nigel8649 2 жыл бұрын

The answer is NO, Hell NO! breaks easy if you leave it on for one full day.

@ChefDawg 2 жыл бұрын

Ours is on all day every day since we bought it... take yours back and get a new one

@camilles.1423 2 жыл бұрын

If you leave this ice maker on you will get pink mold he you can’t clean. Have run vinegar through it and still see pink mold that is impossible to reach. Poor design.

@honeybadger713 2 жыл бұрын

Ouch. That’s a deal breaker. A lot of people don’t think about that stuff. Thx for info

@Nettiep61158 Жыл бұрын

It has a self cleaning mode. Just hold the on/off button down for 5 seconds and make sure you have water in it. You must allow it 30 minutes to go through the cleaning mode. I hope this helps!