Crystal Clear Ice Cube Maker, 4 Large 2"x2"x2" Ice Cubes for Cocktails and Drinks, Silicone Mold for Pure, Bartender-Quality Ice - Great for Hosting and Entertaining, Whiskey Gifts for Men

UPDATE after one year: I'd buy this again in a heartbeat. If you care about cocktails, glassware and serving the best possible drinks to your friends and family, get this. In my earlier review I mentioned bottled or filtered water; update - totally unnecessary. Tap water is perfectly fine. Our freezer is set to 5F degrees. I don't think there's anything magical about the water or its temperature. Assemble the mold, fill it to within a quarter or eighth of an inch of the top, carefully place it in your freezer, then leave it alone for 16 hours. Take it out, LET IT SIT ON THE COUNTER FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, then grasp the silicone molds with your thumbs and index fingers and use your other 6 fingers to push downward on the rigid insulated portion; it should come off fairly easily. Then separate the lower silicone mold from the upper mold. You don't have to be gentle here: the molds are durable. If your freezing period was correct, the lower mold should be a mixture of ice and water. I remove the ice from the bottom of the cube mold by tapping it with a wooden spoon (over the sink). Once it's all off, put the upper mold face down on the counter, and push down on it... the cubes should loosen and come out of the mold. Immediately put them in the freezer. There's a storage unit available. If my storage unit is full, I just leave the new cubes in the upper mold. We recently purchased some Art Deco old fashioned glasses from Amazon and they're beautiful, but a bit too small for these cubes. So I take a (sharp) serrated knife and carve them into rough looking roundish cubes that look more interesting than the plain cubes. See 2nd pic above. TL/DR: Buy this if you care about cocktails I’ve been using this for a week and a half, and it works really well. With the freezer set at 4°, it takes between 14 and 16 hours to make four beautiful, clear ice cubes. And guests really notice! Update: for best results, use filtered or bottled water. Fill to the fill line, let it sit for a while, then tap the housing to release any air bubbles lurking inside. With the freezer set at 5°, it takes about 16 hours to get fully formed cubes in the top mold and the proper icy/slushy mixture in the lower section. Do NOT use warm water to remove that icy mix from the underside of the top mold: you’ll damage the cubes and they’ll end up lopsided. I usually tap the partly formed “cubes” from the lower mold (which adhere to the top mold) with a wooden spoon to dislodge the extra ice. Then you can pop out your beautiful clear cubes. After sitting in the freezer a while (I put them in larger silicone molds I no longer use), I store them in a large ziplock bag. Still happy, still 5 stars. 2nd update: the only issue I’ve had is an occasional bubble or two in the cubes. This is what I’ve landed on as my approach: 1. Put the lower silicone mold in the insulated housing 2. Fill the lower mold with bottled or filtered water 3. Insert the upper mold into the lower mold 4. Fill upper mold to fill line 5. Carefully place in freezer set to ~5°F 6. DO NOT TOUCH, MOVE, JOSTLE THE MOLD for at least 14 hours 7. Remove from freezer after ~16 hours have passed, remove cubes 8. Cheers!

I bought this for my husband for Christmas, and he loves it! I think he’s been surprised by how well it works. The cubes come out perfectly clear. He finds them easiest to remove after about 20 hours, when the clear cubes are frozen solid, but the water below them is not. Highly recommend for the Old Fashioned aficionado among your friends or family!

Science works. In this case the engineering design of the product forces water to freeze from the top down, instead of from all sides. The unidirectional freezing forces impurity and air to be pushed from the top layer down into the bottom, resulting in clear large ice in the top 4 cubicles. After reading several other reviews prior to purchase, especially those negative, so can address some of the concerns. 1. TIMING: First timing is critical to ease of use! Take out of freezer within the recommended window of 18-22 hrs, depending on your freezer temperature. Through experimentation, I’ve found that the cubes are more clear with slower and longer freezing. There are other reviews that show clear cubes in as little as 12 hrs, but have found slower is better. It allows the time to push the bubbles and unwanted contaminants down into the bottom tray. Check on the product when it’s close to finish; pull it out and tap the side. If cubes are incomplete then bubbles will float up to the frozen level. If cubes are complete, you will not see bubbles come up into the top section. 2. SHAPE OF ICE AND PRODUCT: Use care and finesse with the silicon to prevent disfigurement and tearing. Warm water is your friend to release the 4 beautiful cubes from the top tray. Use warm water to help melt the ice underneath the top tray until you can gently pick off the remaining ice beneath,. Then firmly press out the four cubes onto a towel or container for storage. 3. MICROBUBBLES IN CUBES: The first couple times, I noticed some layers of micro-bubbles within the cubes as others had noted. Freezers have thermostats that kick the cooling on and off to maintain freezer temperature. The freezing cold air blows, cooling the freezer periodically. These cooling periods accelerate the freezing and traps some micro bubbles. I’ve eliminated these layers of bubbles by blocking the fan from blowing directly on the cubes in the freezer. A paper plate or something similar can be set up to block the directed cold air to mitigate the alternating periods of freezing. The result, consistent clear cubes that can be seen in pics attached! 4. FILL LEVEL CAUTION: Ensure that you consistently fill below the fill line. The product will siphon out onto the freezer shelf if you are even close to the fill line (pictures included). If you have issues with this then I recommend placing in an external tray in the freezer to prevent the mess.

This clear ice cube maker works great. Follow the instructions and it's easy to have 2" square clear cubes. I use regular tap water like they suggest. It can be tricky to get them out, especially if you leave it in the freezer a while. Take your time; run some warm water on the outside of the silicon mold. It can even help to slightly pull open the two pieces and run warm water in the gap. Eventually you can get the ice out. I'll store the 4 clear cubes in a bag and keep the cloudy pieces with regular ice. When using them, let them warm in the glass a few minutes before adding your favorite beverage or you might end up with a nice clear but cracked cube.

La dimensione del prodotto può risultare ingombrante se si ha un piccolo congelatore, tuttavia una volta fatti i cubi si posso comodamente mettere in buste freezer e quindi accumularli. Il prodotto rispecchia la descrizione ed inoltre produce veramente un ottimo ghiaccio (io uso acqua della bottiglia). Potete dire addio al ghiaccio che si scioglie in 5 minuti e godervi delle bevande (alcoliche o analcoliche) fredde e senza essere annacquate. Sembra proprio come il crystal Clear Ice che usavo a Londra. Superbo!

Nach langem Suchen habe ich endlich eine brauchbare Form gefunden für klare Eiswürfel

Très bien. Les glaçons sont bien transparents.

As advertised. Makes cristal clear cube. no complaint

El proceso no es complicado, te permite hacer 4 hielos realmente cristalinos que hacen lucir mejor los cócteles que preparé. La parte congelada que se genera abajo del molde puedes aprovecharla para shakear, los superiores para la presentación. Efectivamente el proceso toma aproximadamente 18 horas para que se hagan bien los 4 hielos superiores, valió la pena esta compra!