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Title: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Shadovved on Sat, 24 August 2013, 10:03:17
I remember some of you guys were trying to make these some time ago.....

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745763505/spirit-steels-the-ultimate-beverage-cooling-device?ref=popular
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: esoomenona on Sat, 24 August 2013, 11:36:15
The_Beast, is that you?
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 24 August 2013, 11:41:50
wow, that's awesome. I'll have to look into this for sure later.

This is pretty cool!

clever!
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Latin00032 on Sat, 24 August 2013, 12:10:41
Looks cool.

I end up using a frozen cup to keep my drinks cool. It's kind of a pain.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: r3dx on Sat, 24 August 2013, 13:15:16
Great find. I'll have to keep an eye on this.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: The_Beast on Sat, 24 August 2013, 13:31:22
The_Beast, is that you?

Naw, mine would have looked much worst
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Tym on Sat, 24 August 2013, 13:55:06
The_Beast, is that you?

Naw, mine would have looked much worst

I dont like it when guys put their wood in my drink. Either kind.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 24 August 2013, 14:00:33
This is pretty cool!
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: SeriouSSpotS on Sat, 24 August 2013, 14:44:36
Indeed, they have smashed their goal and still have a month to go
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: berserkfan on Sat, 24 August 2013, 15:36:42
living in a tropical country, I've had plenty of experience with 'stainless steel'.

you sure that thing can survive coke or mountain dew? not to mention, I like drinking to the last drop and having that big heavy ball roll down and smash my mouth isn't my idea of fun.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 24 August 2013, 16:17:19
living in a tropical country, I've had plenty of experience with 'stainless steel'.

you sure that thing can survive coke or mountain dew? not to mention, I like drinking to the last drop and having that big heavy ball roll down and smash my mouth isn't my idea of fun.

They got the different shape ones that won't do that.


Buh... yea.. I don't see the point of this..   As human beings we're more than capable of strategically chilling our drinks ahead of time..

I've never ever NEEDED an ice cube when i'm in the house..


And if someone would buy these for that ONE time they NEEDED a quick cool.... That's asking ALOT  @ $11 a piece...


But if you're terribly forgetful, or don't look ahead on what is a trivial life task, then yea... Pay Up

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I'm not knocking the product, I acknowledge that they're much above Ice-cubes.

But they're not quite so convenient.

you also have to take them out of the freezer, rinse them probably, then they freeze on your hand a little bit,  You pry them off into your liquid or cup, you probably have to switch away from glass, because that large metal ball dropping all the time will probably crack the glass..

AND you can't use these in the nice crystal glasses, you have to resort to cheap glass, which are more prone to cracking..

THEN, there's the fact that you have to replace these washed back into your fridge after you've used them..

that's 3 extra refrigerator trips, 2x amount of washing..

ON second thought... ffff... this thing suxxx

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Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Rayne on Sat, 24 August 2013, 16:31:03
living in a tropical country, I've had plenty of experience with 'stainless steel'.

you sure that thing can survive coke or mountain dew? not to mention, I like drinking to the last drop and having that big heavy ball roll down and smash my mouth isn't my idea of fun.

looks like they thought of that

Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Shadovved on Sat, 24 August 2013, 23:07:08
Apparently they are half as dense as soapstones, so I guess the impact will be smaller? :p
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: meiosis on Sat, 24 August 2013, 23:07:34
Anyone want to split an order? (or 5 people want to join in) effectively making it one shortie and one baller for $20 ish
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 24 August 2013, 23:38:49
Anyone want to split an order? (or 5 people want to join in) effectively making it one shortie and one baller for $20 ish
I would if I wasn't in Canada.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 24 August 2013, 23:41:42
I dunno about these, I'm wary after wasting $10 on useless whiskey stones.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 25 August 2013, 09:33:55
AND you can't use these in the nice crystal glasses, you have to resort to cheap glass, which are more prone to cracking..

Interesting you should say this. What is the reason you can't use them in leaded glassware?

Also, I wouldn't necessarily call non-leaded class "cheap". Sure, I'd like to see some more "good" ceramics used in glassware, but you can already get borosilicate (pyrex) and class-ceramic (corelle) pretty easily.

So, I drink out of bowls a lot (mainly 'cause the bowls we have here are really small. too small to hold pasta, but a great size to hold a drink) I wonder if this would work in that application at all.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: i3oilermaker on Mon, 26 August 2013, 14:44:24
I just joined - this is exactly what I have been looking for.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: Rayne on Mon, 26 August 2013, 15:25:06
I just joined - this is exactly what I have been looking for.
i hopped on board as well, i hope i dont regret it.
Title: Re: Kickstarter - stainless steel blocks for cooling your drinks!
Post by: dgreekstallion on Fri, 13 September 2013, 20:25:26
Sweet, these remind me of peltier coolers.