glacio Ball Ice Cube Tray and Big Ice Cube Molds for Whiskey, Slow-Melting, 100% Silicone, No-Plastic, Easy Release, Ideal for Gifting and Elevating Cocktails

Love to bring out a big ice ball to my buddies who dont know I have it. Its nice to look at and pretty good when you dont wanna use a bunch of cubes

Just the right size for my packed freezer. Ice balls are really nice.

The two best features of this duo compared to other makers: 1) The cubic silicone tray has a lid on it, which will help a lot with preventing odor absorption and ice sublimation while stored in a freezer after the ice is made. Although I generally advocate using one's big ice cubes in a steady cadence ( :-) ), I've certainly had times where a week or more will pass before I pull the next cube. So many cocktail choices, so little time... 2) The sphere molds, made entirely of silicone, have a flexibility to them that enables pulling the sphere without having to run warm water over the mold to get the ice to release. This is a big improvement over some other makes that use a more rigid plastic base container that you can't flex enough to pop out the ice without warming it with water. In particular with the sphere molds, even though they are two hemispherical halves, water does not leak out of the seam when filling them, so at least initially, this is great engineering of the material. If you fill these to slightly less than completely full through the fill hole, then you won't have any ice expression outside of the mold as the water freezes and expands slightly. Because the product is silicone, it will eventually absorb "freezer burn" or "old ice" odors unless you are very scrupulous. But for the price point, replacing the material every few years is not really an issue. Overall this is a well-engineered product set that is easy to use and gives excellent results.

I have these along with the regular smaller cube ice trays. They're all very high quality silicon and they work exactly as you'd expect. The cubes are super easy, and the lid is fine to cover it up. Not super secure, but it goes all the way around, and you need to kind of tuck the tray into the lid, so you do it one corner at a time. Kind of wish they used the plastic tray lid that they use for the smaller cubes, not a huge knock, just not really sure why the rubber one is included here, since it feels slightly less secure. The sphere's you need to ensure that you only fill it up like 70% or so, otherwise it can be a bit annoying to open up after done. What I do is just fill it up until it's full (since you can't see how full it is) and then I just empty a bit for about 2 seconds. The only weird/difficult part about either of these two products is that it's kind of hard to open the casing on the sphere once frozen. Even with no frozen particles on the outside (if you wipe up any drips before you put it in the freezer) it's still almost impossible to do, so you need to use a knife or the handle end of a fork or spoon, and just separate the two pieces that way. It does not damage the mold and it's does not require much strength at all, but I'm guessing it's just suction combined with the frozen state of the mold. The sphere is pretty much perfect, no weird stuff or odd shapes. Melts nicely.

The giant cubes are some of my favorite ice cubes ever. I use them in my whiskey and cocktails all the time. They do not fit most water bottles but are great in cups/glasses. Easy to remove and easy to refill. The spheres can be rather difficult to refill (unless you have a sink with a very narrow stream) and can be a bit difficult to remove from their housing. The spheres are also more difficult to drink around than the cubes and can be inconvenient. However, they are very aesthetic and still fun to use.

So far I am enjoying my Glacio product the cube tray and looking forward to using the globe 🌎 ice tray. Both are well made 👌🏾 and so far the cube tray is very easy to use. Very nice size cubes!

These molds arrived yesterday and we put them right to work. Easy to fill in the freezer well and did everything that you would hope them to do. While they were in transit we received an email from the seller with helpful suggestions for how to keep the ice from breaking down in your drink. Worked like a charm. We used around cube first, very slow melt cube lasted for close to an hour and a half. Seller shipped quickly, and the product was packaged well. Today we will try the squares. Don't hesitate to buy at such a fantastic price point.

Great item