The Avalon Nugget Ice Maker produces soft chewable ice at 38 lbs Per Day. It is simple to use with one click operation. It feautres a large ice storage drawer holding 5.5 lbs of ice at a time. The ice maker connects directly to a water line for continuos water flow for auto repleneshing. The water is taken from your water source and filtered through our dual stage filtration with an NSF certified activated carbon filter (listed as model Avalon A4FILTER) and a sediment filter (listed as model Avalon A5FILTER). You will never need to refill the machine with water to make more ice. The control panel has touch buttons and LED indicators for your convenience. The ice drawer has a nightlight to see the level of ice storage at night. The unit has a self cleaning feature to automatically clean the internal parts of the unit to help prolong the llife of the machine and to keep your ice always tasting fresh. There is a sleek drip tray to catch any potential drips of water while taking ice. The unit dimensions are 10.23x16.73x16.73 inches. The unit is certified by ETL for the utmost safety.