OXO Good Grips Ice Cube Tray
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips Ice Cube Tray
Customer Review: Ice trays for the 21st century!
Summary: 5 Stars
These ice trays work wonderfully, but only when you know the 'tricks' to using them.
When filling, only fill 3/4 full, since water expands as it freezes into ice.
The hardest part is opening the cover, the first time can be a little tough. Sometimes a little flex will free up the ice that inevitably freezes to the cover. The ability to stack the trays in the freeze (with the water still unfrozen) far outweighs this minor problem, however.
When its time for ice, you don't need to flex the tray a lot (like on old-fashioned trays), if it all. Just a little push on one side of the semicircle-shaped 'cubes' will make the other side come up out of the tray, almost flipping the ice out.
Sometimes a little water will spill out of the wells and freeze, all you need to do then is give the tray a little flex to break the ice free. The plastic in the tray has a very smooth finish, so smooth it acts as a kind of non-stick surface for the ice.
Customer Review: Shame on OXO...good idea...lousy execution of product
Summary: 1 Stars
Mr. Scholl's and all other negative reviews of the OXO covered ice tray are right on the mark. I bought two of these and although I agree the concept is great, they are sooooo poorly executed and a pain to use. Not only are the lids difficult, the trays are hard to fill without spilling water (whether from your kitchen sink or from a pitcher). The curved shape indeed makes novel shaped ice but because of spillage you end up with many of the ice cups partially filled. You end up with ice that melts quickly. It would have been much better to make square cups and a flat bottom on the tray. Getting the lid off is another major production. It does not slide easily to fill or to remove ice. Good idea, yes but totally awful execution. OXO gets an "F" on this one. I'm giving mine away. I bought a couple silicone cube shape trays at the same time and I am going to stick to them until someone comes up with a really great user friendly tray that makes generous sized ice.Customer Review: Silly Product
Summary: 1 Stars
Yes, there is a cover, but no, it's not remotely snug and so does not keep water from spilling on the way to the freezer or keep odors out, which was the main point of my buying this. In fact, the ends of the tray curve down instead of up, virtually inviting water to pour out the ends of the tray as you walk it to the freezer. Then, if your freezer placement isn't perfectly flat, you have water pouring into the freezer while you adjust it. Then afterwards, you have extra ice mass in the freezer and substantially smaller cubes (from the water loss)than you intended! I kept using it b/c I couldn't find another great Tupperware covered ice tray and the lid eventually cracked along one edge after a couple of years (not so with the Tupperware one) so I've thrown it away. I agree with another reviewer - how on earth did this make it through OXO develolpment and quality control??Customer Review: Good idea, poor execution
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased these trays because I liked the idea of the lid to make extracting the ice cubes easier. While the extraction is, indeed, quite easy, the mess I've made every time I've attempted to fill them has made them useless.
The cubes themselves are rather shallow, and there little to no wall outside of the filling area. Water does not flow well from one cube to the next, instead spilling over the side. Most frustrating to me is the fact that the entire tray is somewhat convex in shape, so balancing it horizontally to prevent spilling is next to impossible; if one portion of the tray is horizontal, another portion will be at enough of an angle to pour its contents to the floor.
I would definitely not recommend these to a friend, unless, perhaps, that friend has a particularly dirty kitchen floor that might benefit from an occasional soak.
Customer Review: Very disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
When I first saw these tray I bought them IMMEDIATELY! I was so excited because this is a great way to keep things out of the water while it's freezing. I thought this was a fabulous idea.But the covers are difficult to get on and off. When you pull them off theyre stuck at first, so you pull harder, then I usually end up with a fast jerk, causing the water to spill everywhere, or cubes to fall out.
The cube shapes themselves are half moons, so the water just falls out of them so easily and all over the floor
EVERYDAY when I refill the trays with water and put the covers on I end up having to wipe water off the floor.
I ended up throwing them away and getting normal deep cubed tray.
This is an EXCELLENT idea, but I think they need to go back to the drawing board with this one.
I hope they do because I'd love to buy an improved version.