Magic Chef Portable Ice Maker Silver MCIM22TS

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Price: $149.69    

Product Feature

• Makes 27 lbs of ice in 24 hours
• See through top window with a side drain
• 9 Pieces of ice per cycle
• 3 Ice cube sizes
• Water/ice level indicator

Product Description

Ice Maker14 Days Return Policy - MC Appliance will only accept those items that are in new and resalable condition including its original packaging and contents. Upon satisfactory inspection, refunds shall be issued less original shipping fee and a 20% restocking fee. 1 Year Warranty - Immediately contact our Customer Service Department for issues regarding factory defects and shipping damages.

Magic Chef Portable Ice Maker Silver MCIM22TS Review

Some really straight talk here:

The Magic Chef MCIM22TW Magic Chef Portable Ice Maker White MCIM22TW and Emerson Emerson Portable Ice Maker and units "identical to these" (available on Amazon/elsewhere) (Description: 12"w x14"d x15"h case, curved but relatively flat front case w/diagonal canted front control pad, and left-side drain plug ---- are the best units to buy (reliable, reasonably quiet, good ice volume). We have had problems with the Igloo (narrower case slightly different design and appearance. 9'W x 14"d x 12"h significantly curved front case also with diagonally canted control panel).

How to identify the unit you want:

The units come in many colors but generally white or silver. They are similar in appearance and size to counter-top bread makers that were popular years ago (and that made your house smell so good). If you look CLOSELY at the photos of all portable ice makers on Amazon/the Internet (focus on control pad location and shape, drain spout and cooling intake/exhaust areas, you'll see that there are only a handful of designs but the products are labeled with many different manufacturer names. Like decades-gone-buy-VCRs (remember those before DVDs?) the (VCR) units were manufactured by a handful of manufacturers and labeled with names like Magnavox, RCA, Motorola, etc. but the tape internal mechanisms and electronics were were all the same or virtually so.

Such is the case with these portable ice makers. Most all of them come from a handful of factories in China. From our experience, we own the Emerson (above), a Magic Chef (12" wide case identical to Emerson except for the name label, also identical to NewAir, Edgestar, SPT, you fill in the brand name...) and a malfunctioning Igloo 9" wide case (looks like a Polar Cube Arctic, Koldfront, Oster, you fill in the brand name...).

It is safe to say as long at the portable ice maker you buy has a front mounted canted oval control pad and looks like the Emerson IM90, Magic Chef MCIM22TW, etc. that's the one you want to buy. If is is 9" wide, highly-curved/highly-contoured front, and it looks like a Igloo, Polar Cube Arctic, typically with a bottom drain plug best to avoid those. Please note we have simplified this review, there as a few other "odd-ball" higher-priced units out there, we don't have personal experience with and don't specifically mention those. The Emerson and Magic Chef same unit with other brand names likely from same Chinese factory are out there.

Most of these portable units will really produce ~20+ pounds of ice in a 24 hour period if you 1) keep emptying the ice bin and 2) keep filling the water reservoir - which is not hard to do.

Finally, a restaurant professional we know stated "Unless you are willing to pay $20,000 for a truly commercial grade ice maker, just buy a good below $300 portable unit. Anything between $300 and $20,000 is going to be marginally reliable." It's been our experience you can find the Emerson IM90 and Magic Chef MCIM22TW or identical discounted in the $120-$170 range, sometime lower.

How they work:

These portable units are like a mini refrigerator/freezer (these require 120vAC and ~160 watts when cooling circuit is running) and typically have a R134A sealed refrigerant cycle. Some units are louder than others. The Igloo and identical units are loud. The Emerson/Magic Chef-like units are relatively quiet. Then all make some muted noise when the ice cubes fall into the ice bin especially when empty. No big deal. We don't know why so many folks complain about the dropping noise or its suddenness. After all, you can hear ice drops in a full-size freezer compartment when the door is closed...

They have two rows of nine (9) refrigerated cooling rods that dip into a tray of water and the "ice cubes" form on/around the rods. The cubes can be selected as small medium of large, small or large "cubes" - they drop off at the end of the freezing cycle. Guests often remark how unusual the half-dome hollow shaped cubes look. Because of their hollow shape (more surface area) they actually cool beverages quickly.

There is a water reservoir under the ice basket (you need no direct water hookup) so you can put these units in the kitchen, backyard, or in an RV anywhere where there is a 120vAC plug. You can fill these self contained units to the "fill line" with filtered or drinking water from the tap/faucet via a pitcher or jug. You will hear a faint motor noise as the internal pump draws water for the reservoir below the ice bin into the freezing tray. Then you will hear the cooling motor/circuit come on to make the ice. When the ice is complete the remaining water is dumped and the ice cubes drop off the rods and are scooped into the ice bin.

The ice bin area is not refrigerated other than the cooling that happens from the ice making. The cases of the units are generally insulated like a mini ice chest but if you do not remove the ice periodically, it will melt and become soft and eventually drain back into the reservoir and be made into ice again if the ice basked doesn't fill and trip off the bin full light (that shuts the unit off). The units will also shut off when they run out of water.

How we use them:

Again believe-it-or-not, most of these really produce up to ~20 pounds of ice in a 24 hour period if you keep emptying the ice bin and filling the water reservoir. Prior to parties, we use these machines to augment refrigerator ice makers that are generally very slow. You can count of these portable units to produce ~one pound of ice an hour and we just check the unit periodically and put the ice in large 2-gallon Zip-Lock bags and then in a freezer for future use. We also use one in the RV when in campgrounds (when 24/7 120vAC power is available) to augment the built-in freezer/ice maker. They really work nicely.

Hope you found this review/tutorial useful and informative. When you understand how portable ice makers work and their performance characteristics, you'll be a happier consumer.

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