I suffer from Tinnitus and I love that “noise” it helps block out the ringing . I literally have a fan running in my room 24-7 and can’t sleep without one running
I brought mine yesterday for my tiny room. I had it facing me during the night. It worked for me so far, better than a fan. I had to shut it off couple hours later. It does not cool the entire room down, it's like a cold fan. I enjoyed it.
I just bought one for my truck (I'm a tractor trailer driver). With this pointing toward my bunk, my screens in my windows, my bunk fan, and a clip fan on, I've got a really nice, cool and comfortable temp inside my truck on a summer evening. I love it. Definitely makes a difference.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a small Swamp Cooler! Swamp coolers only work in dry climates. We have one in the SoCal desert and use it in addition to our two ACs. It works great here when days are sometimes 110 degrees, but don’t expect it to work in humid conditions.
That's right. Here in Phoenix we've had Swamp Coolers for many decades. If you can wet the cooler pads then put them in the freezer of course itll be very cold but that's just using your freezer as an airconditioner. The goofy guy in the video doesn't even need an AC. You have to live in a place where it's over 110F to understand. This little box will melt in Phoenix.
@@sufyanah you had me laughing. I’ve never heard it put that way. Flashing for years. I’m gonna borrow that phrase if you don’t mind. I love it!! Brilliant
I live in Mesquite, Nevada. We had five days last week that ran from 115 to 119. Then the power went out. Fortunately, we had bought a solar generator, that was all charged and ready to go and it sure was nice to have the Arctic Air. Nobody cares if it is loud when we are getting relief.
Coolers like this work according to two principles: simple airflow (the fan) and evaporative cooling (passing the airflow through a damp filter). Each can give a separate subjective sense of cooling, depending on the conditions. In this case, you were already in a room at standard "room temperature," so just moving more air faster will give you a sense of coolness. Therefore, the unit with the more powerful fan will seem to cool well, even if it doesn’t do much to drop the temperature (as the Ultra didn’t seem to be doing by more than a couple of degrees). Frankly, a strong table fan with a larger surface area of the blades and a more-powerful motor would probably seem to do an even better job. But, when you're in an overheated room (say, over 80 degrees), the roles get reversed. A stronger fan will simply push more hot, uncomfortable air at a higher speed. In that case, the cooler with the stronger evaporative cooling may seem to work better, as it will actually drop the temperature of the air it’s pushing out. It's a shame you couldn’t have conducted these tests in a really hot room, which is probably where most people will be using this. Based on the size of the filters (and, thus, the evaporative capacity), I'm guessing the original would do a better job, even if you had to have it only a foot or so away.
The original works better to me. This in an 80 degree room but I don't have the gauge to tell ne. The older one just seems to keep me more comfortable.
The thing with evaporative coolers is that the air needs to be hot and dry to start with. If your ambient humidity goes above 15 or 20%, they don't work well at all. I have a large one on top of my house and here in the southwest U.S., where the air is pretty dry (usually 12-18% humidity), I can keep the inside in the mid-70's even when it's 95+ outside!😉
I live in incredibly dry Las Vegas and the device does not seem to provide the wicking material with sufficient moisture to maintain the cooling effect. Right when I turn it on the cooling effect is dramatic. But then immediately the pads dry out. And the cold effect won’t come back unless I turn it off for a minute or resoak the pad
I bought the original unit 3 years ago and I use it everyday when the temp outside is over 73, my apt is usually 7 degrees warmer, so I use it next to me, working, watching TV and sleeping. It works great.
I have the Original i bought when I lived in Alabama. It didn't work well in the South. I moved to New Mexico and it works beautifully! It's an evaporative cooler which works best in dryer not humid climates. It cools small spaces. I have mine by my bed. And I put ice water with cubes or crushed in it. It's great for when the power co decides to have a power save event and the disable everyone's AC compressors at peak time. Makes it comfy in a small space and makes you able to stay home with no AC for the 4 hour power save events.
50 yearago i lived in a trailer , set 2 milk cartons filled with ice into my dishpan and turned a fan on the cartons...cooled a room only 8x8 long enough for baby's nap time...plus...i guess that's what they call a swamp cooler today...thank goodness for airconditioners...and thank you for some good information.
