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dpgstereo 01-11-2018 06:26 PM

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.

Poppyhome 01-11-2018 06:39 PM

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

PHC1 01-11-2018 06:48 PM

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

Poppyhome 01-11-2018 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHC1 (Post 892126)
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

PHC1 01-11-2018 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppyhome (Post 892127)
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/

PHC1 01-11-2018 07:13 PM

ZeroWater filter in action.

https://youtu.be/aK17ChoTzR4

Poppyhome 01-11-2018 07:21 PM

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

Ron

Cohibaman 01-11-2018 07:23 PM

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.

PHC1 01-11-2018 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppyhome (Post 892134)
Just remember the ZeroWater filters will cost you a small fortune if you use a lot of water. :yikes:

Ron

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

PHC1 01-11-2018 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cohibaman (Post 892135)
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.

:yes:


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