How to Make an Ice Bath for UNDER $150 ???
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Don't spend thousands of dollars on an ice bath when you can make your own with no hassle, and without breaking the bank.
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I always wanted to have my own ice bath setup but it seemed expensive and wasting so much water. The idea of using frozen water bottles is brilliant! Thanks, now I can have my long-wanted wish ❤
This is the coolest comment EVER!! So happy I can help you out, I made this video because I had the same dream. Subscribe to see me test the new self cleaning and temperature regulating tub I got!!
srsly i never thought of such a simple idea yet so useful hahah
For a daily or weekly use, how you keep the water clean? Or refuel the water every single time?
I just bought this for the same purpose and I’m trying to innovate a way to filter the water because I was also concerned about waste.
"The idea of...frozen water bottles is brilliant." - thanks! I've been using it for nearly 3 months now simply because 2kg ice bags cost me NIS10 = about USD2.5.
Months ago I told my uncle I was going to use a heavy duty tote box for ice submersion, and he proceeded to tell me that it would rupture. Two days later on his day off, we went to a farm supplier and bought the 150 Gallon Rubbermaid. He’s the man of wisdom.
Yes dude I love it!!! A wise man indeed 🤭🤜🏼🤛🏼
Kudos to you for following the wisdom of those who've gone before. May your relationship with your uncle and other close relatives grow stronger in these trying times and your days be both productive and challenging. Keep getting stronger, brother, and cherish your blood as though every day may be y'alls last. 👍
Any reason you prefer the 150 over the 100? Thanks, and kudos!
@@keithb4077it depends on your size. I’m 6 1 and 230, a 100 gallon works perfectly fine. 150 gallon is if you’re really wanting room. I think 100 gallon is easier to get to the temp I want.
Buy a horizontal broken fridge. Heck if someone has it and the compressor is not reparable he probably give it to you for free just to get it out of the way. And their bucket is water proof and they have usually some form of drainage. If you find one with sliding doors like the ones that are in convenient stores even better. Best solution is to by a functioning horizontal fridge and make it easy for yourself. Buy a cheap one, few 00s of $s, big enough to sit in it, nothing fancy. You ll need one either way to freeze so much water every day. Even better find a closing 7/11 and buy a professional one but for the same price. They are heavy duty ones, and big, and they will last you for a while.
Down in Texas it takes about $20 worth of ice bags to cool the water to 48-50 degrees. After about 100 ice baths that’s $2000!! I’ve decided to invest into a chest freezer.
Pro tip for insulation, get a sheet of 2" thick styrofoam board, cut it out to be as close to the exact size of the top of the opening of the tub, then attach it to a sheet of plywood/MDF so that when you're not in the tub it will keep critters and bugs out, and can keep the cold in.
How would you attach it to the plywood?
You could either glue it or screw it, glue would be the best way I would think since styrofoam cracks
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A cheaper way would be to fill your bathtub up with cold water and throw 20 bottles of frozen water in
You can buy two and drill fill holes in the outside trough to put spray foam into and make it more insulated. That’s what I did. Totally worth it especially if you have more than one person using it at a time.
Or you can dig a hole.
I’m spending almost 100 a week for ice alone. This idea is brilliant!
I used water bottle a few years ago but even with 2 cases it doesn’t get nearly cold enough. I also bought a freezer just for the bottles because 2 cases is a lot of freezer space, but they take more than a day to freeze solid once thawed out. It works ok if you do it occasionally and don’t want it really cold (depending on time of year and location anyway) I ended up buying an ice machine at Home Depot for a couple hundred dollars. Makes enough ice to get it to the low 40’s even in Texas summer.
What’s is your water volume and how many lbs of ice you use daily to cool down to 40f in texas? Must be a big ice machine and expensive
What ice machine did you buy?
What ice machine did you buy?
What ice machine did you buy?
