The chiller is conceptually great! It’s an actual legit chiller ecosystem for cold plunging and the cold plunge community. It’s not an aquarium chiller or a modified industrial chiller, and seems to be durable. The problem is that it’s “early days” and the support is lacking. The app lets you log and share temp, time, and statistics, but it’s often difficult to be consistent when the chiller takes a long time to get to my 37degrees and can never hold it for more than a few minutes. Trying to plunge at 37 is painful because the scheduling seems to get to the temp 1 hour before, but then it’s 2-3 degrees higher when I’m suppose to go in and that ruins my average. I wish there was a boost function to get your water to temp from a hold status.

I have loved the ice barrel! My husband and I had been doing it on and off in the past but just this last 6 months - have been doing the cold plunge with the Ice Barrel 400 consistently. For me the ice barrel helps with clarity of mind and anxiety, not to mention the pre-workout high it gives my body. Excited for this app and the be able to track my cold plunging progress.

This app is ok. Here are the issues. It has a built in stop watch but no countdown timer. So if you want to plunge for 5 minutes, you have to either set a different timer or stare at the stopwatch until you reach your desired time. 2. When you click on your profile, you can see your total plunge time. But once you reach 1000+ minutes, it only displays the time as 1.5k, 1.6k etc. it would be nice to be able to track your time more accurately. Both of these enhancements should be super easy to fix which I’ve suggested to developers but have gone ignored.

The chiller looks good, is quiet, and has good installation videos online. It also took 8 months to arrive. The issue with the app is scheduling doesn’t work. You pick a time where you want a certain temperature and schedule it in advance. Sounds great, but even at mild temperatures indoors it doesn’t cool all the way down to the target temp. Comes down from 58 to 52, but it’s set to reach 48. Will start aiming colder to hit what I want, but this is the only feature that lead me to purchase this brand versus much cheaper options that run continuously. Fix it.