Does a smart ice bath offer real recovery benefits over traditional ones?

I went down the cold plunge rabbit hole and came back with this.

Smart tubs are basically ice baths with brains, precise temp control, built in chilling, filtration or ozone or UV, scheduling, sometimes an app. The pitch is simple, hold a consistent 10 to 15°C, jump in for a few minutes, get repeatable recovery without hauling bags of ice.

What seems true across studies and user logs:

 🤔 Soreness relief and between session recovery improve when you can hit the same temp and time every session, smart tubs make that effortless, buckets and bags do not.

 🤔 Great after hard intervals or tournaments, not ideal right after heavy lifting if you care about muscle growth, timing matters more than the logo.

 🤔 Hygiene and convenience are real, filtration keeps water usable for weeks, old school ice baths get cloudy fast.

 🤔 Tradeoffs, upfront cost and electricity vs weekly ice runs and time, plus footprint and noise from the chiller.

Safety sanity check, start warmish for cold, 12 to 15°C for 2 to 5 minutes, breathe, skip if you have heart issues, Raynaud's, or you feel weirdly numb or lightheaded.

So...The question is... Should I get Plunge All In or Edge Theory Labs Edge Tub Elite?