Whole-body cryotherapy had one problem that kept it out of homes: liquid nitrogen. CryoBuilt, a US manufacturer founded in 2015, built its flagship around removing it. The CryoBuilt Everest reaches a -110F floor on electric multi-stage refrigeration, runs on a dedicated 240V circuit, and costs roughly $5 to $10 per session in electricity, against the $300 to $600 per month that nitrogen tank deliveries run at home. It last listed at $105,000 for the Essential build and $135,000 for the Elite (verified 2026-07-22) and is now sold direct by quote, with financing advertised from $2,000 per month. It scores 8.7 in our deep review.
So here is the direct answer: for a home or family-office buyer who wants daily whole-body cold without running a nitrogen program, the Everest is the category-defining pick, and CryoBuilt is a credible, in-market US maker rather than a render-stage startup. It is not the whole story. The -110F floor is warmer than what nitrogen units reach, the sticker is six figures and no longer public, and live alternatives run from a $25,500 nitrogen chamber to a $79,450 electric rival. This deep dive covers who CryoBuilt is, the flagship in full verified detail, and how it sits against the rest of the field.
Quick answer
- Home or family-office buyer: the CryoBuilt Everest at $105,000 to $135,000 last listed (verified 2026-07-22, now sold by quote), the only unit here pairing a -110F electric floor with a verified 3-year parts and labor warranty.
- Electric buyer at a lower sticker: the Vacuactivus Antarctica Barrel at $79,450 to $98,360 (verified 2026-08-14), compressor-cooled with no nitrogen for roughly 25 percent less than the Everest's last-listed floor.
- Entry or studio buyer set up for nitrogen: the Vacuactivus CryoStar at $25,500 to $29,550 (verified 2026-08-14), the lowest-priced whole-body chamber in our catalog, with a brand-stated -184F to -280F range.
The whole-body cryo field at a glance
| Chamber | Verified price | Cooling | Temperature | Session | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CryoBuilt Everest | $105,000 to $135,000 last listed (verified 2026-07-22), now by quote | Electric multi-stage refrigeration | -110F floor | 2.5 to 3 min | Home, family office, commercial |
| Vacuactivus Antarctica Barrel | $79,450 to $98,360 (verified 2026-08-14) | Electric compressor | Not in our verified data | 1 to 3 min | Wellness centers, gyms, high-end home |
| Cryomed One Ultra | $35,199 to $39,199 (verified 2026-08-14) | Liquid nitrogen, about 2.5 liters per session | Not in our verified data | 3 min | Cryotherapy studios |
| Vacuactivus CryoStar | $25,500 to $29,550 (verified 2026-08-14) | Liquid nitrogen | -184F to -280F (brand-stated) | 1 to 3 min | Studios, equipped homes |
| Impact Cryotherapy Cryosauna | $38,000 to $48,000 historical (verified 2026-05-04), discontinued | Liquid nitrogen | Not in our verified data | 2.5 to 3 min | Reference only |
One framing note before the hardware: whole-body cryo is the far end of the cold-exposure spending curve. If your budget has four figures in it, not six, start with the tubs in our best cold plunges guide instead; nothing on this page is the right first purchase.
Who CryoBuilt is
CryoBuilt is a US cryotherapy manufacturer founded in 2015 that launched the Everest in 2020, which gives the flagship roughly six years of field history. The company cites an install base in the hundreds, predominantly commercial rather than private-residence. That commercial skew is worth naming honestly: the Everest earned its record on facility floors, and home buyers are the newer audience. In a category where the hardware is a permanent install, though, six years of commercial duty is exactly the pedigree you want behind a home unit.
CryoBuilt sells direct through its own site, and the selling model changed recently. The Everest product page no longer shows a cash price: it reads Sold Out / Request Equipment Information, with financing advertised from $2,000 per month. The last publicly listed pricing we verified was $105,000 for the Essential and $135,000 for the Elite (verified 2026-07-22), and we treat that range as the working estimate until CryoBuilt quotes you directly. Everything we track from the company lives on the CryoBuilt brand hub.
