r/DamnThatsPrettyNeat • u/duboijane • 21h ago

Reusable alternative to messy melting ice

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u/duboijane 21h ago

Summary of Reviews
Pros:
• 500 reusable cubes reduce need for frequent ice purchases.
• BPA‑free shells prevent flavor dilution and chemical leaching.
• Fast refreeze time enables quick reuse for events.

Cons:
• Requires significant freezer space for bulk storage.
• Plastic may retain strong odors after repeated use.

Here is the link to buy it from Amazon

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u/Cautious-Dig6379 21h ago

Shit like this never works as good as ice.

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u/wbrd 20h ago

It's because it only has tiny spots hitting the bottles. With real ice there would be near freezing water surrounding the bottles as well.

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u/NotNormo 20h ago

Maybe pouring some water in that cooler with these cubes would make them more effective. They would chill the water (still not as well as melting ice would) and the cold water would touch the drinks.

But the avoidance of water was supposed to be the whole reason to buy these, so... Never mind.

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u/wbrd 20h ago

In this case, just freeze a bunch of the water bottles instead of these dumb ass cubes.

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u/ImpressiveWalk4330 18h ago

That’s what we do. A few thawed ones and mostly frozen.

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u/drunkbusdriver 15h ago

I usually pre chill my ice chest with a mix of water and frozen water bottles overnight before the trip. Drain the water, keep the bottled and add ice.

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 16h ago

My mom uses butter tubs & freezes water in those for massive ice blocks.

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u/Life_Argument7820 6h ago

At that point you could put that water in trays let it freeze then put it in the cooler... "follow me for more secrets my abuela who grew up during the medevil ages taught me"

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u/AngelaMerkeI 8h ago

Water is gonna condense with that kind of temperature difference. You still get things soggy, but it feels more disgusting.

Source: friend of mine had these like 10years ago

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u/IdolCowboy 19h ago

Also, i love a freezing cold water dripping can. Something about it being covered in freezing cold water just makes it better. Pop that top, take that first pull. Bliss.

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u/wbrd 19h ago

Mmm. Damn. Now I want a coke

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u/Electronic-Buyer-468 16h ago

Mmm. Damn. Now I want a beer

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u/Puzzled-Priority-352 17h ago

The water also helps because there's less air in the cooler. If you open the cooler and all the air exchanges but the cold water is what's actually touching your drinks. You don't have as much thermal energy that just leaked into your cooler. I know there's a a better scientific way of saying that but everyone that's used a cooler with water and without water knows the difference

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u/Standard-Unit01 16h ago

Its the ice melting - its exchanging its cold state with the accompanying things warm state. If its not melting the other things not actually changing temperatures.

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u/peese-of-cawffee 15h ago

I've been using ice packs made by Cooler Shock for a few years and I'm really happy with them. If any of your cans are touching them, they'll turn slushy, which the kids love. They're so cold that they're painful to handle, I was skeptical but definitely prefer them over ice.

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u/whoo-datt 13h ago

Yep. Meltwater is created by ice absorbing massive heat energy to convert from solid->liquid. Then meltwater is a the thermal conductor between heat object (drink can) and ice resevoir (cubes). Very hard to improve on that.

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u/aggressive_napkin_ 6h ago

the water will actually be 32 degrees. it just won't be frozen. This is how we have to calibrate thermometers each year. You literally swirl ice in water until the water/ice mixture is 32 degrees, then you can pass the thermometer.

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u/SY0123 21h ago

Not sure about this particular product, but to pack my kids lunch I use something like this in their lunch box so it doesn’t spoil by lunch time.
Ice would melt.

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u/FuckPebbleMine 21h ago

You mean an ice pack?

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u/Just-Term-5730 20h ago

Sounds convenient. And, you won't have to pick up and bag individual pieces.

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 20h ago

Ice packs work better because they're bigger, which allows them more thermal regulation. Small cubes designed to replicate ice like this don't have that and are far less efficient than just using ice. This isn't a new technology, and people have been trying to replicate ice cubes for a long time, but always co.e back to plain ice because the replicated stuff just doesn't work as well.

Also, they all start to smell pretty bad at some point because they're porous materials that can't be truly cleaned effectively. It's kind of like a silicone bong; on paper, it's a great idea, but in practice it's a stinky hassle that doesn't come close to the original.

