OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray for Cocktails with Lid

Score is 4.5, definitely not 5 stars. Pros: trays fit together nicely, and the cover and frame is very sturdy. The cubes are the size I was looking for. Size of cubes is listed as 7/8 in and it's quite close, dependent on how filled each cavity is. I wanted small cubes for shaking and stirring cocktails, and these will suit nicely. And for each freezing the trays will produce quite a few cubes. But...It takes about 10-12 cubes to half fill a rocks glass. That will be half of one of the trays (1/4 of all cubes) in one use. That is the first (minor for me) downside: one production of cubes will only accommodate making or serving 2-4 drinks. While serving may only use half a tray, shaking or stirring generally uses about a full tray of cubes. A lot of other trays offer similar cubes-per-drink kind of ratios for their size, but they might give you multiple trays, and this tray isn't cheap. You're paying for the frame, cover, and name brand, along with the number of cubes. Again for me this is a minor downside, but does mean I have to keep a extra plastic bag in the freezer that I continually top up as the cubes freeze.The more annoying downside is filling the trays. It's messy and difficult. Because the cavities are so small, they fill up quickly and don't evenly spill into the surrounding cells. I fill them from a filter pitcher with the trays inside the frame. It's hard to fill the outside cells evenly without spilling over the side. I've resorted to just filling them on my bar mat and not worrying about the water overfilling, but it's inefficient and takes time to clean up afterwards. Even with the overflow while pouring, I keep them around the stated fill line and haven't had a problem separating the trays after freezing. The silicone is forgiving and twists easily to loosen the cubes to push out.I wanted small cubes, and I got small cubes. The filling process is annoying, but I don't know what a better solution for cubes this small might be. Also looking around, no reviews on these trays ever say anything about the actual measurement of the cubes or cubes-per-glass, so I included that here, with pictures.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Nice little cubes. Seals tight. Perfect for my RV fridge.

I was looking for silicone ice trays after reading about microplastics and how I'm probably eating the equivalent of a credit card a day. Because OXO rarely disappoints, I opted for these. Before I did, I read the reviews - caveat emptor and all - so I was prepared for the ice cube challenge. Here's what I've got:1. These are little. I read the size. I read the reviews. I was prepared for small. But I was not prepared for *this* small. We are talking petite little squares. Elf-sized. The upside is they're cute and work well in smaller glasses. The downside? Well, either plan to spend a whole lot of time monitoring your ice inventory and making more ice or buy a couple of these.2. Water expands when it freezes, so *of course* if you put the wrong ice tray in the bottom of the stand and fill it up to the top, it's going to expand and freeze onto the other one.This is not rocket science. It's chemistry. As the water freezes and hydrogen bonds form between water molecules, the bonds form a pattern called a lattice. The lattice prevents water molecules from packing together, so water expands upon freezing. So...3. There is a top silicone tray and a bottom silicone tray. The bottom silicone tray has a fill line. Do not fill the water higher than the fill line, and make sure to put the bottom tray on the bottom. This will solve your "sticking together" problem.4. When you fill the trays with water, make sure you use the bottom support tray. Don't fill the silicone tray and then place it in the bottom plastic tray - that results in a wobbly, watery mess. Instead, keep the bottom silicone tray in the hard plastic tray, then once filled, stack the top tray and again, do not overfill. Put the lid on and then walk to the freezer with your elf-sized ice cube tray. No spilling, no wobbling. I use a measuring cup with a pour spout to make it nice and neat and avoid overfilling it.5. Removing the cubes is also not rocket science. But it can be easily done by creating a physical phase change from frozen water to liquid water. Just put some hot water into the top plastic tray - not boiling, just hot - and set the silicone tray into it. A small amount of melting occurs very quickly, and you can easily pop your cubes out. You'll be doing this a lot if you use even a moderate amount of ice, so good to have a plan. The top tray is the one to use because it's a little deeper.Overall, I would recommend these with the caveat re the size. OXO really, really, really needs to make a larger version of this - and I don't just mean larger cubes (though something closer to normal would be nice), but at least a larger tray. For those of us who are neither elves nor willing to devote our waking hours to making ice, these are a little too small. Otherwise, thumbs up, but petite thumbs.

This product needs the size in the description. The cube size is tiny.

The media could not be loaded. Our ice maker broke, so we bought this to replace it. It has been very helpful. The ice is a good size and pops out very easily, I remember the plastic ice cube trays were always hard to pop out but this is no issues. And this makes a lot more ice than the plastic ones. We have probably made 40 trays of ice and it is holding up great. I love that the top tray is bigger than the bottom one to help it easily sit on the bottom tray.The lid is so helpful!

I really like this OXO Good Grips Silicone Small Ice Cube Tray for for freezing herbs, garlic and ginger. I use my food processor to chop like 6 bulbs of garlic or a few fingers of ginger in just a few seconds. I then fill the ice cubes and top off with a small amount of olive oil. Then, anytime I need garlic, ginger or herbs, I just pop out a few cubes and I’m ready to cook. Such a time saver. The only thing I do extra is I do wrap each ice tray with plastic wrap before putting them in the holder. It does have a secure well fitting lid so it’s probably not necessary but I am particular about safeguarding against freezer burn or smells transferring into other foods or refrigerator itself. I feel like wrapping it in plastic wrap helps to prevent that. It doesn’t take up too much space since it’s compact and you can buy multiple trays because they stack well together. A little more expensive than some others on Amazon but I think it was well worth it. I would certainly recommend this product to others. Another good product from OXO.