On 2020-09-18 8:10 a.m., songbird wrote:
> Gary wrote:

>> Next time buy a basic fridge without all the fancy crap that
>> breaks. Will give you more freezer space too.
>
> we don't use much ice for anything here so the first thing we
> did with the new fridge was remove the ice-making crap. we've
> heard (and seen) so many horror stories from people's ice-makers
> causing problems and even damage to the house that we've never
> considered even connecting a water line or the rest of the BS
> involved.
>
> the few times we need ice we either buy it at the store or
> use ice-trays.
>
>

Same here. We don't use a heck of a lot of ice so I don't need to run
something that is prone to breaking down. I am sure that it might be
nice to hold a glass under the chute and have it fill with ice but it'd
no big deal to open the door and reach in for an ice cube tray.