Fred Cool Shooters Shot Glass Mold
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Fred Cool Shooters Shot Glass Mold
Customer Review: Cheap Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
These make a great drinking novelty. The only real catch is that it can get hairy when you try and get the glasses out of the mold. I run tap cold water over the mold for about 4-5 seconds and then they generally come out pretty easily. Then they are good for about two shots. Then it's time to get out the actual glassware.Customer Review: Cool and Novel...But Messy
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a fun and novel idea but has only limited use.
Obviously, ice melts and that poses some problems with serving, using and disposing of them. Drinking them is fun, but they get your fingers cold, slippery and wet. And if you've made it out of juice instead of water, you get cold, wet AND sticky. After using them you need a way to dispose of them quickly, because your guests are left holding an empty, cold, melting shot glass that they can't really set down anywhere or reuse (unless they have a glass to put it in and use as an ice cube).
One idea is to present a shot of liquor/liquid that complements what they're already drinking, so they can drop the ice shot glass (with or without the shot) into the cup. But even this requires careful coordination to make sure the cups are large enough and their glass isn't too full. The shot glasses are surprisingly heavy.
The last problem to mention is when the alcohol melts through the ice shot glass and starts spilling out the bottom. Sometimes this happens quickly, spilling the alcohol out onto the counter where you're pouring, or onto your hapless guest when you're handing it to them. I recommend using already-chilled alcohol to help slow that down, and to serve the filled shot glasses as quickly as possible.
Overall, these provide exactly what you expect from an ice shot glass. They're easy to make, look neat, offer some novelty but aren't good for more than a quick impression and a few minutes before melting becomes a reality.
Customer Review: Cool idea
Summary: 3 Stars
I like Fred products. Using this is tricky. The ice likes to form lopsided and melts quickly with shots of liquer. Works good with jello, though, so not a total loss.Customer Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is awesome! My husband and I went for dinner XMAS eve and saw these for the first time! We ordered three sets, two for home and one for the cabin!Customer Review: Fred's First Failure?
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, that's a bit strong, but this is the first Fred or Fred and Friends product that I have found to be obviously inferior to a competitor's product, in this case the Lushology Shot Glass Ice Mold.
With an alternative available the nits to pick here are a little larger. Fred's mold produces only 4 shot glasses: Lushology's, 12. What's more because Fred's mold freezes upside down getting a level, flat bottom on Fred's shot glasses requires care not to overfill the mold AND care in placing it exactly level in your freezer. In contrast since the Lushology mold freezes right side up, any irregularities will be formed on the lip not the bottom. An additional problem that can only develop in the soft silicone Fred mold is an ice bulge into the shot glass, reducing the capacity accordingly, though this seems to be reduced by care in not overfilling.
All in all not quite what I have come to expect from the wackiness experts.
Note: If this is your first introduction to Freds or Fred and Friends products, then I encourage you to check out the others because NOBODY is producing cleverer (or wackier) products for your kitchen or party needs. A small sampling of those that made me stop and smile (and long for) follows:
Fred and Friends Gin and Titonic
Fred Cool Jewels
Fred Zing! Catapult Spoon
Fred and Friends Finger Food
Fred 12-Ounce Pick Your Nose Paper Cups, Pack of 24
Fred Party People Chopsticks/Utensils, Set of 6
Fred Toothpick Holder, Ouch
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Fred ABC Cookie Cutter