Rubbermaid Easy Release Ice Cube Tray

H A P P Y....U P D A T E: I have just discovered that these ice-cube trays are one of only four or five types of ice-cube trays sold on Amazon which are B.P.S.-FREE. This means that if you put anything HOT IN THEM, THAT THE PLASTIC WILL N O T LEECH INTO THE LIQUID! (One of the few other B.P.S.-Free ice-cube trays is actually the old, traditional ice-cube tray, made this time not of aluminum, but of stainless steel...which, of course, will never leach plastic into anything! It's just harder to get the ice-cubes OUT of it.) This B.P.S.-Freedom in plastics is important with ALL plastic utensils, I think (the new Vitamix 5200 boasts BPS-free misxing containers, whereas all previous VitaMix models did not have them, etc.) If you're like me, you like to boil your water first before putting it in the ice-cube trays. (It's more like bottled water this way). I'd still recommend letting the water cool off a bit if you can -- ALL ice-cube trays tend to bend convexly, (like an UPSIDE-DOWN "U"), if you put them into the freezer with very hot water in them. Wouldn't you know it, though -- these RUBBERMAID 2867-RD-WHT ice-cube trays, here being reviewed, actually come with a slightly CONCAVE shape, when new, to prevent pssible disasters, (which eventually can break the tray in two). The designers of this wonderful new, B.P.S.-Free Rubbermaid ice-cube tray, sure seem to have thought of EVERYTHING! : )............................................................................................................................................O R I G I N A L.....R E V I E W.......:I have developed an absolute PASSION for ice-cube trays! Maybe it's the sense of INDEPENDENCE one gets as you make ice cubes from your very OWN liquid source. My souce of choice is HME DISTILLED WATER, which I doubt can be used with any automatic ice-cube maker. Then again, I have never bought a refill for the "newfangled" automatic ice-cube maker that came with my new condo's refrigerator.At any rate, I cherish the one, light green plastic ice-cube tray that came with a "new" refrigerator, (new then, anyway), bought in the early 1960s by my parents. I have two, white, sem-transparent ice-cube trays, which came with the second refrigerator we bought, sometime in the 1970s, or 1980s. Both types make great ice-cubes...IF you're willing to wait for 5 minutes, for the ice inside to melt enough to come out easily. (If you're really in a hurry, one trick I found works well is to run very HOT water in a light stream, over the BOTTOM of this kind of ice-cube tray.) Of course, old-fashioned aluminum ice-cube trays work fine too...and give almost instantaneous ice -- BUT I, at least, often wondered if one should really need the strength of a gally slave, to pull back the lever in the middle of the three rows of cubes, in order to set them, er..."free". (And aluminum ice-cube trays rarely produce uniformly sized ice-cubes....)After a DISASTROUS experience via "silicone" ice-cube trays, (for which I have also written a review for Amazon -- mine were offered by [...]...but the review stands for ANY ice-cube trays made of"treacherous" silicone), I happened to spy these other, RUBBERMAID 2867-RD-white" ice-cube trays on Amazon. They seemed expensive -- and were sold singly, and not in pairs. However...THEY WERE NOT MADE OF SILICONE...(Hooray!)...and WERE made by Rubbermaid...which had also made my light-green, and semi-transparent white trays, which came with my parents' old refrigerators They were expensive for ice-cube trays, at $2.49 each...but not, in the course of things, an overly-expensive item.So, I bought two......Ever critical of new things, I at first did NOT like the new ice-cube trays when I got them. The solid white of the plastic was obviously not transparent like my old trays....and seemed to be made of slightly thinner plastic, as well. But......when I put water in the trays, something very strange happend,,, Instead of just lying in the trays, as water is wont to do, the water in the new ice-cube trays seemed to form a very slight, but quite noticable, CONVEX top! It was almost as if these ice-cubes-to-be suddenly wanted to become transparent little muffins or something! Hmmm... Before putting the trays in the freezer, I happened to glance at the bottom of the trays. Each cube well was slightly ROUNDED, unlike the squarish-shaped wells of all my former plastic ice-cube trays. Hmmm....(again1) Pots and pans with rounded bottoms are always easier to clean than those with squarish bottoms! I detected a bit of serious thought and careful engineering, from the unknown creators of these new ice-cube trays. Carefully and excitedly, I put the trays in my freezer. And waited....In about an hour, I went to the freezer again. I gave the ice-cube tray a very slight twist. IMMEDIATELY, the ice cubes came out -- happily, I like to think. I know I was happy! No more waiting for 5 minutes for the ice to thaw enough for it to come out! No more running hot water on the bottom of the tray, (hoping this would not --if done repeatedly-- ruin it). No! These trays produced cubes that came out with the slightet of twists...and, if one waits 30 seconds, with NO twisting at all!So, these ice-cube trays have made a small dream of mine come true. It's comforting to realize that those who create ice-cube trays have also had the same problems with them that I have had....and also were able to put their expertise and experience, (which, of course, I don't have), to help solve these problems!Better ice-cube trays are a small, but definite step forward. I greatly thank the unknown engineer(s) who worked so successfully on them. It's amazing to think that in the 1890s, they wanted to CLOSE the patent office, because they thought everything that could be invented, had been invented! Thank goodness THAT didn't happen!Go to the moon? Yes, we've done that! Women voting? Yes indeed! And we now, (at this date, 30th August, 2008), have had 2 women as vice presidential candidates for major political parties. A woman president cannot be far behind.....Other dreams? Time-machines? Bringing the dead back to life? Having those presently living live on and on...for 700 years or more? Why not?Already, we have cured dyptheria, polio and leprosy -- among other ills!If the spirit of problem-facing, and problem-solving, lives on those talented individuals who have the same wants and desires as everyone else....but who also have the incomparable gifts of intellect and will, to solve them...who knows what wonders may happen in the coming decades, (that is, if we don't blow ourselves up, or pollute the environment to a non-habitable point). As a "realistic optimist", I know good OR bad things can happen in the future. And every time I use these new ice-cube trays, it will reinforce my belief that the good will prevail!As they say in New York......EXCELSIOR!

