I recently bought a 400ss and it has the cockpit ice maker. Just can't see ever using it! Does anyone have the cockpit frig? What would you prefer? Seems having a frig out there would be best and I'm considering switching.

I thought the same thing with my Sea Ray but can't find a 14" x 24" fridge.
Now I use the space to store an ice chest.

i had a 400ss and was amazed at how much use the ice maker got

I would consider keeping it. Can you enlarge the cutout area to accommodate the fridge?

Surprised the ice maker has been a "hit". I'm always weirded out about consuming water from the fresh water tank. In our boats and my toyhauler I'll brush my teeth with that water but that's it. Using a cockpit icemaker to ice down drinks wouldn't even be considered (and if you need to replenish ice your drinking too slow!).

Since the boat is getting ready to be hauled out for the season I suppose I'll wait til next summer to see how/if we use it. Shore power stays on in it's slip so maybe???

I'd keep it or at least use it for a while until your certain you don't want it anymore. I would think a fridge in the cabin would be plenty.

We opted for the cockpit fridge when building our cruiser. Glad we did, but since early June when we took delivery we have already stayed about 35 nights on the boat. Our longest trip was 13 days, so we need the fridge space. I bought a nice Igloo icemaker on Amazon and keep it down in the cabin. Best of both worlds.

MS has a tabletop/portable ice maker that she uses in her campers. That way you can make your ice out of bottled water, sans dealing with trays in the freezer.
Also, I bought her some of the highball round ice molds, so if you want to get really fancy and drink with your pinky up on your hoity-toity cruiser, you can make them with boiled water for clear ice balls like the fancy yuppie bars serve.