Like drinking a glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice or sitting down with a good book and an even better bourbon, simple pleasures can be quickly ruined by melting ice turning your drink into slush. It seems that no matter how many ice cubes you can get into the glass, they always melt faster than you can sip and still enjoy your drink. Well, help is at hand!
The LG LRMXS2806S Instaview Refrigerator makes clear craft ice balls. These refrigerators produce ice that is in the shape of a sphere. These balls are great for craft cocktails and craft beers.
Do these spheres warrant changing your refrigerator to obtain them? Perhaps not, but if you are considering a new refrigerator, you might want to consider the family’s cold drinks for the next 10 – 20 years; why settle for boring ice in your drinks that are more diluted with each mouthful?
Refrigerator Craft Ice Balls
They are 2″ or 5cm in diameter, and according to LG, they are one of the hottest beverage trends for the home kitchen, being produced automatically in batches of three (or six!) slow-melting spheres per day.
LG predicts no more messing with expensive and time-consuming molds and expects the balls to open up a new world of high-end drinks. Soft drinks, lemonade, and iced coffee can finally taste their best.
Because of their spherical shape, the balls have less surface area in contact with one another, preventing clumping or sticking together, unlike conventional ice cubes.
They also have less surface contact with the side of the cup or glass, so warm air outside will not affect the ice balls (and thus your drink) as quickly.
Produced very slowly, the Craft Ice avoids most air bubbles trapped via the standard method of freezing ice, which means the ice ball is almost crystal clear.
More importantly, the air usually trapped inside, warmer than ice, is absent, allowing no warming of the ball from within. You have a bigger, more attractive ball of ice that takes longer to melt – bonus!
LG claims that the Craft Ice allows carbonated drinks to retain much of their carbonation when poured over the balls, as there is less foam and fizz. This lack of explosive fizz would be fantastic for a gin & tonic, where the considerable fizz flow at pouring means a different effect on the drink.
Refrigerators That Make Craft Ice
Below are our picks for the top refrigerators where you can easily make craft ice balls.
These sphere ice balls will impress your guests and leave them astonished by the frozen water presentation.
The LG LRMXS2806S Instaview
Price is always worth considering when buying a new refrigerator, and if craft ice were the only thing the refrigerators offered, we’d all stick to clumpy, opaque ice and drink our drinks faster to negate the melting effect.
These refrigerators offer a lot more and are starting to set the standard in home refrigeration. Take note of Samsung and GE.
This is the entry-level refrigerator with Craft Ice, which sells for $3,099. The black stainless-steel version is LRMXS2806D, which costs $100 more.
The key features of the refrigerator are:
- 28 cubic ft. Large Capacity
- Double Freezer Drawers
- Dual Ice Maker with Craft Ice™ Plus
- Temperature-controlled Pantry
- Tall Ice and Water Dispenser with Pharmaceutical Water Filter
LG’s exclusive Craft Ice™ slow-melting spherical icemaker automatically makes batches of three to six ice spheres per day without the work of time-consuming molds.
Incredibly stylish, the refrigerator boasts a fingerprint and smudge-resistant finish that easily wipes clean, so the only lasting impression is on your friends and not the doors.
The ThinQ® App controls the refrigerator remotely & Proactive Customer Care sends helpful tips & alerts via Wi-Fi.
The LG LRMVS2806D
It is also available in natural stainless steel under the model number LRMVS2806S, at $100 less. Key Features of this refrigerator are:
- 28 cubic ft Refrigerator Capacity
- Double Freezer Drawers
- InstaView® with Door-in-Door®
- Dual Ice Maker with Craft Ice™ Plus
- Tall Ice and Water Dispenser with Pharmaceutical Water Filter
- ThinQ® Technology with Proactive Customer Care
Combining innovation with a very distinctive design, the InstaView® Door-in-Door® refrigerator will enhance even the most exquisitely crafted kitchen.
The chic, tinted glass panel illuminates with two quick knocks, allowing you visual access to the first compartment without opening the door. This feature reduces cold-air loss sharply to help keep food fresher longer.
Lg claims that the spheres are designed to melt slower and chill drinks more efficiently.
Unlike regular ice, which can be dispensed through the door, craft Ice is produced and stored in the freezer, which you can easily access via the Freezer Drawer, located at around thigh height.
Next Steps
I’m not convinced that having a transparent ice sphere is sufficient to go for the Instaview. Still, the range offers a knocking facility that shows you the contents of the front door section without having to open the refrigerator, and that’s an energy-saving I can respect.
Then the range is SMART, so ruined food, doors left open, etc., should be a thing of the past as you communicate more and more with your chief food storage unit from your mobile phone in a remote location.
The range also offers craft ice, ice nuggets, crushed ice, and cold water, all dispensed quickly through the left door and all in a beautiful package.
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