I'm hunting for the perfect home crunchy ice maker. This machine makes pretty good ice nuggets. Squarish, good crunch, they don't stick together in the cup, so you can tip the cup and get a few to chew. The machine is a bit larger and noisier than the others. The one thing I don't like is the tip out ice tray. When you tip the door open to scoop, if the tray is full, as you scoop ice gets knocked out of the machine onto the counter rather than back into the machine like other ice makers. Overall, this machine makes my second favorite pieces of ice of all of the machines I have tested.