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ecozy vs GE Profile Opal 2.0
One of these manufacturers publishes a specification table. The other does not. Every comparison you have read fills in the gap without telling you.
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Quick picks
| # | Machine | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No photo GE Profile XPIO13SCSS Every claim on its page traces to a document you can open. | The verifiable choice | |
| 2 | No photo ecozy Not published Makes nugget ice. Beyond that, nothing is published. | The cheaper unknown |
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What each manufacturer publishes
| Specification | GE Profile Opal 2.0 | ecozy nugget |
|---|---|---|
| Current rating | 3.0 A | Not published |
| Rated output per day | 38 lbs | Not published |
| Rated output per hour | 1.6 lbs | Not published |
| Bin capacity | 3.0 lbs | Not published |
| Installation clearance | 3 in | Not published |
| Empty weight | 37.6 lbs | Not published |
| Dimensions | 16.5 H x 13.43 W x 17.5 D | Not published |
| Monthly running cost | Ceiling of $7.78 | Not computable |
The trick most comparisons use
Search results for this matchup are full of confident tables with two full columns of numbers. Those second columns come from marketplace listing copy, not manufacturer documentation, and the pages almost never say so.
Listing copy is written to sell. It is not checked, it is not versioned, it changes without notice and it frequently contradicts itself between colorways of the same product. Our source hierarchy puts it below manufacturer manuals and support documents for exactly that reason, and where the higher tiers are silent we write Not published rather than dropping down a tier and hoping.
What you can actually decide on
- Price. Real, visible and the honest reason most people are on this page.
- The ice. Identical. Both machines use the same auger mechanism and both produce the same soft chewable pellet. You are not buying better ice at the top of this market.
- Documentation and support. GE publishes a cleaning procedure, error-code meanings, a normal-sounds page and a specification table. That matters most in year three, when something goes wrong.
- Parts availability. Filters and cleaning solution for the Opal line are widely stocked. Assume nothing about a machine whose manufacturer does not publish a spec sheet.
- Verifiability. Whether it matters to you that a claim can be checked is a legitimate preference. It is the preference this whole site is built on, so we are not neutral, and we would rather say so than pretend.
Our recommendation
Buy the Opal 2.0 if you want a machine you can look up. Buy the ecozy if the price gap is what decides it for you, and go in knowing that the specifications you have seen quoted for it are seller copy.
Either way, the maintenance is the same and it matters more than the purchase: see cleaning and descaling.
The picks in full
1. The verifiable choice
GE Profile Opal 2.0 Nugget Ice Maker
The machine everything else is measured against, and the only one whose maker publishes both a production rate and a per-hour rate.
- Rated output
- 38 lbs/day
- Bin capacity
- 3 lbs
- Electrical
- 3 A at 120 V (360 VA nameplate)
- Ceiling at 4 hrs/day, $0.18/kWh
- $7.78/month (from the nameplate ceiling)
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GE's owner's manual rates the 2.0 at 3.0 A, which at 120 V is a 360 VA nameplate — the highest here. That is a ceiling, not a running draw, but it is the ceiling you are budgeting an outlet for.
The 3 lb bin is not refrigerated. Ice melts, the meltwater drains back into the reservoir and gets re-frozen, so the bin is a holding tray rather than a freezer.
GE is the only manufacturer in this set that publishes an hourly rate as well as a daily one, which makes 'how long until I have a glass of ice' answerable from published data instead of guesswork.
Skip this if
You want the cheapest route to nugget ice, or a small footprint. It is the biggest current draw in this table and its 3 lb bin empties fast.
2. The cheaper unknown
ecozy Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
A frequently compared budget nugget machine with no manufacturer specification table we could retrieve.
- Rated output
- Not published
- Bin capacity
- Not published
- Electrical
- Not published
- Ceiling at 4 hrs/day, $0.18/kWh
- Not published
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ecozy appears constantly in searches alongside the Opal, which is why it has a page here at all.
No manufacturer manual with a specification table could be retrieved, so every numeric field reads Not published.
We have not tested it and we are not going to describe how quiet or fast it is on the strength of other people's reviews.
Skip this if
You are the kind of buyer who reads the spec plate. There is nothing published to read.
Questions people actually ask
Is the ecozy nugget ice maker as good as the GE Opal?
There is no published data that would let anyone answer that honestly. GE publishes a current rating, a daily and hourly ice rate, a bin capacity, a clearance requirement and an empty weight for the Opal 2.0. We could not retrieve any manufacturer specification table for ecozy's nugget machines. We have not used either machine, so we are not going to rank them on impressions.
How much does the ecozy nugget ice maker cost to run?
Unknown, and not estimable. A running cost requires either a published wattage or a voltage and current rating, and ecozy publishes neither. We will not derive one from a similar-looking machine, because a spec borrowed from a different product is a fabricated spec.
Should I buy the cheaper ecozy instead of the Opal?
If the price difference matters more to you than knowing what you are buying, that is a legitimate trade and plenty of people make it happily. What you should not do is believe you are comparing specifications when only one side has published any.
Sources
- GE Profile Opal 2.0 Owner's Manual 49-9000029 Rev. 6, p.17 (read 2026-09-02)
- FirstBuild Opal Use & Care manual, Ver. 2/13/2017, p.12 (read 2026-09-02)
- EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, June 2026 (read 2026-09-02)
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