Best overall
GE Profile Opal 2.0 (XPIO13SCSS)
3.0 A, 38 lbs a day, 1.6 lbs an hour. The best-documented machine in the category.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Nugget Report
Machine by Machine
One page per machine, built from the manufacturer's own documentation. Where a manufacturer publishes nothing, the page says Not published rather than filling the gap.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Most review pages in this category are built the same way: a specification table with no citations, a paragraph of impressions, and a verdict. The specifications usually come from marketplace listing copy, and the impressions usually come from other people.
These pages are built the other way round. Each one starts from the manufacturer's own manual — the specification page, with a page number — and everything else is reasoning on top of it. The result is that some of these reviews are short, because some manufacturers publish almost nothing, and a short honest page is better than a long page of borrowed numbers.
Two groups of machines
- Documented. The GE Opal line, the Frigidaire machines and both NewAir units. Each has a manufacturer specification table, so each has a spec sheet on this site with a source link on every value and a running cost we could compute.
- Undocumented. Euhomy, ecozy and KBice. Their manuals exist and cover setup and cleaning, but contain no specification section. Their pages here say so plainly, list what can honestly be said, and stop.
That split is not a comment on how good the machines are. It is a comment on how much you can know before you buy one, and it is the most useful thing we found while researching this category.
The documented field, side by side
| Machine | Rated output | Bin | Electrical | Max $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Profile XPIO13SCSS | 38 lbs/day [src] | 3 lbs [src] | 3 A [src] | $7.78(nameplate) |
| GE Profile OPAL01 | 24 lbs/day [src] | 3 lbs [src] | 2.5 A [src] | $6.48(nameplate) |
| Frigidaire EFIC255 | 44 lbs/day [src] | 3 lbs [src] | 185 W [src] | $4.00(published W) |
| NewAir NIM044BS00 | 44 lbs/day [src] | 3.3 lbs [src] | 2.7 A [src] | $6.71(nameplate) |
| NewAir NIM030SS00 | 30 lbs/day [src] | Not published | 170 W [src] | $3.67(published W) |
| Frigidaire EFIC235 | 44 lbs/day [src] | Not published | 200 W [src] | $4.32(published W) |
| Frigidaire EFIC452 | 39.7 lbs/day [src] | Not published | 120 W [src] | $2.59(published W) |
How to read these pages
- Every value links to its source. The small [src] marker beside a number opens the document it came from, and hovering it shows the page and the date we read it.
- "Not published" means exactly that. The manufacturer does not publish it and we did not substitute a figure from a similar model or a listing.
- The cost column is a ceiling, not a bill. Where a manufacturer publishes real watts we say so; where we had only a nameplate, the figure is a maximum and the column header says so.
- Every page names a reason to skip the machine. That field is required by the data model — a product entry on this site does not compile without it — because a review with no downside is an advertisement.
What is missing from all of them
Noise, warranty and lifespan. No manufacturer in this category publishes a decibel rating, no specification table we read includes a warranty term, and nobody publishes an expected life. Those fields are blank across every review here, and they are blank for the same reason: the information does not exist to be published.
Our reasoning about all three is set out on the noise page and how long these machines last.
Everything in Reviews
Best for large households
GE Profile Opal 2.0 Ultra (XPIO43SCSS)
The 2.0 with a bigger tank and an extra inch of clearance. No published ice rate.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best documented
GE Opal, First Generation (OPAL01)
2.5 A, 24 lbs a day, 44 lbs empty. The most completely specified machine we found.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best on electricity
Frigidaire Gallery EFIC255
185 W published and 44 lbs a day rated. The best output-per-watt figure on the site.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best bin capacity
NewAir NIM044BS00
3.3 lb bin, 2.7 A ice-making current, 34.17 lbs. The biggest bin published here.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Lowest published draw
NewAir NIM030SS00
170 W published, the cheapest nugget machine on the site to run.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Widely available budget option
Euhomy Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
A widely sold budget machine whose manufacturer publishes no specification table.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Frequently cross-shopped budget option
ecozy Countertop Nugget Ice Maker
Constantly compared against the Opal, with no published specifications to compare.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best if you want a dispenser
KBice Self Dispensing Nugget Ice Maker
A dispensing format nothing else here offers, with no published specifications.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best portable for volume
Frigidaire EFIC235
200 W, 44 lbs a day of bullet ice, and 19 inches tall. Fast, and tall.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
Best for cocktails
Frigidaire EFIC452
90 to 120 W published, 14.1 inches tall, and clear cubes that melt slowly.
Updated September 2026 · Scooter M.
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Where to go next
If you have narrowed it to two machines, the head-to-head comparisons are built from the same documents. If you have not narrowed it at all, start with the nugget roundup, which ranks the whole field and explains the ranking.