does it come with ice-cubes, and are there special ones? because if it only has a few than... How many times can you use it?
639318
It comes with these plastic ice cubes filled up with water or something (not 100% sure whats in it) but they are reuseable, you can use them forever until a hole gets ripped in it. There are 3 that come with it and you use all 3 in the cup at the same time and as I said they are reuseable.
1399492
Yes, each mold makes just one ice cube (technically a sphere, even more a technically a Death Star, but I still call it an ice cube...) at a time.
485570
An ice maker would be better than ice trays. You'll get frustrated with all of the emptying of trays and you won't get enough ice. I have two suggestions for you. An easy one is to just buy bags of ice. A large bag of ice will fill this up 2-3 times. The other suggestion is to augment with larger hunks of ice. If you want your ice to last longer, you can use some small plastic food storage containers and freeze water in them to make some bigger chunks. You can only use one or two bigger chunks and fill in with cubes, but the bigger chunks will keep everything colder longer.
1417926
It does come with some ice packs. Maybe 4 if I remember correctly. I bought extras to have them on hand.
1552188
I only use for dry food, but it does come with two ice packs, which is to say two rigid plastic packs with screw-on lids for filling with water and freezing.
1161892
no i did not get one eather i put one in it and it did not even try to freeze it so maby you need them really small size ice cube trays.
841479
If I had to guess about a pound of ice. You have to keep in mind it makes 9 cubes at a time. It will take a bit to fill the bin and it will melt and the water is recaptured and re freezes it cannot store ice for a long period. It makes a batch of ice ever few minutes depending on the size of cubes you want. We find that we can make enough ice to fill an ice bucket and then we let the machine go at its regular capacity and have had ample ice for a small gathering of about 10 people.
1027046
We have not tried ice cubes, but doubt it would work the best. It comes with 3 plastic lidded containers that are the perfect size. We freeze and pop them out into a zip lock bag and freeze more so we have more than 3 ready when we want to make them. So ice cubes was never needed. Hope it helps.
613196
it doesn't keep ice cold. it just makes ice and holds that ice, which then melts and gets made into more ice. it is constantly making ice. until it breaks and you are just SOL, which will happen soon after you buy it.
742242
It depends. They sell various sizes starting with 45 plastic covered cubes ("2 X "2 in size) and all the way to much higher as much as a pound of weight. However, best to stick to the 45 Ice cubes (2X2) package to first try it out. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the idea of using these for a party or for a hot Summer "cooling off in my cooler" without a jug size bunch of water floating around. They last 8 hrs. In time they do start to wear out but so do we, therefore they are still an excellent buy!! In Chicago's blistering summer this year I used mine over and over and over. Some got a little flopy but nothing is better than a cooler filled with plastic ice cubes that don't leave a mess in the cooler when all is done!
1552184
It comes with two refillable ice packs. They are a bit leaky as the lids don't latch on tight, but if you store them in the freezer so they aren't lying flat, there should be no issues. My biggest thing is I have yet to find replacement packs, so I always have to be on top of getting them back into the freezer.
1937341
It's well built, but then again, I only make 2 or 3 at a time. It's never jammed on me and I have filled it to the top, but the last ice cube will always freeze itself to the metal tray.
832033
Yes, an ice pack. There is a mesh holder for one on the inside lid of the carrying case. PlanetBox sells their own line of ice pack, but any of the rectangular ones will work fine.
1287099
Yes, just like refrigerator maker. The ice cubes are seperated and not melted together.
731776
Ours came with four cubes. We ordered a while back. We still have them because they are reusable.
1700027
Larry we have not used it to break up ice cubes. It puree's, blends, mixes, chops nuts and spices very well. We are very happy with the Bamix and would recommend it. Sorry I could not give you an answer on the ice cubes. Brian
1448202
Actually, I usually just put a few ice cubes in the bottom when I have it out of the refrigerator. If I am going to have it out for a long time, I will change them out once in a while.