OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray for Cocktails with Lid

The media could not be loaded. Our ice maker broke, so we bought this to replace it. It has been very helpful. The ice is a good size and pops out very easily, I remember the plastic ice cube trays were always hard to pop out but this is no issues. And this makes a lot more ice than the plastic ones. We have probably made 40 trays of ice and it is holding up great. I love that the top tray is bigger than the bottom one to help it easily sit on the bottom tray.The lid is so helpful!

Like the small ice cubes and this item stacks well with more than one. Can go in the dish washer too. Saves space in the freezer.

I was looking for silicone ice trays after reading about microplastics and how I'm probably eating the equivalent of a credit card a day. Because OXO rarely disappoints, I opted for these. Before I did, I read the reviews - caveat emptor and all - so I was prepared for the ice cube challenge. Here's what I've got:1. These are little. I read the size. I read the reviews. I was prepared for small. But I was not prepared for *this* small. We are talking petite little squares. Elf-sized. The upside is they're cute and work well in smaller glasses. The downside? Well, either plan to spend a whole lot of time monitoring your ice inventory and making more ice or buy a couple of these.2. Water expands when it freezes, so *of course* if you put the wrong ice tray in the bottom of the stand and fill it up to the top, it's going to expand and freeze onto the other one.This is not rocket science. It's chemistry. As the water freezes and hydrogen bonds form between water molecules, the bonds form a pattern called a lattice. The lattice prevents water molecules from packing together, so water expands upon freezing. So...3. There is a top silicone tray and a bottom silicone tray. The bottom silicone tray has a fill line. Do not fill the water higher than the fill line, and make sure to put the bottom tray on the bottom. This will solve your "sticking together" problem.4. When you fill the trays with water, make sure you use the bottom support tray. Don't fill the silicone tray and then place it in the bottom plastic tray - that results in a wobbly, watery mess. Instead, keep the bottom silicone tray in the hard plastic tray, then once filled, stack the top tray and again, do not overfill. Put the lid on and then walk to the freezer with your elf-sized ice cube tray. No spilling, no wobbling. I use a measuring cup with a pour spout to make it nice and neat and avoid overfilling it.5. Removing the cubes is also not rocket science. But it can be easily done by creating a physical phase change from frozen water to liquid water. Just put some hot water into the top plastic tray - not boiling, just hot - and set the silicone tray into it. A small amount of melting occurs very quickly, and you can easily pop your cubes out. You'll be doing this a lot if you use even a moderate amount of ice, so good to have a plan. The top tray is the one to use because it's a little deeper.Overall, I would recommend these with the caveat re the size. OXO really, really, really needs to make a larger version of this - and I don't just mean larger cubes (though something closer to normal would be nice), but at least a larger tray. For those of us who are neither elves nor willing to devote our waking hours to making ice, these are a little too small. Otherwise, thumbs up, but petite thumbs.

It’s ok but the cover got stuck on and was hard to get off.

I really like this OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray for for freezing herbs, garlic and ginger. I use my food processor to chop like 6 bulbs of garlic or a few fingers of ginger in just a few seconds. I then fill the ice cubes and top off with a small amount of olive oil. Then, anytime I need garlic, ginger or herbs, I just pop out a few cubes and I’m ready to cook. Such a time saver. The only thing I do extra is I do wrap each ice tray with plastic wrap before putting them in the holder. It does have a secure well fitting lid so it’s probably not necessary but I am particular about safeguarding against freezer burn or smells transferring into other foods or refrigerator itself. I feel like wrapping it in plastic wrap helps to prevent that. It doesn’t take up too much space since it’s compact and you can buy multiple trays because they stack well together. A little more expensive than some others on Amazon but I think it was well worth it. I would certainly recommend this product to others. Another good product from OXO.

I wasn't sure about spending $13 on an ice cube tray, but it's been so well worth it. Enjoying an ice cube tray this much is full on adulting. I've been using a set of basic 12-cube trays that are mostly plastic with just the bottoms of the cube portion made of silicone. They were annoying though because the plastic had cracked, I was always spilling the water the in freezer or didn't have enough room in the freezer. The size of the cubes are perfect for me, not too large, not tiny.I love that this cube tray is so much more compact, so you only need a little space in the freezer and can even set other items above or below it. I was skeptical about the cover really preventing spillage, but I haven't had any issues and already made about 8 batches of ice. I love how sturdy it is and that it comes with 2 trays (and unlike my old ones, I don't have to precariously balance these to avoid the top tray falling into the bottom one). While all the ice doesn't fall right out, I don't find it that difficult to get the cubes out. Even with my old basic ice trays, I had to bang, dig and fight to get half the cubes to come out. With this one, it's usually just a few around the edges that take a few extra seconds to push out. This is truly a great design for a cube maker and should become the standard for all ice trays.

They are next to impossible to remove from the tray, and they take forever to get out. You can't just get all of the cubes out, you have to do them one by one. So, holding onto a cold silicon tray and popping out ice cubes one by one as they stick to my fingers and hurt when pry them off, is not my idea of a nice ice tray. Not only that, but they don't come out easily, so I have to fight with each individual one to get it out.It is a cute idea, having them stack up in a nice little container, but did anyone at OXO actually test this before they put it on the market? I don't understand the positive reviews on this. Have these people even used this? They must know a trick that I don't, because this is the absolute worst ice tray I have ever used. OXO is one of my favorite brands, so I was sad to see what an awful gadget this was. Pass it on by folks, you will be happy you did.