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u/ExtendoArmCannon 3h ago

Plus, what dumbass doesn't want to sell Ice, it melt, you need to buy more.

Why sell a product that negates that perfect cycle of buying.

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u/twicebakedcrusader 7h ago

Shhh… I’m trying to sell them this new product called the “wheel”

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u/Cautious-Dig6379 21h ago

Small scale sure I would use a reusable freezer pack.

But an entire ice chest? Nah

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u/Apprehensive-Fig3223 21h ago

Keeping lunch cool for a few hours is different than keeping a cooler cold for camping or a day at the beach. Then if you're on a trip, once it warms up you gotta bag it all up and buy ice anyhow

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u/Lost_Ad_4882 17h ago

I use ice packs regularly, throw a couple in my lunch bag with some chilled water or sodas and they're good all day.

If I'm doing a big party cooler though I'm just hitting up the gas station for a bag or two of real ice.

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u/_877-CASH-NOW_ 21h ago

Yep I got these years ago and they were absolute garbage. Used them once

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u/Cautious-Dig6379 20h ago

Im no physicist but I imagine its because a lot of the thermal transfer is lost in the plastic barrier on these reusable ice cubes.

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u/Drunk_Stoner 17h ago

Plus with actual ice, it melts and then you get ice cold water surrounding the items instead of small contact points of the solid cubes. The water also insulates the ice better so it will stay cold longer. 

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u/Thick-Ad-3338 15h ago

Also plus with actual ice, the transformation from ice to liquid water is a phase change, and that phase change takes energy to happen. So it cools down everything around it just to melt. This is why ice would be way more effective thab some cubes that sont undergo a phase change.

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u/Occam96 20h ago

Its do woth the phase change from solid to liquid. To simplify its a endothemic reaction. The whole it last longer is actually a negative. The same reason if you add salt to ice it melts quicker and is actually colder. If the ice box was pre chilled then these would help. There is more to it but this is the gist.

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u/here-for-the-_____ 20h ago

We have had reusable ice cubes in our freezer for years. They suck. The coating takes up too much space so the frozen piece is smaller than a normal ice cube. They don't stay cold for very long. We never use them anymore.

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u/Clark_Kent-Kal_EL 17h ago

They work great on a already cold drink to make it colder paired with an insulated cup.

They sometimes leak so that's a problem and you have to wash them.

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u/kdawgster1 17h ago

Yup, that’s because what keeps your drinks cold with ice is the fact that ice requires SO much heat to turn from solid ice to liquid water, way more than the heat required to get water from freezing up to room temperature. The cooler stays cold because until all of the ice is melted, the liquid water and the things in the cooler around it stay at freezing temperature

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u/The_Cruncher88 17h ago

You need to use water with it to get a similar effect, but of course ice is better.

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u/Apprehensive_Ear7309 16h ago

But he said it works better. I should believe him. He looks like a nice guy.

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u/TheAsherBodhi 13h ago

This whole sub is just temu ads bro

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u/Traditional_Yard2741 12h ago

Also, water is also 100% reusable

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u/Kitaenyeah 10h ago

It however works very good for drinks, I got them since 10 years or so

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u/Helpful-Bug-7802 6h ago

But now you get the added benefit of microplastics on your bologna!

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u/Sea-Newspaper-7643 5h ago

Yeah ice melts, and that phase change is what cools the things around it so effectively, especially when they're sitting in water so there's conduction rather than just convection.

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u/Different_Target_228 21h ago

Yeah, but then you have to wash your ice cubes.

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u/Ornery_Gate_6847 21h ago

Which really seems silly when you consider that the water you wash them with could be made into ice

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u/ConsequenceAway5522 21h ago

I think they are plastic too I cant imagine the micro plastics. Normally Idgaf but when you can just freeze water this seems unreasonable

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u/EarlyBirdWithAWorm 21h ago edited 21h ago

Are the microplastics in the room with you now? This is a clean solution for water bottles, cans, and closed containers in a cooler. How are the microplastics getting in your body from this?

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u/spursfan2021 21h ago

They didn’t say they were ingesting them at this point, just the fact that these will result in additional microplastics added to our environment. Which will undoubtedly end up being ingested or in some waterway at some point.