I got one from Home Depot called Vevor or something like that for around $300. It says it makes 120 lbs in 24 hours but if you empty it as soon as it fills all day you might get 70-80lbs. It does a way better job than the bottles did because the ice melts all the way pretty fast where the bottles took a really long time to melt and often didn’t. Anyway, that’s my 2¢. I get mid 30’s to low 40’s every morning in the Texas heat.
I just started the ice bath recently. Every time I did an ice bath, a bag of ice cost me a lot of money. In Florida, it's expensive. So I was thinking, "How can I do this with less expense?" Your water bottle idea was brilliant. Thanks a lot.
Why didn’t I think of the water bottles!!! Great tips. Just starting cold plunges. Been doing them from my bath but it’s super annoying to keep filling up. Lol.
It’s amazing how well they work! Welcome to the cold plunge community!
Great idea and video! How often do you change out the water in the tub? Do you use any chemicals to keep the water sanitary? Thanks
Funny I bought the same two tubs. The first smaller tub was only $39 and I used straps to secure it so it wouldn’t bust (now use it for storage). The second one was $99 (same as yours) at Tractor Supply and it works great. Very sturdy and I am fully immersed. I do it with a friend for safety. We go for 11 minutes but will shoot for 15. I agree that while it is cold, you start to relax. Make sure you move around.
I just bought the 100 gal rubermaid stock tank and like it. It`s 25" high so that`s good and allowed me to get it through a doorway into my screened in porch. Note the drain plug is a plastic pipe with internal threads and external threads which allows for two size hoses. The internal is 1 1/4 and the external seems to be 2 inch pipe thread not 1 1/2. You can always reduce to 3/4 and use a garden hose. That just takes longer to drain. About 15 minutes if you need to drain the water away from the tank.
It was a 110 deg in Texas. On a Sunday morning. I just got tired of the heat and went down to TSC to get my tank. for only 97 dollars. out the door. With in min i was relaxing in a nice cool tanks. Made my summer much much more enjoyable 👍👍 Plus i only put 30 gallons of water in it to be the perfect height. I like it so much ! That i painted the inside of the tank > SEASIDE BLUE. this color > 💦💦 The out side and bottom. I gave it 3 heavy coats of Amour All 👀 Boy it drank it up > If you don't have one? Get them while there in supplies. You will love it
If you guys have the budget I would strongly recommend buying a solid ice maker and some little bags to store the ice, gets my water to 8 degrees Celsius and I spend about $219CAD on it
I’ve always been interested in ice baths but I couldn’t ever do it consistently because I had to buy 6 packs of ice, using water bottles is an amazing idea! I’ll try this method out tomorrow and let you know how it goes 👍
did u try it
@@chimp510 I think he had a cold water blackout
I’m 17 and been doing 20$ of ice every time.Since I’m in AZ it barely gets to 50 with all that ice. Genius I’m just gonna freeze three cases for next time🤝
Does this work if you just use the water bottles in the packaging? Also just FYI, staying still causes a sort of shield of warm water around your body. Its actually more intense to move around a bit because you prevent that shield from forming. Try it out and thank me (or hate me) later.
Excellent idea of going to tractor supply. I would not have thought about the water being too heavy for the first tub.
Brother, you saved me probably 200-1000 dollars, thanks for being practical and smarter than me.
This is a great alternative the only thing with a cold plunge is that it circulates the water inside so it allows you to get the most benefits. If you get in an ice bath and don't move eventually you will warm up the water around you until you fidget or move around
You can get water chillers that can do the same thing
that ice water bottle is a genius idea. i was looking for cheaper ways and you just blessed me with one. oh how great is our God
I’m just here to share my knowledge with you, so thanks for the kind comment it’s great to have you here
great video - thanks for sharing! Never would have thought of the frozen bottles
How long can you use the water in the tub before you need to change it out. Seems like it may start to grow mold or algae if you don't change it out. Maybe you can add some epsom salt to make the water last longer.
