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Our family has tried several type of ice cube tray looking for that perfect tray, and finally, we settled on these. It has not been a perfect ride. It took a little while to figure how they could be easier to use. My wife and kids have had difficulty getting them open. After she broke the handle on two different trays, I watched how she opened them. She was not making sure the lid stayed clear from the opening. If the lid was just a little close, it would cause her great strain, and broken handles. I guarantee you, others here complaining about them breaking have done this. You must turn the lid 180° the other direction before trying to fully open the tray. Here's my process to fill them:1. Fill the tray directly at the bottom of the top row of cubes. Ignore the fill line! Trust me, it makes all the difference. If you fill it past the point I recommend, the cubes are much more difficult to break up. Stand the tray on its end and fill it exactly between the 1st and 2nd row of cubes. 2. You don't have to wipe off the excess water before putting the tray in the refrigerator, but I don't like random ice bits all over the other items in the freezer.My process for retrieving ice:1. Lay the tray flat on a hard surface and place the palm of your hand (or your elbow if you prefer) in the middle of the tray and give a quick, hard shove. You should start to hear the ice breaking up. 2. Flip the tray over and repeat step one, then flip and repeat one last time. No more crushing has ever been needed.3. Pick up your ice tray and open the top. Spin the top 180°. Don't get lazy! Spin it 180° 4. Firmly slip 3 fingers from each hand through the ice tray grips on each side with the top on the other side of the ice tray, away from your body. This uses gravity to keep the top even less likely to accidentally fall back on the opening, creating suction as you're trying to spead the ice tray. The top falling back on the opening while spreading the tray is what breaks the handles. 5. Now that the tray is spread apart, close the top, shake vigorously while putting your other hand over the top (sometimes the top will accidentally open while shaking the tray and start throwing ice all over your kitchen).This might seem like a pita, but it's not once you do it a couple times. We have 8 of these for over a year. Once everyone in the family started using these instructions, the handles stopped breaking. It has been well over a year now. These trays went from a 3 star to a solid 5 star once I figured out these little changes. They are the best ones I've ever used. Best of luck.

This ice cube tray is fantastic, but you must read the helpful reviews FIRST! Be sure to lay the tray out flat for approx. 10 minutes then use the palm of your hand to press both sides a couple times to loosen the ice a bit. Then you MUST open the topper before popping! Slip a few fingers under each handle, pull to loosen the ice, then close the topper again in order to give the ice cube tray a good shake to loosen all the ice cubes. Now you've got the perfect sized ice cubes that will easily slip from the opening when you're ready to use them. In the meantime, the ice cube tray is also the ice cube holder so it's functional in 2 different ways. One other thing I read is to never take the ice cube tray apart for cleaning because once you do it's going to leak. Just pour a little bit of dish soap in there along with some water and shake to give it a good cleaning on the inside and rinse well. I find it kinda fun to pop the ice once ready. It stores easy in the freezer too, in any direction so that's cool too. If you read the helpful reviews & follow the advice, you'll really like these ice cube trays!

I like this lil' guy, it's easy to fill and fits well in our small freezer so I have to give it marks because it's cleverly designed. But that design is all about making cubes, not storing or extracting them. It can be a little difficult to shake the cubes loose (and I mean when they are free from their molds) to get some to fall out of the hole. A thing you also forget is that a traditional ice cube tray lets you fill in empty spots but store the ice you're not using it --- you can't do that here, at least not as easily. We always made ice cubes and stored them in a bag in the freezer anyway so it wasn't a big deal for us but just word to the wise

I got these for my apartment and I’ve been pretty rough with them and they haven’t shown many, if any, signs of wear and tear. It’s also the perfect amount of ice for my 24oz water bottle. I bought two to rotate them out and it’s been a pretty good system. I keep them upright in my freezer and haven’t experienced any leaks yet. They’ve got little “feet” on the bottom so they’re able to stand up on their own. I will say, it takes a couple minutes every time I want to put ice in my water bottle, but I guess with any manual ice maker that’d be the case. This one is definitely they best I’ve had and would for sure recommend.

Awesome! The cubes are wonderful,, solid,, i love the size too, like a smaller whiskey ice ball. I read Instructions and followed, everything is perfect. Taking the top off BEFORE pulling is essential, unless you're very strong. If you are fighting to open,, you are doing WAY too much. Fits right in my mini freezer but can be stashed in any direction in any freezer.

These trays work great for the most part. The design is very innovative and serves the purpose overall. However, there is a big problem with the lid not sealing. it is not water tight. No matter what I do, it always leaks and leaves a mess in my freezer, which is not very easy to clean after the leaked water freezes! i would give it a 5 if the lid did not leak all the time. I hope they will be able to fix this problem in the future. I would like to buy more of these. The best workaround for this lid problem is to stand these trays up in the freezer. No more leaks! But to say that they can be placed in any direction is a gross exaggeration and not at all accurate.