EUHOMY Ice Maker Review: Is the Sonic-Ice Dream Worth $145?

Quick overview

Short version: yes, it makes the real thing, soft chewable nugget ice, first batch in 6 to 8 minutes, up to 34 pounds (15.4 kg) a day, straight from a tank you fill yourself. No plumbing, no installation, and it's light enough to ride along to the RV or a party. Plan for around $145. But before you click anything: 12% of owners ended up unhappy with theirs, and in almost every case the reason was preventable. I'll show you exactly what separates the happy majority from that group, so you know which one you'd be.

The question you're actually asking

You're not really asking whether this machine makes ice. You're asking whether it'll be the appliance version of a gym membership: thrilling for two weeks, then a $145 monument to good intentions humming in the corner. Fair question — 12% of the 16,939 people who bought this one would tell you it was. But when I read those angry reviews side by side, they were all telling the same story. And it's not the story you'd expect.

The one-star autopsy

Roughly two thousand people gave this machine one star, and I read my way through that wall of anger so you don't have to. Here's the plot twist: almost none of them describe a machine that never worked. They describe a machine that worked beautifully — and then slowly stopped, somewhere around month two or three. Smaller ice. Longer cycles. A sour smell. That's not a lemon lottery; that's scale. Nugget machines drink water all day, and if you feed this one hard tap water and skip the cleaning cycle, minerals quietly choke it. The angriest reviews are, almost word for word, the reviews of people who never ran the cleaner. Which means that 12% isn't really a defect rate — it's a maintenance rate. Whether that reassures you or disqualifies you depends entirely on which kind of owner you'll be.

I always read the spread before the average, because the average hides the story. Here, 4 and 5 stars combine to a healthy 77%, but 12% of owners rate it 1 star. With countertop ice makers that split usually comes down to setup and cleaning habits, and the good news is both are in your control.

The three-star truth

The middle reviews — the honest ones — agree on the headline: real, soft, chewable sonic ice, first batch in under ten minutes, exactly as promised. Their gripes are practical, not fatal: the 1.2-quart tank needs refilling more often than you'd like if you're running it hard, and because this is a countertop unit rather than a freezer, ice you don't use melts back into the reservoir to be made again later. Nobody in the middle regrets the ice. They just wish the tank were bigger and the bin were colder.

How to use and clean the EUHOMY ice maker

1. Set up. Place the unit on a level counter with clearance for ventilation, fill the 1.2 quart (1.1 L) tank with water, and power it on. First nugget ice arrives in 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Run it through the day. The ICE FULL indicator stops ice-making automatically when the basket fills, so you can leave it running and scoop with the included scoop as needed. It produces up to 34 pounds (15.4 kg) across 24 hours.
3. Transfer ice you want to keep. The basket is not a freezer. Move ice you want to store into a freezer bag or bin; meltwater drains back to the tank and gets reused.
4. Run the auto-cleaning cycle. Use the built-in auto-cleaning function on a regular schedule, and empty plus dry the tank between uses. Regular cleaning is the single habit that separates the 5-star experience from the 1-star one on machines like this. Check the included manual for the exact clean-cycle steps and any cleaning-solution guidance for your unit.
5. Refresh the water. Swap in fresh water rather than topping up old water, especially after the unit has sat unused. The removable top cover makes tank access straightforward.

Where it shines, where it bites

What 16,939 owners are really saying

Let me put the spread in plain English: 64% of owners are thrilled, another 13% are happy with small reservations, and 12% wish they'd never bought it. That's the signature of a machine that treats you exactly as well as you treat it. In this category the unhappy tail almost always comes down to two things, skipped cleaning cycles and hard-water scale, and both are completely in your control. That's why the maintenance section below is the most valuable two minutes on this page: it's the difference between joining the 64% and joining the 12%.

EUHOMY ice maker: real buyer questions

Walk away if this is you

If what you actually want is a machine you plumb in, forget about, and never clean — walk away. That machine exists, it costs several times more, and this isn't it. Same if you expect the bin to keep ice frozen overnight; countertop units don't do that. But if you can spare two minutes a month for a cleaning cycle, you're the 77%, not the 12% — and the maintenance routine below is exactly how.

So, is it worth it?

For most people, yes. At around $145 against a $189.99 list price, this machine delivers the two numbers that matter most in this category: 6 to 8 minutes to first ice and 34 pounds (15.4 kg) a day, in a portable, under-50 dB unit that 77% of 16,939 raters scored at 4 stars or better. I'd buy it if you want chewable nugget ice without a plumbing line and you'll actually run the cleaning cycle. I'd skip it if you need ice that stays frozen in the bin or a plumbed, set-and-forget machine; that's a different appliance at a different price.