Dexas Ice•Ology Silicone Clear Ice Maker Tray for Crystal Clear Craft Cocktails - 2 Round Spheres

Returned after researching as you need a temperature that your freezer is not at, to guarantee clear icecubes

These are not a cheap product but wanted to try as I bought a ice cube maker but they are small and melt very . Ok for cocktails. I bought this to try unfortunately ice cubes still not clear .

Clear ice! I have played with it. I have tried distilled water and boiled. Tap water works very good and is the easiest. I am using our camper's freezer to make the ice. (No room in the house) The water runs through a charcoal filter coming in. First pic is filling up and freezing. Second pic is letting the form sit for a couple of hours and then freezing. Third pic is the form sitting. (I think, to get the air bubbles out.....) I have had good luck with letting it sit. I have found I have to use a bottle brush on the tray about every three freezes. I get a build up on the bottom, of impurities. Easy to use with good results.

Their sphere mold is a little harder to use than their large and small cube molds but makes perfect, clear spheres, just takes a little more effort.

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Product works perfectly as intended, and I really enjoy it. I got a small 1.1 cubic ft Whynter freezer as well and this mold fits perfectly in the top compartment with a bin on the bottom for finished cubes. I like how large they are.I had a problem with WHITE FLAKES collecting on the outside of the ice and after experimenting and talking with Dexas support (very helpful and informative), I have some tips. This strange white debris is calcium carbonate or calcium sulfate in the water that precipitates on the outside of the cubes after freezing. The calcium comes from the tap water. I didn't think I had particularly hard water, so this surprised me. It was also odd that it seemed to collect only on the outside of the ice.If this is a problem for you, make sure to thoroughly clean your ice molds. Try soaking them in a bit of vinegar mixture to really make sure the calcium is removed from the molds, and then try again with distilled water.There is a second problem with distilled water though. Distilled water is pure H2O, so there is no dissolved calcium carbonate, no dissolved ANYTHING. The way ice forms, however, requires some sort of initial impurity in the water to start the crystalization. If you make ice with distilled water, you'll end up with these small streaks in the ice that all direct down toward the hold in the center. It's very interesting, and you can try it for yourself.My solution to these streaks is just to put the tiniest bit of impurities back into the distilled water before freezing again. I put just a pinch of salt in each cube. The ice from this is perfectly clear and clean.

Your not going to get perfect crystal clear ice cubes. Your ice will have small cloudy imperfections, but so do diamonds. For an “at home” novice bartender, it’s perfect for us. The ice molds are easy to remove and the cubes pop out easily. Give the tray a bit of time to warmup. You’ll have an extra 8 (cloudy) cubes of ice for your other needs So each batch can make 8 clear and 8 no so clear ice cubes. . I would recommend it.