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Deco Chef 40LB Per Day Countertop Ice Maker (Red)

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$300.00
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Deco Gear has Deco Chef 40LB Per Day Countertop Ice Maker (Red) for $179.99 - $70 w/ discount code DECO at checkout = $109.99. Shipping is free.

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Key Features:
  • Makes up to 40 pounds of ice in one day
  • Get 2.4 lb of ice in just 15-20 minutes
  • Screen indicators notifies current status
  • Choose the thickness of your ice
  • Clear window lets you see ice without opening lid

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    • Our research indicates that this deal is $30 less (21% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $139.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars rating at Deco Gear based on over 35 customer reviews
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$110 + free s/h w/ coupon code DECO
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This looks similar to models I've ordered that broke every-single-time. Beware.
1 year warranty. Good price but reviews state the machine has issues with LCD or stops ejecting ice around the 1 yr mark

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Dryervent55
12-06-2023 at 07:40 PM.
12-06-2023 at 07:40 PM.
This big enough to make enough ice for a barrel ice plunge bath? Thinking I could make a batch empy it in to a bag and store it in the freezer and add 2 batches to the plunge bath. Thoughts?
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Tunalips
12-08-2023 at 09:17 AM.

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12-08-2023 at 09:17 AM.
1 year warranty. Good price but reviews state the machine has issues with LCD or stops ejecting ice around the 1 yr mark
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splg38
12-08-2023 at 10:25 AM.

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12-08-2023 at 10:25 AM.
This looks similar to models I've ordered that broke every-single-time. Beware.

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12-08-2023 at 01:48 PM.

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12-08-2023 at 01:48 PM.
Quote from 1-6 :
Use this as a space heater because essentially, it's a heat pump. Throw away the ice outside during cold winters. It's more efficient.

Think outside the box.

This becomes only marginally more efficient than a space heater, at the cost of running wager. You're relying on tap water to contain enough heat to make this more efficient than a regular space heater.

Heat pumps move heat. You're pouring in a few cups of water at most into one of these...how many calories do you expect room temperature (at best) to have per unit of volume?

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pLLL
12-08-2023 at 03:15 PM.
12-08-2023 at 03:15 PM.
The problem I have with owning one like I do is you can't just leave it going 24/7 or it's just in a constant state of making ice. It'll just melt and freeze over and over.

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Gencom
12-08-2023 at 06:49 PM.
12-08-2023 at 06:49 PM.
Quote from Tigerwang :
Are these better than Frigidaires, which makes the best countertop Ice makers.

Better than the opal ??
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AlgaeEater
12-08-2023 at 07:08 PM.
12-08-2023 at 07:08 PM.
I haven't owned one of these machines since 2013. Has the technology gotten any better? Back then these would constantly run into mold issues inside the crevices you can't reach to clean, or the tubing would develop mold. And yes, this is coming from the guy who used citric acid once a week to make "slush" ice as instructed by the manual for sanitizing / descaling. It didn't matter cause water would seep into the motor compartment and mess something up.

Been looking to get another one out of sheer curiosity, but even the touted Opal machine seems pretty hit or miss and is quite pricey.
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tobak
12-08-2023 at 08:15 PM.
12-08-2023 at 08:15 PM.
Quote from Dryervent55 :
This big enough to make enough ice for a barrel ice plunge bath? Thinking I could make a batch empy it in to a bag and store it in the freezer and add 2 batches to the plunge bath. Thoughts?
I've done it the ice cube way, but man that's a lot of work. This ice maker won't make near enough for you to do daily ice baths unless you have a grizzly cooler some other well insulated ice bath with a lid. I used to fill sand bags with ice from 3 different ice makers and stored them in a 7ft^3 chest freezer and with jugs and blocks of ice. Two of the ice makers were in freezers, so not much work. One was 26#/day igloo countertop like this one. Constant refilling the machine with water and collecting ice, a PITA, so much work. Getting a a tub full of ambient water to cold plunge temps required 7ft^3 of ice. A lot of work making and moving all that ice so I ended up not plunging often.
Since then I have insulated my rubbermaid 100 gallon stock tank and built an insulated lid for it so it takes way less ice. Now I just freeze gallon jugs of water in my 7ft^3 chest freezer. About a gallon jug a day of ice in the winter and 2 gallon jugs in the summer keeps it in the 10-13 C range that I like.
tldr for about the same price as this machine you can buy a 7ft^3 chest freezer and make jug or block ice.
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tasmanian
12-09-2023 at 01:14 AM.
12-09-2023 at 01:14 AM.
Quote from Dryervent55 :
This big enough to make enough ice for a barrel ice plunge bath? Thinking I could make a batch empy it in to a bag and store it in the freezer and add 2 batches to the plunge bath. Thoughts?

Buy a used ice machine off Craigslist or proxibid or hibid. Way better to install it and just grab a few buckets of ice out of the hopper when you're ready
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JosephDirt
12-09-2023 at 04:04 AM.
12-09-2023 at 04:04 AM.
Quote from Gencom :
Better than the opal ??

I'd venture to say no, since Opal is the standard for high quality nugget ice.

Here is the New York Times top pick from October 2023 for $129.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Magic.../207169820
Last edited by JosephDirt December 9, 2023 at 08:04 AM.
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MidFlMailman
12-09-2023 at 06:54 AM.
12-09-2023 at 06:54 AM.
Quote from pLLL :
The problem I have with owning one like I do is you can't just leave it going 24/7 or it's just in a constant state of making ice. It'll just melt and freeze over and over.
It auto shuts down when full till you empty the ice bin and then starts up again automatically
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