Quick Answer: KoolMore isn’t one ice maker — it’s a lineup spanning three different machines: the KM-BIM66-NSS (66 lbs/day nugget, ~$1,390-1,499, built-in with a drain pump), the CIM198 (198 lbs/day undercounter cube ice, roughly $1,150-2,020 depending on retailer), and the KM-CIM-400 (420 lbs/day freestanding cuber, around $5,100 list). All three are genuinely sold — on Amazon, Home Depot, and foodservice-supply sites — but owner reviews are inconsistent: some report years of reliable output, while others, including a Home Depot reviewer, report early compressor failures or a unit that “floods the store every couple of months.”
KoolMore shows up constantly on this site as the budget pick in commercial and nugget-ice roundups, but the name covers more ground than most shoppers realize, and its reliability record is genuinely mixed rather than uniformly good or bad. Here’s the full lineup, what it actually costs, and what owners report after buying.
KoolMore lineup at a glance
| Spec | KM-BIM66-NSS | CIM198 | KM-CIM-400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice type | Pearl/nugget | Full cube | Full cube |
| Rated output | ~66 lbs/24 hrs | ~198 lbs/24 hrs | ~418-420 lbs/24 hrs |
| Storage bin | 17.5 lbs | 55 lbs | 200 lbs |
| Install type | Built-in, drain pump included | Undercounter, air-cooled | Freestanding, air-cooled |
| Typical use | Home bar | Home bar, small café, rental | Restaurant, bar, hotel |
| Price | ~$1,390-1,499 | ~$1,150-2,020 | ~$5,100 list |
KoolMore CIM198 Undercounter Ice Maker
- Undercounter, air-cooled cube maker rated for 198 lbs of full-cube ice in 24 hours with a 13-20 minute cycle, per the manufacturer's listing.
- Marketed for both commercial and residential use — meaningful overkill for a typical home kitchen, but a fit for a busy home bar or short-term rental.
- Price varies sharply by retailer: TigerChef lists it as low as $1,150 on sale against a $2,020 list price, the same wide spread this site has already flagged on the KM-BIM66-NSS.
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Three machines, one name
The detail that trips up shoppers searching “KoolMore ice maker” is that the name spans three genuinely different products, not one machine in different sizes. The KM-BIM66-NSS is the one already covered in depth elsewhere on this site — a 66-lb/day built-in nugget maker with a drain pump, the pick for chewable ice at a home bar (see our best commercial nugget ice maker guide). The CIM198 above is a step up in raw output but makes full cube ice instead, and installs the same way — undercounter, air-cooled, needs a water line and drain. The KM-CIM-400 is a different category again: a floor-standing 420-lb/day cuber with a 200-lb bin, sized for a restaurant or bar rather than a home installation, and priced around $5,100 list — roughly 3-4x the CIM198 for more than double the output.
What owners actually report
KoolMore’s review record across Home Depot, Best Buy, and Amazon is genuinely mixed rather than uniformly positive or negative. On the positive side, owners of the KM-BIM66-NSS report crystal-clear ice and reliable performance over months of home-bar use, and a commercial buyer running a donut shop reported solid high-volume output after initial setup tweaks. On the negative side, a Home Depot reviewer of the freestanding cuber line called their unit “the worst ice maker” they’d invested in, describing units that shut down or flooded their store every couple of months, and other reviewers report compressor issues out of the box or units that stop making ice within a month. None of these complaints cluster around one specific model — they span the lineup — which is the honest takeaway: KoolMore’s price point buys real capability, but the reliability variance is wider than premium foodservice brands like Manitowoc or Scotsman, where duty-cycle engineering is what the higher price is actually paying for.
KoolMore vs. the competition
- vs. Euhomy or VEVOR (same budget-commercial tier): All three compete directly on the “commercial-style, ETL-not-NSF” shelf — see our best commercial ice maker guide for how the Euhomy 100-lb and VEVOR 110-lb units stack up against KoolMore’s CIM198 on price per pound of daily output.
- vs. Ice-O-Matic GEMU090 (true NSF-listed nugget): If a health inspector will ever walk through the space, the KM-BIM66-NSS isn’t the right machine — it’s ETL-listed but not NSF/ANSI-12 certified. See our Ice-O-Matic ice maker review for the certified alternative.
- vs. Manitowoc or Scotsman (true foodservice, higher volume): Both build NSF-listed machines at similar or higher output than the KM-CIM-400, sold through dealer quotes rather than retail listings — a real price premium, but for a business that depends on the ice, the tighter reliability record matters. Full comparison in our Manitowoc ice maker review and Scotsman ice maker review.
- vs. GE Profile Opal 2.0 (no plumbing at all): None of the three KoolMore machines are reservoir-fed — every one needs a water line and drain. If that’s a dealbreaker, the countertop GE Profile Opal 2.0 skips plumbing entirely at a fraction of the output.
- Full brand rankings: see our best ice maker brands guide for how KoolMore stacks up against every major name on this site.
Who should buy a KoolMore?
The CIM198 makes sense for a home bar or small café that wants meaningfully more cube ice than a home undercounter unit produces, without paying foodservice-dealer prices. The KM-CIM-400 is worth considering for an actual restaurant or bar that needs 400+ lbs a day and can’t or won’t go through a dealer quote — but budget for the possibility of an early failure given the mixed review record, and price out an extended warranty. Anyone chasing chewable nugget ice specifically should start with the already-reviewed KM-BIM66-NSS rather than either cube machine here.
The bottom line
KoolMore is a real, actively-sold budget-commercial brand spanning three distinct machines — nugget, undercounter cube, and freestanding cuber — not a single product with a confusing name. All three undercut true foodservice equipment on price by a wide margin, and plenty of owners report years of solid use. But the review record includes real early-failure complaints too, spread across the lineup rather than isolated to one SKU, so the honest advice is to buy from a retailer with an easy return window and consider the extra cost of an extended warranty before installing one behind a bar.
Last updated: September 22, 2026.