Had a chest freezer rigged up in the shed for about eighteen months. Sealed lid, temperature controller off eBay. It worked right up until it didn't, and cleaning it was horrible because there's no way to drain one of those without tipping it over. Gone to Marketplace for $150. This one drops into the bath and I've stopped thinking about it. Water stays clear and the temp is where I left it.

Used the infrared box at my gym for about a year and always came out feeling like I'd been sitting in a warm car. This is a different animal. Proper dry heat, sweat starts before you've settled in. Wish I'd stopped paying that membership sooner.

First go at this was one of those little chillers off an overseas site, the ones that reckon they'll handle a full tub. It pulled our water down about four degrees under whatever the room was and then sat there making a noise like it was in pain. Four hundred dollars and no refund, my own fault for not reading properly. The Ice Drop was a lot more money and I did sit on it for a few weeks before ordering. It holds 5 in a 1700 bath in a Bendigo November, which the other one wouldn't have got near. The first pull down took most of a day so don't plan your first session for the same afternoon. After that it's minutes.

We had a steam pod thing off one of those online sales, the sort where you sit with your head poking out the top. Never got past lukewarm. This is a different class, properly hot and dry as anything. The only thing I'd flag is the warm up. In our laundry it's a good twenty minutes before I'd bother getting in, closer to twenty five on a cold morning.

Came off an inflatable tub and a lot of ice, so I'm happy enough. Runs quiet enough that it doesn't wake the house early. The one thing I'd change is that it only cools. Middle of winter up here I'd take a bit of warmth on the way back out, and it can't do that.

Wife bought it. I told her she'd bought a very expensive tent and that I'd never get in it. I'm in it more than she is now and she keeps reminding me. Should have kept my mouth shut.

My husband ordered this without much of a conversation about it and I was pretty filthy at the time. What I was worried about was the bathroom turning into a gym. It's about the size of a milk crate and it sits under the towel rail when it isn't going, so it hasn't taken over anything. I've been using it more than he has since Christmas. Not admitting that to him.

Housemate ordered it without asking and I was ropeable about losing the corner of the lounge. Few weeks on I'm the one texting to ask if she's using it tonight. It also comes down when we've got people over, which was my other worry.