Buying guide
Brazil's ice bath market exploded - and with it came marketplace inflatables, imports with zero support and "chillers" that are a water cooler in disguise. This guide sorts the options by real price and hands you the questions that separate a reseller from a manufacturer.
Buying guide · 8 min · 2026-09-21

Short answer: to test the habit, an R$ 500-1,500 inflatable survives one summer. To keep the habit, you will want 3-5 °C water with no ice logistics - and that is tub + chiller, from R$ 30k up for an honest set. The cheap middle ground tends to be the most expensive per litre of genuinely cold water.
| Route | Range | Good for | The risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketplace inflatable | R$ 500 - 1.5k | testing for 90 days | bagged ice every session; one puncture retires it |
| Imported acrylic/fibreglass | R$ 8-20k | clinic aesthetics | zero support; chiller sold apart, and weak |
| Brazilian tub without a machine | R$ 6-15k | those who already own a chiller | "chiller-ready" often isn't |
| Custom wood + chiller | R$ 30-90k | a real routine, for years | only the wait: 6-10 weeks of production |
Because an ice bath is a system: tub, machine, filtration and installation answering to a single contract. Our ice bath with chiller ships with titanium, ±0.3 °C and a 2-year warranty - and the configurator adds up your case in one minute. If you choose another route, the questions above still apply - use them without mercy.
Portable (inflatable) to test; fixed to stay. People who train seriously tire of the fill-and-empty logistics within 2-3 months - the most repeated story on our WhatsApp.
Yes - our tubs ship with the connections ready. Half our clients do exactly that; the upgrade takes one morning.
The tub travels well (timber crate). For the 10 cities with our installation routes, freight is marginal; for the rest of the country we quote it with the order.
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