Wintersmiths Ice Baller Double - Crystal-Clear Ice Ball Mold

I bought this October 2022 so lots of time to use it before posting this review. I read reviews indicating the plastic holder will crack if you leave it in the freezer longer than 24 hours. I personally don't believe this is true. What likely cracks the container is running water over it to melt the ice inside. I don't do this at all. I leave the container in my sink until the ice comes out as one complete block without running any water at all. It takes quite a long time to get the ice to melt enough for this to occur but worth it to prevent the plastic from cracking due to running water, especially warm or hot, water over the container. Warm or hot water will shock the plastic likely causing it to crack. I've left my container in the freezer longer than 24 hours with no issues but still try and get it out around this amount of time. Depending on how well your freezer performs will dictate how long it takes to completely freeze the ice balls. So better the freezer at maintaining 0 degrees or colder the better. Bottom line, it is expensive for what it does but definitely worth having a nice round ice ball for drinks. I've had comments on it so definitely a conversation piece.

Does exactly what it says it does. Makes 2 perfectly clear ice balls each time (about every 24 hours). Very easy to use and yes, the mold does create a “knob” on the ball but I just wack it off with a spoon. Buy it and enjoy your drinks in style!

Creates 95% clear ice, i am happy with the clear ice. Just be aware that the mould leave the 'nob' on each side and a ridge/edge around where the mould meet. With a little effort it can all be stripped off with a knife pretty quickly so I'm OK with it.

Easy to use and makes perfectly clear ice balls from tap water.

This thing works IMMACULATELY. I was looking at buying a separate freezer to put a cooler into it so I could make clear ice but of course that was prohibitively expensive. This thing works like a mini-cooler that fits easily into a normal freezer. It has a separate space below the sphere molds for the bubbles to move to as the ice freezes so it actually does produce almost perfectly clear ice spheres. (watch a video on youtube to see how/why clear ice is made if that doesn't make sense)Make sure you wash it between each freeze though because sometimes stuff on the mold will leave little imperfections on the ice when you first pull it out.Only downside I see is that if you leave it in the freezer too long the entirety of the water freezes, so after popping the balls out, you've gotta run hot water over the icey bottom chunk to get it out to then refill it for the next freeze. Otherwise it can take a couple days to just melt sitting on a counter. but it's only a mild inconvenience.But general summary: this thing is amazing, I'll be getting another one so I can always have plenty of ice for my adult beverages from Scotland.