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I looked into fixing it and it'll cost almost $300. I refuse to spend any money to fix a stupid Samsung. So, my wife wants a new refrigerator made by an actual reputable appliance company, but I don't want to spend $3000. So we just live without ice, and I anticipate this will be our life until the refrigerator stops working completely.

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LA resident living in a 1960’s apartment here and welcome to my world! I drink iced coffee so every day I’m scurrying about the kitchen with my cursed Amazon ice trays and dripping water everywhere. #YOLO

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have great success with these.

You fill the cup with water, add the lid over the sink so you catch the spill, and in the freezer it goes. Super easy to remove too.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This actually works?! Astounding!! The ice doesn't just become one unbreakable block?? But how?

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm gonna send you a pic when I'm home from work, it'll be clear

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So, it's basically a two part item. The mold is soft silicone that has a cube structure on the inside. The lid is hard plastic and has a hollow dent inside. You fill up the silicone mold and push the lid in, and the dent in the lid pushes the extra water out, so the water just stays in the part of the cube structure. When it is frozen, you take the lid out and squeeze the soft silicone part, and the ice cubes fall out in the middle. Sometimes there are tiny links between the ice cubes, but they are easily broken when you squeeze the mold.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh wow I totally didn't get it but this clears up how it works.

Fantastic! Oh my parents would LOVE THIS!

Really appreciate ya!

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

My wife has those, but I need ice cubes so I can measure the weight of it going into the coffee (I use the Japanese pour over iced coffee method with a digital scale).

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but couldn't you use this item and pour the ice into a bowl before you add it to the coffee? Feels like it would solve the dripping water issue at the very least, and take up less space in the freezer as well

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oops, I saw the image incorrectly and assumed it was a different type (if that makes sense).

Unfortunately I’ve also tried a product similar to this but it was annoying because I always had to put something heavy on top to have the inner cup push down enough to make actual cubes. Maybe this one is better than the silicone trays I use now, maybe not.

My original comment was more poking fun at the fact I’m doing this since I moved to Los Angeles (an area of the country known for its technology) as an adult. I grew up with things like dishwashers, ice makers, central heating and cooling, and traffic lights that can be changed by emergency vehicles in my typical crappy state. It irks me that I have to manually restock the ice bin each day.