Glacio Large Sphere Ice Tray
Glacio Large Sphere Ice Mold Tray
Whiskey Ice Sphere Maker – Makes 2.5 Inch Ice Balls: Home & Kitchen
Product Description
Easy to Fill, Easier to Use
Unlike stiff plastic ice cube trays that break or snap if you twist them, or just don’t let the ice go, our silicone molds are flexible, durable and are non-stick, letting the ice form and slide out in perfect shape. Simply twist them or push on the bottom and watch the ice fall right into your cup.
Improve the taste and quality of all your favorite beverages with slow-melting ice spheres made from glacio silicone ice molds!
There’s nothing better on a hot summer’s day or a long day at work than an ice cold drink that cools your body and tastes absolutely delicious. But that experience is quickly ruined with crushed or standard freezer ice cubes that melt away quickly, leaving your drink watered-down and flat. That’s why you need glacio Silicone Ice Trays that create large sphere ice cubes.
Product Details
- Silicone Ice Sphere Mold Tray
- Makes 2.5 inch in Diameter Ice Spheres.
- Food Grade Safe.
- BPA Free.
- Dishwasher Safe.
- Freezer Safe.
| Color | Black, White |
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10 reviews for Glacio Large Sphere Ice Tray
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Izapole –
I found this ice ball mold very easy to use. Filling is a snap. Use a small stream of hot water (you get clear ice balls), and when the cavity is full, press on the bottom of the mold and squirt out about 2 teaspoons of water. Presto, put in freezer for minimum 24 hours, 48 recommended because the mold joint is the weak spot of the ice ball.Found no smell emanated from the mold as other users have noticed. I like this so much I ordered another 3. I use them when drinking single barrel bourbons, and I think I might have a problem.
Keith J Geolat –
I have used the glacio ice sphere molds several times since receiving them. They are easy to use and the molded ice spheres pop out quite easily once frozen by gently pushing on the back side of the soft mold. I have used the hard plastic molds in the past, which are very difficult to get the ice out. The mold material seems quite durable and is very easy to clean with a quick soap and water rinse, then tilt them at an angle to dry. It’s easy to continually make four spheres at a time and keep them in a plastic bowl in the freezer, but having two sets of molds would cut your freeze time in half. Great product!!! I also purchased a 2″ cube version from a different manufacturer as I didn’t see a cube version from glacio, but definitely would have bought a galcio cube version too.
DrSilverworm –
This is perfect for what I want it to do. Makes large spheres of ice perfect to fill the space of a rocks glass, to melt slow with whiskey. The resulting ice is pretty much what you’d expect. The molds themselves are satisfying to use. Easy to fill through holes on top with a steady light stream of water. I indent the molds lightly to get the top 10% of water out to give the ice room to expand, before putting in the freezer. The molds are a pretty heavy-duty feel to them, no chance of me damaging it by pulling hard to separate. 4 seems like the perfect amount, as well, for my purposes.
Swedefish –
My wife got me the glacio tray with 6 square and 6 round cubes, and it has become my favorite gift! Awesome for a nice ‘old fashion’! I loved it so much, i wanted to have one for our vacation home. This time we got the smaller 4 cube version. Love it! The value is great given how spoiled you feel having a drink with these cubes!
Kilt Bill –
First let me say, this thing is great! For what I wanted it for and the relative ease of use, this ice mold is totally worth the price. I’m being nit-picky when I say that it’s not perfect… I’ve left a couple of drip trails across my kitchen floor and had to pick up some ice detritus off the bottom of the freezer… because it works well almost from the get-go. My only issues are: 1) the fill-holes are small, I hope you have a steady hand (not much you can do about this… like I said, nit-picky), as I’ve taken to filling mine and removing the ice spheres in the sink so I have less to clean up. Filling, there’s a lot of overflow; removing, there are small chunks of excess ice frozen on the top of the lid and sometimes between the ice molds. 2) There’s a bit of a trick to getting the ice spheres to release from the mold. I was trying to be too gentle at first (for fear of ripping the mold), but then it would take too long and my fingers would start to hurt from the cold. I’ve found that a little bit of force/manipulation of the mold top goes a long way to getting it to drop the balls, as well as pushing up on the bottom mold in getting it to release. I’ve found about 3 out of 4 times, the ice stays in the top piece of the mold, of the 4 or 5 times I’ve used it so far. 3) Not sure what to do about this, but there are spaces between the base and the lid when secured, that can fill with water and create a small ice shelf. Less so now that I know and I press down on the 5 “buttons” that help to secure the top to the base, but the nature of the silicone trays means a certain amount of flexibility and this causes those gaps. The first time I had an ice sheet connecting 3 of the ice balls together, more recently maybe 1 or 2 look like models of Saturn with the rings, but a lot better.Overall, this is exactly what I was looking for and it works very well! Very happy with this purchase!
