Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: The IceBlok

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TGIF 29 « becomingsara.com — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:46:42 +0000

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thedailydigi.com » Blog Archive » Unitasker — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:01:12 +0000

[...] The Ice Blok [...]

By: RoaringSilence

RoaringSilence — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:53:20 +0000

To amy
>>Am I the only one who looks at these and thinks it would be GREAT for keeping cats from dipping their paws in your water glass when you’re out of the room? especially the glass I keep on my nightstand

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Really? Maybe you could also teach your cats not to do that. They do learn things.

And also, I think it’s just as nasty to drink out of a glass where a cat has touched the ice blocker.

By: erin

erin — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:41:22 +0000

I found a great unitasker to go with this one…check out Sodastream: http://www.sodastreamusa.com/d.....swoduwQJ9Q. Too bad I don’t drink soda.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:20:23 +0000

Am I the only one who looks at these and thinks it would be GREAT for keeping cats from dipping their paws in your water glass when you’re out of the room? especially the glass I keep on my nightstand

By: Angela Esnouf

Angela Esnouf — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:13:04 +0000

I swear I came across these while decluttering a child’s bedroom. But they were part of a Spiderman toy set!

By: Tim Carlson

Tim Carlson — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:48:56 +0000

I have several things like this that are, in theory, really great ideas, but when the time comes, I am just never going to go out of my way to grab it and insert it. Many unitaskers are like that, I think.

However, I do hate how the ice cubes that come out of the automatic ice maker in my freezer always seem to have the same radius of curvature as the glass I’m drinking out of. The ice come up and blocks the liquid, which then flows around *both* sides, and both miss my mouth but not my shirt.

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:01:33 +0000

@Peter (one of many : if I hear one more person mention “cheap plastic Chinese crap” or similar, I’m going to scream. Cheap plastic crap comes from everywhere, and with comments like this so common, it wouldn’t surprise me if Chinese talked about how all the stupidity and racism comes from the U.S. You could easily have left out the bit about China and conveyed the same thing.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:59:32 +0000

OMG! Not to sound offensive to anyone, but if you are starting to justify this product than you need this site more than you know…

By: Doreen

Doreen — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:55:54 +0000

I have my own ice blockers.
They’re called “lips”!

By: Cassie J.

Cassie J. — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:10:16 +0000

Those things look exactly like some Spiderman thingies I saw at a house yesterday while I was babysitting. I let the baby teeth on them for awhile!

By: Peter (one of many ; )

Peter (one of many ; ) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:15:38 +0000

I agree with RoaringSilence. I don’t see how the IceBlok actually attaches to the glass. It appears that it simply rests inside the lid of the glass without actually being affixed. I would think that tipping the glass all the way back to get the last drops would mean not only getting a face full of ice but, a face full of IceBlok as well.

We really do not need yet more cheap pieces of plastic made in China to further clog our landfills.

By: RoaringSilence

RoaringSilence — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:25:07 +0000

There’s ALWAYS someone with a medical condition who approves of the unitaskers.
That’s not the point of the post, people! It is to make fun of something that’s useless to a majority of the population.

By the way, am I the only one who doubts the effectiveness of the IceBloks? I don’t see how it stays in the glass. Wouldn’t it be funny if the ice came splashing into someone’s face, popping out the IceBlok as well?
False sense of security… dangerous.

By: Karyn

Karyn — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:06:55 +0000

Actually, I HATE having the ice hit me in the nose when I tip the glass way back to get the last sips of my tea or whatever, and these look a little cooler than a forty-something adult using a toddler’s sippy cup. But they also look like the impact of the falling ice would knock them loose–and then I’d have ice AND a plastic web-thingy attacking my nose. Maybe not so cool.

Usually, I just chill my beverages ahead of time and drink them without ice. I’m not keen on watered down beverages in the first place, nor do the little reusable plastic “ice cube” thingies appeal to me. I haz frijarater. I uzez it, k thx.

By: Adie

Adie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:09:14 +0000

I’m actually sort of fond of this idea, for the cold-sensitive teeth reason cited above. Also, I’m a terrible slurper if there’s ice in my drinks and really, straws are unitaskers too. This is one of those things that could easily be clutter in some homes and pretty useful in others. I’m giving this one a “maybe.”