Ice cube trays, the grid count is the cube size backwards
The short answer
Prices in GBPUSDEUReach row carries the day it was read
Sixteen silicone ice cube trays from one search, none handled here. The least glamorous thing in the kitchen and the one people rebuy most.
Half of them tell you how many cubes. None of them tells you how big.
The number on the title, read backwards
Eight of the sixteen put a grid count in the title, and between them they run 14, 15, 24, 37 and 104. Not one says how big a cube is.
The trick is that every tray here is roughly the same size, because they all have to fit on a freezer shelf. The listings that measure themselves put the tray at around 18 to 23cm by 9 to 12cm. Divide that space by the count and you have the cube.
| Grid count | What comes out |
|---|---|
| 15 | Large squares, about 3.5cm. Whisky and iced coffee |
| 14 | Standard cubes about 3cm deep |
| 24 | Standard drinks cubes, 2.5 to 2.8cm |
| 37 | Small hexagons |
| 104 | Tiny cubes, the kind that go down a bottle neck |
So the count on the title is the cube size, backwards. Fewer holes, bigger cubes, slower melt. More holes, smaller cubes, faster chill.
One listing just says it
2.8cm. One tray prints the cube itself in a measured photograph, with the whole tray at 18.5 by 11.8cm and 2.7cm deep. It is the only listing on the page where you do not have to work anything out, and it is the first pick for that reason.
Two others give enough to calculate: a 15 cube tray at 7.4 by 4.6 by 1.38 inches, and a 24 cube tray at 12.3 by 19cm and 2.5cm deep.
Four of these are not ice trays
This is the thing to watch. Four listings with ice cube tray in the title are freezer portion moulds for soup, stock and leftovers:
- two litre sized blocks sold under identical photographs
- a square 500ml box
- a set of one cup and two cup portion trays
They are a good idea for what they are, freezing a meal in neat blocks you can reheat. They are not what you want for a gin and tonic, and they cost more than anything else here.
One more is a lolly mould, heart and oval shapes on sticks.
The lid, and the smell of the freezer
Eleven of sixteen mention a lid, and it matters more than it sounds. Ice left open in a freezer picks up the smell of whatever is next to it, which is how ice ends up tasting faintly of fish fingers. A lid also lets you stack two trays without the top one sitting in the bottom one’s cubes.
The words that do not help
Food grade is on three titles. It is a claim about the silicone and nobody publishes the test behind it.
Easy release, or a press or one click release, is on six. They all release easily, because they are all silicone. It is the one thing on this shelf that every product genuinely does.
Side by side
Prices in GBPUSDEUR. Each row carries the date its price was read.
| Product | Price | Why it is here | Where to buyLink |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall, and the only one that says how big a cube is With Lid /No 24-hole Silicone Ice Tray Square Box | £5.34$7.12€6.28checked 18 Oct 2026 | The only listing that prints the cube itself, 2.8cm square, alongside the whole tray at 18.5 by 11.8cm and 2.7cm deep. Twenty four ordinary drinks cubes, a clip on lid you can have or leave, a hanging hole and a long list of colours. Nothing clever, and after reading fifteen listings that make you work the size out, a tray that simply tells you is worth choosing | Check opens in a new tab |
| The cheapest, and the push out kind Ice Tray Mold With Lid Silicone Square 14 Cube Easy | £0.49$0.64€0.58checked 18 Oct 2026 | A plastic frame with a soft silicone base and a lid, fourteen cubes about 3cm deep, the classic design that you push from underneath rather than twist. The lowest price on the page is for a single tray, with sets of several as options. For a normal household making normal ice, this is enough | Check opens in a new tab |
| Big cubes, for a glass of something Kitchen Ice Cube Mold Making Tools 15 Grid Silicone | £3.59$4.79€4.22checked 18 Oct 2026 | Fifteen large square cubes from a tray it measures at about 7.4 by 4.6 inches and 1.38 inches deep, which works out at cubes around 3.5cm. Big cubes melt slowly, which is the entire reason people buy them for whisky and for iced coffee. All silicone, peels away from the ice, no lid | Check opens in a new tab |
What you can settle before you buy
- Read the grid count backwards and you know the cube. Every tray here is about the size of a freezer shelf, somewhere around 18 to 23cm long. Fifteen cubes in that space are big whisky blocks about 3.5cm across. A hundred and four are small enough to drop down the neck of a water bottle.
- One listing prints the size of the cube. 2.8cm square, in its own measured photograph, with the tray at 18.5 by 11.8cm. That is an ordinary drinks cube and it is the only one on the page you do not have to work out.
- A lid is worth having and most have one. Eleven of sixteen mention a lid. It stops the tray picking up the taste of whatever else is in the freezer, and it lets you stack a second tray on top.
- Silicone is the easy part. Every tray here is silicone, or a plastic frame with a silicone base, and they all release by bending or pushing from underneath. Cracked plastic trays are not a problem this shelf has.
What to read twice
- Four of the sixteen are soup trays, not ice trays. Two litre sized freezer blocks sold under the same photographs, a 500ml box and a set of one and two cup portion moulds. They are for freezing leftovers in blocks, and a perfectly good idea, but they will make you four enormous ice cubes.
- One is a lolly mould. Heart and oval shapes with sticks, under a title that includes ice cube tray.
- Food grade is on three titles and cannot be checked from here. It is a claim about the silicone and nobody on this page publishes the test behind it.
- The cheapest prices are one tray from a pack. Several listings open on a single tray at a very low price and offer the set of two or four as an option. Compare like with like.