Building a $10,000 Cold Plunge For Under $1,500 

How much would you charge for that job? Or how much (more or less) would you say your labor cost for that job was (since you didn't include your labor cost with the prices at the end)? I'm just curious, Thanks

Also when you give up on cold plunging, perfect way to chill your cans of beer

How did you clean your grass after that??!?!?!

How did you get cedar planks and still come in under $1500?

This is an absolute must. After your first pee in there you're going to want to filter it.

@@vanmelum not true. You can pee 4 or 5 times before it gets intolerable.

@@bsmithril I disagree. I will want to filter it after my first pee. However you’ve got me thinking, maybe I should try ice bathing in 100% urine. Who knows what the medical benefits of that are?

@@vanmelum 😂 antimicrobial at the least.

@@bsmithril there is easy solution to this - don't pee in the tub

was about to comment the same thing !

Why he just didn't fix the pump outside the tank?

@@MrFazley he didn't get an in-line pump. He got an aquarium submersible pump

What about a hot tub pump? Get some serious flow. Go pick up a free hot tub, they’re everywhere.

@@zugdawg same thing, a hot tub pump is usually also " In-Line" and not a submersible one

I was coming to the comments to say the same thing. The overhang of the tooth is normally 1/16th or 1/32nd that trick works perfect.

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ 🤓

On an alternating top bevel which most compound saws are equipped with you get 3 reference points in the blade the first being the blade itself where if you flush your lumber to the body of the blade you cut a whole 16th, next is the carbides pointing away from your lumber feed direction, this one will grant a 32nd and last is the carbides pointing towards lumber feed direction you can cut a 64th if you align to that. Precision is why i love woodworking

But if you butt the timber up to the blade, won't the teeth hit the timber as you lift the blade? As the teeth sit proud

@@John...44... *But if you butt the timber up to the blade, won't the teeth hit the timber as you lift the blade? As the teeth sit proud* Yes but when lifting the blade when it is not spinning the teeth will slide past the material because the blade will deform but not permanently so. When the blade is at speed and it is sharp(if it is not sharp then the blade will conform to the material and cut less or not at all) it should cut off that 1/3-1/6 bite.

Dude nobody in his family is using a cold plunge tub 🤣

@@Fabian7024 said something about his wife using it early in the video, and once his kids start playing a lot of sports they may use it; and even if no one else but him uses it it will still accumulate bacteria from being outside so he could still get sick, there are reasons pools use so much chlorine, water is a great breeding ground for some nasty shit

@@SynthaPak oh didnt hear that lol but your right about bacteria 🦠

U.V does zero. Ozone or Chlorine

Chlorine or a drain for sure! I saw another video of a homemade chill tub out of a deep freezer and he had to manually drain it at least once a week. Mold or slimy water happens FAST.

A lot of people use deep freezers sealed on the inside to make them more water tight to save money.

I was thinking why not just use a convertible chest freezer and be done with it? Am I missing something?

Also probably why he couldn’t get the temperature lower. The intake was pulling water from the outtake instead of the water in the trough.

Yes, this is a mistake a few folks have made when building a wood fired spa using a horse trough. It heats and re-heats the same pocket of water without circulating it. You need the inbound hot/cold water at your feet, and the return to heat/cold source behind your back/bum. Cool build though.

I wondered why he didn’t insulate bottom since cold sinks, not rises.

Dont forget to push the iulation board back and leave about the last 1-1.5 inches as gap space for it to work correctly. If you were to leave it behind the cedar plank that is.

What kind of inline pump would you recommend and where would it need to be installed?

Answer!! :)

I'd really love to learn how you did this setup! Do you have a video?

@@shullzach just added one on my channel you can watch👍

@@themotorcycleguy5980 No way! Rad!

I was thinking the same thing.. you are just recooling the cool water. pull warmer water from the top, bringing colder water toward the top to replace it. the newly chilled water will replace the cold water that is now being pulled to the top

This makes sense but it seems he’s going for efficiency over optimal cooling

You’d extract water from the bottom as the top you’ll create air locks & always submersed. It’s easy enough to swap round & good on him for just attacking it & doing it.

He took cold water out, made it colder and dropped it on the warmer water. Causing the colder water to sink through the cold water.

That makes too much sense

This would allow for an easy install of an inline uv cleaner as well, good idea 👍

for sure!

