Many newer RVs come with automatic ice makers, but not all. And certainly, not many older RVs do. Do you have an automatic ice maker in your RV?
If you’re in the market for a small, portable ice maker, we recently came across this post on our Facebook group, RV Advice (which may have sparked this poll question…) from Sophie Adalyn. Sophie wrote, “Bought an ice maker for the camper and in 12 hours this is what we got. We mostly use ice for the coolers and it gets expensive buying ice. I think at this rate we could sell ice. Love it!”
That’s a lot of ice! You can find the ice maker she used here.
Never use ice maker in refrigerator, wish it was not there takes up room.
Take it out. I did. Not hard to do. Should have a water shutoff under the fridge. Turn it off and take it out.
Yup, we love it
We buy bagged ice
Yes but rarely use
Got rid of the NotSoCold aka firetrap Norcold and installed a Samsung RF197 18 cu/ft French Door fridge with an ice maker in the rollout freezer. Best upgrade to our coach ever.
Ours is semiautomatic, we pour water in and get ice out. 1st one was a no name China special from eBay that almost lasted two seasons. We replaced that with a beautiful red one from Walmart for less than $100, not only has it lasted 3 seasons but it’s much quieter and less complicated, turn it on, fill with water and 12 minutes later you’ve got ice. We love it, we constantly drink ice water so having the ice maker works for us.
Bought our China special (Walmart)
8 yrs ago and it is still running great!
Good old fashioned ice trays for us.
We get by without ice cubes
Agreed.
This.
Yes we do. We have a residential fridge
We have an icemaker but don’t use it. We are not full time and it’s too difficult to get all the water out of the lines when winterizing. Probably taking it out this fall.
Interesting fact: the ice maker in our 13 year old Norcold RV fridge makes better ice than the one in our nearly-new GE Fridge at home!
Our motorhome is all-electric with a residential refrigerator that has an ice dispenser in the door.
FT. Have ice maker but don’t use it. Over the years we’ve gotten used to non-iced drinks. The ice container space in freezer is used for more food. We do maintain re-freezable packs for a cooler.
Yes, ice maker in fridge. We drink a lot of ice water. Need ice for cocktails. Dog loves ice water after a long walk. So simple to winterize. Wouldn’t have a motor home without it.
No, we tried the counter top ice maker. Took up too much space, cost too much and you had to watch it and remove ice or it just melted in tray. Bags of ice are easier.
I have an ice maker in the residential fridge but it has never been on since new. I fill the ice bin from the house before leaving on a trip so I have ice if needed. In my last Motorhome I removed the ice maker to have more room in the freezer.
We freeze water bottles then peel them and cut them in half and have a giant ice cube. Lasts all day if not in sun light. When we worked in campground we got free ice.
Best part of the rv!
At only a buck A bag at dollar tree, I could buy a lot of ice for the cost of an ice maker.
our icemaker went south during a trip a few years ago and findimg smaller bags of ice to put in the ice tray proved problematic. Chik-fil-A to the rescue. there’s just the two of us but we go thru a lot of ice. thankfully Chik-fil-A was nearby in most places we stayed during the trip.
We actually could have clicked on two of these. I have a tabletop ice maker as well as a built in one. I use it when we are with a larger group to help provide for others as well.
and we love it!
I bought an Opal nugget ice machine (think Sonic drive-in type ice) when they were in beta-testing, and when we go camping for more than a week it goes with us. Otherwise, we just bag up some and take it with us.
We have a portable ice maker, same as the one shown here. It works great. We get home in the evening from our volunteer work, hit the on button and in minutes we have ice. After a tray gets full we shut it off.
Nope. Don’t need one. If I’m having people over I’ll get a bag of ice for the cooler. Get my cold beer and soda out of the refrigerator.
Built into freezer works great just need to turn off before traveling or it will freeze the cube dumper.
I don’t make or use ice at all!