OXO Good Grips Silicone Stackable Ice Cube Tray with Lid - Large Cube,Dark Blue

Makes 6 fairly large, but not over-sized ice cubes that are easy to extract from the rubber mold. 1) There's the holding tray for housing your blue ice cube mold. 2) The actual blue rubber ice cube mold for making your ice cubes. 3) The cover that goes on top of everything to keep the water from spilling out so you cantransport the unit into the freezer. What's great about this item is that the ice cubes are nice and big and easy to extract from the mold. They fit most glasses, even tall and narrow. Because the cubes are fairly large, they last much longer and you don't need as many. Our fridge's ice cube maker hasn't worked the day we bought the refrigerator. We will not buy another fridge with ice maker ever again. We also don't like buying bagged ice because the ice eventually freezes together and a third of the bag becomes useless.The bagged ice also takes up considerable room in our freezer. We liked the first tray we got so much, we purchased a second one so we could make a dozen at a time. It does take longer to freeze them because they're bigger, but after we make a dozen or so, we don't care how long it takes because we just reach in the bucket we put them in and use them for whatever we need them for. OXO makes pretty decent stuff too. We've bought other kitchen items from them and so far have been happy with our choices. If you're tired of dealing with little cubes and the hassle of storing them, then this may be the item that changes all of that.

These are very useful beyond simple ice cubes. Foremost, it should be noted that these are LARGE cubes. That's a good thing if that's what you're looking for, but should be noted if you're looking for tiny cubes. So what can we do with these LARGE cubes? My favorite use for them is to make frozen cubes of the my heart beets Indian food cooking recipes found online. Make a bunch of cubes, freeze, and then pop a few into each dish for quick and easy (and delicious!) Indian meals. Add one of these presses (https://amzn.to/45sN1gx ) and some quality cheesecloth and make your own paneer! Super fun, super easy, super delicious! That said, for their stated use of ice cubes, these are quality trays. Super sturdy, stackable, and the lid makes it really easy to transport around the kitchen with minimal spillage. Another good grips product for the win!

I got this ice cub maker for some fun in drinking beverages because of the large ice cube it produces. After using it for a month or so I'll say that this did not disappoint me. However, some small things are bothering me.Pros:- After filling up the water and closing the lid, the water inside would not spill unless you shake or move it hard. It's one of the things I love most about this tray. With the average ice cube tray it's common to spill the water when moving it from the water fountain to the fridge.- No intense plastic smell. Couldn't smell anything even the first time use it. Be sure to wash it before use though.- Decent ice size. The ice cube size is honestly smaller than what I expected. Around 2.5x the average refrigerator ice cube size. However, they fit into basically every cup perfectly, whether a Stanly size cup or a Mark cup.- Great quality. The cover does not feel like cheap plastic; it's strong and stable. The silicon for the ice maker is also pretty high quality built with no smell of plastic or rubber.Cons:- a weird taste after the ice is fully melting.- sometimes hard to remove ice blocks from the silicon. I recommend leaving it at room temperature for a bit after you take it out of the refrigerator.- hard to get rid of the water on the silicon ice maker, would freeze up and stick on the refrigerator sometimes.After using it for around 5-6 times I came back to the refrigerator ice because of the trouble of taking out the ice from the tray. Would recommend it for the ones who want a large ice cube or don't have an ice maker, but not for those who already have an ice maker in their refrigerator

These ice cubes don't last as long as I'd hoped, but they do last a lot longer than normal ice cubes. Once you know the tricks to getting the cubes out of this silicone mold, it is an easy process.Look at the tray in landscape orientation, so you see holes 1-2-3 and below them 4-5-6. Assuming you've already frozen them for 2 days (one day is not enough for these large cubes; allow 2 days), flip the mold over and press out cube #2 and then #5. The first one you push out, will only protrude a centimeter, perhaps, and you'll have to grab it and pull it out. #5 will come out a bit easier. Now for the corners (1, 3, 4, and 6), just make sure the outer corner of the mold isn't going to catch on the corner of the cube (I roll it back below the top of the cube) and then you can press the bottom of that slot and the cube will come right out on its own.This is a quality product, so the silicone doesn't tear. I taste NO flavor in the ice from these trays.Put the silicone mold into the hard plastic bottom carrier before you fill the slots with water. The carrier makes it easy to carry from sink to freezer, and the hard lid snaps onto the bottom, making these stackable in the freezer.

I've used these for ice now for 4 years and they look good as new. The rack holds the silicone in place perfectly.I did buy more to make single serving of bone broth and freeze. Makes a perfect portion, I drop one in a cup with some water and bouillon and microwave. Handy portions of bone broth keeps me on track to end the evening with something that serves me well. Love the OXO ice cube trays. I have some for ice and some for food products for the freezer. They stack so well I easily put 5 full trays in the freezer atop of each other and they are firmly supported unlike other silicone portion trays without the support tray.