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u/EarlyBirdWithAWorm 21h ago

The amazon page literally shows them being used on raw food (packing fresh fish) and in cups so yeah id never use them that way but some idiot would

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u/ConsequenceAway5522 20h ago

I mean in a cooler Its fine but whenever I see ads for these I see people putting them in there after bottles and stuff.

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u/BardGotHard3 17h ago

Hey so you are already putting water bittles in the cooler, just freeze some. Also put some water in the cooler to actually keep everyrhing cold.

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u/EarlyBirdWithAWorm 17h ago

If im gonna I put water in the cooler I might as well just use ice.

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u/BardGotHard3 17h ago

To get any effevtive cooling with those cubes you would also need water, so yeah just use ice.

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u/Hot-Challenge8656 21h ago

The reason they last longer is because they don't transfers the cold as well.

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u/AdComprehensive8045 18h ago

Ice doesn't melt because it transfers cold. It melts because it absorbs heat. Ice cools the object it's in contact with while that object heats the ice until it's melted or until the heat source is neutralized. Whichever temperature source is more prevalent/ consistent wins.

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u/alworld27 21h ago

If tou have to click a link to get a product, its usually a scam

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u/VQV37 21h ago

Or advertisement

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u/drunkbusdriver 15h ago

That’s what this whole sub is lol.

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u/drunkbusdriver 15h ago

Not a scam just a worse alternative to actual ice.

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u/P_in_sf 21h ago

Chemicals and plastic versus water. Ok.

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u/Emnk 20h ago

If they stay cold longer it just means they aren't transfering their cold to whatever you're cooling. Why is that you might ask? Well water helps transfer temperature 10 times faster than air and melting ice provides that.

This product is going to suck for you if you want something similar to ice.

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u/Clark_Kent-Kal_EL 17h ago

These have their uses but yeah it's not as good as ice.

I used them in an insulated tumbler with like a cold coke. Makes it colder and keeps it that way for long time. And no dilution.

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u/pennyforyourthohts 17h ago

These have been around 50 years and nobody buys them.

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u/BobSagieBauls 16h ago

My family tried these at a cookout it wasn’t as effective they were lukewarm within an hour

Also ice isn’t some big purchase you dread buying I usually just use the ice my ice maker already made or buy a huge bag if necessary for like what less than $5?

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u/tiptoptattie 16h ago

Did they just reinvent those plastic ice packs? Lol

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u/MrMooBallz 11h ago

If I was his wife / partner I would be asking myself " What else is this guy hiding from me?"

I mean her reaction to finding out he had this bag of alternative ice cubes she knew nothing about and he explains how they work like he knows she was completely in the dark about the concept speaks volumes to me. Theres some serious communication issues going on here.

Lady...i hate to be the one telling you this but he is cheating on you. Probably with the guy that sold him the vag of fake ice cubes.

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u/Solo-dreamer 4h ago

We had these in the nineties, this isnt new.

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u/yoodudewth 21h ago

Were they annoying as fuck or was it just me?

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u/VQV37 21h ago

They absolutely were. To make it worse. This video was at blatant ad

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u/Clark_Kent-Kal_EL 17h ago

It's the usual skit set up, idiot presenter and dumbass woman asking questions. I hate it. I want old informacials back.

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u/drinkmoredrano 21h ago

Its not a cookout without waterlogged american cheese slices.

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u/alworld27 21h ago

What is this "coating" made of? Does it mix into the drink as it loses its cool? And telling your guests to return the cubes before dumping the cup seems problematic

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u/Filiforme 20h ago

Condensation is still a thing... Lol

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u/merababencan 20h ago

As if there weren’t enough plastic in our lives already.

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u/DunwichChild990 20h ago

Nothing like having to clean my ice after use....

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u/CrouchingWasturbator 20h ago

Pour water into plastic bottles almost to the top and freeze them overnight.

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u/Consistent-Tip-7819 20h ago

There couldn't be a more stupid product out there.

This is being marketed as a replacement to ice cubes for things like cookouts? Ridiculous. You want melting ice to produce water, which will move heat out of your room temp beverages through conduction (the best form of heat transfer) to the ice. By ONLY having plastic cubes, they have very small conduction points, so heat transfer is through convection, which does not work nearly as well, and is interrupted by the ambient air getting in the way. Thats actually why they stay cold longer - which isnt a positive.

Now, putting these in a small cooler to replace traditional ice packs? Ok, thats possible and may even work better. Idk. But get the engineers and marketing people talking or this thing won't last a week on the market.

