Foster FS132/28-127 Air Cooled Modular Cube Ice Maker, 134kg/24hrs Output

134kg a day from a head 560mm wide and 575mm tall. The mid point of Foster’s modular range, and the one most often specified over a 200kg bin.

560mm wide, 620mm deep. It is the narrowest of the modular heads, which matters when it is going into a plant room or onto a shelf rather than a dedicated ice bay.

Head only: the storage bin is not included. Choose it deliberately, because 134kg of production into a small bin just means the machine cycles constantly and the ice sits longer than it should.

Modular buys you two things an integral cannot: the ice maker can live away from the service area, and the bin can be sized to the site rather than to the cabinet. It also means replacing one half rather than both when they eventually fail at different times.

Air cooled. Warranty is 2 years parts and labour.

Where it stops: for roughly £294 more, the F202/28-128 head adds 71kg a day and still fits the same bins.