I found something cooler than a banana slicer

[DainBramaged]

Ice-cube-tray in a bottle



The "Polar Bear Ice Tray" is a sealed bottle that makes icecubes and then facilitates their easy removal. The sealed container keeps freezer flavors away, and once it's all frozen, you can dislodge the ice by giving the bottle a whack on a countertop and then pour it out of the mouth. Looks like a clever way of solving an old problem, though I haven't tried it myself.




http://boingboing.net/2013/04/06/ice-cube-tray-in-a-bottle.html

http://www.black-blum.com/products/brrrrr-ice-tray/

[Warpy]

1. There would be a lot of up sides to this thing

but the major down side for those of us who live out of our freezers is that it sucks up so much space for so few ice cubes.

It's still a neat idea, much nicer than juggling full ice cube trays and spilling half the water.

ETA: all it needs is a redesign. Instead of keeping the big bottle shape, flatten the side opposite the cubes so they can be stacked and raise the drainage hole a bit to compensate for the loss of overall volume.

[Grey]

2. I fill my ice cube trays then

slide them into an empty bread bag and twist the end closed. Slide it into the freezer and it does the same thing but takes less space.

[DainBramaged]

3. Can't anything be cool around here? Anything? Does everything have to be shot down as impractical?

Wow bread bags, I bet they get a lot of oohs and aahs when you have company over......

[malaise]

5. ROFL

As a lover of ice who hates the freezer taste, it is very cool.

[SoCalDem]

7. We always had a surgical glove "cube" in the freezer

filled it up, molded over frozen peas, and voila..an instant head-bump ice pack.. (3 boys under 6 at the time)
It was a bit off-putting for an unsuspecting adult who went for ice...

[randome]

4. It looks like a weird kind of 'Dirt Devil'. Or a sex toy.

But hey, it's nice to see someone thinking outside the box. More of that!

[Canuckistanian]

6. Yes, yes. But does it have hilarious Amazon reviews?

http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-5717-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII