Good choice. Best of luck with Gen 2 if you decide to get one. ❤

@@ElaineBarlow I purchased it today. Thank you ♥️.

In the Gen 2? Yes same water. We have only ever used spring or RO water. Our tap water has never been safe to drink. Same water. Gen 2 is built better and designed different.

best of luck!

Do you use the side reservoir? Have you cleaned it thoroughly? I need a bit more information from you. There are multiple causes depending on a few factors.

Thanks but that wasn't the problem and I was using filtered and reverse osmosis water. The Gen 1 are just garbage. I have no mold with my Gen 2. If you watch the entire series that is explained.

nope. you're wrong. that wasn't the issue at all. thanks for the mansplaining though.

I have no idea what this comment even means.

Gen 1 should all be trashed. There is nothing to do about how badly they are designed. You won't be able to fix it or solve the problem. Just get rid of it and get a gen 2 or different brand.

Thank you so so much for this kind comment. Be sure to watch all my followup videos as well 💗

For me it is yes. When I don't use it, I never have the squeaking problem. I think there are two different kinds of squeaking ... one is definitely having to do with build up inside the machine ... the other seems to have to do with water pressure and air. If you empty the machine and both hoses and only use the built in reservoir see if you still have the problem after you have run vinegar through it (for basic cleaning, hard water etc).

Do you use the side reservoir?

stop using the reservoir. Empty the entire unit of water including all the hoses make sure they are clear. Only fill the base reservoir and tell me if you still get squealing after that. Also do a good cleaning with any kind of ice cleaner or vinegar or whatever you prefer. Like run it through several times. Tell me what happens.

do you use a side reservoir?

@@ElaineBarlow Yes I do, and speaking of Opal challenges our default oval reservoir one had problems where it started leaking at that join area where the two parts of the water container come together. We had to get that replaced under warranty and they sent the larger rectangle one as a replacement and no problem since. That makes me wonder if that is a known issue for those containers.

@@gregpparrish stop using the reservoir. Empty the entire unit of water including all the hoses make sure they are clear. Only fill the base reservoir and tell me if you still get squealing after that. Also do a good cleaning with any kind of ice cleaner or vinegar or whatever you prefer. Like run it through several times. Tell me what happens.

@@ElaineBarlow I will try this when I hear the loud squealing again. Right now I have a new issue where the unit is leaking water out of the bottom all over my counter when attempting to make ice. We have seen a similar issue months back where we have minimal water and the Opal support site reported this as defrost condensation but now it makes a tiny bit of ice if any and just leaks most all of the water from the reservoir out of the bottom of the unit so it is now not working as it should. We noticed this started a few weeks back and it was still making ice but has gotten worse and is now unusable so we are about to call for warranty support or replacement.

Not necessary for me at all

The whole purpose of this channel was the abuse my ice maker for 3 years just so I could open it up and show you guys.

If you've watched my channel which I assume you haven't for 3 years you'd know that I have never had any problems with my Gen 2. It's hardly on the road to death in fact its working great now that I figured out the problem.

Nope that's not the problem

I actually solved the issue very simply.

What was the solution?

I think I have figured out what causes it. I will post my findings.

nope but thanks for commenting

I dunno what to say to that. I've had zero problems with this for the past 3 years and I have treated it terribly. My ice tastes great because I don't use bad water in it. Gen 2 is the best unit yet.

Mine is working perfectly. Will upload a final video in a few moments. It's like new.

Glad it was helpful!

I have not had any problems with my Gen 2 and yes I recommend you throw the original Gen 1 away. As I have said on many posts ... the design itself is flawed and no matter what you do, that will not change. Gen 2 is a much better build and I STILL haven't had any problems with it.

Gen1 has a lot of problems in the design that CREATE perfect conditions for CONTINUOUS mold growth no matter how often you clean it. Especially depending on what kind of water you have. Glad its working again for you but you will go mad trying to keep it clean ... Did you get the Gen2? I'd just switch to that.

@@ElaineBarlow I only use distilled water so the fact that it was that bad was mind-blowing. I did get the Gen2, but I’m going to move the Gen1 to our boat since we are only on it seasonally. Cleaning it before storing it will just become part of the closing the boat up process lol

Stay far far away from any gen1 machines. Seriously. The design is simply flawed ... if you want an ice maker there are so many different ones on the market. You don't even have to go GE ... just don't get any gen1 ge from the original opal line.

Not sure why you post this stuff. You seem to have some kind of hostility that you need to release. Please do it elsewhere thanks.

I'm not sure what you're talking about and I can tell you didn't watch the whole series. We never use tap water in our first gen ... ever. We don't even drink our own tap water. We use RO water or filtered water to make our ice. This series of videos is about my experience with both Gen 1 and Gen 2 ice makers ... do make sure you have all the necessary information before making comments thanks.

I haven't done a thing to my Gen 2 since getting in December of 2021 when I did my first video. In fact I haven't even cleaned it once in order to be able to show you guys something when I finally open it. I have had ZERO problems with it. It still works perfectly and no mold at all.

Keurig no. I don't use pods for coffee. I drink real coffee. 😄 But yes ... any MACHINE needs proper cleaning and for the most part almost no one cleans ice machines properly. This video is not really about that though ... It's about defective Gen 1s ... and their bad builds.

They are useless and at this point ... if you watched the video at all ... I literally JUST received the ice maker and didn't have one yet. But in general they are useless and I use R.O or spring water in mine so I don't need a filter.

I actually don't use them in the Gen 2 at all mainly because I am only using RO water in it. But normally, I would say if you have the usual horrendous tap water a filter will help somewhat.

NEVER use tap water in your ice maker. Always use reverse osmosis or filtered water or spring water. We have extremely hard water where I live, in fact there's all kinds of issues with the water and we NEVER drink out of the tap. I live in an apartment and couldn't alter too much of my plumbing but I got a Waterdrop RO Under Sink system (www.waterdropfilter.com/) and I use that water for drinking, making ice, and coffee. I haven't had to do much descaling with the 2.0 but I use this (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZK0UG3) on my old ice maker. Most problems with all these ice makers (except for the utterly defective Gen 1s which were terribly designed and faulty from the beginning ... ) is often user error. People don't take care of them or clean them as often as they should and get mold, or they use the wrong water etc. The machines work when you do what you need to and take care of them. My Gen 2 hasn't given me any trouble since I first got it and I haven't done anything to it as far as cleaning or even maintenance so when I do my follow up video you all can see what it looks like inside as far as build up but normally, I'd do an HOCL run through once a week and a descale, if needed, monthly ... that's it.

@@ElaineBarlow thank you for the info. We do use filtered water. I think it’s still pretty hard though so might look into that under sink filter. I went ahead and pulled it apart and cleaned the interior hoses and tank and it’s working great again. I would have never thought to check this without your videos. Mine was nasty, and clogged. I’ll be curious to see what yours looks like when you open it up.

You'll most likely have the same issues if there is an internal reservoir.