OXO Good Grips No-Spill Ice Cube Tray

This was a find. I hated my old ice cube tray - always in the wrong place. This was bigger than I expected and it is easy to store in the freezer. I love the silicon top to it which stops the water dripping everywhere before the cubes have frozen. Very good value for money in my opinion and a good design. Easy to get the ice cubes out and easy to fill and easy to clean.

Tray holds 14 good sized oblong ice cubes, which can also fit through the neck of a 1L flask, great for keeping drinks ice cold for days out. The tray is semi rigid and does not flex or bend when carrying it to the freezer, but will release the frozen cubes easily by twisting it. The silicone lid seals the water in by laying completely flat over the tray, but you have got to gently smooth over the lid to get the seal. You then tip the whole tray to drain excess water from the drainage channels which catch the excess water that spills over while you fill it. If the lid is on correctly, there should be no leakage from the ice cube holes. Best to freeze this reasonably flat to ensure no leakage, you could get away with a bit of an angle but not sure about tipping it right up on its side. I Remove the cubes and place in a freezer bag to take up less room in the freezer. Could probably do 2 to 3 batches to stock up a fair number of cubes, and then remove the tray ( it's much bigger than a standard ice cube tray ). Some of the reviews have complained about a plastic taint to the cubes. I suspect they have not received the genuine article but a cheap copy. The genuine tray is of a high quality and the food grade materials used have no odour whatsoever.

Cube shape ice cubes in 2 layers that are easy to remove. Lid stops water spilling in the freezer, stops evaporation, and allows yo to stack things on it

The protective cover is a bonus.

Plus: Ingenious no spill design. You can even put them sideways in the freezer to conserve space. Ice cube removal is very easy. Ideal size and shape of ice cubes. They don't pick up smells from freezer. Minus: Occasionally, some ice cubes come out broken. Also, before draining the excess water from the tray, you must press very firmly while sliding your hand across the lid so as not to allow any water to drain from the ice cube sockets. If it were not for these two minor concerns, I would give them 5 stars. In any case, great job OXO! UPDATE NOVEMBER 2017: Over four years later, they are still in great condition. I use them daily. If I ever need to purchase another ice cube tray, it will have to be OXO Good Grips. Changed my rating to 5 stars. They deserve it!

As a disabled person, a simple task like filling an ice cube tray can be one of those jobs that becomes impossible. I’ve soaked my lap transporting a full tray, or poured water all over the freezer filling in situ with a jug, and totally shattered a hard plastic tray whilst exhausting myself smacking it on the worktop trying to release the ice. This is the perfect solution. It really does seal up, as long as you align it correctly (and even then it can easily be repositioned) and then you can just tip the excess water out and transfer to the freezer with no wet lap or floor. And, because it’s sealed, you can just chuck it in the drawer on top of all the uneven items and it will still make cubes. To release, just give it a slight twist, which requires almost no hand strength or dexterity at all, and they’ll just pop right out when you press on them. The rest will then stay in place until you need them, even when you throw them back in at an odd angle. It is expensive for just an ice cube tray, but I’ve long accepted that being disabled almost always requires spending more money for the better items that actually do what you need, and being Oxo, it’s a brand I trust. For the able bodied, I’d say it’s still worth the price for the ease of use and the ability to freeze without trying to find a flat surface and then close the freezer with mechanical precision at the pace of a snail. I’m not on any commission, I’ve just been raving about this ice cube tray to my friends since I got it. Shielding for a over year has obviously made me quite easy to please.

Look, I drink between 2-3 liters of iced tea a day & I was getting through 4kg of party ice per week. I've tried so many ice cube trays over the years but the silicone ones spilled whenever I moved them & the ones with the plastic lids shattered after little use. I had given up on ever finding an ice cube tray that could keep up with my lack of grace & the sheer volume of ice I consume. I bought one of these on a whim after trying (AGAIN) to find an ice cube tray that could mitigate spillage and that wouldn't crack because I am a little too rough when getting the ice cubes out of the tray. I was irritated at the cost (£11? FOR AN ICE CUBE TRAY? Obscene.) but realized I'd probably spent that amount buying trays that sucked. It had great reviews & was rated the best consumer ice cube tray on some website or other. Reader, this ice cube tray is magnificent. After using it 2 days I bought two more. They don't spill, the silicone lid thing is great & as a bonus the ice cubes sometimes come out stuck to it when you remove it. You still need to twist the tray to get them to release so I don't know how long it will stay uncracked but here's hoping it's until I finally spend £300 on a nugget ice maker. One tray fills a 30 ounce Yeti-style cup, two trays fills a 30 ounce cup when I pour recently brewed tea into it & the first lot melts. The only downside to this tray is that my ice cube obsessed dachshund finds the cubes slightly too large for one immediate crunch. He can lump it, quite frankly, because this tray is awesome.

Good points: Has a lid to stop ice picking up odors. Makes nice-looking cubes of a good size. Bad points: It takes a lot of pinching and poking and finger-freezing to get the cubes out of the silicone trays. I can't figure out how the arthritis-afflicted target user of OXO products is supposed to manage. Maybe you could use a blunt knife, but that's going to slip and go through the silicone before too long. The top and bottom trays are very different and not interchangeable. The bottom tray is pretty good: it has high sides and baffles with gaps at the corners, so you can easily add water anywhere and slosh it around until it's evenly distributed. The top tray has a rim that rests on the lip of the carrier and keeps the tray at the top level. Thus you can't use the cubes in the top tray and then park it at the bottom until you're ready to refill both trays. It also lacks the high sides and baffles with gaps, so you pretty much have to put the tray in the sink, pour water all over it till it drips off the edges, run a long knife along the top to get the level right, and then dry off the bottom of the tray with a towel. And even that leaves no expansion room, so the water rises up and overtops the baffles as it freezes, forcing you to break the cubes apart.

Muy buena cubitera, ocupa poco espacio y tiene gran capacidad. Los cubitos son pequeños y quedan perfectos para cualquier bebida.

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.

Great buy! Love them. Bought 4:).

Good product

it is as per what it declares - No spill. and it works that way - Great