Paul_Wood_Worx –
I had a plastic version I got a few years ago. When the ice was ready it was an ordeal using hot water and something to pry the ice balls out. It occurred to me that a silicon version would be so much easier. I found the Glacio product and bought it. WOW! What a difference. So easy to use. The ice balls just pop out once you slide the top off. No prying or hot water. One tip…the instructions say to fill it 80% full. Since the maker is opaque, and the shape is round, I’m not sure how anyone can calculate, much less consistently hit 80%. Instead, I fill to overflowing, then I turn the device over and give it a few taps. You would think they would begin to empty, but just a few large drops come out. That worked for me in avoiding overflow or expansion issues.
MaryH –
Love love love this product! The balls came out perfect! Don’t forget to only fill 80%.When you leave ice in overnight it’s easier to get them out by running warm water over or let sit for 5 minutes. Highly recommend
David S. –
Reading the instructions plus other reviewers comments helped. I found another method for making the ice balls that worked better for me. Step 1: Fill the assembled ball molds all the way up with water. (it’s too dark to see an 80% fill). Use filtered water to past the taste test of any discerning bourbon snob! Step 2: Flip molds upside down (water won’t leak out though the holes) Step 3: Using your thumb, gently depress the upside down mold to squirt out a few teaspoons of water (10-20%) out of each bulb. (Like milking an upside down udder!) Step 3: Flip right side up and place in the freezer overnight. Step 4: Take frozen ice molds out of freezer and run cold water over both sides of the mold for 30 seconds and let sit for 1-2 mins. Step 5: Open up and remove ice balls and store in thick odor-proof plastic freezer containers. If one side of your ice ball is slightly flat, place that side down in the glass and no one will know and push less water out of the udder next time. Step 6: Drink up!
Robert N. Adams –
Does this work? Yes. Is it easy to use? Not at first.The instructions say that you should fill this thing to 80%, but it’s solid black food-grade silicon. You fill it through a tiny hole in the top, so it’s kind of difficult to figure out where exactly 80% is. Other people on here have stated that the trick is to push out a tiny bit of water to meet the mark, but it just honestly takes practice to get it right.Having used this about five times now, you can expect one of three results:1. Overfilled spheres with nipples or streams of ice coming out the top2. Partially-filled spheres that are flat on the top because you underfilled3. A perfect sphere#3 is the hardest to reach. Honestly, I hope they make a version 2.0 made out of transparent silicon with a marked fill line so that these problems are easier to avoid.It’s still a nice product otherwise and a good value for the price.
R Himebauch –
I have been using individual ice ball molds for about 4 years and swear by ice balls. I was looking for an easier removal and obviously a more efficient method. It took a few tries to get the water amount right, removal is super simple. To remove, I just run warm water – top and bottom. Then twist both way (to release the “pins” and it comes apart easily. Twist again each ball and it falls out. Filling was more experimental. I now fill the bottom, snap on the top (making sure all pins are “locked”, then fill each hold. I find that water is sort of pushed from one to another, so after “filling” I run my water very slowly and refill each to the top of the hole. Then gently squeeze each ball to release about 1 teaspoon water. After a few tries of filling/gently squeezing/freezing, you’ll get the filling to be perfect for you. So much easier and quicker than the individual balls.