OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray with Lid

I wasn't sure about spending $13 on an ice cube tray, but it's been so well worth it. Enjoying an ice cube tray this much is full on adulting. I've been using a set of basic 12-cube trays that are mostly plastic with just the bottoms of the cube portion made of silicone. They were annoying though because the plastic had cracked, I was always spilling the water the in freezer or didn't have enough room in the freezer. The size of the cubes are perfect for me, not too large, not tiny. I love that this cube tray is so much more compact, so you only need a little space in the freezer and can even set other items above or below it. I was skeptical about the cover really preventing spillage, but I haven't had any issues and already made about 8 batches of ice. I love how sturdy it is and that it comes with 2 trays (and unlike my old ones, I don't have to precariously balance these to avoid the top tray falling into the bottom one). While all the ice doesn't fall right out, I don't find it that difficult to get the cubes out. Even with my old basic ice trays, I had to bang, dig and fight to get half the cubes to come out. With this one, it's usually just a few around the edges that take a few extra seconds to push out. This is truly a great design for a cube maker and should become the standard for all ice trays.

I really like this OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray for for freezing herbs, garlic and ginger. I use my food processor to chop like 6 bulbs of garlic or a few fingers of ginger in just a few seconds. I then fill the ice cubes and top off with a small amount of olive oil. Then, anytime I need garlic, ginger or herbs, I just pop out a few cubes and I’m ready to cook. Such a time saver. The only thing I do extra is I do wrap each ice tray with plastic wrap before putting them in the holder. It does have a secure well fitting lid so it’s probably not necessary but I am particular about safeguarding against freezer burn or smells transferring into other foods or refrigerator itself. I feel like wrapping it in plastic wrap helps to prevent that. It doesn’t take up too much space since it’s compact and you can buy multiple trays because they stack well together. A little more expensive than some others on Amazon but I think it was well worth it. I would certainly recommend this product to others. Another good product from OXO.

I was looking for silicone ice trays after reading about microplastics and how I'm probably eating the equivalent of a credit card a day. Because OXO rarely disappoints, I opted for these. Before I did, I read the reviews - caveat emptor and all - so I was prepared for the ice cube challenge. Here's what I've got: 1. These are little. I read the size. I read the reviews. I was prepared for small. But I was not prepared for *this* small. We are talking petite little squares. Elf-sized. The upside is they're cute and work well in smaller glasses. The downside? Well, either plan to spend a whole lot of time monitoring your ice inventory and making more ice or buy a couple of these. 2. Water expands when it freezes, so *of course* if you put the wrong ice tray in the bottom of the stand and fill it up to the top, it's going to expand and freeze onto the other one. This is not rocket science. It's chemistry. As the water freezes and hydrogen bonds form between water molecules, the bonds form a pattern called a lattice. The lattice prevents water molecules from packing together, so water expands upon freezing. So... 3. There is a top silicone tray and a bottom silicone tray. The bottom silicone tray has a fill line. Do not fill the water higher than the fill line, and make sure to put the bottom tray on the bottom. This will solve your "sticking together" problem. 4. When you fill the trays with water, make sure you use the bottom support tray. Don't fill the silicone tray and then place it in the bottom plastic tray - that results in a wobbly, watery mess. Instead, keep the bottom silicone tray in the hard plastic tray, then once filled, stack the top tray and again, do not overfill. Put the lid on and then walk to the freezer with your elf-sized ice cube tray. No spilling, no wobbling. I use a measuring cup with a pour spout to make it nice and neat and avoid overfilling it. 5. Removing the cubes is also not rocket science. But it can be easily done by creating a physical phase change from frozen water to liquid water. Just put some hot water into the top plastic tray - not boiling, just hot - and set the silicone tray into it. A small amount of melting occurs very quickly, and you can easily pop your cubes out. You'll be doing this a lot if you use even a moderate amount of ice, so good to have a plan. The top tray is the one to use because it's a little deeper. Overall, I would recommend these with the caveat re the size. OXO really, really, really needs to make a larger version of this - and I don't just mean larger cubes (though something closer to normal would be nice), but at least a larger tray. For those of us who are neither elves nor willing to devote our waking hours to making ice, these are a little too small. Otherwise, thumbs up, but petite thumbs.

this ice tray has a lot of features i like. for example it has a small foot print in the freezer as the trays are small and stacked on top of each other. also, the silicone that the trays are made from is thick and sturdy and the ice cube are a nice size. unfortunately many of the things i like result in other problems. for example while the trays will probably last a long time because they are so thick, it makes them hard to get the ice out of which is a big inconvenience. the fact that the trays stack on each other decreases their footprint in your freezer, but it also makes them freeze slower than a more traditional single layer tray. so while these ice trays work ok and have some good ideas, many of these same ideas create additional problems. i can not recommend these ice trays.