CryoBuilt Everest: the flagship in full
The Everest is an electric whole-body cryotherapy chamber: a walk-in unit cooled by a multi-stage compressor system to a -110F floor, with no liquid nitrogen anywhere in the design. That single decision drives everything buyers actually care about. Install is a dedicated 240V circuit and an 8 by 6 foot footprint, with no evaporator, no outdoor tank, and no cryogenic plumbing. Sessions run 2.5 to 3 minutes. Operating cost is roughly $5 to $10 per session in electricity, where a nitrogen unit at home means $300 to $600 per month in tank deliveries plus the safety overhead of cryogenic gas.
Ownership costs are unusually well documented in our data. The warranty is 3 years parts and labor. Maintenance is comparable to a high-end commercial chest freezer: annual coil cleaning, occasional refrigerant top-off, and door seals every 3 to 5 years. CryoBuilt sends a technician for the first annual service at $600 to $1,200, and most owners self-maintain after that. No nitrogen also means no recurring delivery fees and no tank rental, which is where the long-term math separates from every nitrogen unit in the table above.
On temperature, the honest framing is this: -110F is the floor, and nitrogen systems go lower. The published whole-body cryotherapy research was conducted in the -110 to -160F range, so the Everest sits inside the documented window rather than below it. We compare it head-to-head with its closest electric rival in Everest vs Antarctica Barrel and against the discontinued nitrogen generation in Everest vs Impact Cryotherapy.
Where the Everest gives ground
Four things, stated plainly. First, the -110F floor is warmer than the roughly -200F that commercial nitrogen cryosaunas hit, so a buyer who specifically wants the coldest possible exposure will not get it here. Second, the pricing is now opaque: moving from a listed $105,000 to $135,000 to quote-only sales means you negotiate blind, and our last-verified range is an estimate, not a promise. Third, the install base skews commercial, so private-residence references are thinner than the total number suggests. Fourth, whole-body cryotherapy as a category rests on a modest independent evidence base for longevity outcomes; we treat the Everest as a comfort, recovery, and routine purchase, not a proven clinical intervention, and you should too before spending six figures.
Vacuactivus Antarctica Barrel: the electric rival
The Antarctica Barrel is the other way to skip nitrogen. It is a fully electric, compressor-cooled whole-body chamber sold in two configurations, Simple at $79,450 and Grand at $98,360 (verified 2026-08-14), in black or white, with sessions of 1 to 3 minutes controlled from a touchscreen. It is built for wellness centers, recovery studios, gyms, and longevity clinics that want cryo as a permanent fixture, and for high-end home setups with the space and electrical service to support it. Against the Everest's last-listed floor it is roughly 25 percent cheaper, and it answers the same core objection: no tanks, no refills, no venting.
Where it gives ground: it is a five-figure commercial-grade machine that wants dedicated floor space and the right power supply, its temperature floor is not in our verified data, and electric systems generally do not reach the very lowest temperatures a liquid-nitrogen unit can. It also lacks the Everest's verified 3-year parts and labor warranty in our records, and its US field history is not documented in our data the way CryoBuilt's six years are. For a commercial buyer choosing between the two electrics, the decision usually comes down to quote versus listed price and which manufacturer's support story you believe; our head-to-head compare page walks the line items.
Vacuactivus CryoStar: the nitrogen entry point
The CryoStar is the most accessible whole-body chamber we track: Simple at $25,500, Grand at $27,500, and Grand+ at $29,550 (verified 2026-08-14). It is a compact liquid-nitrogen chamber with a brand-stated range of -184F to -280F over the standard 1 to 3 minute session, which means it reaches temperatures no electric unit in this field claims, at roughly a quarter of the Everest's last-listed price.
Where it gives ground: everything the Everest was designed to eliminate. A nitrogen supply, storage, venting, and the safety setup that comes with cryogenic gas are all on you, and it is a commercial-grade purchase rather than a casual one. The sticker is the entry point; the nitrogen program is the ongoing commitment. For a studio that already runs nitrogen, or a well-equipped home buyer who has priced that program honestly, the CryoStar is the value play in the category.
Cryomed One Ultra: the studio workhorse
The Cryomed One Ultra is the business-focused cryosauna in the field: an open-top unit, head above the rim, built around nitrogen efficiency for a studio running back-to-back sessions. Its headline number is consumption, about 2.5 liters of liquid nitrogen per three-minute session, which keeps running costs down at volume. It runs $35,199 to $39,199 (verified 2026-08-14), and the fiberglass shell can be finished in any RAL color at no charge to match a studio fit-out.
