Ice Drop Chiller

This is by far the best ice bath on the market. Works amazing in the bathtub, can drain the water after 10 uses, is extremely quiet and keeps it cool 24/7. I have used 3 different brands in the past and this one comes out on top in every metric. Could not recommend it any more.

The Ice Drop Chiller is really effective. Perfect in preparation for summer. Received mine last week and it cooled down my bathtub in about 18 hours. Now it holds that temp during the whole day. I've been trying contrast therapy with cold plunge and hot showers and this has helped with the convenience a lot. Previously I bought an ice bath setup with a plastic tub but it leaked twice so this one also solves that problem

I like the ice bath chiller. Works well and cools my bathtub effectively. Received free thermometer as well.

Works exceptionally well. Previously used ice baths from 2 other Australian companies, won't name them but I have gone through 4 of the plastic tubs because they always leak. This one works so well, haven't had a single issue, and it literally cannot leak

I bought the Ice Drop Chiller. The shipping time was surprisingly quick, but the chiller unit itself is quite larger than I expected. It also has a decent hum noise when it's cooling the bathtub. But it does the job well, I have my bathtub at 7 degrees all day long.

Bought this back in March after a mate up in the Hills had one going at his place. Most weeknights ever since, which surprised me, because there's a rowing machine in the same room I've barely touched since we moved in.

What makes it stick is how little there is to do. Switch it on, go hang the washing out, come back and it's ready. No filling it, no draining it.

The novelty wore off after a few weeks and then it just became the thing I do after work before dinner. The knee that plays up in the cold has been quieter, could be this, could be that I stopped running on the footpath. Either way I'm still at it in the middle of winter, which is more than I can say for most things I've bought online.

Since about February, so five months? Six. Winter has been much easier on it than summer was, it hardly runs now. Still in there four days a week and the novelty wore off a long time ago, which I mean as a compliment.

Set it to 5 and my own thermometer reads 5.4 down at the far end. Close enough for me.

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.

five months, still in it most mornings. got mine second hand and it's been faultless

I'm 67 and this was a present from my daughter, who I think half expected me to hate it. Knees have been shot since a work injury years back and the physio had been going on about cold water for a while. I'm in there most days now, not for long, but enough. Getting in and out of a bath at my age is the hard part, not the cold. Bought a rail from Bunnings for that.

Bought it in November so this is around the six month mark. Four or five mornings a week before work and I've not gone off it, which honestly surprises me because I have a garage full of things I went off. Through the Perth summer it was working hard to hold where I'd set it. Now it barely kicks in. And the bath is just the bath again on the days I want an actual bath.

Fits beside the bath in a unit bathroom and I can shift it about with one hand, no worries there. My gripe is the lead. The only powerpoint in our bathroom is above the vanity on the far wall, so I've got an extension running across the floor, which I'm not thrilled about.

Arrived up here with the housing stoved in on one corner, courier's doing rather than theirs. Sent photos on the Monday, had a replacement on a truck by the Wednesday, and they didn't make me send the damaged one back first. Getting anything resolved in Darwin usually means a fight. Not this time.

It's a small bathroom and the hum bounces off the tiles more than I expected. Not loud exactly, just present, and you notice it first thing in the morning. The probe also drips everywhere when you lift it out, so there's a towel that lives on the floor now. Still use it daily.

no plumbing, nothing screwed to anything, out of the box and cold by the next morning

I'd measured that corner more than once before it came because I was certain it would be too big for the room. It's smaller than the nappy bin was. Sits between the bath and the wall and we still walk past it without turning sideways.

Apartment, third floor, body corporate that says no to more or less everything. This was the only version of a cold plunge I could see getting away with. Bathroom is small, the bath is the standard builder's one that comes in every apartment in Melbourne, and the unit sits on the floor at the tap end on a rubber mat. No hoses, nothing on the walls, nothing for strata to object to because there is nothing installed. First night I filled it about 9pm and it was at 6 degrees when the alarm went off. That's the bit worth knowing, the first go is slow and after that it just holds. Drains out the normal bath outlet. Neighbours have said nothing, which means they can't hear it, and our walls are paper.

Housemate bought it and I told him he'd wasted his money. Have used it nearly every day since, so that aged well. Only friction is sorting out the power, we landed on him wearing it since it's his. Bathroom does get congested when everyone's trying to get ready.

Nine weeks from order to my door, which is roughly what the site said it would be, so no complaint about the estimate itself. What I'd have liked is a bit more contact during it. I emailed twice to ask where it was and got answers both times, quickly, but I shouldn't have had to ask. It also meant I missed most of the hot part of summer, and that one's on me for ordering late. Very good now it's here.

did cold showers for ages and hated every second. this is a completely different thing

Looked hard at an integrated tub from a Melbourne mob that was several times the price, and at a cheaper unit that only gets you a bit under ambient, which up here is useless. Kept coming back to the fact that I already own a perfectly good bath. So I bought the cold bit and not the tub.

Does the job and I'm still in it every second day, so take this the way it's meant. What nobody told me before I bought is that the first cool down from a fresh fill takes the best part of a day. In January here the mains water comes out at about 26 and it was near enough eight hours before it got where I wanted it. So changing the water is a whole planning exercise now. I do it fortnightly and start it before bed. Fine once you know. I'd rather have known.

Ordered first week of November, turned up 20 January. Long wait, but they told me that up front.

Two summers of buying ice at the servo. Twelve dollars a bag, three bags a session, and it would be lukewarm by the next morning anyway. In January we were easily doing sixty a week on it. Now the probe goes in, I set 6, it sits on 6. Only wish I'd worked that out last summer.

Worried about upkeep before ordering. There isn't any. Rinse the probe off, drain the bath like you always have.

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.

Engineer, so I measured it rather than guessing at it. Plug in energy meter has been on it since the 20th of December. First pull down from 24.5 degrees to 8 in a standard 1700 bath took 7 hours 40 by the stopwatch, so the eight hour figure they quote is honest. Holding at 8 with no lid it averages 1.6 kWh a day. Our rate is 41.6c so that's about 67 cents. On the 42 degree day last week it went to 2.1 kWh, worth knowing if you're somewhere hot. Re-chill after two of us have been in is 12 to 15 minutes back to setpoint. Once it's settled it kicks in for about three minutes out of every forty. Laundry sits around 24 degrees ambient for reference.

The running cost was the bit I couldn't get a straight answer on before buying, so here's mine. Put a plug in meter on it for a fortnight. Holding around 7 degrees it averaged 1.3 kWh a day and we pay 39c, so call it fifty cents. Less than the coffee I have afterwards. It does draw properly while it's first pulling down, but that's a one off.

Setup was nothing at all. Unbox it, sit it on the floor, probe in the water, plug in. It was running before I'd finished the first page of the booklet. I run it off the laundry point with the door propped open, since the only thing in our bathroom is a shaver socket. Left it overnight, at temperature by morning.