Had a GE Opal 7 years and worked till died couple weeks ago. Got new Opal that wouldn't make ice and moaned very loud. Company no help. Recommendations on kind and where to buy would be appreciated. Once you have had soft ice, don't want to go back to regular ice. TIA

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I'm sure you've found this. I'd take a gamble on the best value counter top icemaker.

once you mkae your call, stay away from me -- i hate ice eating.

Bought an Opal for our daughter 2 years ago … worked for 48 hours and then it died. Returned to Amazon. The latest SAMs ad (Oct 26- Nov 23)has a Frigidaire nugget maker on sale.

Thanks for comments. Two of us have had new Opals that died early deaths. Surprising that some local store doesn't stock a decent nugget ice makers. Think could sell them if advertise them. The old saying "if once have soft ice, won't go back to regular ice".

Buddy's sells ice makers

I have an Opal that I bought at Best Buy that moaned also - but after some internet searching some said it was the water so I use distilled water - that seems to do the trick.

TaoTronics is what I have. Use distilled water.

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Bought an Opal for our daughter 2 years ago … worked for 48 hours and then it died. Returned to Amazon. The latest SAMs ad (Oct 26- Nov 23)has a Frigidaire nugget maker on sale.

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A friend has a Frigidaire countertop one, but hers does not make soft ice, for what it's worth. I'll see if I can find out the model number and add it to this post later.

Think I saw some at Best Buy yesterday

Timely thread, our little countertop ice maker that we bought a couple of years ago for a family vacation died just this week after pretty much daily use ever since. 1 year warranty, lasted 2.5 years. It was just like this one, only branded "Northair". There are very similar ones sold under a number of different brands. (they make hollow "bullet" cubes, not "sonic"/nugget ice) We usually filled it with filtered water from the fridge dispenser, had no problems from that.

Saw the Frigidaire EFIC237 nugget ice maker on Amazon, seemed like it would be a nice upgrade, but too pricey (for me) at $399. Then checked costco.com and they sell the same model for $199, UPS ground shipping included. Gonna give it a try, reviews say it's noisy, so it might get relegated to the laundry room.