Insanely EASY & CHEAP Way to Make Ice for a Cold Plunge

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This guy is awesome. Morning routine ice bath and coffee. He has life by the balls. Hats off to you sir!

Hey man if you reused the water from the icebath instead of the hose water, you'll use less energy and maybe even get all of your buckets to freeze within the 24 hours! It's what I do and works a treat!

I just did my first ice bath of the summer. During the winter I don’t have to worry about the water staying cold. But I found an ice machine at a car wash where you get 20 pounds of ice for two dollars. so I bought 80 pounds of ice hoping that would be enough. I got 70° water down to 42° in about two hours time with the outdoor temperature of 88°. The key is keeping the ice bath away from sunlight and having a thermal cover over it. Really enjoy your videos! Thank you.

this is pretty genius. I know some folks just freeze a few 24 packs of water bottles and reuse the waterbottles but i really like this idea.

His comment about moving to displace the film of water heated by your body is spot on--you miss out if you stay motionless. Also going naked or in a swim brief is way better for that reason--regular swimsuits/jammers retain a film of water close to the skin that your body heats up similar to a thin wetsuit.

Thanks for this tip. My wife is just getting in the plunge and we didn't really want to dump a ton of money into a chiller, and only need it during the summer months. Found a freezer on sale for $160 and will be much easier than bags of ice all the time.

Ice plunge daily is magnificent. I’ve used a similar hack with deep freezer and metal bowls which seem to freeze faster. I also use several stainless steel cups 16 oz in the fridge freezer for 12 hours. Works fantastically to get my cold pod to 49-53 F. Enjoy!

I just moved to Florida as well and decided this was a better method as well instead of spending $1000 on a chiller. This works great so far! I use 8lb silicon forms for my ice blocks. They work pretty well. You are an absolute UNIT as well, brother! Very symmetrical, too. Well done!

I’ve been doing the same thing for about two years. This is the first video I’ve seen that someone does the same idea. My freezer is much larger, and I use 5 gallon pails of water. I put 5 pails about 90% full of water into the freezer when I get home from work, around 6pm. By 4am when I get up they usually have frozen about 2” or so on top, and the water inside them is near freezing. My bathtub is very deep and spacious, so I just pour those into the tub and top off with cold tap water. I can usually get the water to about 2-4c, so very cold. It takes about 30 min for the remaining ice to melt, so I do breakfast while waiting

That’s a great routine you have there,I just bought a massive 2nd hand chest freezer from a local kebab shop for £150 lined it with a pool liner for simplicity and to cover the kebab holes in base😂set a timer for it to come on 1-2 hrs a day to keep it around 5degrees,cheep as chips 👍👍

After a Wim Hof course I wanted to create an ice Bath but I have limited space living in a big city. I looked at industrial ice cube machines but that requires plumbing and has a large foot print and will yield a 10 kg tray only . Probably not enough. I thought of getting a person sized chest freezer but again that takes up too much space. So, I came across Jason’s video here, just as I’m a doing a same trial of freezing ice in tupperware containers, now just in my small regular freezer, and then add them my regular bathtub as an ice Bath. I hope it will work out as well as jason, in which case I’ll get a small chest freezer also. Seems the simplest and most efficient solution. Thank you for sharing Jasón.

I really like your idea, as I'm, like you, struggling with the high prices of commercial ice here in Saudi Arabia. I'm going to buy that freezer. Thank you my dear brother.

So wonderful. I am in Florida and miss my cold colorado water. I do love Florida though. Im in my 50s this should help my old bones lol.

Thanks so much for this video. Really helped me to setup an ice bath for the first time!

Awww that’s awesome. You seem like a really cool person genuinely interested in helping others. Way to go! Yes! I do the same with a chest freezer and plastic tubs with covers. I wake up and put the ice in and rotate the ice in the freezer. I don’t reuse the water from the tub because it seems to degrade the water quality quicker. Keep up the good work! ❤🎉

Came for the ice idea, left with bonus ideas for editing my content. Great vid 👍

Checking on chillers and they are close to $800 and more. Maybe if your going to do it everyday might be worth. But like you did here, can get a freezer chest to make ice for a lot less. According to the information Hubermann talks about you need 11 min a week for the benefits. Every other day and a freezer seems to be the way to go. If the freezer breaks not only is it cheaper, but can get another faster than when if the chiller breaks.

If you have the time, try and stay for 10-15 minutes. Thanks for the ice-chest tip, I have just been using 4-5 7 lbs blocks. How do you maintain the water? I have to drain it every-other day.

This is a super professional video for some ice in an ice bath lol. Good job.