The Ultimate Ice Cube Maker Silicone Bucket with Lid Makes Small Size Nugget Ice Chips for Soft Drinks, Cocktail Ice, Wine On Ice, Crushed Ice Maker Bucket Ice Tray Silicon Ice Cube Molds Cylinder Ice

Love the size of the ice chips. I buy 4 and they fit perfectly in one side of my freezer. This is my 2nd set in 3 years. What I've learned to make perfect ice is: Upon receipt I Iet the hard inner plastic and the soft outer silicon containers soak seperately in Dawn for a few hours. After washing real good I let them completely dry out over night.When filling with water I prefer to use filtered water. I use my index and thumb finger, about an inch apart, to make a gap between the soft silicone and the hard inner plastic container in which to fill with water. I let them freeze for 6-8 hours. To remove the ice I tap on the sides about 5 times, with the palms of both hands. Then I push up on the bottom to remove the hard inner container. I squeeze the soft outer container down and roll it aound. The ice comes out so easily and perfect. I then let the containers dry for at least 12 hours before filling them up again.After both my refrigerator ice makers broke I bought a few different portable ice makers and hated them both so then I decided to try these for the soft ice I wanted. These are well worth the money and I like the size of the ice chips.

The inside cup breaks very easily when Frozen so trying to take the ice out of the cup you have to be super gentle in order to avoid breaking the inner cup trying to take it out. It only makes a tiny bit of ice it takes three times just to fill up the cup inside of it.

I love an ice cold glass of water. Our tap water is awful and this allows me to use bottled or filtered water to make and store enough ice for a glass or two at a time without taking up much room in the freezer.It is rather small, but since I'm the only one in the household who feels the need for it the size is fine. If you need ice for a group or a party you'd best look elsewhere.It's easy to use but there are a couple of tricks to make it easier. First, filling it they way they demonstrate, by inserting the container first and pouring water in the gap between the container and the mold, is a bit of a pain. But you really only need to do that once. The first time you do it, remove the container and look how high the water is in the mold. From then on, just pour that much water into the mold before inserting the container.Second, when inserting the container into a pre-filled mold, do it slowly and press down firmly. Do it slow enough and the water will fill the voids in the mold without squirting out, the container will bottom out in the mold and it won't float back up. Once the container is bottomed out in the mold the top will be easy to attach.

It WORKS! And it is very easy (and kinda fun) to use. Just a few minor details that dropped it to a 4 star rating:1. If the inner plastic container is empty when making ice, the container may end up floating, causing the water to pool under it thus creating one big solid block of ice. *tip: make sure to double check that it is NOT floating once you set in freezer, the cover will not sit properly which will be your first hint; place it on a flat surface in your freezer (instead of on, I dunno, a bag of frozen chicken) and place something heavy on top to keep it weighed down. You will probably only have to do this for the first round of ice.2. You cannot pour the ice out (as I like to do to save time) while trying to freeze another batch of ice because all the water will pour out (haha!), however I like this product so much that I will be buying another one to have in rotation.*Also, I would suggest on your first fill, to fill the water, then take the container OUT and see where the water line is, and use THAT line to fill water WITHOUT the container inside, and THEN pushing the container in, thus displacing the water accordingly. RATHER than having the container filled with some ice already, trying to refill water in the tiny space provided by tugging on the silicone, and accidentally spilling water into your ice bucket, either melting your ice or creating an ice block on the bottom of your bucket ;)IT IS WORTH IT!

My boyfriend has an ice problem. He wants it in every drink. I, however, have lived most of my adult life without ice in my freezer only occasionally buying a bag at the store for margarita nights. I should just buy one of the stupid machines but can't justify giving up the counter space for one.I always think ice from the freezer smells. I don't know why. I've cleaned and bleached and done everything I can. It just has a distinct "freezer" flavor. So I wanted something that could make ice but be "enclosed". This seemed like a great idea. It makes the ice. It stores the ice. It looks simple.Annnnnd it's complete garbage.First observation... when trying to fill the space between the cup and the silicone, the cup will try to float. You basically have to hold it in a way so that it is pushed against the bottom AND allows you to add water. Then, you have to try and put the lid on which somehow seems trickier when dealing with the floating interior cup. If you've added too much, it'll spill. If you haven't, it wont spill but you wont get any ice. The plus side? It freezes pretty quickly. After freezing, you squeeze the outside. This will cause the thin ice to break and release the interior cup. You can then squeeze the silicone cup to further break down the "cubes" inside before pouring them into the cup for storage. Keep in mind, if you decide to refill it you have to manage NOT to get water in the interior cup while filling or putting the lid on.Really, the only plus side is that it freeze quickly.The ice cubes this thing makes are like sharp little ice shards. And they're little, so they melt fast. I really tried to make it work, but for as annoying as I find it, I should have just bought the stupid machine that sits on the counter and makes ice in 7 minutes.