I would like to know as well
I’ve seen others add a chlorine tablet or a bit of hydrogen peroxide
Yea lots of company’s are charging like $1500 for a plastic barrel . It’s wild ahaha , just do this or get a lined metal drum . All you need is something to get cold in . The plastic drums are like $100 - $150 brand new , and they hold around 800 lbs of liquid . Cheers 🔥
I found using a half dozen 32 oz Walmart seltzer bottles work. I cut the top quarter off so when dump in they come out like big ice cubes. Leaving in sealed bottle the ice insulates not giving full cold affect. When done full my open top bottles and into freezer. Those couple extra degrees cold I get makes a difference.
what i did using the same tub is i bought some small plastic storage buckets and i just grab water from the plunge and throw em in the chest freezer. ends up being 30+ LBS of ice lol. keeps it nice and cold. i usually get it down to around 50
Frozen water bottles are a great idea. Cheers for the video
Going to try this at Tractor Supply. They have 100gal stock tank for $99 right now.
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I use my bathtub and frozen 2 liter bottles. Currently my build price is free. If I build an outdoor plunge I’ll definitely do something like this.
I love that!! Lot of water to use though I’d imagine, I like this bc it’s more sustainable, and when it’s time to dump I re-use the water for my arborvitae’s!!
How well does it work
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Very cool Nick ( forgive the pun). If you have real winters you can let the cold weather do the chilling process for you.I'm 66 and have been chillin' for a couple months. Makes me feel awesome.
Going to go to tractor supply and buy one of these! Thanks Nick
Just use your bath tub, or put the money towards a chest freezer.
I tried discussing margins with ice barrel and they keep leaving me on read. It’s ridiculous the margins I bet they have. $1200 for something that I truly feel cost them less then $200 to manufacture might even be closer to $100. Shark tank would love the margins of them😂 like sell it for 500 you will get more sales overall and make more
It’s CRAZY what they charge. I wanted one so bad for the longest time but I am so happy I did this instead. Seriously the same thing 😂 they would do great on shark tank
Someone at Ali Baba will copy the Ice Barrel and sell it much cheaper.
@@mattp4079 Let me know when they do! I checked, nothing good yet lol
I good chiller unit alone costs around £700-£1000. On top of that got bespoke tank and then all the pumps filtration and sanitation. Then the actual manufacturing process not to mention they need to make a profit
@@chrismakara-howe9792 They don't have a chiller. It's literally just a plastic barrel. $1200
6:12. even the dog was uncomfortable during this moment.
Great content! I am making one of these for indoor use and I love the frozen water bottle concept. I came close to buying a commercial ice maker, but will use that towards a chiller down the road. I love how you opened the content with the failure first, great video sir! #Firmhandshakes
Thank you for making this video. These health "experts" and their products are out of control with their prices. Geeez.
How to make an icebath under 150.
Turn your bathtub faucet on cold and put ice in
We can name the video, how to waste 50 gallons of water every day when you can instead make it last 7-10 days! Lol jk, but seriously wasting water is not cool 😎
Thank your for making this video. It really motivated me. I'm headed out to get my supplies. :)
NICE XAVIER!!! Lucky to help amazing people like you 🥹👏🏼
I have industrial ice packs , they use them to ship orders overnight through Mail service . They lay flat in my freezer .
Dude I just want to say thank you for the frozen water bottle idea that's the part I was having the most trouble trying to figure out great tip
Try big blocks of ice too!!! Both work really well but not everyone has space in their freezer for a 3-5L block of ice lol! Glad you enjoyed! Also: go check out the other video I just posted on how you can get a temperature regulated and self cleaning cold plunge for less than you spend on ice each month!!!
Be sure to drink a few sips of the water before using it over and over again. In my experience thawing and then refreezing water bottles tends to create leaks or explosions
I had no problem with mine. Probably it depends on the water bottle you use. I use thick plastic bottles.
Good tip! Wish I mentioned that because I did it myself :( thanks for sharing! Subscribe to see my video testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
Really wish you made content more often bc I would totally watch!! Thanks
WOW THANK YOU! Seriously so flattered. This year I’ll be posting a ton so make sure to subscribe!! Next video will be testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
The reason you start to have a feeling a warmth is cause your body makes like a warm bubble from you staying still. But if you move while in the bath your body can’t make the warm bubble and you stay feeling cold.
