Is the EUHOMY ice maker actually worth it?

How the EUHOMY ice maker actually makes nugget ice

Here's what I'd want to know first: this isn't freezing water into cubes and hoping. Nugget ice, also called sonic ice or pebble ice, is made a completely different way. Water is pumped over a chilled metal auger that constantly scrapes a thin layer of ice into shavings, then presses those shavings into soft little compacted nuggets, the same way loose flakes become packable snow. That's the whole trick: because it's compacted flakes and not a solid block, it's soft enough to chew without wrecking your teeth, and porous enough to soak up soda, tea or bourbon instead of just watering it down. The 1.2 quart water tank sits right there, no plumbing, no drain line, which is why this thing works just as well on an RV counter as it does wedged next to the coffee maker at home. First batch lands in six to eight minutes, and because there's no big block to freeze solid, the next batch comes just as fast, up to 34 pounds over a full day if you keep it running. The basket underneath holds the finished ice, and it does start softening if you leave it sitting too long, since a countertop machine has none of a chest freezer's insulation, but at under 50 decibels it runs quietly enough to sit through an actual kitchen conversation. Fifteen minutes of self-cleaning keeps mineral buildup out of the parts that matter, and the top cover lifts straight off, so the fussy bit, wiping out the tank, takes about as long as rinsing a mug.