Thank you so much for what you do. You saved me from wasting my money on another "Incredible" product that is 99% "Hype," and a waste of consumers time and money. Please continue to test other products in this way.
Just a theory: since cold air is heavier and tends to sink, you could try setting the Arctic air on a relatively high shelf and see whether the cold air will flow/sink downwards and cool a larger area than it normally does.
@Beyond Reality Definitely something to think about, yes. Would be interesting to hear from someone willing to test the theory . I can't afford to buy this product or I would have done a test to find out whether or not it works.
*This works pretty well for it's little size **Fastly.Cool** my bedroom I learned to soak the filter in ice water for best resultsThis is a lifesaver when the power goes out over a three day weekend*
These will not cool a room, they do not refrigerate. They lower the temp of the outgoing air, about 10 degrees. They work best in the desert, where humidity is low. We call it a swamp cooler in Arizona. Its an evaporative cooler.
I bought one then looked at reviews,i moved into Vancouver and its very hot in the room and I can set it up behind me and play games and well I can say for sure does what its supposed to do. Definitely stopped sweating after buying one.
I have 2 of these, they work great with ice cubes, cold refrigerated water, and a frozen filter. The air hits you if you are within 4 feet away. It's probably not for 2 people, much less for a large room. I bought mine for $10 each. Probably wouldn't pay $30 for these. Works as a humidifier too.
I purchased this one from Walmart. I added ice water and I did wet the filter under the tap (no freezer). I find the unit to cool off the area for me where I am sitting next to it and am outside reading the paper. I am in Houston,Texas and it is humid out here today 5/26/21. Gonna keep it bc I like reading the paper and I do enjoy the cooler breeze from the unit.
I have a 540 sq ft workshop, the other day it was 81°F outside and using my Arctic Air in my workshop it was at 70°F. I'd say it works just fine. It's not air conditioning, but it's better than nothing.
Well its 47°C where i live and i dont have an ac... I have a fan but i live in a room with quite a few animals and if i close my windows its very dry air. .. Im getting this
I bought one of these last year and when I unboxed it it looked brand new but it never has worked. The knob makes a click sound when turned but it never has even run for one minute. Don’t waste your money! 💔🇺🇸
I have one of the ultras and I likle it. It's been super handy as an additional cooler as it's starting to get warm out here in AZ. There's not much to it and I think it could have been done better, but it does what it's supposed to. I'll put ice in the reservoir before bed and sleep more comfortably than without it
You’d get the same effect by placing a bowl of ice cubes in your bedroom. The only effect on the temperature is from the ice and/or cool water. The effect on the room is negligible.
Ryan: for me, that actually works to my benefit. It's one of those white noise things that helps me to stay asleep. And Ben: fair point. I plan to build my own that should be far more efficient/useful. But we'll see... hopefully it goes well...
So my question is something to have vs a fan for a smaller room when it gets so freaking hot in summer when your central ac runs nonstop from like 12pm till 12am nonstop to keep it even 70 in here and I'm so flipping hot natured ..would this be a help to have a cooler breeze to add to my smaller room. Or would it be of no difference to the room to help my WC not run so hard so much...
I splurged for an extra filter, so I can alternate the frozen filters. It makes the hugest difference, and I don’t notice it’s not as cold for a few hours. I like it, however, it’s freaking loud, even low is pretty bad. Have to turn it off at night to sleep, and I can sleep in some loud situations. It does what it says it does.
'Consistent in its LOUDNESS?' What the heck? My God, just say IT IS TOO LOUD. IT DOESN'T WORK. FAN QWORKS BETTER & NOT AS LOUD. CAN SLEEP WITH A "FAN" AND IF THE WATER EVAPORATES WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING? UNIT IS DAMAGED. Not much 'cool air' coming out. 'HUMID AIR'. If your SKIN IS WET then you'll FEEL COLLER. Unit must be sitting ON YOUR CHEST though! OK enough
This device takes advantage of people that don't know how air conditioning works. It's a glorified swamp cooler that had marketing behind it. It doesn't save any energy because for it to provide any decent cooling output you need ice cold water and to make that water ice cold it takes energy. Marketing at it's finest.
