It’s noisy - the churn of ice being made is providing a background rhythm even as I type this. It comes with Bluetooth and an atrocious app I closed immediately after opening. The GE Opal costs $550 if you’re lucky (it goes on sale often) but usually retails for $579 to $679. Even a glass of water feels like it’s more expensive. Sodas sparkle when faced with so much surface area. Juice feels luxurious poured over these chewy little ice nugs. I stopped buying iced coffee elsewhere because mine always just came out fancier - and seemingly tastier. Besides being crucial for authentic Tiki drinks, this ice just feels like it classes up every drink it touches. But the GE Opal gives me the “good” ice, alternatively known as “nugget” or “Sonic” ice.

I’m hesitant to call it a “guilty” pleasure because I have used this $550 (or more) GE Opal 2.0 ice machine every day for nearly a full year and not once have I felt guilt about spending such an obscene amount of cash on a kitchen gadget that does exactly one thing. We asked the staff of The Verge what some of their guilty pleasures are, and the braver among us volunteered some answers. Or a hair styler that is way expensive but would make you look fabulous. Or a video game that you’ve been playing for years. It could be a $100-plus coffee cup that keeps your liquid at the exact right temperature.

We all have stuff that we’ve bought ourselves - or asked others to buy for us - that makes us happy, even if we suspect our friends may not understand why it’s so great.

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