Great ice cube tray for making cocktails. If you're hosting, you will need to prep a few batches in advance, however. Make sure to use boiling water to improve the clearness of the cubes. Love the design of this ice cube tray, and my only wish is that it were a little bigger. One batch is definitely enough to ice a few drinks, though. The cubes come out looking beautifully, and aren't too hard to remove from the silicone, especially if you leave them on the counter for a couple of minutes first, or briefly run some hot water on the backside. The lid is a great feature to avoid spillage in the freezer/during transportation, and allow you to stack other things on top of it. Depending on the temperature of your freezer, it can take a while for the cubes in the middle of the bottom tray to freeze, however, due to the stacked design, so make the cubes in advance. I typically transfer my cubes after freezing in the tray for 24 hours into a Ziplock bag, so haven't left them in the tray for a long period of time, but so far have noticed no off flavors or absorption of freezer smells.

Score is 4.5, definitely not 5 stars. Pros: trays fit together nicely, and the cover and frame is very sturdy. The cubes are the size I was looking for. Size of cubes is listed as 7/8 in and it's quite close, dependent on how filled each cavity is. I wanted small cubes for shaking and stirring cocktails, and these will suit nicely. And for each freezing the trays will produce quite a few cubes. But... It takes about 10-12 cubes to half fill a rocks glass. That will be half of one of the trays (1/4 of all cubes) in one use. That is the first (minor for me) downside: one production of cubes will only accommodate making or serving 2-4 drinks. While serving may only use half a tray, shaking or stirring generally uses about a full tray of cubes. A lot of other trays offer similar cubes-per-drink kind of ratios for their size, but they might give you multiple trays, and this tray isn't cheap. You're paying for the frame, cover, and name brand, along with the number of cubes. Again for me this is a minor downside, but does mean I have to keep a extra plastic bag in the freezer that I continually top up as the cubes freeze. The more annoying downside is filling the trays. It's messy and difficult. Because the cavities are so small, they fill up quickly and don't evenly spill into the surrounding cells. I fill them from a filter pitcher with the trays inside the frame. It's hard to fill the outside cells evenly without spilling over the side. I've resorted to just filling them on my bar mat and not worrying about the water overfilling, but it's inefficient and takes time to clean up afterwards. Even with the overflow while pouring, I keep them around the stated fill line and haven't had a problem separating the trays after freezing. The silicone is forgiving and twists easily to loosen the cubes to push out. I wanted small cubes, and I got small cubes. The filling process is annoying, but I don't know what a better solution for cubes this small might be. Also looking around, no reviews on these trays ever say anything about the actual measurement of the cubes or cubes-per-glass, so I included that here, with pictures.

This has to be the worst ice cube tray I’ve ever used. Filling it is a slow and tedious process, and once frozen, the two trays stick together, making it a struggle to separate them. Even after that, getting the ice cubes out is extremely difficult. They could have easily designed it to also serve as storage for the ice (once you manage to extract it) but it doesn’t. I’ve only used it twice before giving up, and it has been sitting unused in my drawer for over a year.

I love this ice cube tray. We used to have those typical plastic, lidless trays, and I just hated them. It was hard to get the ice cubes out without breaking the tray or pounding it against the counter. I had two criteria for our new ice trays: I wanted a lid (tired of wasted freezer space and ice cubes with crumbs in them), and I wanted a silicone tray so that I could pop out the ice cubes easily. OXO! You did it! It took me a while to get the hang of getting the ice cubes out- you really just want to push in the center of the ice cube backing, and it will pop right out. Don't mess around with trying to flex the top the way you might a plastic ice tray. Also, don't overfill the tray. Because the ice expands, this can cause the lid to pop off. Learned the hard way, but nothing broken so no harm no foul. Others have commented that it seems to take longer to freeze. I think that is true just because silicone insulates a bit, so the water takes longer to get cold. But I've never had an issue with it freezing at all. I also love the capacity of this tray. It's double layered, so 48 ice cubes total. I bought two trays so I can now have 96 cubes going at once. The freezer footprint is so tiny compared to the ice cubes you get! Plus, you can stack other things on top of these trays without worrying about your ice cubes getting gross. I love it so much, this tray almost makes me forget how much I wish I just had an automatic ice machine.

Great buy! Love them. Bought 4:).

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Bästa isbrickan jag använt. Perfekt storlek/format på isbitarna och bra antal. Eftersom det är en försluten låda kan den enkelt placeras var som helst i frysen utan risk för läckage (men se till att den står upprätt). Värt att nämna är att p.g.a. förslutningen och att den har två lager så tar det aningen längre tid för isbitarna att bli genomfrusna jämfört med en traditionell isbricka. Eftersom fruset vatten expanderar, se till att inte fylla formarna hela vägen upp, då det leder till att isbitarna sammanfogas i toppen och blir mycket svårare att få ut.

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The product seems good at first. Flexible silicone. It is neat and comes with a lid. The cube is on the small size though. After less than a month, the silicone is already torn off. Not sure if it’s still safe to use…