The BEST Alternative to Expensive Cold Plunge Chillers

In this video I walk you through a simple and inexpensive DIY Chiller option for the Ice Barrel 500 (it will also work with the Ice Barrel 300). This will help keep your water clean and cold at all times. This is a completely redesigned Kit that will also save the most space.

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Time Stamps
0:00 DIY for Ice Barrel 500
0:37 Everything you Need (DMJR.co/500DIYKit)
3:58 Building the DIY Chiller Kit
7:02 How to Attach the New Setup
9:00 The Difference between this setup and the Original 300 DIY
10:28 Testing for Leaks or Issues
11:59 Connecting you Chiller
15:33 Keeping your Water Clean and Sanitary
18:07 Turning on for the First Time
18:49 Tune Ups and Adjustments
19:41 Using the Active Aqua Chiller
20:45 Other Options

[NPow]

Incredible build man. I thank God I’ve waited to pull the trigger on ice barrel until now. I’m going with the 500 and following this exact advice. Thanks!

[Aaron]

Perfect and easy to follow step by step instructions for this DIY setup. Thanks David, I’ve been following you ever since I started plunging. I appreciate all of your insight on cold plunging and products associated with it. I just setup my ice barrel 500 and I couldn’t be happier! Sauna tent is next on my list to complete our home recovery setup. Keep the awesome content coming! 🥵🥶😎💪

[rodstewart]

You created the video I was searching for thank you for the build, cant wait to get my set up completed !

[AllenAuman]

Awesome set-up. I'm just getting to the point where I'm ready to get all the goodies ordered for the 500! Thanks again, David!! ✌️

[jasonmagruder]

Thank you for this video! I am going to run with this set up opposed to the other set up. You are the man! Hope you get to the 100 thousand subscribers soon!

[originalrecipedan]

David, my Ice Barrel 500 arrived yesterday (used your discount code!) along with the chiller and accessories mentioned in this video. I had it up and running within an hour and got a 50 degree plunge in this morning--in the SoCal heat, no less. Thank you for this! I'm not much of a DIY guy and this set up was beyond easy and not a leak in site.

[wick_opedia]

Thanks for this. Got the pieces needed and will be setting up this week. Appreciated the work you did to make it easy for us.

[andrewclarke]

David, you are a legend. This is such a straightforward DIY. Bonus points for the Amazon buy list.

[archenemy]

Loving my active aqua 1/2hp chiller paired with the 1000gph pump. Total game changer compared to my last chiller/pump combo. Hottest part of the day and it was only 2° away from set point of 45°. My last setup with the same tub would be 52-53° by about the same time.

[kennyfuqua]

Ok....Barrel 500 is on the way and should be at my house next week...Can not wait! I had already purchased all the items in your description from Amazon and used your discount to get an additional $189 off the Barrel (thanks for that). I am setting up in my garage gym and will also need to make sure there are no leaks. Literally like a little kid on Christmas morning! Thanks again for all the great videos.

[ryancollins]

Three things I would do differently 1. Use plumbers tape on all threaded connections. 2. - use plastic connectors vs brass or metal if possible. 3. Put a ball valve inline before the filter to allow clean out

[Bosu-vn]

I ended up doing this DIY. I added another filter after the pump. it's working great. Thank you very much for creating this DIY video man. great stuff on here!

[hi-qkxl]

Insane timing for this video, I was just about to build this kit and was like why is dude talking about an eclipse, this must be old, ha!

[sickrickw]

I appreciate this so much!! I’m doing this setup with the 300!! ( patiently waiting for it to ship) but in the meantime I’ve got the 1/4 horse active aqua going into a shitty cold pod and it’s holding temp at 42 f!! In salt lake with 100 degree weather!! Impressive

[kingfish]

Love the build! If I may suggest, in order to pump out the water faster put the T at the outlet side of the pump. With the spigot open then plug your inlet side (with the black male 3/4 plug that the 500 came with) from the inside and it will empty your 500 in no time. I did this with my over complicated build along with a garden hose and I water the plants and grass with the water.

Another tip is to get a threaded and barbed combo 3/4 for the inlet side to your hose connection to lower the profile and hug the barrel better.

Just my 2cents on your awesome channel. Love the content brother.

[anthonybosco]

Thank you. Excellent setup. It’s warming up and it’s time put a chiller on my IB500. How often do you run the pump/chiller? Do you use a timer?

[JoshuaHuffman]

Love the hose filter. I was thinking about that today. Ha I was very close to rerouting my water softener to the exterior to fill mine up.

[beanerstones]

Your Channel is amazing and great help
Thank you for making all the helpful videos

[jonathankvex]

This was super useful for me as my first chiller just died on me and I have to redo my setup. The only thing I'd recommend adding is a shut off valve in between the T connector and the filter so you can clean/replace the filter without having the water drain out. Otherwise I'm following your instructions exactly 👍

[mgswansea]

Wow - great work! Perfect video. Thank you.