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Euhomy vs Frigidaire Gallery EFIC255
The budget nugget matchup, and a clean illustration of what an extra hundred dollars actually buys: a specification table.
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Quick picks
| # | Machine | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No photo Frigidaire EFIC255 185 W, 44 lbs a day, R600a, and a printed spec table. | The documented choice | |
| 2 | No photo Euhomy IM-12S Same ice, no published specifications of any kind. | The cheaper unknown |
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What each publishes
| Specification | Frigidaire Gallery EFIC255 | Euhomy nugget |
|---|---|---|
| Power consumption | 185 W | Not published |
| Input voltage | 115V 60Hz | Not published |
| Daily ice output | 20 kg / 24h (44.1 lbs) | Not published |
| Refrigerant | R600a | Not published |
| Dimensions | 10" W x 14.6" D x 16.5" H | Not published |
| Bin capacity | Not published | Not published |
| Monthly running cost | About $4.00 | Not computable |
What the price difference actually buys
Not better ice. Both machines freeze water into flakes on a chilled cylinder, scrape those flakes off with an auger and compress them into soft pellets. The output is the same product.
What it buys is:
- A running cost you can compute. 185 W published means about $4.00 a month at four hours a day. For the Euhomy there is no input to compute with.
- A rated output you can plan around. 20 kg a day, printed in a specification table rather than a listing headline.
- A refrigerant type. R600a matters if the machine is ever serviced, and it tells a technician something before they open it.
- Dimensions from the manufacturer. Ten inches wide is the narrowest full-size nugget machine we have specs for, and knowing that before you order is the difference between it fitting and not.
To be fair to Euhomy: Frigidaire omits things too
Frigidaire's specification table has six rows. It does not publish bin capacity, empty weight, installation clearance, operating temperature range, decibel rating or warranty term. GE publishes four of those six for the Opal.
So the ranking is not Frigidaire-good and Euhomy-bad. It is a spectrum, and it runs GE, then Frigidaire and NewAir, then everything else at zero. Where you buy on that spectrum is a decision about how much verifiability is worth to you, and the honest answer for many buyers is: not very much, and that is fine.
Either way, this part is identical
Maintenance does not care what the machine cost. Both will scale if your water is hard, both will grow biofilm if you leave water standing in them, and both will slow down before they stop. The procedures are on cleaning and descaling, and they are the single biggest determinant of how long either machine lasts.
The picks in full
1. The documented choice
Frigidaire Gallery Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
The only nugget machine here whose maker publishes an actual power consumption instead of a nameplate ceiling, and it is a low one.
- Rated output
- 44 lbs/day
- Bin capacity
- 3 lbs
- Electrical
- 185 W published
- Ceiling at 4 hrs/day, $0.18/kWh
- $4.00/month (from published watts)
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185 W published means the running-cost figure for this machine is not a derived ceiling — it is arithmetic on a number Frigidaire printed. That is the strongest cost data on the site.
It is rated at 20 kg a day, which is 44 lbs — higher than the Opal 2.0's 38. Both numbers are measured under ideal conditions the manual does not describe.
Ten inches wide and 16.5 tall makes it the narrowest full-size nugget machine in this set.
Skip this if
You need a manufacturer-published bin capacity. Frigidaire's specification table omits it, so the 3 lb figure on this page comes from a retail listing rather than the manual.
2. The cheaper unknown
Euhomy Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
A widely sold budget nugget machine whose manufacturer publishes no specification table we could find.
- 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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Euhomy's manuals for this line exist but carry no specifications table — no voltage, no current, no rated output, no bin capacity.
That is the honest state of this listing. Every spec field on this page reads Not published because every spec field is genuinely not published, and we are not going to fill them from a marketplace bullet point.
If low price is the deciding factor, this is a real option. If sourced numbers are, buy one of the machines above instead.
Skip this if
You want to know what you are buying before it arrives. We could not source a single manufacturer-published spec for this machine.
Questions people actually ask
Is Euhomy or Frigidaire better for nugget ice?
The ice itself is the same: both use the same auger mechanism and produce the same soft chewable pellet. The difference is that Frigidaire publishes a specification table for the EFIC255 (185 W, 20 kg a day, R600a, three dimensions) and Euhomy publishes none for its nugget machines. We have not used either, so documentation is the only ground on which an honest comparison can be made.
How much cheaper is the Euhomy to run?
Unknown, because Euhomy publishes no wattage or current rating. The Frigidaire's published 185 W works out to about $4.00 a month at four running hours a day and 18 cents per kWh. We will not estimate a figure for the Euhomy from a similar-looking machine.
Does spending more on a nugget ice maker get you better ice?
No. The ice is the same. What more money buys in this category is documentation, parts availability, published cleaning and error procedures, and sometimes a lower running cost. Those are real things, and none of them is the ice.
Sources
- Frigidaire EFIC255 Use & Care Manual, p.12 (read 2026-09-02)
- Frigidaire EFIC235 User Manual, p.9 (for comparison) (read 2026-09-02)
- EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, June 2026 (read 2026-09-02)
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