Is the water from the melted ice cubes recycled to be refrozen? What is the process cycle for the cubes if they are not used?
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Yes. It is not a holding freezer. You need to empty the basket into your ice chest when full. You can turn it off and the ice will melt into the water tank below the holding basket. Any other questions let me know. C.B.
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The unused cubes melt and the water goes back into water resevoir to be recycled
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Yes. It doesn't taste like fresh ice that way but, it can be done. I usually buy cheap food grade plastic bags at the grocery store and store the ice in the freezer. The plastic bags I buy are for homemade bread.
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They melt and get pumped back into ice tray for new ice. I bought this unit September 2013. Worked till December 2013. 4 months and stopped making ice.
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The ice container is not refrigerated so it's more like having ice in a small cooler. It doesn't stay frozen very long but as they melt the water is recycled to make more ice.
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I have not done this. I have used a block of ice. I don't particularly care for putting plastic in the drinking water.
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No, they damage it. I tried it & my tray ripped a little. Just wash them in soap & water. Or you can run really hot water to rinse them. Mine only ripped a little & still is my favorite ice tray. It still works great!
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I have for short periods, but it may not be a good idea. The heating/cooling element is on the side of the cooler. I would imagine if the ice melted enough that water got in there, it could damage it. Maybe if you did ice in milk jugs or something.
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They seem like standard plastic so I would assume they could be recycled but as the other answerers I have kept mine and have even run them through the dishwasher. I've had mine for almost a year and they are still in great shape.
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I don't see the recycling symbol anywhere on the cup or lid. It does say they're made with 20% recycled material, but I don't think they are recyclable.
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I thawed and refroze in ice cube trays and keep in freezer bag. Great product!
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Distilled or filtered water would be the best options. Impurities in water freeze last, that's why the center of an ice cube has the cloudy spot.
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Yes. You can also use re-usable gel filled ice cubes in the trays instead of ice--which does melt.
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I contacted the company directly and this is the response i got from them "Thank you for contacting the OXO Consumer Care Center and your interest in OXO products. Please be assured that our consumers' safety is a top priority during the development of our products. All OXO products are BPA, Phthalate, and PVC Free. The Ice Cube Tray is made of the following: Tray-High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Recycling #2Lid-Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), Recycling #4 Please let me know if you need anything else."
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Yes, just like refrigerator maker. The ice cubes are seperated and not melted together.
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I think they recycle water. We poked a hole in ours and used it like a normal pot
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That would help a lot, though it would be tricky to do unless your freezer is largely empty. You need a flat surface for them to sit on, if the "cube" sections fall into the grating in the freezer they tend to tilt and the water drains out. I have some other long cube trays that I no longer use that are pretty much perfect for supporting / transporting these trays from the counter where I fill them to the freezer, but there's still a significant spillage risk.
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No. I keep the cubes in a plastic bag in the freezer. After I use them in a drink, I wash them off and refreeze them. I live in an apartment and could not move my refrig with ice maker in so this is a great space saving alternative.I use them all the time. I only keep an ice cube tray for ice for smoothies.
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Yes, I've had the same experience as another poster who said that the ice cubes end up making the liquid they're in taste like soap, it is a very bad taste. I've tried cleaning the product but that doesn't seem to help at all. Going to have to discontinue use.
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A trick my mother showed me about refreeze is place two ice cubes in ziplock bag and place in freezer. If the ice cubes are frozen flat the the freezer was off long enough for the cubs to totally melt then refreeze as a sheet of water. This is a follow up to my previous answer for the acu-rite