Which Countertop Ice Maker Brand Wins?

the most of any bullet-ice machine at that point in testing, third place overall

second place overall behind GE

close to Cowsar's result

second place behind Dumas at that point in testing

close to Cowsar's result

about half of Dumas's capacity

the transcript reads 'close to 41 12 flu ounces,' likely a caption merge of two separate numbers; kept verbatim, flagged as ambiguous

much less than most other brands tested

the most of any machine at that point in testing

very close to 100 watts

the most of any machine at that point in testing

close to Dumas

the loudest of all 12 machines tested

relatively quiet

same as Cowsar

the noisiest of any machine at that point in testing

louder than the manufacturer's claimed under-40 dB

second quietest overall

the quietest of all 12 machines tested

of ice, second place, taking about 96 minutes to fill its basket

of ice, third place, taking by far the longest of the bullet/pellet-style machines at that point to fill its basket at 82 minutes 46 seconds

of ice, taking about 57 minutes to fill its basket, took the lead among bullet-ice machines at that point

of ice, taking just over 58 minutes to fill its basket

of ice, the fastest of all 12 machines to fill its basket at just over 49 minutes

of ice, the fastest of all 12 machines to fill its basket at 51 minutes 3 seconds

of ice, taking 57 minutes 6 seconds to fill its basket, slightly slower than Cowsar but produced more total ice

of ice, taking 57 minutes 54 seconds to fill its basket, took the lead among bullet-ice machines at that point in testing

of ice, taking 51 minutes 8 seconds to fill its basket

of ice, taking just over 72 minutes to fill its basket

the transcript states 'just over 14 pound of ice in 4 hours,' which is inconsistent with this machine's very poor individual batch results (about 2 g per batch); very likely a caption error, possibly meant to read roughly a quarter pound (0.25 lb); kept verbatim and flagged as unreliable

9 nuggets weighing 57.7 g, finished in 8 minutes 5 seconds, took the lead over Dumas at that point

only a partial batch of 3 nuggets weighing 26.3 g in just over 8 minutes

9 nuggets weighing 42.97 g, finished in 6 minutes 55 seconds, second fastest first batch of all 12 machines

finished in 8 minutes 41 seconds, second place behind Dumas at that point but slower than the two prior brands tested

finished in 8 minutes 36 seconds, slightly less ice than Cowsar's first batch

9 nuggets weighing 52.65 g, finished in 8 minutes 17 seconds, second place behind Antarctic Star for speed and second place behind Dumas for batch weight at that point

6 nuggets weighing 31.15 g, finished in 6 minutes 42 seconds, the fastest first batch of all 12 machines tested

9 nuggets weighing 57 g, finished in about 9.5 minutes, far better than Iceman's 2 g first batch

of ice in 13 minutes 10 seconds, described by the presenter as far less than expected ('I was expecting more than one nugget of ice')

second place among the machines that make large cubes

the best of all machines that make large cubes, first place

third place among the machines that make large cubes

trailing Dumas and Antarctic Star, not in the final top 3 for this test

second place at that point among machines making large cubes, not in the final top 3

of ice per minute, tied for third place with Frigidaire

of ice per minute, second place

of ice per minute, tied for third place with Typhur

9 nuggets in 15 minutes 32 seconds; combined with the first batch, total weight 92.59 g (66.29 g for the second batch alone)

8 nuggets in 13 minutes 25 seconds, the fastest second-batch time of all machines up to that point

more nuggets, 15 minutes 53 seconds total

finished at a total elapsed time of 21 minutes 38 seconds