I disagree with testing without soaking. It concept is blowing air over water. I had an (very) old one, maybe in the 70's or 80's and what it ended up doing was to make the room much more humid. It was effectively a humidifier. I noticed items in the room actually getting slightly wet.
You made a valuble observation about freezing the filter. Consumers need to decide if the minor inconvenience is worth it. By far your review is the best ive watched.
I've read it's counteractive to because the air needs to be warm and dry for it to pull in the air and work properly. It will feel colder at first but evaporative units won't woyk properly like that. I tried and it didn't work so that how I found out. You'd get better results just putting a bowl of ice in front of a fan.
@@peabomkhize1459 Thank you for YOUR HONESTY. They want you to BUY 20 A/C SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THEM WITH 20 FROZEN FILTERS AND EXTRA 50 POUNDS OF ICE to get you through night of HORRIFIC HEAT IN SUMMER!!! And next to you is your wife sleeping 'quietly because her FAN doesn't make NOISE and she is COOLER....' WOW, NO THANKS! $400.00 A/C DESK TOP X 20. ICE 50 LBS? $40.00 FOR NIGHT. 20 EXTRA FILTERS $$ EACH? $1000.00 FOR 2 DEGREES LESS? LOL
Just a quick thought and I might be wrong. The IR thermometer might be measuring the temperature of the blades not the air. This means that if the material absorbs the cold then it is lost from the air being blown out because some materiasl absorb temperature better than others. This might be why the temperature registers as warmer in the new model. Doesn't mean that the air has that temperature, but it might be a close enough approximation.
I used to rent a room and my friend supplied one in the summer,I wouldn't have survived the heat without it. I'm gonna buy a couple of them. They are perfect for a medium sized room but not a big house or mansion.
Once your wet, or frozen, filter dries or thaws, it's a small fan. Fill an Igloo cooler with ice, open the lid and have a fan blowing across the ice. Have the drain plug emptying into ice cube trays. Have a valet, or your middle child, taking the filled trays to your freezer, and refilling the cooler with ice as needed and possible. Boom! Coolers come in many sizes, to suit your cooling or picnicking needs.
Indeed you are a rare gem to be so creative inventive and resourceful! I'm definitely returning this because it's just a waste of $139 as the noise is not a continuous sound but it rattles going up and down up and down and the regular Standalone fan is much more effective at blowing cool air. I'm going to return this and going to purchase a cooler instead and place it on a higher surface since our fan is very high up. Again thank you so much for the great advice!
Freezing the filter is ridiculous You would need a lot of filters so you could rotate them into the freezer! Great, honest revue! Revues like this are very helpful.
Im from germany, there they say thats junk, too. For me it works, as I bought it last year, I knew its not an airconditon. The few days in the year its really hot, it works got in the night. Since I didnt grew up with A/C like all of you, it works good for me. Greez from germany
@@rei.sawamura5624 In summer yes, we got really hot. Last week we only hat 16° celsius, cold. Since yesterday its 27° getting even more. Its only a few weeks in the summer july and august, we got, in my area in germany over 40°,celcius. But than without any breeze, wind. And for me this is than enough. I lived for 3 years in Trinidad and Tobago, there you got the whole year this temperature. There you might need an aircondition. For me in germany this will do it. For 4 to 6 weeks we get it real hot. Greets from germany
I use it in my bedroom every night and it has made sleeping so much more comfortable. The feeling of coolness in a 2nd story small bedroom is excellent and a great improvement to having just a fan running. I use ice cubes as well and it does make it cooler
@@wordsat2328 it really is about having a reasonable and positive perspective when buying new items because we all have different likes and dislikes :0)
Just a humidifier... You could do much better with a couple of rows of frozen 2 ltr. water bottles behind a fan & it would last for several hrs. -much longer.
Great review! I was considering this for a large upstairs room that gets hot during the summer. You answered every question I had about the product and saved me the purchase. Thank you!
I have 2-one in bsmt bedroom and one in kitchen. Works good in kitchen. Basement one condensates water and leaks on floor. Hours running with full tank is way optimistic . Air conditioning dehumifies- these coolers don't. The good thing about them is they use 2 amps. Window AC units use 15 amps when compressor kicks on. These work best with cold water in tank.
