Dexas ice•ology Silicone Clear Ice Maker for Craft Cocktail Ice, 8 Count Cube Tray

I couldn’t be happier. I love this ice mold. As a home mixologist, I don’t have an abundance of space for my hobby, and my freezer has even less space. This mold takes up little space and makes AMAZING cubes. It’s easy to fill and really easy to get the ice out of. The ice is also super clear, though I do use double-filtered water. That’s just what we have in our fridge. No need to buy an expensive machine or trays. This works really well.

This ice mold tray truly works well! The ice cube removes easily and end result is exactly as expected. Perfect clear ice cube. I do wish it was a littleore compact as it needs a little more room than your regular cocktail molds you see in regular stores. But it still gets the job done, so worth it!

This maker makes fairly clear ice in my chest freezer but not perfect. I have a 4 ball round cube maker that makes absolutely clear ice with hot tap water but it takes 48 hours. I believe the key to getting crystal clear ice is for the cubes to freeze slowly. If your freezer is 0 degrees, it will freeze fairly fast and be cloudy. If your freezer is set warmer, I think I get better results. So if you have a freezer with digital temperature control, turn it up to as warm as it will go and try it if you aren't getting good results. This does work and cubes are fairly clear, and I like the size of the cubes for cocktails.

Works as expected. Simple to use.

The clear ice maker has been a wonderful purchase. It reliably makes incredibly clear ice cubes. After a year of use, the plastic tray developed a crack on it, likely because I was banging it too hard against the counter to loosen the ice. After getting in touch with the company by email, Heather offered to send me the replacement part which has solved my problem. I would definitely recommend this company for a great product and wonderful customer service.

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.

Okay first of all this isn't actually a terrible product. It's nicely made, it doesn't take up much space in the freezer and it does work...sort of. The cubes I got were more clear than those from trays, but not completely clear, and since that's the whole point, it simply fails. The problem is that to work properly, this thing requires a freezer temp between 25-30 degrees Fahrenheit. Most freezers (including mine) are closer to 0 degrees. So unless you have a mini-fridge that you can turn down to just below freezing (and dedicate to just making ice-cubes), there's no way you can actually follow the directions. So your cubes will inevitably freeze too fast and not be clear. I should have just watched YouTube first, because I could have saved my money: just fill a 6-pack cooler with the best-tasting water you have (tap water is fine if it tastes good) to within a couple inches of the top and stick it in the deep-freeze overnight without the lid. (Because this is a significantly larger quantity of water, it will freeze more slowly and you will get truly clear ice.) Twenty-four hours later, remove the cooler and place it on its side in the sink. Once it thaws enough the block will slide out sideways. Using a long serrated knife, chop off the partially-frozen shell of ice at the bottom, and after smoothing that off, what you have left (the top half or so) is a perfectly clear slab of approximately 2-inch thick ice. Now, using the same long serrated knife and a cutting board, score the block about 2 inches in from the edge---just a few strokes is enough to create the necessary groove. Leave the knife fully seated in the groove, then whack the top of it straight down with a mallet and you will break off a square ice-column. Repeat scoring and whacking until your ice-slab is fully cubed. (If you're not careful you might break off some irregular pieces, which just makes for some interesting jagged cubes. However if you want only perfect cubes, you can score all the way around all 4 sides of the block before whacking it, which generally improves your chances.) Once you have made your cubes, I like to food-saver them 4 at a time into bags and toss them in the freezer so they don't sublimate or absorb any odors. It's a little tricky to keep the 4 of them separated (so they don't freeze together) while the food-saver vacuums out the air, but if you stick your fingers in between them from the top just right, you can manage it. (Otherwise just do 2 at a time.) Doing things this way not only gives you truly clear ice, it also makes a lot more cubes than this thing, which only makes 2 at a time. I also found that getting those 2 cubes out of the holder was a struggle; I might have eventually gotten better at it, but since the cubes aren't even fully clear, why bother? About the only advantages this unit provides is that it doesn't take up as much room in your freezer as a 6-pack cooler and you don't have to chunk the ice apart into cubes, but you're just not likely to get the perfectly-clear cubes you seek. If you have limited freezer space and decide to go with this thing, I would suggest sealing it in a zip-lock bag full of air to provide additional insulation and slow down the freezing process. Then it might work. But you probably already own a 6-pack cooler and that does a far better job, so if possible just use that instead and use the money you save to buy yourself a fancy bottle of scotch to savor over your perfectly-clear ice-cubes with a friend this coming weekend!

This is a well made product. Parts fit securely, and it makes an awesome cube with sharp edges! But totally clear ice? I followed their directions 100%. The reality is it's not possible to make clear ice using a regular freezer like you and I have. A regular freezer with a temperature around 0 degrees Fahrenheit will freeze ice too fast and trap air. I've tried all the tricks: boiled water (cooled); double boiled; filtered; distilled; straight tap water; warm water. I've insulated this insulated device in another cooler to keep it warmer (didn't help). The freezer is just too cold and freezes too fast and the ice is not ABSOLUTELY clear. It is FOR SURE clearer than normal freezer ice, but not the crystal clear all the way I was hoping for. Maybe there is a hidden technique out there to make it totally clear. Or else I need a mini freezer I can muck with to set the temperature closer to 28 degrees F and slow down the freezing process. UPDATE 09.18.21 - I did end up buying a mini freezer AND a remote thermometer, AND a smart controller that can turn the freezer on and off so I can control the internal temperature pretty closely (on the order of +/- 2 degrees F). The result is much clearer ice. It's a fun thing to do, and it works way better than your standard freezer could ever do. As far as this product goes, it has been very durable, very easy to use, and produces nice ice cubes. I would buy it again - then again if you do buy it, realize you may need to buy the mini freezer, thermometer, smart controller, etc. Sigh,....