Nick, how often do you replace the water in the tub and how often do you replace the water bottles? I’m assuming you don’t have to replace the water bottles much and you’re just putting them back in the freezer after using?
I've been told you can use jugs of salt water to keep it from freezing if temps are going to be at or a little below 32F.
I thought that might be handy, considering the cold coming to the US in the next few days.
Do you add the salt into the bath or keep it in the jugs?
@@stevegarthwaite9429 supposedly you can keep it in the jugs. I learned about it from my mother-in-law when her neighbor complained they had to break the ice on their goats' watering trough each morning. You can't feed salt water to animals so it has to stay in the jugs. Next time I visit I'll ask them if it actually worked.
That’s an AWESOME TIP!! I may have to test that out! Anyway, Subscribe to see my video testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
Lol if you are silly enough to apply salt and ice to your bare skin you clearly did not pay attention in science class as a child...
Use epsom salts. Healthy, not bad for vegetation in limited amounts, and it keeps the freezing temperature down...
Frozen bottles for the win! Thanks for the idea!
I love the iced water bottle idea!!🤯 That’s freaking brilliant!
So I went ahead & tried this out. For the money it’s a pretty good set up. I’m 5’10” & pretty much could fit my whole body in there but if I wanted to submerge my head too I wouldn’t have been able to do it but overall I’m satisfied with it.
That’s cool, so do you put the water bottles back in your freezer each time, and how often do you refresh the 100 gals of water inside the tub?
@@takethepowerback83 i just used bagged ice. It comes to about $12 a week which I don’t mind & I haven’t had to change the water yet. It’s been about a week & it’s still clean
You're a GENIUS😂, this whole idea is GENIUS! Thank you🙏🙏🙏
Also if you either dunk your face first or go in over your head first. It activates the mammalian dive response which slows your heart rate and respiration rate. Preventing blackout
A gazebo over the top so it’s in the shade during summer, and use an exlasticates silver water tank cover to reflect light
i love how your dog listens to your voice, best companions
Duuudddeeee so genius with the water bottles!!!
TY, Nick! I'm buying this setup for sure. Great, informative vid. Cheers!
It would be cool to figure a way not have all the bottles floating around. Maybe something to slip them into and they sink to bottom and out of the way.
Glad i watched the second half of this video and saw that the second container didnt hold up. Also, i didnt know a about that black out thing
You are a likable guy , I can’t say that about most . Thanks
William this is my favorite comment I’ve seen so far here! Really grateful for you! Subscribe to see my video testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
This is the most helpful video I’ve seen thank you so much
I bought a pod the pod company and it’s was only 108 bucks. It’s portable, insulated so holds on to the cold water for several days and has a lid
In the fall and winter you could buy a submersible water heater and make this a hot tub.
You could also make a foam cover for it to help keep it cool or hot longer.
Considering this very product for a DIY. How often do you have to change water? I see some people are putting in a chlorine wafer in a floatie. Hearing about 1 month before changing with regular use. What say you?
Do you add any chemicals (hydrogen peroxide etc) or epsom salts to keep the water clean? Or just swap the water every couple weeks? TIA!
I just change the water every 7-10 Days. Haven’t had any issues !! Subscribe to see my video testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
TCold water blackout. Thank you for being honest. Some sales channels talk about how safe and never mention health checks.
How tall are you.
Thank you!!!! I'm definitely making one of these.
63°F is like 17°C which is far from cold for an icebath tbh... Other than that, great idea with the reusable bottles IF it can cool to a lot cooler than this. I need the water to be close to 40°F
Use more ice genius
Couldnt you just put frozen water bottles in the bath tub as well?
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“It’s so peaceful, yet so chaotic…its beautiful”
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😂😂😂 that’s the best way to put it!! Subscribe to see my video testing the cheapest self cleaning and temperature regulated cold plunge I’ve found on the market!
