Tovolo, Ice Cube Tray King Candy Apple

This is a great product, easy to use and durable. It spits out nice big, man-size ice cubes that last for hours in your cold drink of choice. The highly flexible tray makes it easy to pop out the cubes in no time flat. I've had this for well over a year now, and there are no problems with the tray, no cracks or tears or any visible wear at any seam or on any surface. The beveled bottom of the tray suggests to me that it is designed to nest atop a matching tray. But, if you're doing this you have to make sure you've underfilled the bottom tray to prevent spillage. My only complaint is that this only makes six cubes. I'd go for for one that makes ten or a dozen. If you're entertaining, you'll need a lot more than six of these awesome junior icebergs. Bottom line: You like big cubes? This product delivers, with no problems whatsoever.

I own about 8 of these. 6 for home 2 for the office freezer. I'm one of those people who loves his drink ICE cold. The more ice the better. Unfortunately the downside to that is lots of watered down sodas, coffee, iced teas and other drinks. Having an automatic ice maker in my freezer at home, and NO ice at work I decided to pick up some of these Toyola King Cube Ice trays to test. I was not disappointed! I've owned a few other brands, one that makes spherical balls and another that makes "diamond" shaped ice cubes. Both are kitchy, difficult to fill and messy. With this tray I can fill it in seconds, ensure level and equally sized cubes, and the removal of the cubes is SUPER easy due to the silicone mold the tray is made out of. Simply bend the tray back or push with your fingers from below and a nice square block pops out. One or two in the morning in my water cup at work is plenty to keep it cold well throughout 1pm. Only downside are that it can be a little flimsy if you're not careful transporting it to the freezer when it's full of water. I highly recommend using a pitcher and filling right there at the freezer if possible. Cubes do NOT melt quickly unless you're pouring hot liquid over. Excellent purchase and will likely get more for the future.

I had recently discovered that ice trays now come in big cubes and I was very elated because I love ice in my drinks and I go through a lot of ice. Unfortunately, I don't have a ice maker on my fridge so I have to use ice trays. I can only fit 3 ice trays in my freezer because of the size of my freezer and regular ice trays take up a lot of space. I had purchased a big cube ice tray to try to solve these issues plus 1-2 big cubes takes the place of 6 small cubes. Needless to say, I was very disappointed with it because it broke the first time I tried to twist the tray to get the ice out, the portion that I could use after it broke I had to run hot water over the bottom of the tray for the cubes to come out, and the ice took too long to freeze. So I purchased this Tovolo King Tray and I LOVE it. It solved all the problems that the previous tray could not. The ice comes out smoothly with just a push on the bottom of the tray, it doesn't take too long for the ice to freeze, the cubes are a good size and lasts a long time in my drinks, and it doesn't take up too much space in the freezer. I ordered it in red, and I'm very pleased with the color. Overall, I'm very pleased with the function of this ice tray and will purchase another one.

I found this while searching for a better ice-cube tray. I was not looking for a tray that creates "jumbo" ice cubes; but having found this product I decided to buy it instead of a standard-size-ice-cube tray. I am really pleased with the results. I was looking for a replacement for another silicone tray that I bought and found to be a disaster. That other tray (a) was so flexible that it is impossible (unless you have three hands) to get it to and into the freezer without spilling a lot of the water from it, and (b) stuck to the smooth bottom of my freezer compartment so I could only get it out by opening the freezer and letting it warm up a bit -- and even then bits of the silicone were stripped off and were left stuck to the bottom of the freezer. The sticking-to-the-freezer-surface is not related to water spillage: even when I drew a paper towel under it after getting it into the freezer, it still stuck. So, on the whole, this other product was completely unusable. By contrast, the Tovolo is designed so that it is sufficiently rigid that it droops only slightly when held in one hand after being filled with water: you can carry it to the freezer, and place it in the freezer, with one hand. Also, it does not stick to the bottom of the freezer. It is easy to remove a single jumbo cube without the other cubes popping out, and you can easily top up the tray (put water in empty slots while ice cubes remain in the other slots) without making a mess or causing any difficulty. The jumbo ice cubes are excellent: I'm now a convert. They do indeed last longer in a drink. (This is because the rate of drink-cooling/ice-melting is proportional to the square of the width of the cube; whereas its volume, and therefore its cooling capacity, is proportional to the cube of the width. So, by having double the normal ice-cube dimensions, it cools like four normal cubes but takes twice the time to melt.) Overall, a really great purchase and one that creates guest-impressing ice cubes.

