A portable hot water ice resurfacer that fits on your back. Glass-smooth ice in minutes, not hours. Build one yourself or grab ours — either way, your rink's about to level up.
Every backyard rink builder has dragged a towel behind them at some point. We did too. Then we strapped a hot water cooler to our backs, added a hose, and suddenly we had glass-smooth ice in 5 minutes instead of 30.
The Higgy is dead simple: fill a 5-gallon cooler with hot water, strap it on, walk your rink. Hot water bonds to ice better than cold — every rink builder knows this. We just made it portable.
We didn't reinvent the wheel. We just stuck a better one on a cooler.
Hot water creates a stronger bond with existing ice. Smoother finish, fewer passes, better results than any cold-water system.
Backpack harness system fits any 5-gallon cooler. Hands-free operation means you can walk naturally. No dragging, no frame, no fuss.
Full build guide is free. Use our plans, modify them, improve them. We're sharing this because gatekeeping smooth ice is dumb.
5 gallons of hot water from your kitchen or utility sink. That's it.
Backpack harness clips to any cooler. Comfortable and balanced.
Open the valve and walk. Hot water lays down a thin, even coat.
Give it 20 minutes. Come back to glass. Every single time.
We're not gatekeepers, we're ice makers. The plans are free. The pre-built is for folks who'd rather spend Saturday skating.
Got a Saturday and a hardware store nearby? The full build guide is yours. Free. Forever. Modify it, improve it, make it yours.
Pre-assembled, tested, and ready to flood. Same quality you'd build yourself — we just saved you the hardware store trip.
Tag us in your glass ice pics. Share your Higgy mods. Roast our design. We're building this with the community, not just for it. Follow along — build guides, rink content, and way too many ice close-ups coming soon.