How the Five Compare on the Numbers
This pool contains two entirely different products sold under the same words. Three of these five are stainless steel buckets that store ice and do not make it, and they publish their capacity in liters. Two are plastic sets that make ice and store it, and they publish their capacity in cubes. Nothing lets you compare the two.
The published figures are 14 L, 9 liters and 5500 ml on the steel side, against 56 cubes and 64 cubes on the plastic side. A busy kitchen that runs out of ice on a Friday wants the first number, and a kitchen with no ice maker at all needs the second, and no listing in this pool converts between them.
What the table cannot tell you is how many cubes a 14 L bucket holds, because ice does not pack. Between them these five publish three volumes and two cube counts and not one conversion, so a buyer choosing between a steel bucket and a plastic set is comparing a number of liters against a number of cubes with nothing in common.
Three Buckets That Only Store
Fourteen Liters, Nine Liters, and 5500 Milliliters in Ounces of Steel
Lolytama publishes 14 L and a stated size of 14 by 11 by 6 inches, with a sturdy handle for carrying the bucket from the freezer to a countertop or a patio. BEENIFIC publishes 9 liters and gives its proportions as 13 by 10.6 by 6 inches. Havawish publishes 5500 ml on a 304 stainless bucket stated at 10.83 by 7.87 by 6.89 inches.
All three are one piece steel vessels that make no ice at all. BEENIFIC states one piece molding that does not leak, and Havawish and Lolytama both state resistance to rust, dents and odors. For a kitchen that has an ice maker and simply needs somewhere to keep the output, that is the whole specification.
Only One of the Three Has a Lid or a Scoop
Havawish is the only steel pick that publishes either. It states a sealing lid that is clear so the remaining ice is visible without opening it, and a stainless scoop stated at 8.5 by 3.35 by 1.18 inches. It is also the only one of the three to publish a weight, at 2.08 lb.
Lolytama and BEENIFIC publish neither a lid nor a scoop nor a weight. An open steel bucket in a freezer takes up whatever is put on top of it and gives frost somewhere to settle, and neither listing addresses that. Lolytama’s handle is the only carrying feature on this page.
Two Plastic Sets That Make the Ice Too
Fifty Six Cubes, in Two Trays and a Bin
GORILLA GRIP publishes a six piece set: one bin, two ice cube trays with lids, and an ice scoop, making 28 cubes per tray for 56 in total at a stated 1.3 by 1.3 by 1 inches each. It states soft touch TPR comfort grips for twisting ice out, and that the trays nest on top of the bin to save freezer space.
QUELIEN publishes more cubes, at 64, and a different release method: a press type tray where the tray goes upside down on the bin and the lid is pressed. It publishes a cube of 2.5 by 2.5 centimeters, an airtight lid on a waterproof platform, and the only temperature range on this page, from -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
What a Set Gives a Busy Kitchen That a Bucket Does Not
The plastic sets solve a different problem. A kitchen with no ice maker needs to produce ice as well as keep it, and both sets publish trays that stack or nest with the bin so the whole system is one object in the freezer rather than three. GORILLA GRIP publishes 1.57 lb for six pieces and QUELIEN 1.83 lb.
The cost is volume. A 14 L steel bucket is a different order of storage from a bin that receives 56 or 64 cubes, and neither plastic listing publishes the bin’s own capacity in any unit. Both publish a cube size instead, which is the figure the steel buckets never give.
Where the Published Sizes Disagree
Two Bins Publish No Size of Their Own
GORILLA GRIP’s size field reads 1.3 x 1.3 x 1 in, which is a cube rather than a bin, and QUELIEN’s reads 2.5 by 2.5 centimeters, also a cube. Neither publishes a size for the bin the cubes go into, so the object that occupies the freezer shelf is unmeasured on both plastic picks.
GORILLA GRIP does at least publish dimension fields, at 6.6 x 10.7 x 4.3 in, which is plausible for a bin with two trays nested on it. QUELIEN publishes no dimension fields at all, only package figures, so its bin has no published size anywhere in the listing.
Steel Sizes That Almost Agree
The three buckets are better behaved and still need reading twice. Lolytama states 14 by 11 by 6 inches and publishes fields of 11 x 14 x 6 in, the same three figures reordered. Havawish states 10.83 by 7.87 by 6.89 inches against fields of 9.45 x 11.02 x 7.28 in, which are close but not the same object.
BEENIFIC is the odd one. It writes its proportions as 13 to 10.6 to 6 inches in a bullet and publishes fields of 10 x 12 x 6 in, and those two sets do not match on either of the first two figures. Its 6 inch height is the one figure all three of its statements agree on.
What Nobody Publishes
No Conversion Between Liters and Cubes
Not one listing in this pool says how many cubes its bin or bucket holds if the capacity is published in volume, or what volume its bin holds if the capacity is published in cubes. That is the single figure that would let a buyer compare a 9 liter bucket with a 64 cube set, and it appears nowhere across fifteen listings.
Nor does any listing publish the bin capacity separately from the tray output. GORILLA GRIP publishes 56 cubes from two trays and QUELIEN 64, and both describe the cubes dropping into a bin, and neither says whether the bin holds one batch, two or more.
One Temperature Range in Fifteen Listings
QUELIEN is the only pick that publishes a temperature range, stating safety from -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. That is the figure that tells you a plastic tray can go from a freezer into hot water, and the other four publish nothing like it, including the three that are steel and would survive far more.
Only two of the five publish any cleaning statement at all: GORILLA GRIP states stain resistance and dishwasher safety, and BEENIFIC states that it rinses with water. The three remaining picks say nothing about washing a container that holds ice destined for drinks.
Which One Fits Your Kitchen
The kitchen with an ice maker and a party coming. Lolytama publishes 14 L, the largest capacity on this page, on a stainless bucket stated at 14 by 11 by 6 inches with a sturdy handle for carrying it out of the freezer. No lid, no scoop and no published weight.
The kitchen that wants steel and a lid. Havawish publishes 5500 ml of 304 stainless with a clear sealing lid so the remaining ice is visible, a stainless scoop stated at 8.5 by 3.35 by 1.18 inches, and 2.08 lb. It is the only steel pick here with either a lid or a scoop.
The kitchen buying on price per liter. BEENIFIC publishes 9 liters of one piece molded stainless steel stated not to leak, with proportions given as 13 by 10.6 by 6 inches. It publishes no lid, no scoop, no handle and no weight, and its two size statements do not agree.
The kitchen with no ice maker at all. GORILLA GRIP publishes a six piece set of a bin, two trays with lids and a scoop, making 28 cubes per tray for 56 at a stated 1.3 by 1.3 by 1 inches, with TPR comfort grips and stated dishwasher safety at 1.57 lb.
The kitchen that wants the most cubes. QUELIEN publishes 64 cubes from a press type tray that inverts onto the bin, a cube of 2.5 by 2.5 centimeters, an airtight lid on a waterproof platform and the only published temperature range here, from -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
What We Could Not Verify
These are the figures a buyer needs and this pool does not publish.
- No listing converts between liters and cubes, so a 9 liter bucket cannot be compared with a 64 cube set.
- Neither plastic set publishes a capacity for the bin itself, only the output of its trays.
- Both plastic picks publish a cube size in their size field and no size for the bin at all.
- Only one of the five publishes a temperature range, and it is the plastic one rather than the steel ones.
- Three of the five publish no washing statement for a container that holds ice for drinks.
- BEENIFIC states proportions of 13 by 10.6 by 6 inches against dimension fields of 10 x 12 x 6 in.
