Ice from your home ice maker

[Regit]

Ok, if there's one thing in this world I hate, it's that crescent-moon shaped ice that is almost universal in American home ice makers.

I can't figure out who thought it was a good idea to make ice the same shape as the curvature of the cup so that it creates a dam, blocking the drink from getting to your mouth.

When I was buying my last refrigerator I asked the guy at Sears if there were any that created ice of a different shape. He said that he gets that question frequently and that everyone he's ever talked to hates that ice, but that companies just won't make anything different.


Does anyone else here hate these stupid things, or is it just me?

[wx247]

I dislike it as well. I always use the crushed feature on my fridge.

[DaylilyDawn]

I don't use the automatic icemaker in my frig. It is on the wrong side of the kitchen for the waterline to run to it. I still use ice trays to freeze ice. So I have square blocks of ice, not half moon shaped ones.

[O Town]

I hate them as well, bagged ice is a much better shape. I also use the crush feature on my ice maker, only problem with that is little pieces of ice seem to fly everywhere.

[JonathanBelles]

I dont have a problem with the ice from the ice maker.

[Toadstool]

Ok, if there's one thing in this world I hate, it's that crescent-moon shaped ice that is almost universal in American home ice makers.

I can't figure out who thought it was a good idea to make ice the same shape as the curvature of the cup so that it creates a dam, blocking the drink from getting to your mouth.

Heh, I know what you mean... you have to buy square cups instead of round to solve the problem.

[vbhoutex]

I've never really thought about it. I also didn't have the icemeaker hooked up on my last refrierator for years, so I had "regular" square cubes out of our trays. Now that we have it hooked up I love the convenience, but I have never understood the half moon shape. I believe it has to do with the fact it is easier for the cubes to come out of the tray as it turns over. I know what you mean about the crushed ice going everywhere OT!!!

[Pburgh]

I'm with David. It doesn't bother me at all. I think David is right about the ease of it coming from the forming tray but I also think it has something to do with it coming out of the dispenser too. Those square cubes could really get jammed up. OTown, my frig is a Kitchenaide and I have to put the glass up really close when I select crushed ice so I know what you mean.

[prettywitty]

I hate that crescent-shaped ice, too. Why is it that when you have a separate ice-maker, they make small squares, which is infiintely better. I still like the big squares, though. When you pour a cold Coke over ice, the foam sticks to the ice and the big squares have more surface area. I love sucking the foam off of the ice; it's half the pleasure of a really ice cold Coke! I know, I have some weird food issues.

[Miss Mary]

Well now, I'm an old timer that didn't own an ice maker until about 4 years ago. Yep, I waited that long. I didn't have to put reminder notes on the fridge days before a party - Make Ice! Anyway, we ended up finishing the area in our basement beneath the fridge. Suddenly the water line got a kink in it or jammed up. It began dripping onto the drywall in the basement so now we have a lovely stain/mark. And we have the ice maker turned off now!

I do see what you mean about the crescent shape, it's small and can melt into one big glob but when you didn't have one for decades, then got one and now can't use it, well you just miss it.

I'm back to putting the - make ice - sign on the fridge again. LOL

[wxmann_91]

Well now, I'm an old timer that didn't own an ice maker until about 2 months ago. Yep, I waited that long. (Sorry for the plagiarism Mary.)

I've used it only about once. Don't really have any complaints. Neither does my family.

[tropicana]

i hate ice-maker ice. I avoid it as much as possible.

[weathermom]

Mary, We had the same thing happen when we were on vacation. Ruined the tile floor in the kitchen and the ceiling and the carpet in the basement. We now have a metal tube that feeds the ice maker. I think it might be copper? You might want to look into it. We haven't had a leak since. This was probably about 10 years ago. Before that we had a couple of leaks. I heard the hissing noise and followed the sound to behind the fridge and when I pulled it out there was a pin hole sized leak. Should have thought about the stronger tubing much sooner!

As for the stupid curved ice cubes they are very annoying. Our fridge is 20 years old, and we have the ice maker, but no through the door water and crushed ice, so we are stuck with curved ice. You have to play with the cubes in your glass so you can drink!

[Miss Mary]

weathermom - that would have been a great idea but before we finished our basement. Now we'd have to rip out the drywall. It's too late!

This reminds me of how my rubber washing machine hoses split on us, once or twice, each time when we were home. So we could easily turn off the main water line and put on new hoses. The last time I said no more rubber. We now have stainless steel hoses and no more water emergencies! I also turn off the water when I know I'll be away for a while - a full day and especially on vacation. You can't be too careful!

[whereverwx]

Yeah, the fact that they're crescent-shaped makes them come out more efficiently, as you can see here. I also prefer cube-shaped ice . . . like the kind at restaurants.

[O Town]

Yeah, the fact that they're crescent-shaped makes them come out more efficiently, as you can see here. I also prefer cube-shaped ice . . . like the kind at restaurants.

Very nice diagram, so it does make it easier to empty trays being that shape. Well they could use the same principal and make them half the size, that would be much better I think.

[Regit]

Well many ice makers used to simply have the tray lift out and dump them. In this case, there's no need for any special shape.

The refrigerator I had in the 80's had round ice cubes.

[O Town]

Oh yeah, kinda like a divider, metal I believe and it would just lift out and the tray would dump. Okay regit I think its time you wrote someone about this, make an anti-cresent cube club and fight the refrig. companys head on. lol.

[Regit]

Oh yeah, kinda like a divider, metal I believe and it would just lift out and the tray would dump. Okay regit I think its time you wrote someone about this, make an anti-cresent cube club and fight the refrig. companys head on. lol.

Yeah, I'll be a minuteman in the fight against ice.

Seriously though, the guy at Sears said that the manufacturers are well aware that people hate those ice cubes.

[Tropigal]

Does anyone else here hate these stupid things, or is it just me?

I don't like the crescent-shaped ice either, why don't you invent something new and get rich! I bet 1/2 the people would make their decision to buy a fridge on the type of ice it made. I just bought a new counter-depth Kitchen Aid fridge and I am amazed at how small the entire unit is. At least it looks good...