Cold Plunge

[Jakey_Recline]

Anybody built one?
Just saw a 450qt Grizzly Cooler being used as one and I've seen people using chest freezers.

 

[Tin Roof]

I’ve been curious if it’s mandatory to tell everyone you do cold plunge like it is for cross fit.

 

[Bogus One]

I’ve been curious if it’s mandatory to tell everyone you do cold plunge like it is for cross fit.

Apparently it is
Shut up and freeze your balls off
No one cares

 

[FJC11]

I’ve been curious if it’s mandatory to tell everyone you do cold plunge like it is for cross fit.

Like vegans announcing their food of choice? ya nobody gives a shit.

 

[Wheelin66bronco]

Haven't built one, buy I have lots of ideas in my head. I'll be putting it on the porch of the sauna house. I only need a chiller for 4 months a year, so I'm probably going to do a stock tank, surrounded by insulation instead of doing a chiller, and add ice as necessary. I'm mostly considering a filtration system.

 

[Animalmother]

Maybe just a tub somewhere with a drain. Fill it up with a hose and buy a big ice maker.

 

[KarlVP]

Buy an old cast iron bathtub and fill it with the hose.

 

[CarterKraft]

Anybody built one?
Just saw a 450qt Grizzly Cooler being used as one and I've seen people using chest freezers.

I was looking at "mini" chest freezers. Coat the inside with epdm roof rubber.

 

[Thefishguy77]

I have chest freezers so I will probably just freeze blocks of ice and add before I get into a stock tank of sorts. The epdm coating is intriguing and I have put some thought into that as well.

 

[DirtRoads]

Use the bed of your ford truck with a harbor freight tarp. Nobody ever got a ticket for parking their ice bath on the side of the road.

 

[CarterKraft]

I have chest freezers so I will probably just freeze blocks of ice and add before I get into a stock tank of sorts. The epdm coating is intriguing and I have put some thought into that as well.

I was wondering how to get a good coating on the walls but I think you pour the bottom in first paint a few inches up the side wall then roll it on each side and repeat. Should get really good coat when it's flat like that.

Edit: I mean literally put the cooler on its side, end etc. might take a few days to get it done but you should be able to get a solid coat that way.
Thinking about it now I wonder if you need to leave sections of the walls un-coated for heat transfer?

 

[Blacksheep10]

Yes, you can seal the inside of a deep freeze or I just built a steel liner that fits right inside so I don’t have to worry about leaks. The temperature controller is like $45 and you can put whatever sanitization or filtration system you want in, I use an aquarium filter with UV light

 

[Jakey_Recline]

Use the bed of your ford truck with a harbor freight tarp. Nobody ever got a ticket for parking their ice bath on the side of the road IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE

Novel idea! Also cone washers or nah? I'll pay for them.