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by kritiko 1132 days ago
It sounds like you have not done much research on this yet, but I'm sure DIY plans exist online given the popularity of cold plunges with athletes / bro science people (I don't know that there's actually much peer reviewed evidence on any benefit of this stuff).

The obvious answer would be "make a bunch of ice in the freezer" but I'm sure you could get more complicated. If you do go with a circulator, will you also be treating the water for reuse?

Edit: looking at reddit, it appears a bunch of people just turn their chest freezers into the plunge tank? Check out r/coldplunge

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Most of the DIY stuff I have seen involves putting the water directly in the chest freezer. Would need a much bigger chest freezer to fit in and I’m not crazy about the electrocution risk. I’m currently using the make a bunch of ice approach but it is cumbersome.
You unplug the chest before getting in. It's really not that risky.