Fusionbrands Ice Orb Silicone Vertical Ice Cube Tray
Jul/0912
The Fusionbrand IceOrb, vertical ice cube maker, is the first vertical ice tray that makes, chills, serves and stores. The Iceorb will make 21 cubes of ice on its vertical wall and will store up to 51 cubes. Simply remove the inner bucket and fill the orb with water to the indicated fill line. Place bucket back in the orb (displacing the water), place lid on and pop into the freezer. Once frozen, again pull out the bucket, pop the ice cubes out of the wall and either use, or store inside the bucket. More ice cubes can be made at this time. The inside of the orb is airtight and therefore odor free! The orb doubles as a wine bucket or as a serving vessel. Use as a cooler to keep cold foods fresh while serving¿great for ice cream. The lid can be placed under the orb to catch condensation. The orb is top rack dishwasher safe.
2:20 pm on July 23rd, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ice Orb works OK
This product works easily once you get the hang of it. It makes nice little hunks of ice. I use it all the time. I may supplement it with regular ice cube trays in the future.
3:47 pm on July 23rd, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Once you figure it out, it’s superior to normal ice trays
I can see how someone who follows the written directions to a tee, or someone who has limited hand strength, would find this to be a lousy product.
7:26 pm on July 23rd, 2009
Length:: 3:58 Mins
Entertaining instructions on how to use the ice orb!! This is a great item, makes great cubes...a little instruction is helpful!!
7:59 pm on July 23rd, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Space saver!
When you have a fridge with a very small freezer, this is the best gadget to make ice that won’t take up much space. It’s a bit hard to remove the ice but still worth it.
11:26 pm on July 23rd, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
a great idea
This thing is pretty sweet. I was a little nervous with the bad reviews talking about how it is nigh impossible to remove the inner bucket after freezing.
3:00 am on July 24th, 2009
This is an excellent product. I was a little wary after reading the negative reviews but I really needed a compact Ice Cube solution so I decided to risk it. Worked perfectly! Here’s the deal. The WRITTEN directions (ignore the graphical ones)on the box mention the “fill line.” It should be called the “fill dash” as it actually is a dash between JUST TWO of the bottom row of “orbs.” Find this dash! It has a small arrow pointing down to it and it says fill line. This “line” guarantees that you don’t overfill. If you overfill, then I could definitely see how it could freeze the seal at the top. It would probably be the equivalent of encasing a traditional ice tray in ice after stacking.
Once the cubes are frozen, carefully work the top almost like you open a jar, working the silicon top ring away from the jar (just be sure to be gentle- the orb is silicon, the inner jar is frozen plastic). It’s definitely a different type of product that wasn’t completely intuitive, but the written directions will get you some great results. Love this thing!
5:18 am on July 24th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea. Bad execution.
The concept is sound. However, this product is difficult to manage. Once frozen, the inner bowl is difficult to extract from the outer bowl.
6:00 am on July 24th, 2009
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not so easy to use…
I like the concept of the ice orb, but the practical use is not so good. We bought this to use for the ice, and it is very difficult to get the inner seal out when first out of…
9:36 am on July 24th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
Really Dumb Product
Cute idea but impossible to use except for a wine chiller. Way too difficult to remove the inner bucket even while following the instructions exactly.
11:21 am on July 24th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
The instructions are straight forward and easy to understand. The thing works like it says. Sometimes it takes a little effort to get the ice out, but if you’re patient it comes…
2:46 pm on July 24th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cool!
This thing is pretty cool. It is small and compact and does make ice. The ice in the bucket doesn’t even stick together when frozen.
8:14 pm on July 24th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Neat Idea for an Ice Tray
The Ice Orb is a really neat idea for a different kind of ice tray and it works pretty well. The only thing that I did not like about the product was that extra water sits between…