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Ice machine

Post by 8BALL » Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:36 pm

hi folks, i'm thinking about spending a $200 ice machine for parties as well as using it for fishing purposes.

Are they worth it, or are they troublesome in the long run?

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Re: Ice machine

Post by Boonanza » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:24 pm

su888 wrote:hi folks, i'm thinking about spending a $200 ice machine for parties as well as using it for fishing purposes.

Are they worth it, or are they troublesome in the long run?
I got one for the Mrs all I got from her afterwards was the cold shoulder ;-)
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Post by Kimtown » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:51 pm

We have one at work, I dunno what it would be worth but I'm estimating it would be worth a bit more than $200. It puts out about 4 bags a day if you are tending to it constantly.

If I didn't have one free for use at work, I would definitely invest in one. It's a beauty, and will save you money long term.

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Post by smile0784 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:14 pm

Depend on how many parties you have a year and how many bags of ice you use each time.

When game fishing we were using 1 bag a day for 7 days and if fishing local just use a 2lt frozen bottle and we have 2 partys here a year.
So about 11 bags a year if we go game fishing.
So $200 will buy about 44 bags of ice.
So its worth it if machine will last minimum of more then 5years

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