These silicone ice trays are great. I have several types including large cube, small cube, and the sphere. At first you think they are going to be flimsy and fold over double once you fill them with water. However that is not the case, they hold their form once the water is added. These ice cubes once out hold form and keep drinks very cold for several hours. There are many things you can do with this mold. For starters you can take the top off and fill the sphere in the bottom to the ridge and you can have half moon ice cubes. Next you can leave the top off and fill the whole bottom half full and make one really large ice cube that can be put in a lunch pail to keep the food in good shape till you get to it. Lastly the other way I have used this mold, was as intended, putting the to pieces together and using the fill holes on the top of the mold to fill the complete sphere. These Spheres are great for drinks with straws, because the straws do not hook on the jagged or cubed edged of regular ice cubes.
As far as cleaning if needed, only takes a little bit of warm running water. I tried this mold out with Kool-Aid spheres. When it comes to filling the sphere mold, be sure to put the notches the proper way to make sure that it is a secure fit. Next hold down in the middle of the mold so the sphere's fill up nicely. If you do not hold down in the middle the top plate might float up on you as you are adding water. Once you have them filled, stick them in the freezer and you now have spheres of goodness. To get the cubes out take the top plate out. You might have to bend the mold a little each direction because there is some water run between the spheres sometimes. Once you have the top plate off then press up from the bottom of the sphere on the outside of the mold and they pop right on out for you. To me they are much easier to get out of the mold versus the regular cubed silicone trays.
If you are looking for new ice trays, If you are wanting better ice trays, of you are wanting to be able to offer something other then the boring cubed ice. This is a great ice cube tray to consider for the ease and multiple uses it offers. I would like to thank Airbundle and affiliates for sending me this ice tray to try out and leave my opinion.
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