Standard technology within a high quality cold plunge is a chiller, circulation pump, filter, and cleaning system. The chiller and the circulation pump work in unison to cool your water. The circulation pump pulls water out of the tank, it then runs the water through the filter and ozone to cleanse and purify the water. Thereafter, the the water runs through the chiller before entering back into the tank. The process repeats itself until you get your cold plunge to the temperature that you set on the control panel.
As you will notice, this is a lengthy process and there is hard work that the chiller undertakes to get the temperature down (especially in warmer climates). Its also not rocket science to assume that the most expensive and tech-heavy components in a cold plunge are the chiller and the circulation pump.
As such, you as a cold plunge owner want to buy a cold plunge that i.) has a high quality chiller and circulation pump and ii.) insulation that makes the chiller and circulation pump work as little and as easily as possible.
We sold 100s of cold plunges before we designed the Model 1 – and we learned about how important that was through that process. We want our customers to enjoy their cold plunge without problems for a very long time and the best way to accomplish that is with a very high insulated tub.
So that’s what we did. We designed the cold plunge with insulation being at the forefront of our minds. When our chiller works hard to get the temperature down, we make sure that there is so much insulation around that the tub that it maintains its temperature. When your cold plunge reaches your desired temperature (lets say 45 degrees as an example), the insulation of the tub is so good (~2 inches) that it will stay at that temperature for a very long time without the added assistance of the chiller and the circulation pump.
When the chiller recognizes that the temperature of the water has increased, the circulation pump will then kick-in to start chilling process again.
What does this high level of insulation mean?
Well, it means that we took the pressure off the chiller and the circulation pump to continuously keep it cold. The tank is going to maintain its temperature very well and the corresponding effect is that the chiller and the circulation pump need to run less frequently.
Because they need to run less frequently, we are preserving how hard the chiller and the circulation pump will need to work – thereby increasing the longevity of the chiller and the circulation pump (the most expensive equipment with your cold plunge).
How much insulation is there on the Model 1?
The bottom of the Acrylic Shell has 2 inches of spray foam insulation underneath it (yes, that’s a lot) and the cover is made of a 3inch high density foam insulation with a marine grade vinyl cover on the exterior.
This is a ton of insulation and definitely more than any other cold plunge on the market. We encourage you to ask other companies about how much insulation they apply to their units – its one of the most important factors that you should be considering during your purchase process.