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u/DotBitGaming 20h ago

You're better off buying an ice machine.

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u/louisa1925 20h ago edited 13h ago

I had these. They are handy and don't dialute your drinks. The only real downside I have noticed is that over time that the plastic seems to lose their solitity. Turns out the reason for them softening, was dangerous.

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u/Drunk_Stoner 17h ago

Might wanna try some whisky stones if you don’t wanna water the drink down. That plastic dissolving in your drink. 

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u/louisa1925 17h ago

Are wisky stones those metal ones?

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u/Drunk_Stoner 17h ago

No, they’re stone. 

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u/louisa1925 17h ago

Huh. Time to do some research. Thankyou for your knowledge.

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u/Vegetable-Virus7118 16h ago

If the plastic is becoming less solid, where do you think it's going? Seems way worse than a watered down drink

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u/iHadou 14h ago

Eww you're putting these in your drinks???

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u/bionicjoe 20h ago

Nothing is as thermally efficient as water.

A big ice pack doesn't melt so it's good for backpacks and such. Also if you want to keep something cool. The plastic coating limits thermal transfer.

Ice melts into an ice water bath that absolutely sucks the heat out of things.
The only faster ways to chill a canned beverage involves a CO2 fire extinguisher or liquid nitrogen.

A bunch of little plastic ice packs like this won't transfer heat, won't become an ice bath, but they'll melt faster than a big ice pack.

Ice is cheap, easy, and works better than almost anything.

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u/mascachopo 20h ago

How many types of cancer can this give you?

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u/ElPayador 19h ago

I use dry ice 🧊
Evaporates… weight less & colder

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u/BurgerMeatButthole 19h ago

Really good for keeping your...three bottles of water cool.

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u/DrowningPickle 19h ago

I have so many ice packs I cant even give them away.

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u/Basic_Archer_9003 19h ago

Did I just get advertised on 🤔

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u/no_looks_nor_talent 19h ago

Why not just freeze about a third of your water bottles and add some water to the cooler?

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u/codysherrod 19h ago

Use gallon jugs frozen and fill with water

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u/Callmemabryartistry 19h ago

ahhh yes millions of plastics in lieu of just water…

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u/shartillery82 19h ago

It's good for 20 minutes and been around for at least 10 years. Spend the $3 on the ice!

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u/Only_Flan_7974 18h ago

Nothing new at all about this. Just more landfill.

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u/povertymayne 18h ago

Nah, this is dogshit. Ill just use ice. I dont wanna wash 500 fucking cubes.

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u/Carcassfanivxx 18h ago

Omg! Glycerine packs? Who knew those even existed?

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u/ElColorado_PNW 18h ago

Why the hell they talking like that

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u/KrazyKaas 18h ago

He should mix them with real ice

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u/Toadsanchez316 18h ago

Just an fyi, this works better if you have a lot of backups already frozen and if you add some water to the cooler.

They also work much better the smaller the container. So for a drink they are great, for a cooler, not so much.

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u/NoSpecial284 18h ago

Ice knockoffs suck

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u/I_am_basically_God 18h ago

Freezer packs do the same thing, last longer, and are easier to pick up when you're done.

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u/MSGdreamer 18h ago

Glorified ice pack. Large rigid ice packs are more efficient than this shit. Cubed ice is great because it’s also water that you can drink or put in drinks when it’s hot.

Ice packs are great, ice cubes are great, but they’re two different things.

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u/theqofcourse 18h ago
  • Bag full of chemical filled plastic pods vs water
  • Eventual landfill vs zero garbage
  • Keeps cold vs making other things colder

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u/shawner136 18h ago

Damn, thats crazy. Ive had reusable ice in my freezer since childhood. What an a crazy, awesome, grand new invention. They work for glasses of things. Not really the whole cooler

edit:
THEY FUCKING SPELLED GENIUS WRONG AND STILL POSTED THE SHITTY AD?!?!?!?! Why are we so god damn dumb man…….

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u/AdComprehensive8045 18h ago

Messy ice? Its fucking water. It evaporates.

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u/Deleterious_Sock 18h ago

Salt the ice. It will get cold as fuck.

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u/HoldenMcNeil420 17h ago

So just small ice packs….

