Glacious LE 60mm Ice Ball Press (Anodized Silver) | Create Huge Ice Spheres For Your Drink

Ok, so I really love this Ice Ball Press, especially for the price. But I have to say, that I have not really used it as intended so far. Let me explain...I've recently started making clear blocks of ice. I've had varying degrees of success, but I find cutting the block into workable chunks to be a bit of a pain. Not only is the ice cold, but there are sharp corners everywhere. Additionally, I have so far found it difficult to cut a chunk large enough to make a complete sphere, but not too large that it won't fit between the 2 rods. If the ice chunk is too small, you wind up with a round-ish shape with flattened areas because it didn't completely fill in the mold. If it's too large, you can't get it between the posts. So...I already have several other cube and sphere molds that are VERY good. Additionally they make many at a time, whereas this really only can do 1 sphere at a time, unless you are willing to run it under some warm water after. The problem with the other molds is that they often leave little nubs or nipples because of how the mold works. Additionally, when you store your ice, it gets freezer burn on it that makes the ice cloudy. At least for a few minutes until it all melts off.Enter this ice press. I figured early on that I can use the press to "polish" my existing spheres and cubes. If I want a beautiful, crystal clear sphere, I take one of my previously frozen spheres out of the freezer and let it acclimate to room temperature for a few minutes. I believe they refer to this as tempering. This will keep the sphere from cracking or shattering. This sphere could have any number of imperfections or freezer burn, but once I place it in the press, all of that melts away. It takes a second or 2 since the sphere is already formed. Then I open the press up and spin the ball around in a few different directions. What I pull out is pure perfection.How do I do this for the cubes? Well, I do the same tempering as mentioned above, bringing the pre-made cubes to room temperature for a few minutes. Then I just pass all 6 sides over the top OR bottom of the press. It very quickly melts off any imperfections and freezer burn. This happens very quick. Going over all 6 sides takes less than 20 seconds. I'm left with a beautiful, clean, crystal clear cube that is ready to impress.Obviously this is supposed to make spheres out of solid chunks of clear ice. I still intend to use it that way, but will need more practice. In the meantime, this makes an excellent ice sphere and cube polisher!

It works, right in front of you! You have to re warm the metal between each one. Sometimes I run it under hot water first to warm it up. This is the original American company that does this kind of sphere maker.

First, it works and it's pretty cool. I didn't buy the extra mould because I bought it for where I go, we get bar ice, aka glacial ice. It takes a bit to get the right size of ice to fit. Only problem is I have to keep warming up the metal as it's melting. I've now put the bottom portion in a bowl of warm to hot water to have it melt. One other issue is as the mould slides down it's rails, it gets stuck at the last 1/2in. All in all I recommend if you want to look fancy while making ice balls but it's not fast. It can also be oddly soothing melting a imperfect chunk of ice into a amazing clear ball.

This thing really works and it produces a beautiful and big ice ball as promised. I got the golden one and it looks great too. The press already impressed a friend of mine so much that he is getting one too, as soon as they are available again. I usually drink my whisky neat, but this summer has been so hot that I need to cool down a bit and the huge ice ball does this better than ice cubes by melting more slowly, and looking really cool too.At room temperature over 20 C it produces the first ice ball quite quickly, but it works faster if you just hold it under running hot tap water for a few seconds to absorb some extra heat. It gets freezing cold while producing the ice ball, so you should use hot water quickly between each ball to keep it working quickly. If this is done it produces a beautiful ice ball in 30 to 60 sec.The ice ball itself actually adds a bit of atmossphere ;) to having a drink.(I think I would have named the product "The atmossphere" or similar)Customer service at Bevratech is friendly and helpful too if you have any questions. Check them out on Instagram for more information.Any negative remarks? Well. The water that is drained from the press needs to be collected by a tray or similar. I think it would be great to supply a matching tray or a little platform with the press, but that will also raise the prize off course.I added two of my photos to show how cool this thing works and looks. Highly recommended

You see this product used to make ice spheres with ice that has bubbles in it almost exclusively. There's basically no reason to use it for those. They're going to melt at about the same rate. But if you're into good whisky and craft drinks and you've learned how to make clear ice (look up Anders Erickson on Youtube), then this is an excellent addition to your bar. Start with a clear ice chunk a little bigger than the 2.4" diameter ice sphere this makes and watch the magic happen. You might find yourself drinking a little more than normal so you don't waste the ice after the first drink. :)))

The first iceball was made very quickly, but the second one that followed took 10 times longer.The iceballs were perfect, just s little bit of patience is required after the initial usage.