Fortune Candy Ice Picks, 18/8 Stainless Steel, for Kitchen, Bars, Bartender, Deluxe Ice Carving Tools (Ice Chipper)
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This thing is massive (it's the length of two fisted hands) and heavy (it weighs almost a pound). It's nearly impossible to use this device with any kind of dexterity. Sure, if you need something to do big jobs, this is the one to get, but if you need something to cut a large cube of ice down to size so it fits in a rocks glass, this isn't it.
icing the freezer chest in our garage - It was well worth the money! Over the last 12 months, I've asked my wife a lot of questions. It took me 18 months to stop filling the garage freezer and empty and defrost it. After getting tired of asking, I decided to give this a shot out of desperation. WARNING: br>br> Make sure the ice you're trying to break up is much thicker than the length of the spikes on this ice pick. You risk puncturing your freezer if you don't take precautions. br>br>The entire top-of-the-line Our freezer chest was surrounded on three sides by four inches of ice. It took about 15 minutes for the ice to melt. By holding the ice pick at a 45-degree angle, I was able to remove all of the ice in 20 minutes, filling a 5-gallon paint bucket with extra ice. As I worked my way around the freezer, I slapping the end of it with the palm of my hand at a 45-degree angle. br>br>Removing the ice from around the wired freezer basket was the most difficult part, but it only took a little more patience and care than the rest of the freezer. After that, I placed the wire basket in my sink and poured hot water over it to quickly melt the remaining ice attached to it.
I used to have a single-parent family. I had in mind a spike ice pick, but this one came up and looked good, so I gave it a try, even though it was a little more expensive than I expected; I'm glad I went ahead and splurged. The three-prong form feature easily handles even the toughest ice bags. It's simple enough for our 10-year-old to use.
This ice pick is built to last. However, the main reason I gave it a two-star rating is that when using this ice pick to break up ice, traces of black oil emerge from one or more of the picks/tines. The oil appears to be coming from where the picks/tines connect to the base of the ice pick. When we used this ice pick to break up ice, it left black dots of oil on the surface, which happened every time we used it over a three-day period. I also discovered that one of the picks/tines was slightly loose, causing it to move slightly in and out. I loved this ice pick but had to return it; Because of the oil leakage onto the ice, it appears that an ice pick is leaking oil.
I used it for about three weeks, and while chopping ice, one of the prongs literally FELL OFF into the ice! Otherwise, I would have given it five stars! Let's take a look at how the substitute performs.
This item is extremely well made, sturdy, and has held up admirably over time; in fact, I bought a second one for our RV because I was so pleased with it.
This is still an excellent ice pick, but it lacks the durability of the hammer/ice pick combo that they also sell. This is more appropriate for breaking up ice cubes that have "stuck" together rather than chipping away at blocks of ice on a regular basis. If you don't need to use it on very hard or block ice, it's still a good value; it's on par with, if not better than, any other similar device I've seen online; it's just not as good as the hammer device they sell.
Bags of store-bought ice can be easily broken into perfect pieces for party drinks. I would strongly suggest it.