Best portable "clear ice" ice maker?
 

Looking for a good quality, small ice maker. Want "clear ice". Medium to small cubes...good for chewing. Not the "Sonic" ice. It's good..but looking for a little larger, but clear ice cube. Looking for the perfect ice-tea cube that is chewable.

I've read a lot of reviews. Seems there can be many issues with ice makers. Cleaning is an issue. Some have ultraviolet light to help keep machine clean?

Some are noisy and some leak from condensation.

Most don't hold the ice, once it's made...slow melt and will recycle water into new cubes?

Anyone make a "clear ice" machine, medium to small cubes, cleans itself, keeps ice, in a small unit? Portable is fine... Doesn't have to be plumbed in..I'll add water. Or a small plumbed in unit. Small personal use.

I don't have specific ice making experience but if "clear" is important I noticed much clearer ice and better tasting from my freezer when I converted by drinking water over to a Reverse Osmosis system 25 years ago. :yes:

Ron

You don't need a fancy ice maker. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Clear-Ice

Serge...........notice that it mentioned "water purified by reverse osmosis." :yes:

Ron

Reverse Osmosis is good. I use the ZeroWater filters and have been for some years now. Tap water reading is about 287 to 310 so a TDS meter reading of 000 hence the name ZeroWater gets an A+ rating in my book. They are portable and affordable. https://www.zerowater.com/

ZeroWater filter in action.

https://youtu.be/aK17ChoTzR4

Just remember the ZeroWater filters will cost you a small fortune if you use a lot of water. :yikes:

Ron

I have a Reverse Osmose system feeding my ice maker. Although pure water is needed for crystal clear ice, it isn’t enough. As the article points out, you also need to boil the water, not just to remove any bubbles as they state, but more importantly to remove the dissolved oxygen in the water.

I make my giant bourbon ice cubes this way - pain but it works great.

Not too bad, I use it to make coffee and drinking water. It lasts a good while.

:yes:

OMG

DON'T chew ice.

You'll be sorry when you break a tooth or restoration and chalk up a BIG dental bill.



This is true.

You MUST get the dissolved gases out of the water in addition to the disolved solids to have clear ice.

Don't even go there.................I think a Dentist invented popcorn. :tears:

Ron

I tell my patients, when you eat popcorn, chew softly. :D :thumbsup:

Unpopped kernels are dangerous.

Update on portable ice maker, if any interest.

Seems that clear ice is achieved by technique, not filtered water. System need to have flowing water to freeze clearly. Or a way to freeze slowly, from bottom to top.
I achieved it two ways.

One is by, Alchemy Bar Goods, Clear Ice Ball Maker. 2.3" round clear ice balls. Uses a mold, method.

Second is a portable ice maker that make clear ice cubes. Luma Comfort IM200SS Portable Clear Ice Maker, $199 from Amazon. Cool thing here, no plumbing..no drain or fill line. You add water..Evian ice cubes...as the ice melts, it recirculates the water back into fresh ice. Once ice bend is full, machine stops. So far, very cool.


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thanks I just ordered one for my office coffee machine

It will make the coffee taste much better. Keep an eye on the filter with the included TDS meter and replace it when the meter lights up or the water will start to taste funny.