Well made, which is hard to find these days, but they are more expensive.

Easy, no hassle ice cube tray. I love it.

My fridge's ice maker has stopped working and we've opted not fix it again. We thought we'd buy bags of ice from the local gas station but we were purchasing 2 bags a week for our small two-adult household. As you can tell, we use a lot of ice! $5/week just for ice seemed ridiculous. I already owned one of the Rubbermaid Easy Release Ice Cube Trays that I used for coffee cubes, coconut milk, or sweet potato puree for my dog's homemade treats so I bought myself an additional set of four.These trays fit perfectly in my fridges bottom freeze. I can easily stack them four high and it's comfortably seated and I don't have to worry about any spillage. It does take a good amount of time to make the cubes when they're stacked. I typically put them in before work or just before I go to bed and they're all ready for use after work or when I get up in the morning.These trays are super easy to use, you barely need a twist of the wrist to push the cubes out. Sometimes I'll notice that the cubes aren't even fully seated in the tray and they're popping out on their own, not so far they'd jump out when you pick them up, but you could easily use your finger and pull them out. When the ice is ready I will open the  STERILITE 8.1 Quart Bowl Ultra-Seal  container I use and they fit perfectly over the bowl and no ice falls out. Cover the container and toss put it back in the freezer. I'll either leave the empty trays to dry in the drying rack or I'll immediately ready another batch to freeze.My puppy loves ice too, so I'll fill the tray's half full and freeze them, then put them in the ice maker to be dispensed as crushed ice (her preference.)My husband likes the cubes these trays better in comparison to the ones that the icemaker made. They stay colder longer so realistically we don't need to crank out more ice unless we just want a surplus. I made sure to keep the last ice bag that we got from the gas station (it was a good bag!) I made enough ice to stockpile and stuffed it into our chest freezer in case we have company come over, or if we need to pack some in a cooler, and we need more than we had in the bottom freezer.Rubbermaid's Easy Release Ice Cube Tray made life easier for me, and I hope it will for you too!

These little crackers are awesome. I've been struggling with rubber ice cube trays and inferior plastic ones for far too long. These make deep ice cubes if you fill them up, and smaller ones (if that's what you require), if you don't. Best thing though - is their ability to immediately release your little frozen creations, whole, with ease, every time! Long gone are the cracked cubes, the shards of ice thrown half way across the kitchen, or the pathetic little cubes the rubber trays made, but never wanted to release. Never before have I delighted in throwing away something that wasn't actually broken - but lobbing my old ice cube trays was a release, a weight lifted, like no other, and the end of a ritual that normally ended in frustration. Needless to say - I love these trays. Buy cheaper and buy twice! You'll thank me (virtually) every time you make a G&T if you buy these trays based on this review - I promise you that. So what are you waiting for? Click with confidence!

Zu kleine Würfel, die alten Rubbermaid hatten größere Eis-Würfel bei gleichen Abmessungen des Tabletts.

These ice cube trays are so easy to 'crack' and get the cubes out. I will definately be ordering more of these great ice cube trays.

This is like the one ice cube tray to rule them all, it hasn't cracked at all after 6+ months and it just works

Pretty much exactly as described. A plain old ice cube try without all the fancy silicon materials.