I think it's a mixed bag. Some love them. Some hate them...mostly seems to be those who have had a catastrophic failure who hate them. Personally, my family has had had a leak happen at the dishwasher...I find the convenience of having a dishwasher worth the potential leak issue. I feel the same way about an in-door icemaker. We have the Kenmore Elite (has the same slim-in-door icemaker that you were describing). We've only had the icemaker running for a few months now and so far, I'm rather happy with it. A few little things that are slight annoyances - I wish that the ice cubes were just a bit larger. The formed ice cubes sometimes stick together, so you have to take out the ice hopper and break up the ice - nothing major and certainly not all the time, but an inconvenience to an extent - if you hope to never need to open the door to get ice, ours hasn't proven to be that way. But again, this has only happened a few times in the months that we've been using it. And if you are a very heavy ice-using family, the ice maker may not make enough ice for your needs. There's two of us in our family, and there's always plenty of ice for us (I'm a "light-ice" user and my DH is moderate. I would expect that it could supply our ice needs two times over without issue if necessary.

I have a small chiller under our second sink in the hallway to dining room (butlers pantry). It is connected to a water filter. I have a water dispenser at the sink. Works great - much better than a dispenser inside a fridge (with kids too much struggle with getting access etc) or outside (looks better). I got it and the water dispenser at a great price on ebay (like $120?). (We have ice maker in the freezer drawer.) It can be loud when the chiller kicks in (after you fill a water bottle for example) but that's been the only issue. I tried to attach picture of it. Many manuf rebrand it and they all look the same (and are the same).

Hi, I have a late model GE stainless steel fridge (purchased 2008-2009). My water dispenser all of a sudden stopped working while the cube dispenser worked. I noticed that there was a funny smell and recall that my sister-in-law experienced the same and had to replace the water filter. I replaced the water filter but still not water. I checked the water connection at the bottom of the fridge and water was flowing up to that point. I took a peak at the water dispensing hose and noticed that the cube dispenser opening had some mildew ;-( My wife proceeded to use some 409 spray cleaner and also shot a stream or two at the water dispenser. Well, about 40 seconds later, the water dispenser spit some water out and started to operate properly once again (even better than before; bigger stream of water). I just want to give a heads up to anyone out there who may be experiencing the same issue.

I have well water, a "whole house filter" and an Icon fridge with a filter. My previous house had well water and a GE fridge with no filter, but we had a Culligan reverse osmosis water filtration system. As far as water/ice quality, I've noticed almost no difference from city water - except that well water tastes less "chemically" than my city water did. It is really a water quality issue. Once your well is up and running, you will be able to have the water tested and go from there regarding filters and such. Our new house happens to have a very deep well - over 600 feet down - and has excellent quality water - clear, no iron, low residue so we have great results from any tap. The other issue is water pressure. You want to make sure you will have adequate water pressure for an ice maker/water dispenser (this should really be no problem). Enjoy your well.