I’m losing my mind over this. XD

When I was growing up, my parents had ice cube trays made of solid plastic, with trapezoid shape so the cubes pop out when you twist it. Those trays lasted through my entire childhood and worked great. I want to buy ones like that (either made of thick plastic like that or metal that’s flexible enough to twist like that). But I’ve never seen them in stores, and after scouring the internet I can’t find any like that online either. Everything looks like the same sorts of flimsy materials that I know will break quickly, or is square metal so the cubes won’t pop out like that. Does anyone know where I can find trays like that?

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    I’ve never broken a plastic ice cube tray twisting it. There are plenty of plastic trays on Amazon.

    I have tried a silicone one once and didn’t like it, as it took more doing to get the ice cubes out than the plastic tray, where they tend to all readily slide out after the tray’s been given a twist.

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      I just had 3 out 4 plastic trays shatters like balsa wood after 3 goddamn days. Do not buy “Core Kitchen” trays with silicone bottoms. Everything about them was spectacularly bad product design.

    • Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      I’ve had bad experiences with modern-style plastic ones. The ones I tried were not shaped well to pop the ice cubes out and the thin plastic quickly broke. And I’ve had bad experiences with the hybrid silicone ones as well, their seams are a failure point and they’re less convenient as well.