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?

  • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’d look at reviews, maybe see if Americas test kitchen has done a guide

    Anything decent should hold up long term, I think you’ve just found some crappy ice cube trays

    https://a.co/d/7dG2vHu

    This one seems like the style you’re talking about and has better reviews than just about anything else I see on amazon. How much you trust those reviews is up in the air, but it does look like a fairly foolproof, classic style of icemaker as long as it’s not flimsy, and the reviews don’t seem to suggest that’s an issue 🤷‍♂️

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Yeah, I just bought those a few days ago, and they really are fantastic for basic looking trays. They’re very structurally sound and reinforced, but also flexible, and the ice comes out with no effort. And they can only stack, it’s impossible to nest them together.

    • Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      It certainly seems like it should be simple to find a good one. It feels like we perfected the technology ages ago and then for some reason no one kept making the good ones. XD

      That listing looks like it might be good at face value but it also seems potentially suspicious. I’ll probably see if I can find third party reviews of it to double check (compared to the Amazon reviews that are easier to spoof).

      • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        A person just replied to me to say they bought them and shared some thoughts, it sounds like they’re very happy with them, thought I’d let you know since you won’t get a notification for that message :)