Ice cube making machine

[wolf63]

I am thinking of buying an ice cube maker.

I buy bags of ice cubes at present and it will be simpler to make my own. I tried just using ice cube trays but my hands shake and - well it was a complicated task. ;-)

Does anybody know HOW the machine makes the ice cubes? Does it contain little ice cube trays or is it something technical?

This is the one that I have my eye on - http://www.amazon.co....ef=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp

[ChuckFickens]

Why not just buy ice cube bubble bags, they are cheap enough and all you do is run them under the tap until full, then the top automatically seals (you can turn them upside-down when full and they don't leak) and chuck them in the freezer.

http://www.tesco.com/...Details/?id=257134119

[wildwood]

Or if you want to use a tray something like

http://www.healthegoo...e-cube-tray-onyx.html

is easy to use. Similar might be available cheaper elsewhere.

[Ratty2E]

The bags are great and you don't need to try to find a flat, level space in your freezer just bung it in anywhere.

[Katie~77]

After cleaning the ice machine at work, I certainly wouldn't buy one......or have ice in my drinks when Im out. Uuuuuuurrrrrgh!!!! I use ice bags at home. They're very good!x

[B00]

icebags are ok, but they're a bugger ot get out when you need 'em aren't they? Not just me woh struggles with these is it?

[ChuckFickens]

You just squeeze them and the bag splits and the cubes pop out...


You're not trying to get them out the top so you can reuse the bag are you? :)

[B00]

no, i squeeze, lol. but unless it's because i'm using cheap bags from t'pounshop (i know, i know!!), i find the bags really difficult to tear.

[milly143]

In my line of business I know a lot of people who know the ins and outs of ice machines and all of them swear they would never have ice that comes out of them. They get fairly grim apparantly.

[wolf63]

So - bang goes another master plan.

I have been using the bags - but I go through tons of ice cubes and thought that it would be cheaper to buy a toy/machine that I could play with/use.

I am an ice cube cruncher - the local water is very good and is much better when it is frozen/chilled so much it is almost frozen.

wildwood - I chuck lots of nasty chemicals/drugs down my throat daily (including Lithium) so I have reached the stage of not trying to be too fussy about additives and chemicals in plastic. The additives might actually be what is keeping me going.

Thanks everybody.

[jomifl]

unless you are prepared to shell out £1000 on an 'american' fridge freezer, Ice cube bags are by far he simplest and most hygenic way to go. An alternatve is the 'ice cube' bottles that you can get in poundland. They do work but take up at least 4x the volume of the cubes ( half spheres) that they produce, and need to be placed on a level surface.