Should have gotten the 150 gal tank. Great job.
I was thinking of doing this also, but using larger containers like milk jugs, since I have a large chest freezer
Bigger pieces of ice melt slower and apparently make the water colder as well, look into it with a follow up vid?
Amazing work ! You video got my family and I interested in doing this ! Do you think this is worth doing if winter is coming ? If so , do you have any strategies (e.g how can we maintain it I'm the winter , any additional items to support winter usage, etc) thanks in advance from the Rodriguez family! 🙏💕
Such a cool comment thank you guys for being here!! If your planning on doing it in the winter I recommend keeping the setup near your garage door so it stays cold but not freezing to the point where the water is at a dangerous temperature!! You can also start with cold showers 🧼 so thankful to have you guys here! Subscribe for more 👏🏼
Would layering two of the first tub (70gal HDX) you tried that didn’t hold the have worked? I liked that 70 gal because it would be easier to drop the temperature lower and faster with less water and based on you sitting in it at Home Depot it looks to be a perfect size. Anyone else try this? Or is there a reason it’s not doable?
This is awesome, thx so much. How did it hold up over time? Did you keep using the water bottles of ice (do they hold up being frozen and melted over and over)?
That pup… hes loyal! 😅 he just stood there on his guard! Lol
DAMN RIGHT!! Rosco is the man 🤩🤝
And to make it even more resourceful, just add an ozone pump to sanitize the water then you don't have to change that out very often either. I like it!
any ozone pump recommendations?
Would you mind linking to one you would recommend?
You got my subscription! Thanks for the usefully information!
YOU ROCK NATE! Next video I’ll be testing a new setup that’s self cleaning and temperature regulated!
Remember to move around in a cold plunge so that you get the most out of it. You don't want that thermal layer to build up around you.
Your dog looks so cute and nice just sitting there
great idea with the water bottles
Hahahaha the cracked edge made me crack up
Hi Nick, love the video do you add any chemicals to keep the water clear so you don't have to change the water a lot?
Get cups, fill them with watter and freeze them. You’ll get some big ice cubes that work great if you don’t want a bath with plastic bottles
YES! Or an ever easier way is a giant block of ice with a small tubbermaid (3-5L)! Less hassle than the cups or bottles!
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Just a small comment : amazing idea and i'm about to do one my self. You should add some chlorine so thee water do not mess out.
Plus, when you enter the water do not breath heavy by the mouth as you did. Breath by your nose, its way more oxygenating and better for your lungs !
Great video buddy
If you want it a tad bit colder make sure to maintain a little movement in your limbs so the thermal layer doesn’t build.
Brilliant.
Doing the same with 150 gal.
This is a great idea. What about a lid? Also, do you filter the water at all or how often do you change the water in the tub?
I want to try it out, but honestly i might just keep the bottles cased together still and just put my legs around ot or something so i dont have to scoop thek all out lol. Also might try using some big ice molds as well, or freeze a few empty milk jugs and leave them in overnight since i want to do it early morning before the sun is out so even it the summer it would already start out fairly cold
Very informative. Will get to making it happen!
Awesome video bro! Gonna try to get a setup pretty similar to this!
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I have the same tub from tractor supply.
Where are you fitting all of these water bottles? You'd have to have a lot dedicated freezer space. I use a small chest freezer as my tub because it holds the water temp pretty well, and am thinking of getting a countertop ice maker to supplement what I can fit in my freezer.
I hope I will try this in the near future. It looks interesting as hell ! And cold 🥶
I wish the tub was a little longer so the legs could stay relaxed. Nice video anyway !
Did you take any water out of the bottles? Be afraid of them breaking after time. Either way I love this and doing it this weekend! Just gotta find a Tractor supply
Great idea ! Thanks so much
Okay so since I live in Florida and it’s 90 degrees during the day wouldn’t the water be so hot id have to dump it everyday lol?
Awesome video bro , earned a sub. Seem like a great guy and the water bottle idea is brilliant