I just bought mine. I have 7 fans going in the house but you have to be almost touching to feel those. This arctic air can be felt from a distance and is no louder than the other fans.
Just a very basic heat exchanger. You can make your own. Just get a load of freezer blocks, freeze them, build a Stonehenge tower and place in front of your bigger desktop fan. Cold air until you blocks become room temperature.
If you tossed ice cubes into the water chamber might do the same thing and if you are only having to periodically add water and ice from time to time it might be just as effective as wetting and freezing the filter.
I've tried some of these things...you feel you have a second job putting ice cubes and frozen filters several times a day! It's way easier spending $159 to get a real, low cost a/c which actual coils and refrigerant.
This thing saved my butt the last few days. We had a historic heatwave where I live, the hottest temps ever recorded. I’m waiting on my AC unit to get here, ordered it from Lowe’s and they’re taking forever. So I picked up one of these in the meantime. It really helps cool you down when you sit next to it. It doesn’t cool a room down, but it will cool your body temp down if you put ice in it and sit next to it.
These aren't air conditioners, they just evaporate water in order to trade hot dry air for cold humid air. If you live in a hot dry climate then yes this product works, but where I live we have hot humid air so these will do absolutely nothing.
I'd argue that putting ice into it is also counterproductive. To make ice, you need to remove the heat from warm water using a freezer, which exhausts that heat into your room. The freezer isn't 100% efficient, so adding ice heats the room more than it cools it.
And that's about IT too.....It shits out 'warm air'. There is NO WAY YOU CAN GIVE THIS POS A "GOOD REVIEW'. He was struggling to FIND THE WORDS. I have no idea why he'd do that? Anyway, maybe a 'good or decent' gets him a FREE UNIT? It doiesn't really matter but, several of us used this unit. ARCTIC ULTRA A/C Desktop and it SUCKS BIG TIME. 'SHITTING ON THE BACKS OF OUR WALLETS $$$'.
This is nothing more than a updated mini "Swamp Cooler" They work fairly well in areas where your Humidity is low but not in most areas. There was a time before A/C in cars where you could buy one to hook on the passenger door and it would, using out side air flow blow cooler air into the vehicle. Some even had an electric motor to assist in blowing moist air into the vehicle. They relied on evaporation to cool you down; At best they were marginal and really did not provide cooler air to the vehicle but the larger units did work in homes out west where it was dry, The problem is they also were prone to produce mold in your home.
wow thats alot of comments. Yet its those that do not put their minds to it that make the bad statements. A little modifications and cold air could last up to two hours, can actually see the air frost coming out. I agree for what it is, not worth the price, without a little modification that is. Good review, keep up the good work.
Good review and points made. One other thing that I will point out for those that may not be aware is that this increases the humidity levels in the room as opposed to a typical a/c which removes moisture and lowers humidity. The increased humidity is not good for long term use especially in a closed space with poor circulation.
@@sages101 Some people refer to it as evaporative cooler. It mists moist air which evaporates when it touches your skin, creating the illusion of cooling. In a high humidity area it can make a room too humid, swamp like over moisturized.
@@jean-claudelol563 thanks. I was looking for a way to cool my camper van down but this "swamp cooler" sounds like it would give me condensation issues.