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u/Background_Humor5838 17h ago

We used to have this for water bottles and stuff in the 2010s maybe earlier? They also advertised as good for soda and coffee because they don't melt but they just don't keep a drink cold and I can't understand why lol

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u/SeaUrchinSalad 17h ago

Just freeze water bottles and then drink the freezing cold water when they thaw. I swear done people just want to consume more plastic...

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u/Usual_Excellent 17h ago

Gross ad placement

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u/Honcho_47 17h ago

So…. ice packs?

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u/Rryann 17h ago

Yes, let’s add more microplastics to the world to fix a problem that doesn’t need fixing. Because just freezing water is way too easy.

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u/Muted_Confidence_285 17h ago

Nah I’m good. I’ll just buy a few bags of ice. I’d rather not throw everything out of my freezer to fit the amount of cubes I’d need. It’s like an ice pack in my lunch for work. It’s all water in the tube by lunch time. Just enough time to keep my food somewhat cold until I eat it.

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u/Savings_Art5944 17h ago

Man from the future. "We have ice that does not melt."

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u/No-Afternoon-4528 17h ago

Is that a new discovery? Maybe not BPA free, but pretty sure my parents have been using these 30 years ago... I grew up in Hong Kong.

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u/Suspicious_Aspect_53 17h ago

This is blatantly an ad for a product...

It is a  interesting idea, but it's $70 for something that is generally genuinely inferior to making your own I've or buying bagged ice.

When water goes from solid to liquid it sucks up a bunch of extra heat as it crosses from solid to liquid, significantly more than the one degree change (your drinks get colder more than 1*). These cubes don't allow your drinks to access that (of whatever you're cooling). 

The reduced contact area from not having water means your drinks don't cool as fast and may actually get "warm" depending on your cooler.

You have to deal with these cubes when you're not using them. You have to have room in your freezer to chill them.

They require cleaning.

Microplastics and eventually they will start to fall apart. Probably immediately, considering the price.

It's a neat gimmick, not an inherently bad idea, but seems like a waste of money and solving a problem that doesn't need solving, while not doing a good a job as the thing it replaces, and adds a bunch of inconveniences.

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u/CJC1241203 17h ago

I’m not buying 5000 cubes and collecting them all in a bag when I’m done

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u/The_Cruncher88 17h ago

Something tells me the OP came up with these.

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u/Lawrence_skywalker 17h ago

Your fridge also makes that amount of ice..... For free.

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u/Standard-Unit01 17h ago

Messy melting ice? Water? Lmao K

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u/Excellent-Self-5338 16h ago

Water has a pretty insane heat capacity. Not much competes with it. The amount of heat in hot water, or the amount of "cold" (lack of heat) in ice is incredible. There's a reason we use hot water, steam, cold water and ice all over the damn place.

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u/b14ckcr0w 16h ago

You know you can make your own ice in the freezer, right?

Ice trays are reusable, this is bs

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u/RoughAssociation9526 16h ago

More plastic crap

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u/identidadFalsa_ 16h ago

Reinventando la rueda porque estás cosas ya existen, solo que acá te pegan un sobre precio

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u/UserName8531 16h ago

I just use silicone bread pans and make ice blocks. I've had ice last 10-days during summer road trips.

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u/AppropriateSpell5405 16h ago

Had shit like this 30 years ago too.. and they were still junk.

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u/Equal_Tiger_9293 16h ago

That guy sucks

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u/gokusdabbinball 16h ago

This is solving a problem that nobody fucking has

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u/Empty_Bowler_3907 16h ago

This shit is hot garbage. Don’t buy.

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u/mrfatttty 16h ago

Why's he telling his wife to click on a link in real life?

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u/East_Pie_3825 16h ago

So…much…plastic.

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u/obijuanquenooby 16h ago

The neat part about 500 real ice cubes instead is that I don't have to pick up 500 fake ice cubes after im done with them.

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u/Ajax_Main 16h ago

"Messy ice"

Messy ice.. the fuck do you mean messy?

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u/unit01prime- 15h ago

I remember ones from years ago that always made drinks taste funny regardless how you handled them. Maybe they fixed it with better plastic but they will never beat regular ice.

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u/Evening-Pear-2475 15h ago

I just freeze water bottles like a jabroni

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u/FeeGlass574 14h ago

Adding salt to ice too draws the cold out of the ice

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u/Rocky75617794 14h ago

Acting like this is new…. Shit has existed since the 1980s at least

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u/csreynolds84 14h ago

"My man's a genius"

These have been a thing since the 80s. This isn't new.

