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04-16-2016, 08:34 AM
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Guru
City: Houma, Louisiana
Vessel Name: M/V LUNASEA
Vessel Model: 45ft Bluewater Coastal
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 529
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Portable Ice Maker
Looking to add a counter top portable ice maker. Did a search and did not come up with anything, Any advice please!!!
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04-16-2016, 08:57 AM
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Guru
City: Galveston, Texas
Vessel Model: 24" El Pescador
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 744
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I just bought the red New Air-AI-100R
So far, I took it out of the box, put in water, turned it on and had ice in 10 minutes. Let it run for a few cycles..it made ice. I dumped out the water, put it back in box and will be taking it to the boat.
Portable and Countertop Ice Makers
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Ken Diestler
Galveston, Tx
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04-16-2016, 11:03 AM
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Senior Member
City: La Paz, BCS
Vessel Name: Ansedonia
Vessel Model: Californian/Carver 52CPMY
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 379
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Hi,
I had a portable icemaker made by Edgestar on my sailboat. I loved it, but sold it with the boat. It always popped ice out, even in the Mexican heat. I need to get one for my trawler.
Cheers, Bill
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04-16-2016, 11:35 AM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,444
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We've had one from Dometic for the last couple of years. Works great and runs off of the inverter quite nicely.
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What kind of boat is that?
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04-16-2016, 01:03 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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My wife bought me one from Kold-Front for Christmas. It's still in the box on the shelf in the garage waiting for me to take it down to the boat.
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Mike and Tina
1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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04-16-2016, 02:05 PM
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Guru
City: AR
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,515
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kartracer
Looking to add a counter top portable ice maker. Did a search and did not come up with anything, Any advice please!!!
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I just googled "portable ice maker" and found dozens of 'em all over Walmart and Amazon.
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04-16-2016, 02:44 PM
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Guru
City: Houma, Louisiana
Vessel Name: M/V LUNASEA
Vessel Model: 45ft Bluewater Coastal
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 529
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HeadMistress
I just googled "portable ice maker" and found dozens of 'em all over Walmart and Amazon.
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Sorry I should have said "I did a search on TF" to see what other are using. Looking for the Pros & Cons of different units.
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04-16-2016, 04:40 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Venice, Fl.
Vessel Name: Charis
Vessel Model: Custom 42' Pilothouse Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 25
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Try Compactappliance.com and look for the Edgestar Stainless one. We have used them for years and over 8000 miles and they even work good on the inverter.
Ken Shanley
MV Charis
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04-16-2016, 07:26 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,333
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kartracer
Looking to add a counter top portable ice maker. Did a search and did not come up with anything, Any advice please!!!
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Try Ebay,lots there.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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04-16-2016, 07:36 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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You Americans must drink a lot of Whisky
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04-16-2016, 07:39 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Seneca Lake NY
Vessel Name: Bacchus
Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,828
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
You Americans must drink a lot of Whisky
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And your point is????
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Don
2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
"Bacchus"
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04-16-2016, 07:48 PM
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Senior Member
City: Oriental, NC
Vessel Name: M/V Major Award
Vessel Model: Senator 35 w/single Lehman
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 423
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Rum.
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04-16-2016, 10:52 PM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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I have seen them at Target in Houma.
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04-18-2016, 11:25 PM
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Guru
City: Hill Country TX/S.Portland Maine
Vessel Name: bout’ time
Vessel Model: Grady White 282 Sailfish
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 642
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ktdtx
I just bought the red New Air-AI-100R
So far, I took it out of the box, put in water, turned it on and had ice in 10 minutes. Let it run for a few cycles..it made ice. I dumped out the water, put it back in box and will be taking it to the boat.
Portable and Countertop Ice Makers
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We have one, works great.
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04-19-2016, 10:06 AM
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Guru
City: LI or Fla
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,148
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I will say this about those table top ice makers, one they are not made all that great, so if your boating is more open water/bumpy not the best thing and the ice is a relative word, soft light ice is more like it.
They were all the rage 6 years ago, not one person has them anymore, all of them went into the dumpster for one reason or another.
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04-19-2016, 10:17 AM
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TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
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Mine is made by Uline.....I bought an extremely expensive ice maker and they threw the boat in for free!!!!
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04-19-2016, 10:30 AM
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Guru
City: Long Beach, CA
Vessel Name: Heads Up
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 956
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Ive been using one for over 15 years. I find the colder the water the bigger the ice so I remove the basket for about 4 or 5 cycles before I start collecting. I also use RO water and it makes clearer ice.
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04-19-2016, 10:36 AM
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Senior Member
City: Orange Beach, AL
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 150
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Get the extended warranty. You will probably need it.
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04-19-2016, 11:22 AM
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Senior Member
City: Oriental, NC
Vessel Name: M/V Major Award
Vessel Model: Senator 35 w/single Lehman
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 423
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Use one all the time with bottled water. Let it run all night and we have ice for the next day. When this one retires we will get another. We only use bag ice in the Yeti for canned beverages. Frozen foods are the only things in the freezer part of the fridge and we pre-freeze those.
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04-19-2016, 11:34 AM
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Senior Member
City: Boyd, Texas
Vessel Name: Cat Daddy
Vessel Model: PDQ mv/34
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 113
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I have a small one from Sam's Club. Igloo brand, $99 and SS finish. It's perfect for my needs.
Rafe
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