UPDATE: How I finally made almost clear cubes with the Tovolo KING Cube Ice Trays. To get the best results, start with distilled water. Filtered water will give decent results, but not the best. It's important to have the cubes freeze slowly for maximum clarity. Some people have done this by keeping their freezer at a temperature not much below freezing, but this isn't going to work if you also use your freezer to store frozen food and ice cream. I solved the problem by making a small box of styrofoam boards, held together with painters tape. The walls of the box are about 2 1/4" thick and the box is just large enough to hold the Tovolo King Cube tray. Putting the tray in this box will drastically slow the freezing process. One of the reasons that home made ice cubes are not clear is due to air dissolved in the water. When the water freezes, this air comes out of solution as visible cloudy areas and bubbles. When you heat water, the amount of dissolved air that it can hold decreases. Cold water can hold a lot of air; hot water much less. I bring my distilled or filtered water to a boil and then shut off the heat and let it cool to between 185 F and 190 F. I put the King cube tray into the styrofoam box and then fill it with the hot water, using a funnel. Pour slowly, with a minimum of turbulence. USE CAUTION WITH THIS STEP; THE WATER CAN SCALD YOU! To reduce air going back into solution in the water as it cools, I put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of the King cube tray. Then I put the styrofoam cover on the box and place the box in the freezer. It takes about 48 hours for the cubes to freeze. Most of the cubes will be nearly clear, with a small star-burst pattern of bubbles. A few of the cubes may be completely clear. If you really want to put a finishing touch on your cubes, place the top surface of the cube face down on a granite counter top and let it melt for a minute of two. This will flatten the top surface and give a perfectly clear, smooth face. As this is going on, all of the other faces melt slightly and become smoother. Place them back in the freezer and you're good! The next challenge you'll face is getting them in a drink without cracking. The best approach I've found is to chill the liquid I'm adding to the drink in the refrigerator. I put the cube in the glass first and then SLOWLY add the liquid. If I'm lucky, the cube won't crack at all. The large, clear, un-cracked cube looks really cool in the glass. OK, I know that this is not going to be for everyone. If you have a little geek in you and can appreciate the fleeting beauty of large, clear ice cubes...give it a try. ______________________________________ ORIGINAL REVIEW I like the cubes these trays make just because they're BIG! One cube in a drink is all it takes, and they just look amazing. On the practical side, because they have a low surface area to volume ratio, they last a long time. Your drinks will stay cold without being diluted as much as they are with multiple small cubes. Before I used the trays for the first time, I washed them with vinegar and water. I've been using them for a little over a month and so far, no problems with odor or taste. I've had no trouble getting the frozen cubes out of the trays. I've also become obsessed with trying to make perfectly clear cubes. I always use Britta filtered water, but that by itself doesn't help. I then tried boiling the water, cooling it and then making cubes. No dice. Next, I boiled it twice. Nada. If you just put the trays in the freezer, they will freeze at the top first. I figured if I could get the bottom to freeze first, I might avoid the cloudiness at the bottom. I took some foam boards and insulated the top and sides of the tray, while exposing the bottom to air. This came fairly close, but I noticed that the small amount of cloudiness in the cubes was concentrated toward the center of the tray. I then tried leaving frozen cubes in 3 of the 6 molds and making new cubes in the remaining 3 holes. Naturally, I did it both with the 3 cubes in one row and then with the 3 cubes in alternating rows. Not really any improvement. Then I read that commercial ice makers make their cubes in layers, sort of the way icicles are formed. I tried adding filtered, twice boiled water one or 2 tablespoons at a time, waiting for the layer to freeze and then adding more. I got very cool looking cubes from this, but not clear ones. Has anyone had success with this? If so, how did you do it?

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Was frustrated with my "traditional" ice cube trays where I had problems at both ends of the spectrum - can't easily remove just one or two cubes -or- find that half the cubes are stuck inside the tray Clearly I had crappy trays. Searching for new ones, I liked the "square" aesthetic of the cubes and ordered them hoping for something better than my old trays. These are great! These are not trays where you can "flip over and twist" to quickly empty the tray, but by no means do I find it hard to remove ice from the tray. I love that I can remove cubes easily one at a time. Pro: + Easy to remove just one or two cubes at a time. Just flip over the tray and pop them out with your finger. + No "stuck" cubes. + Saves space in the freezer. That was an unexpected bonus. + Square cubes look cool. They just do. Not sure why there are reviews complaining about the "taste". I haven't noticed any issues, but also keep my freezer pretty clean. I loved these so much I bought a set smaller as well.

I switched to these after the defroster in my freezer made started making my small ice cubes disappear in a matter of days. These work great and take a long time to melt. The ice cubes are difficult to pop out when it's frozen, but if you follow the directions and run warm water over the bottom, they pop right out. It's not the product's fault if you can't follow directions. When I have people over, they love these things and are often excited to use the big ice cubes. Everyone agrees they're much more effective than a bunch of small ice cubes. I haven't noticed any unusual taste or smell, but they definitely come out better when using filtered water. Overall I'm very happy with this purchase!

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Je vous conseille d'acheter ce produit. C'est cool. Bonus: ça me permet de gagner de la place dans le congélateur: il est plus petit mais plus haut que les bacs à glaçons traditionnels, ce qui me permet de mettre plus d'aliments à côté.

When the summer heat comes many of us like to have cold drinks with ice. Unfortunately, to get proper satisfaction from the ice, we need to use practically a whole tray as the ice is small and melts very quickly. This tray, however, will provide a good sized ice cube and a long lasting cube. Sometimes I use 2 cubes in a glass, but 1 cube is sufficient. A very good item that will be used for many years to come. It's not too big, and therefore fits in the freezer drawer quite nicely. The cubes are approximately 1x1inch in size, and in a pint glass it easily takes 3. Of course, the more cubes you use in any glass the less liquid you get in, but this can be a good thing if wanting to limit intake.

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