Evening mojito! *

Fortunately, there are independent ice maker! Warning, this kind of device is not particularly compact: counting the ventilation margins, this machine has a volume of 47 x 42 x 60 cm (Width x Height x Depth). If like me you do not have a huge kitchen, you leave the Only when you receive friends.

The operation could not be simpler:
- Connect the machine;
- Pour water to the tank bottom (up to a little over 3 liters!);
- Select the size of the ice;
- Let rotating.

The first ice cubes come out in ten minutes. They are smaller than the selected size. In fact, it takes about an hour to get ice good size, but then the machine delivers the ice at the rate of 9 units every 10 minutes: a stride quite perfect for non-professional equipment intended for home use.

Ice is the same type as those found in cafes and restaurants, a little smaller, but somehow larger than those obtained with traditional ice mold.

My advice: plug the machine in the late morning, then empty the first ice cubes after an hour. When your guests arrive in the early evening, you will have enough ice to offer cocktails to everyone (yes, good, not 200 people, of course) ... and as the machine continues to produce, you'll normally for all evening.

The build quality seems good, and the brushed stainless steel cladding is really beautiful.

The price of 180 seems okay compared to the benefits, it is at the high end of the market.

Two regrets:
- Noise, not excessive but this ... I will not have it plugged permanently in my kitchen;
- The drain plug on the left side of the device, not very elegant.
.. Nothing to remove a star though.

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* Alcohol abuse is dangerous for health (really).