I Tried 7 Different Ice Makers From Amazon!

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[azazelthedark]

Directional freezing is a technique for making clear ice, and the reason you'd want clear ice is for both aethstetics and slower melting. Particularily popular for bartending.

The larger molds with the holes on top and bottom are insulated and freeze directionally.

[captnkirksmoviequeue]

Only Tyler could get me to watch a 23 minute video about ice cube trays on a Saturday night

[dakotadennett]

The ice mold is definitely the reason why the ice is crystal clear

[scottmacs]

The clear ice makers have reservoirs beneath the molds to collect impurities that make ice cloudy. As the water freezes from the top down, the impurities are pushed into the liquid water, leaving the ice pure (more or less) and the water at the bottom full of whatever particulates that are in your water source.

[MsGail]

The metal one is an old school design but this one seems flimsier than the ones from 50 years ago.

[Ian-the-real-person]

Dear Tyler,
The reason that the trays have holes in the bottom and notice all of the ones that had holes on the bottom are both insulated, is because it allows the water to de gas and is slower to freeze to make the ice as clear as possible.

[benreagan]

Water expands when it freezing due to air pocket! For the metal trays to work properly you need to only fill it up about 80% so the cubes are not touching, then the handle works to break open the ice cubes and separate them very easily. Also, those trays are excellent for Jello molds!

[shabadooshabadoo]

i think the hole in the bottom is something to do with the ice being clear at the end. like the water has to freeze from the bottom to the top so that impurities get pushed upwards or something. or maybe the exact opposite and it pushes them into the hole in the bottom.

[MyDirtydan]

That last one is absolutely genius. It's also super retro looking with the color scheme. I could easily see it coming out in the 70s just as much as today.

[america]

Dang.. I really thought this was about ice MAKERS, not ice cube trays

[Chas]

I have the last one (orange) but in Blue and love it, it perfect size for my freezer and i can keep the ice stored there too. have the scoop but don't use it much. the directions say that if it too frozen to let the tray rest for a minute or so before pressing down.

[GrandSamurai]

Tyler, you actually have to run water over that steel tray to thaw it a little bit so the ice breaks off easily and since it’s steel you actually have to put it for 3-4 hours to freeze, and then it would work great.

[shsd]

science about the clear ice molds is basically something called directional freezing, ice with impurities has a harder time freezing so in a normal ice cube all of that stuff gets pushed to the center, with a mold like this all sides are isolated except the top so the ice will freeze from the bottom down pushing all the impurities down into the bottom water resovoir

[xgamer_]

Hay everyone, upvote if y’all agree. (Tyler should get an ice maker that actually makes ice, and put different liquids in it). He should make another video on it.

[ConnorHenn]

I’m so curious where Tyler puts all this stuff 😂😂😂 the amount of stuff he orders is insane

[cypresscustoms]

Watching Tyler with the metal trays was like watching a 12 year old with a rotary phone. Entertaining!

[kona]

Any1 else who group up in the 70s laughed their butts off watching Tyler with the metal ice cube trays? 🤣🤣🤣

[ruthiehammond]

I was hoping you would demonstrate the table icemaker although I got a good laugh from this video. Suggestion
.The steel ice tray is like the ones from the fifties and sixties. We always ran the tray under water a few seconds before pulling the release and dumping the ice. Same with the other trays. 😊

[Blalack]

9:01 - "Abadee abadee abadee. That's all folks"

[gerrymichaud]

We always had the metal ice trays with the handle all through the 60s and 70's. They are great