Clear Ice Cube Maker Tray - 2 Inch Clear Ice Cube Silicone Mold,10 Large Crystal Ice Cubes for Whiskey and Cocktail

The materials are cheap but this is a niche item, which probably warrants the price. A silicone tray with holes in the bottom, a cheap plastic basin, and foam insulation.It works exactly as described. Just fill and freeze. For best results you should remove the cubes after 20-24 hours. If you let the whole basin freeze it's a pain to separate the block from the tray, and you risk ripping the tray or cracking the plastic basin. I remove the cubes and store them in a metal bowl, which seems to keep them from melting during defrost cycles. If you find that your ice is cracking when making a drink, let the ice temper in the glass for a minute or two before adding your drink.

The most basic of all the ones I have purchased, but there are things I like about it.1. The ice was every bit as clear or clearer than from the heavier, more “engineered” ones I have. I use room temp distilled water and a large stand-up freezer, not a refrigerator freezer. They all take experimentation.2. It makes 10 cubes! That’s the best part.3. Getting the cubes out was just as difficult with this one as with my other clear ice cube makers. You probably need to be more careful doing it.

This clear ice maker works great and, from an efficiency standpoint, it is the best one I have tried. Compared to much bulkier models that make 2-4 cubes at a time, I love the fact that I can make 10 cubes per batch in a relatively small footprint that fits easily into my freezer. As others have pointed out, one cube inevitably "grows" up out of the tray and ends up about twice the height of the others. But this is not a big deal and I cut it in half, giving me 11 cubes, not 10. The only complaint is that I wish the silicon mold was slightly deeper. In theory, it should make perfectly cubical cubes. But unfortunately, it does not sit down far enough in the plastic water tub so it cannot be filled to the top. Thus the resulting cubes come out a little short - and because of capillary action, they are not flat on top, but have a little peak at each top corner. This is a minor issue but the design could be improved to address this.

It takes some time & effort to get the ice cubes out. The entire thing freezes together and you have to get it to melt enough that the ice cube tray will come out. Then chip away or melt the block of ice stuck to the bottom of the silicone tray. Then you can get the ice cubes out. They do freeze clear, so it does work, but you're gonna have to work for those ice cubes.

This item is built to embarrassingly poor quality, does not make clear ice as advertised, and makes cubes that are asymmetrical with jagged edges on top. It is extremely hard to de-mold the ice and the silicone lining feels like it's about to rip when you try. Attached is a picture with all included instructions, so while it seems like it'd be easy to clean, I have no idea whether it's dishwasher safe. For the price? You could probably get both inserts here on Amazon and a chunk of the same packing foam from a UPS store and still have 10 or 15 bucks to play around with. Nowhere near worth the price, just build your own or spring for the one you always see on YouTube. That might be better (I don't know for sure so please don't take that as a recommendation)

Makes very clear ice cubes! We had a similar and more expensive cube maker that fell apart - that is the ‘old’ cube pictured. The new cube is this cube maker and it’s obviously much clearer and easier to use! Great price and quality product!

This set up really does work in delivering clear ice cubes!It is a little tricky removing the mold, (I recommend gently pulling back the foam from around the edges of the black molding, then you can wiggle and pull the tray out of the foam container).Do NOT overfreeze. All freezers are different, so check the mold at 18hrs, 24hrs, etc until you have the proper freeze.I also noticed that one random ice cube spot would pop up and become more of an ice log rather than a cube. Once the cube/log is removed, you can take a serrated knife and score a line across it and then hit the knife with a mallet to cut the cube.

Works okay. I was initially happy with this, and my first batch of ice came out perfect (other than the one push-pop cube... see other reviews). Over time, however, it became frustrating to use because the pieces don't fit well together, and combined with the large size makes it nearly impossible to get into the freezer without spilling outright, or creating a small overflow that leads to a pool of frozen water on and around the tray. The only way to avoid this is to significantly under-fill the tray. Either way, you end up with short "cubes". Kind of defeats the purpose of having presentation-worthy ice.When a friend accidentally threw away the foam liner (it looks like packing material), I splurged on a more expensive version, and the difference is night and day. Fifty bucks might seem like a lot for a 4-cube tray, but it is designed so much better that it makes the process a breeze, and even with the lower capacity, I end up with more ice over time because it is so much easier to fill and use without a mess. Don't waste your money on this one.