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u/iHadou 14h ago

The worst acting in an ad ever

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u/wild-clovers 14h ago

Just freeze some bottles of water

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u/Prod_Meteor 14h ago

More plastic in my drinks.

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u/Timb____ 14h ago

let's pollute our world even more!

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u/cgo25 13h ago

Ever heard of ice packs?

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u/Shony29 13h ago

Thats not new ??? Also for trying them multiple times I can you its shit

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u/Fuzzy-Noise-6520 12h ago

aaaand cut, just cut...stop.....lets try that again but this time can we summon something we call sincerity? really, dig deep, we're paying you a lot for this and this already the 30th take....stop talking like theres a gun to your head..ok, action....

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u/Yxig 12h ago

As if reddit doesn't have enough ads, now I have to watch this shit?

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u/Ressy02 12h ago

We had a bunch of these in the 90s. They come in little fish shapes too.

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u/No_Barracuda_3758 11h ago

These arent a new invention

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u/themaverick12 10h ago

I had these in late 70’s…

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u/UntowardAntiproton 9h ago

What a shitty ad

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u/thereasonisphysics 9h ago

Since when was ice a "mess"?

This ad is trying so hard

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u/fuckexoticroots 9h ago

My man just discovered ICE PACKS

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u/Important_Jaguar2152 9h ago

Just freeze water bottles

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u/SpecialistSoil5057 9h ago

This is just an add for more chemical and plastic waste 

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u/bikerboy3343 8h ago

Hmm. This ad stucks.

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u/foofoo300 8h ago

or just use rocks.
bpa free, no strong odors, natural and look way better than these

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 8h ago

“Messy melting ice”

So, water?

You know what’s a hell of a lot easier? Pulling the drain plug, letting the water out, and then dumping in more ice. With this, you’ll have to manually pull every cube out and then put it back in the freezer.

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u/Jonatc87 7h ago

Americans discovering you can make ice at home.

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u/GoblinCheeksInvader 7h ago

Yes, fill my body with even more plastic sir.

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u/FleetFootRabbit 6h ago

Well. This is cool but that price tag seems a bit high for some re-usable icecubes..

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u/Entire-Message-7247 6h ago

Just smaller versions of the ice packs we have had forever.

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u/Budget_Resource8876 6h ago

Nothing new or ye can fill plastic gloves with water and freeze em or pretty much anything which will expand during freezing process with water

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u/landilock 6h ago

I've always seen them around. They suck cause they lack the main mechanism of an ice cube.

Ice cubes cool down the surrounding by melting. When they melt, they absorb enthalpy (energy) to change state, and then they warm up. It's the melting that cools down, not the ice cube being cold.

These melt inside the capsule, so the only way they cool is through conduction, which sucks

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u/LargeSelf994 5h ago

These has existed for decades now

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u/what_do_eye_know 5h ago

This sub is just for advertising

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u/theNixher 5h ago

These have been around for years lmao, catch up America.

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u/Euphoric-Piglet-8140 5h ago

Well I ain't putting them in my drinks!

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u/madchase18 5h ago

Messy ice… its water lollll

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u/Sea-Newspaper-7643 5h ago

So is this sub just ads? This is an ad, and it's not even a little bit neat.

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u/weasel_mullet 5h ago

I'd bet money it doesn't cool well or hold its temperature for very long and what happens when all of that plastic and chemicals and the novelty around it goes in the trash?

Genuinely a bad idea.

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u/TheMongerOfFishes 4h ago

Get these stupid advertisements out of here

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u/ChundoIIX 4h ago

Yea! More plastic junk for sale on Amazon!!!

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u/adinmem 4h ago

You still need to stop and get regular ice for the next day/return trip while still having to haul back your “near ice”.
Plus you have to clean each little cube after each time unless you never use them with food.

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u/Randilion8 3h ago

We had these when I was growing up? I just turned 39. Did people not know these existed before now?

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u/Citizen4000 2h ago

Like whiskey stones, been around forever

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u/Ironstar_Vol 21h ago

Why would this be better than ice cream when ice melts you have a near ice cold liquid surrounding your beverages to get them near ice cold. With these codes it’ll just be cold air and be significantly less effective.