I ordered 2 sets of these 14-ice cube trays (8 trays total) in early 2022, and another set in early 2023 (after 3 of the trays ordered in 2022 had developed leaks). At this point (July, 2023) I now have 5 trays out of the original 8 with leaks. Really bad, right? But here's the thing - each tray that developed a problem did so in only one cube per tray, and in the exact same place. That cannot be a coincidence - I think there is a manufacturing defect that likely could be (maybe has been?) corrected. Holding a tray with a leak horizontal with the leaking side closest to you, it is always the second cube from the left that we found to be failed, and the failure always occurs with the green flexible silicone separating from the stiffer white plastic right along the seam between the two, usually in a corner or along the shorter edge, resulting in a relatively slow leak. As is, trying to fill and freeze such a tray creates a puddle underneath that leaking cube, which freezes below the eventually empty cube, which of course is a problem for whatever is underneath that cube.
With such a flaw, you would reasonably ask why did I rate this product 4 stars? Well, compared to many other trays I have tried over decades (both metal and plastic) these do release much easier overall, and for the occasional stuck cube it is super easy to push on the flexible bottom to separate such cubes; these trays have a decent price point for what they are; the included covers prevent the ice from sublimating or absorbing odors if stored in the freezer for a long time between uses, and the covers also make stacking the trays super convenient; the size of each cube is pleasing to us, nothing too large, or small, or wierdly shaped; and finally, if the flaw that we observed does occur, it only seems to affect 1/14th of the functionality of each such tray, and as such can be dealt with fairly easily. What I have done (after a tray starts leaking in the described manner), is just rip the green flexible bottom off the flawed cube (and to repeat, so far, that has always been just one cube per affected tray, second from the left with the leaky side held closest to you). Of course, with one cube now completely lacking a bottom you can only freeze 13 cubes for that tray, but at least it empties immediately upon filling, and thus is still usable (with no slowly forming puddles freezing on items below such trays), with minor loss of capacity.
When we noticed the first leak, I thought it might be due to twisting a tray more then we should have in order to remove the cubes, but that was still a puzzle because we had been reasonably careful not to overdo anything in that regard. Since then, we have been especially careful when removing cubes, yet over time still got 4 more trays that failed in the same way. FWIW, at that point we also started to double check not to overfill (leaving the water 1/16" to 1/8" below the cover), and we also started leaving trays on the counter for a minute or so before removing any cubes. For us the latter makes all of the cubes in a tray separate even easier than they did previously, and perhaps doing these two things also helps avoid damage. That is, I don't recall any additional failures since adopting this practice, which takes no real effort nor does it consume extra time for us, because we always remove all frozen trays at once, transferring all cubes into gallon freezer bags for instant availability when needed. We only refill and re-freeze all of the empty trays when convenient, once the bagged cubes get sufficiently used. Honestly, I do not know if all failures were in the initial lot purchased, or if they occurred in trays from both purchases, but I do know the failures, at least so far, have all occurred before the two changes above that we made to our fill / removal practice.
On the whole, while acknowledging that individual trays may develope a leak, it seems to be limited in extent and occurs in a predictable place, at least to date. That flaw can be worked around by simply abandoning one cube of functionality per affected tray. The trays that did not leak (and remaining cubes of trays that did leak) worked well enough IMO to justify an overall good rating for the reasons given. If you decide to buy these, using described practices may help you to avoid the limited failures that we experienced.
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Product Description
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| DOQAUS Ice Cube Tray with Lid and Storage Bin 4 Pack | DOQAUS Ice Cube Tray with Lid and Storage Bin 3 Pack | DOQAUS Ice Cube Tray with Lid and Storage Bin 2 Pack | DOQAUS Sphere Ice Cube Tray 2 Pack | DOQAUS Square Ice Cube Tray 2 Pack | |
| Package Quantity | 4 Pack | 3 Pack | 2 Pack | 2 Pack | 2 Pack |
| Lids/Stick Quantity | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ice Cube Size | 1.7*1.1*0.9 inch | 1.7*1.1*0.9 inch | 1.7*1.1*0.9 inch | 2.2 inch | 2.2 inch |
| Material | PP & TPE (Silicone) | PP & TPE (Silicone) | PP & TPE (Silicone) | PP & TPE (Silicone) | PP & TPE (Silicone) |
| Dishwasher Safe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LFGB and BPA-free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recommended for | Ice cubes, ice pudding, Jelly, chocolate, fruit cubes, ice coffee, cocktail, beer etc. | Ice cubes, ice pudding, Jelly, chocolate, fruit cubes, ice coffee, cocktail, beer etc. | Ice cubes, ice pudding, Jelly, chocolate, fruit cubes, ice coffee, cocktail, beer etc. | Cocktails, ice coffee, ice tea, making popsicles, freezing sauces, baby food, soda, lemonade, puddings, jelly, yogurt, wine, fruit juice. | Cocktails, ice coffee, ice tea, making popsicles, freezing sauces, baby food, soda, lemonade, puddings, jelly, yogurt, wine, fruit juice. |
| Ice Recipes | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Storage Bin | ✓ | ✓ |
Are you tired of struggling with your old ice cube trays which make ice cubes slithering across your counter or floor, freeze excess water and keep the ice cubes altogether, and separate cubes easily?
