Got this for my 22 yr old son, tons of electronics in his room, on all the time and it's HOT, not warm, SWEAT HOT! Three fans on all the time, still hot. He has had it since Christmas Day, we live in SC for reference. We have not had a lot of days above 40 and so he hasn't used the AC yet but the fan alone, no ice packs, his room is about 9 degrees cooler than with all those fans before. And he DOES have a thermometer on his equipment to keep an eye on the equipment. I was really glad to see the water reservoir is HUGE! You can use MUCH larger ice packs than the 2 tiny ones they send. I have huge ones that come in packages that need ice, we are going to try. They should keep the water much colder and longer. The water reservoir is on WHEELS!!! How nice! You can just push it to the bathtub, use the shower head and fill it. No lifting! I'm not doing the lifting but YOU might want to know you don't have to carry 8 gallons of water! That was a HUGE bonus for me, you know, if it was for ME. I don't think he is even using water right now, just the fan, the fan is waterless. I am worried about the moisture with all of his gaming stuff but others said that it's not a problem. I'll include this in my future updates. He likes loud fans on at night, drown out my grandkids lol. He said the fan mode is quiet on 1 and 2 settings, you can here it, but its background, setting 3, he said, is loud (fan only, no a/c yet) but he is used to the "noise" and loves it now when he sleeps. I have yet to hear it on 3, will put that in my update in about 6 month's or so. It's a good size. In the pic he has it away from the wall, he's gaming right now. Normally it's pushed up against the wall. Takes up some room but really, not much. A lot less than 3 fans does! Hope this long review helped others!!! I try to include what I look for and don't. If you have questions, ask in the questions section and if I see it and can I help, I will. Will update hopefully in June/July so you know how the air works. I will update periodically to let you all know how it holds up. Read more
Absolutely fantastic quality! This has several key features that make it a great investments. Firstly it has a giant 8 gallon water tank which not only aides the huge airflow capacity but aso means I don't have to keep topping it up throughout the day, (also liked that it comes with two ice packs to help keep the water in the resivoir cool). It's on coaster so you can easily move the unit around the desired space or change locations without much effort but the best feature for me using it is that I can operate the unit from an app on my phone so don't have to get up to change settings etc. It does also come with an easy to navigate reote control but love that it has wifi capacibility. Bought primarily to use as an air conditoner but have also been using the humidifier function on it a lot as well so think its a very well designed and built piece of equipment that we've used throughtout the house but also took outside in the height of summer. Read more
If you are not familiar with Amazon Vine, it is basically Amazon trading free* products for honest reviews. You see a lot of Vine reviews that are cookie cutter and based on templates. I aim to make my reviews honest and non-cookie cutter (other than this intro and disclaimer). * These items are not actually free as Vine members pay income tax on the items they receive. Therefore, I will never order something from Vine unless I actually intend to use it. I think this is important for readers to understand because it means I will never order an item just to provide a fake five star review to a company. If I review something as good, it means I actually enjoyed using it or it fills its intended purpose correctly. Items that don't meet my expectations will be reviewed accordingly. Why I ordered this item: We live in an area that routinely gets to be 90-100 degrees in the summer. My office is in the attic of my house, which is routinely 10-15 degrees hotter than it is outside. We don't have AC and it really affects my ability to work. I ordered this to hopefully offer some relief. Worth mentioning is that I thought this was a more traditional air conditioner and not an evaporative cooler. It still works for my needs and I'll go into that in the review. Likes: * It's colder outside now, but my office still gets uncomfortably hot so I was able to test this out today. * The unit itself is pretty large. Unloaded it's not overly heavy, but when it's filled it's pretty substantial. I decided to fill the water container up using a bucket and then bring it up to my attic. I need to come up with a better water delivery system but that's a project for another day. * The system includes a couple of ice packs, but I have bunch more of those that I can toss into the reservoir to keep the cold air flowing. This makes the air it puts out cool and it really cuts through that attic heat. * I have not yet set up the wifi as the remote seems to do the trick for me. I might set it up this summer but for now the remote is fine. * It doesn't over-humdify which is something I was worried about. I have my computer and peripherals up there and don't want to corrode them or break them, but fortunately it wasn't an issue after a few hours of runtime. No likes: * I think that the size is a bit much, but I also realize that it is likely necessary so I didn't deduct a star. You can definitely get smaller coolers but I guess the tradeoff is that you have to fill them more often. Would I pay full price for this product: Yes Final thoughts: This is exactly what I needed! I like that I don't have to run exhaust outside like an AC unit, and I can put this in the corner of my office so the size doesn't affect me too much. Read more