Where it gives ground: it is a nitrogen system with all the supply, storage, and venting obligations that entails, and it is priced and designed for a commercial operator, not a home. A home buyer comparing it to the Everest is comparing two different products: per-session nitrogen economics against a no-nitrogen install you own outright.
A note on Impact Cryotherapy
Buyers researching this category still search for Impact Cryotherapy, so the status matters: the brand ceased operations around 2022, and the line is now serviced by Cryo-XS. Historical commercial pricing ran $38,000 to $48,000 (verified 2026-05-04), but it is not a current buyable product; we keep the entry as a reference for legacy owners. That shutdown is also useful context for the whole field. The nitrogen cryosauna generation Impact belonged to is exactly what the electric chambers were built to replace, a shift our Everest vs Impact compare page covers in detail.
Verdicts by buyer type
- Home or family-office buyer building a daily cold routine: the CryoBuilt Everest. No nitrogen program, roughly $5 to $10 per session to run, a verified 3-year warranty, and the deepest ownership-cost documentation in our catalog.
- Commercial floor that wants electric at a lower sticker: the Vacuactivus Antarctica Barrel at $79,450 to $98,360, listed pricing you can see today instead of a quote.
- Studio running back-to-back nitrogen sessions: the Cryomed One Ultra, whose 2.5 liters per session is the operating number that decides studio economics.
- Entry buyer prepared to run nitrogen: the Vacuactivus CryoStar from $25,500, the lowest verified entry to whole-body cold with the coldest brand-stated range here.
- Cold-exposure buyer at a four-figure budget: skip chambers entirely. Start with our cold plunge buyers guide, dial in dosing with cold plunge temperature and time targets, and if you already own a tub, our chiller roundup under $2,500 is the upgrade path.
- Occasional user, a session or two a month: none of the above. Per-session pricing at a commercial cryo studio beats owning any of these machines, including the Everest.
Bottom line
CryoBuilt earned the flagship position the hard way: by deleting liquid nitrogen, the single constraint that kept whole-body cryo out of homes, and backing it with six years of field history and unusually transparent ownership costs. The Everest is the best home whole-body cryo pick in our catalog at an 8.7, with the honest caveats that its price is now quote-only and its -110F floor cedes headroom to nitrogen. Commercial buyers have real alternatives in the $79,450 Antarctica Barrel and the nitrogen units from $25,500, which is why there is no single winner across buyer types. If you are quoting an Everest, anchor on the last-listed $105,000 to $135,000 and make CryoBuilt justify anything above it.
How much does the CryoBuilt Everest cost in 2026?
The last publicly listed pricing was $105,000 for the Essential build and $135,000 for the Elite, verified 2026-07-22. CryoBuilt has since moved the Everest to direct-by-quote sales, and the product page advertises financing from $2,000 per month, so treat that range as an estimate and confirm by quote.
Does the CryoBuilt Everest need liquid nitrogen?
No. The Everest cools to its -110F floor with electric multi-stage refrigeration on a dedicated 240V circuit, so there are no tanks, deliveries, or venting. Operating cost runs roughly $5 to $10 per session in electricity, versus the $300 to $600 per month that home nitrogen deliveries typically cost.
Is -110F cold enough compared to a nitrogen cryo chamber?
Nitrogen systems reach lower: the Vacuactivus CryoStar brand-states -184F to -280F. The Everest's -110F floor sits inside the -110 to -160F range where the published whole-body cryotherapy research was conducted, so you give up temperature headroom without leaving the documented dose range. Buyers who specifically want the coldest exposure should look at nitrogen.
What does installing a CryoBuilt Everest require?
A dedicated 240V circuit and an 8 by 6 foot footprint, with no evaporator or cryogenic plumbing. Sessions run 2.5 to 3 minutes. Maintenance is comparable to a high-end commercial chest freezer: annual coil cleaning, occasional refrigerant top-off, and door seals every 3 to 5 years, with CryoBuilt's first annual service visit at $600 to $1,200.
Is there a cheaper electric alternative to the CryoBuilt Everest?
Yes. The Vacuactivus Antarctica Barrel is a fully electric, compressor-cooled whole-body chamber at $79,450 for the Simple configuration and $98,360 for the Grand, verified 2026-08-14. It skips nitrogen the same way the Everest does, though its temperature floor is not in our verified data, and it is built for commercial floors first.
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