Why this ice cube machine earns its place
The DCQ38-16A D shares every spec with its gravity-drain sibling: 38 kg of crystal-clear Qube cubes every 24 hours, 16 kg of on-board storage, front-breathing air-cooled condenser, and a footprint that slides under a standard 900 mm back-bar counter. The difference is the factory-fitted drain pump — a compact peristaltic unit that lifts condensate and melt-water up to 1.5 m vertically or 5 m horizontally to a standpipe or sink waste.
That pump changes where the machine can live. Basement bars with overhead drainage, island servery units away from a floor gully, pop-up sites with only a sink tail to hand — anywhere a 150 mm gravity fall is impossible or impractical. The pump runs only during the harvest cycle, so it's quiet in service and draws negligible extra power (≈ 15 W peak).
Everything else reads the same. Qube cubes: dense, slow-melting, individually formed, no ice-pick choreography. Front service access: evaporator, pump, board all slide out behind the fascia. Controls at eye level: cycle status, fault codes, clean/descale prompts. Single-phase 230 V, 13 A plug-top. Same cleaning cadence — bin sanitise weekly, evaporator descale every 3–6 months depending on water hardness, annual pro service to keep the warranty live.