I have the older version, and I just purchased the new one. Going to try it out tonight and I’m hoping that it will do a better job than the older unit. Had a good laugh to because when you opened your freezer I thought wait a minute is he in my house? 😂 we have the exact same brand and flavor of ice cream, a box of Stoffers, and a bag of french fries. That sure was a trip seeing that. We have great taste aye? 👍🏻 Thanks for the video. Very Helpful 👍🏻✌🏼
@@JasonMazurek IT WORKED and beautifully I might add. I put it in the weirdest place. Well to some it might be strange. I put it on my headboard right above my head. Funny thing is either I was having a dream about the ice cream we both have..or my head was frozen. Woke up with brain freeze. TRUE STORY! It worked great there and the noise I loved! Reminded me of “white noise” slept like a baby. Thankfully I did, because I’m a nurse, and the last year and a few months I haven’t gotten much sleep. Pulling doubles & triples due to Covid, a snooze here and there. It was really hot yesterday here in Michigan , and wow it did what it was supposed to do and then some. Breakfast not so healthy. A bowl of ice cream I kid you not! I think I’ll leave it right where it is at! Slept so hard I didn’t even run to the freezer to refuel it lol. My BR was nice and cool when I woke up. So everyone I give it 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 & a 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I subscribed to your channel and can’t wait until I’m off work on Sunday. Gotta have a look at your videos. You’re so interesting to listen to so looking forward to that. Now I will tell my co-workers who say that their window AC in another room doesn’t work well in the BR. They are gonna love it. My motto ✌🏼❤️✌🏼❤️✌🏼❤️✌🏼 Stay safe out there!!!! J
Just got this! I can’t sleep without the fan blowing on my face or I feel like I’m suffocating. But with the heat and humidity in Vancouver and having a toddler 3 fans blowing on us isn’t enough.. just picked one up today and really excited for our sleep tonight. Thanks for an honest review. 🥺
I’m thinking I’ll stick one in my car (broken ac, of course) and see how it goes. It only needs to run for a half-hour commute home from work, that car is *toasty* in the afternoon. Edit: The results are in. I was expecting more from this device unfortunately. The money I spent on it would have been better spent on refrigerant for the car. The newer version appears to come with 2 frozen devices, so that’s nice.
Ive looked these things up for a while now and have an opinion ...a) ITS NOT for a humid climate meaning if humidity is high you wont get a big difference in temps... b) instead of freezing the filter which doesnt last long...its a MUCH better idea to use some ice packs (quite a few small ones that fit in the res. ) so having a few pack in your freezer isnt much of a process to grab one and stick it in as you are filling the water .
@@gokudemon81 ive found ice packs a bit bigger than a cigarette pack or other ones like 2 cigarette packs stacked in length... You can even use a small ziplock bag filled with water that you freeze laid down ....
Is only good for Uni/college students 1 bed dorm/room or old age care centers for your granny. I'm talking actually a room only 2.5m x 3m room by your bed side with the night weather temperature of approx 25 degrees. Then this will cool your room down to 22-23 for about an hour or so. That's it. Then it will stay maybe 23-22 degrees. Don't bother buying it & use it if the outside temperature is even past 27-30 degrees heat; or even during the day in your room. It will not work.
Even frozen, with water from refridgerator, in Texas heat it only lasts about 30 minutes before just pushing warm air... The air here is already too humid, so once the cold is gone it is just making the warm air stick to you more. Still better than nothing. Needs multiple filters to interchange frum unit to freezer to maximize effectiveness...
I just got my first Arctic Air a few days ago and I love it! It cools my bedroom by 15-20 degrees. It’s been very hot here in Colorado lately and I’m on the 3 floor of my apartment building.(top floor). I do freeze the filter but another thing I do is fill the water tank only half way then I add ice cubes so it goes just below the fill line. I turn it on 10 minutes before my boyfriend gets home and I shut the bedroom door. When he gets home he complains about the how hot it is then he goes into the bathroom and he’s in heaven. It is a bit noisy but box fans are way louder when turned up on high. At night when I’m going to sleep I will turn it so it faces anymore. Only because it helps with my hot flashes from menopause. But overall I really like it and I’m going to get a couple more for my living room because it’s real big. My bedroom is pretty big.
@@CZcamscensoredmyusername no it really does cool my room down by 15-20 degrees. I have been getting very good sleep because of this and yes I ordered 2 more. Haven’t you heard of the old saying? “IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE DON’T SAY NOTHING AT ALL “? So many mean people in the world!