If u wanna trust your life on "it should work" 🤷‍♂️

An inline pool pump would be even better

I was thinking just a pump with inlet and outlet hook-ups that could be mounted outside the tub next to the chiller

Aquarium canister filter.. would keep the water clean. And be hidden.

was thinking the same thing -- most of the benefits actually come from the circulating cold water

The cord is already waterproof. This honestly isn’t a concern. Aquariums operate all the time without electrocuting the fish.

however, it is affected by this economy ! sheesh $$$$

Thanks man

I was wondering that as well. 🧐 🤔 💭 especially between the bottom and the ground. Or even dig down a few inches to take the natural insulation (if not on concrete or other hard $$ surface).

Obviously because he’s a RU-vid who makes money when people watch his videos

Or just a bathtub, same price as the horse trough.

Check out the diy chest freezer, it is way easier and far more effective as it’s fully insulated and you can get the water way colder. A 33 degree ice bath is a way better experience than a 40 degree water bath if you can even get it that cold with that chiller.

@@r.p.6315heard there’s electrocution risks with that way tho, likely the way i’ll go but still seems a litttle bit sketchy

People online usually smash through the ice and use it anyway when its frozen

you're better off just converting a chest freezer into a cold plunge and keeping in a garage or inside your home somewhere. But in lieu of converting a chest freezer, you should just use something like 4" XPS foam board versus the 2" EPS that he used. It has a significantly higher R-value. Also in the gaps to where the foam board didn't but up against the trough at all I would have stuffed some Rockwool into the voids. Another area he went wrong is by not insulating the under side of the tub. That will inevitably be a weak link that makes the chiller near impossible to get down to 39* and maintain that indefinitely. If you're REALLY wanting to go for perfection with this then I would use the 4" XPS foam board and use a woodworking technique called "kerfing" and I would kerf the foam board to perfectly follow the curve of the tub. I would also have a piece attached underneath it as well. All of the pieces of board would be connected continuously with no breaks -- 360* surrounding the tub -- it would all be joined together with a construction adhesive that can survive constant exposure to near freezing temps. I would also make a lid utilizing the same 4" boards. To make it to where the lid would get an exceptionally tight seal I would take a router and rout out the exact shape of the tub so that you could basically almost create a vacuum seal when closing the lid. This would also prevent any air exchanges occurring, which wouldn't allow for heat intrusion at all. Even with the nasty heat. I hope that this made some sense? I'm half-asleep and may have just spit out incoherent ramblings, but I'm happy to clarify anything that didn't make sense.

Facts it was the same just white 😂

@@ianbibb7895 eh, not really. If you look at the vent holes it seems like a different model, but the reaction was still over the top, especially with the dramatic music.

I know right, so cringe bro. If I bought an "open-box" item and it came with parts falling off and wasn't even the correct model number my reaction would've been so different. I probably would have tipped the seller instead of complaining to be honest!1

his entire attitude is pretty cringe. youtube voice in full effect. "haha im so quirky and spazzy like im kind of different"

exactly! Came here to write this comment:)

Same thing I thought

Maybe cost? Or he just didn’t know

Did you not watch the video? The guy ovuasly does not have a clue

@@razer192 ovuasly. How did you set yours up?

I posted a longer version of what you said lol. I'd like to see how yours looks? I'm still rocking the killer vibe of getting into a dinged up freezer 😂 I've thought about building a decorative enclosure but I worry that it will not allow the freezer to get rid of the heat

That’s a way better idea!

Do you run the freezer all day?

@@austinbaker1975 It would turn solid ice if I ran it all day every day. In the summer, I maybe run it 8 -10 hours every 48 hours. This causes a ring of 6 x 6 inch ring of ice to form at the bottom of all sides of the freezer. In the winter, I run it much less. There is always some ice at the bottom. If it gets really cold outside in the winter, there is no need to run it at all. Ice will form at the top with natural cooling in the winter.

builder after reading your comment: 😭

The guy builds neat interesting creative ideas & not a follower of doing what everybody else does in life + this makes for Great RU-vid content. If I had his skill set and not this dweeb brain of mine which is used for accounting I would definitely build an attractive cold plunge VS an ugly duckling ice chest freezer ice bath.

Yea, Shoulda stuffed the cavity with rockwool.

@@serweed needs to be refrigeration grade bonded to every bit of bare steel including underneath

@@sduns20 My thoughts exactly once I saw what he was doing.

how would one do this? reccomendations?

I was thinking the same, inline pump and filter.

yep, exactlywhat I would have done.

A drain plug that connects to a piece of hose would be a good enhancement.

Thanks man