A Must-Have Kitchen Gadget
Each ice cube tray features 14-cube and a smart removable lid, which helps you make nice-sized cubes easily. Just fill the trays with water/fruits/ ice cream/soda/wine, cover the lid and then put them into the freezer. Since it is dishwasher safe, you could just put them into your dishwasher after use.
Professional Quality and Easy to Use
Made of PP and TPE (silicone) material is safe and durable. With the TPE material made at the bottom, it is easy to remove the ice cubes. The smart removable lid helps prevent the freezing of excess water and keeps ice cubes from absorbing freezer odors.
Space-Saving Feature
These easy ice cube trays could stack easily and securely in the freezer without sticking, saving some space for other items.
How to Use:
1. Pour water into each of the compartments lower than the water level.
2. Simply let the ice cube sit at room temperature for a while until it can be easily removed from its trays.
3. Push the silicone bottom to easily pop out the ice cubes.
4. Unidirectional twist design, Please don't reverse twisting.
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DOQAUS ICE CUBE TRAYS
Specifications:
Material: PP & TPE (Silicone)
Dimensions: 9.92 x 3.90 x 1.14 inch (L x W x H)
Weight: 102g/3.59oz (1 Pack )
Color: White + Green
Note:
1. Do not use a metal brush to clean these ice cube trays.
2. Do not clean the ice cube trays with strong detergent in case they get corroded.
3. Keep these ice cube trays away from fire sources in case they get distorted.
4. Please wipe out the trays with a soft cloth.
5. You'd better not add too much water in case the ice and the cover sticking together.
6. After freezing, twist the ice tray slightly/push the silicone bottom to loosen the ice cubes, then place the ice tray in a large freezer bag and take each ice cube out.
Package Included:
- 4 x Ice Cube Trays
- 4 x Removable Lids
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The lids and plastic portions of the ice cube trays came in slimy. Had to rinse everything, which I would have anyway I just wasn't expecting them to be slimy. Maybe that's intended to keep everything from sticking during transport? Either way, you don't really notice that it's slimy until they get wet so do rinse them before using.Five out of eight of the corners of the lids broke immediately. I'm actually not even sure when because I don't have but one of the pieces of the corners laying around but they're all very clearly snapped and all I did was take them out of the package and rinse them and as I set them aside I noticed that the corners were missing.One of them also has a weird crack along one of the corners and another one has some strange ant looking thing in the middle of the plastic that you can't get off as if it was molded in there.Despite all of this, I find the lids rather useless, anyway, because the max fill line is also ridiculous and only necessary if you need to use the lids and trying to agonize over not filling it up to the max fill line so that you can put the lid on is also really ridiculous. Just make them properly stackable like traditional ice cube trays are. What's the point of lids especially if you're going to make them so brittle? I'd rather not have to worry about the max fill line, have bigger ice cubes, and just be able to stack my ice cube trays instead of taking them one by one into my freezer. Going to start using a cookie tray to transfer them 😂Also, not that it really matters but the instruction pamphlet (which why do we need instruction pamphlets to make ice anyway?) has a typo that says to put the ice cube trays in the refrigerator (as opposed to the freezer) in order to freeze them which I thought was funny but an older friend of mine who apparently has never seen silicone ice cube trays (although that /really/ shouldn't even matter) took the instruction literally and decided to steal one of my trays from my freezer to put it in their fridge thinking that it was "new technology", that they didn't have to put it in the freezer to make ice anymore........ Yeah. Couldn't convince them otherwise. Please send help rofl. This is why instructions have gotten so weirdly specific. 😂
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