Post #758929 by mikehooker on Wed, Feb 10, 2016 11:25 AM

$2.75 for a 10 lb bag seems pretty steep to me but I guess that's the cost of convenience since it's ready to go and doesn't need to be crushed. I stopped buying bags at gas stations after discovering a stand alone self serve ice and water stand by my house. You can get 16 lbs of ice in a bag for $1.50 or 20 lbs worth for the same price if you bring a cooler. My freezer tends to run on the super cold side so ice tends to clump together but I use an ice chipper and it breaks up into small pieces suitable for cocktails so I don't have to use my crusher. For whatever reason, the ice from gas stations doesn't break up in the same way and a crusher is needed, plus when I get near the end of a bag it becomes one giant ice brick that won't break up without smashing it into pavement. Oddly enough, I've found the ice from Target is a lot more manageable and won't clump up in extreme cold like gas station ice.