OXO Good Grips No-Spill Ice Cube Tray

I don’t have an ice maker and I wanted something that did not take up too much space and was not open and able to take on any freezer odors. This tray is perfect, I can pour as much water as I want and the excess will drain out, it has a great silicone cover, it is very easy to get the cubes out, and best of all I can put it in and any angle and it will not spill or leak! It is slim enough that I can store it easily and it does not take up much room. It is also very easy to clean. During the summer when I’ve been drinking a lot of iced coffee, I can actually make coffee ice cubes too so I do not have to water down my coffee! There are a variety of ice cubes that can be made with this tray. For myself, it is perfect and everything I was looking for and definitely worth the money.

I am a huge ice fan... my friends actually tease me about it all the time. We have a fridge that makes ice but we have had it repaired 11 times in the past 12 years. After spending $150 to $200 each time, I finally refused to pay for it again. This meant I had to go on a ice cube tray research exhibition. ;-)I looked and read the reviews for several ice cube trays. I finally stumbled upon a video that compared about 5 ice cube trays and the OXO Good Grip No Spill Ice Cube Tray was by far the best one. I purchased five trays and the Rubbermaid Ice Bin to put them in once they were frozen.Now that I've made a few rounds of ice... here goes.At first, it is somewhat awkward dealing with the silicone lid that covers the tray after filled with water. But, by the time I filled the 5th tray, I was already getting the hang of it. The video on Amazon makes it look very easy, but for me I didn't want to use the faucet. Instead, I poured water from our filtered water line in the door of our fridge and then I poured that in the ice cube trays. I am sure filling it over the sink would have been much easier but that didn't really work for my situation. Once the tray was filled I had carefully placed the lid over it and moved it over the sink to make sure any of the excess water would drain off. When I tilted the tray to let the water drain, many times it would drain all or most of the water from one or both of the first two ice cubes. I found that when this happened I just did not have it sealed correctly. Once they were all filled, I moved them to the freezer stacking them up on each other. Each time I did this there was no spillage so that part worked great.THE PROBLEM:Since I stacked all five of them on top of each other I had issues with two of the five trays. Tray one and two was great. You barely have to twist the tray and the cubes come out very easy. You can either push on the ice cube and it rocks right out of the tray or you can dump it over an ice bin or bowl. The problem happened with trays three and four. In both cases after 12 hours, these trays were not frozen. But, tray five was frozen. I think having them all on top of each other diminishes the amount of cold that can get to those two trays. That is why tray 5 can freeze cause it has nothing underneath it. So, if you are wanting to make a lot of ice, I would suggest trying to stack no more than three at a time.Another possible issue is space. I really wanted to put this on a specific shelf but the freezer door would not shut. For me, the problem was the part of the freezer that drops the ice down sticks out causing the tray to hit it. So, I had to move things around in the freezer and there is really only one shelf I can put the trays on. We have a side-by-side fridge/freezer which means it a narrow space.So, if you need an ice cube tray and you are tired of doing the balancing act, this tray will keep the water in and the freezer smells out. As long as you don't stack too many at one time, you will LOVE this tray.

Easiest ice tray to walk from the counter to the freezer. No more spills.

Works like a charm and the cover seal goes on super easy. Taking off one star because it's longer and wider than I would like but that's part of the clever OXO design so I understand why. The directions say you can put the ice cube tray in the freezer in any position and it will remain sealed. I haven't tried it yet but I might.

This ice tray is absolutely amazing.The soft silicone cover helps keep out smells and, if you're freezing food, keeps out freezer burn. It also makes it easy to carry the full the freezer without sloshing. And yes, it can be tilted at a slight angle in the freezer so you don't have to empty a flat shelf if you're short on space.More on my tests in a moment, but first, the basics: I purchased two of these, and use them mainly for storing staples I make in advance, such as chicken stock used in sauces and saffron water, which I use to flavor Moroccan dishes. This tray is also also really fabulous for storing egg whites. I freeze my items then pop them in a ziploc bag. Whenever I need some, I just take out what I need and it defrosts quickly.Each cube holds 1.5 Tablespoons of fluid. That's one small to medium egg white. With my large eggs, three eggs fits in four cubes.I also tested this with water a couple times just for the purposes of the review, even though I have an ice maker in my fridge. So here's how it works: With water, or chicken stock or whatever you use, when you fill this ice tray, the liquid spills out in a canal-like ridge around the perimeter tray. When I'm freezing something like chicken stock, there is slight wastage in the canal but of course the same fluid would have just dripped in the sink or on the counter if it wasn't there. There is a slight advantage to this feature--if you're pouring something in and you're not over a sink, the slosh goes into the canal and not on your counter or floor.In doing my testing, I sealed the silicone top (you punch down on two little tabs and then smooth it with your hand--a pretty easy process). For testing purposes, I dried the entire outside of the tray so I could see leaks. Then I tilted the tray over the sink to see how well it held. Every time (and I did this about a dozen times with different fluids) the fluid stayed tight in the tray when tilted until the angle hit about 45 degrees--and then it began to leak.For several of my tests, I stuffed the fill tray in the freezer in an available spot at about a 30 degree angle. No leakage problems...it's nice that if I don't feel like clearing a shelf I can put it in at a slight angle.The cubes came out easily for me as long as they were full. One time when I under filled the tray a bit the cubes were a bit difficult to get out.The product label says the product is dishwasher safe, but I noticed that the Amazon listing says the plastic tray only is top-rack safe. I am only putting the tray part in the dishwasher and I've just been rinsing the silicone cover.