@@christinatoth2747 wasn’t trying to be mean. Everyone says this thing is not good. Then you say it’s wonderful and you’re buying more at 100 buck each. My real ac unit can’t bring my room down 20 degrees when it’s really baking. I’ll take your word for it though lol 😂
Try this- turn a fan on in your room. Stand somewhere not in the fans wind and take the temp. Now stand in the wind and take the temp- you'll be cooler in the wind- now put a bowl of ice right under the fan blades and see how cold it makes your room- and THAT will last for hours, depending on how much ice is in the bowl AND THAT'S FREE
@@jeeprider9975 if you have it blowing directly on you sure, but it comes with the inconvenience of it getting warm and you having to wake up to refill it so it will be cool again. Im just going to get me an proper apu and deal with the expenses it comes with
@@sylvesterharris5282 Thank you for your HONESTY SYLVESTER....9 people checked this Arctic air Ultra desktop unit and it SUCKS. WE ARE SO DISAPPOINTED. We returned 5 of them!!! Freezing it is BS. Labor intensive and 15 minutes MAYBE? Water must be added regularly and COLD COLD WATER. For what? 3 degrees more cool? Maybe? Struggling so hard to find ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY!!! take care bro
I just bought one based on their very miss leading ads. Super disappointed. DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY. When it claims that it cools your personal space, it really means only where you are sitting. I have mine in a 60 sqft. space, it does not cool the space! I will not recommend this product! Just put a bowl of ice in front of a desk top personal fan ($10). The science is that it is cooling based on evaporation. So if you room is humid, as well, it won't work.
I use evachill for sleep, alongside a dehumidifier (since I live in FL) for my room and I got great results. It doesn’t cool the room, but it definitely left me cool in my bed to be able to sleep.
@@watermelonslushy1110 Where do you place both devices? Are they near each other? And what kind of Dehumidifier did you buy? I think this combo has potential
This works ok with me with a simple mod I did. What I did is I used one of my Vornado fan and put it behind the unit so the fan can force more air out to the cooler. For those who don't know what a Vornado fan is, look it up. It does wonders with the added Vornado fan blowing from behind the unit. Try that simple modification
A lot of these are just less messy versions of using a block of ice and a fan. Agree wholeheartedly on the Vornado. I wanted a fan for camping in my SUV, and there is one model that pushes a lot of air but requires so little energy to run that I can run it all night off a Jackery 240 and still have (if memory serves correct) about 2/3 of the charge left in the Jackery. It's worth the money (about $45, I believe) but there IS a Honeywell one they sell at Walmart for about $16. But it has 3 fixed fan settings and runs louder than the Vornado, which has a smooth dial to set the fan speed exactly the way you like it. It also takes way more juice to run (I think around 3x-4x as much) and doesn't push as much air when set equally quiet to the Vornado.
These mini swamp coolers blow out humid air. It does not lower the room temperature even a tiny bit (I tested it) but when you let it blow on your skin it feels cool. That is due to the wind chill factor. (When your skin is wet it feels much colder in the wind than when it's dry.) So this gadget humidifies your skin when you let it blow on it, while its breeze evaporates the humidity from your skin, so its feels cool.
EXCELLENTLY SAID.....My God, some intelligence and HONESTY. A FAN will do BETTER too. This is a waste of time. Water. No lights. Sitting in dark. Freezing it, 2 hours you'll NEVER GET BACK. 'Humid Air' NOT COLD. Doesn't decrease temp IN ROOM AT ALL....They lied. False AD. I'll go now before I flip out. lol We returned 5 units
@@GiacomoVeteran it does blow cold air if you put ice in it .... but it wont cool down your room because the machine is working creating heat i guess ...
I've bought them my review "It is false advertising, it's a hyped up humidifier that doesn't cool as advertised. Also the return service puts the cost of shipping and handling of their product on you."
Thanks for posting this review! Seeing this makes me want to save my money for a bigger portable air conditioner so it can cool my entire room for an x amount of hours.
It will not be effective in Iowa or anywhere where there is humidity in summer. It's a hassle to keep changing cold filters. In short, it's a sham. Good review. Thanks for posting. I tried a big unit and it sucked.
Thank you for this review! I purchased this today in the hopes of cooling down my bed area in my East facing Las Vegas bedroom (there is only one A/C vent in my bedroom ceiling) in the hopes this will keep me cool while sleeping after a 100+ degree day! Literally watched this as I was unboxing my unit! Fingers crossed that it will do what I hope (keep me cool, not necessarily cool my entire bedroom, I still have the regular A/C) , and I can stop putting the house A/C down to 72 degrees at night! ❄️💨💁🏾♀️ I will try to remember to come back and comment after I’ve tested this out for a couple of nights! Thank you again for your tips and through review!
How is it? I also live in Vegas and I wake up to an uncomfortably warm room every morning because my room faces the sun and was wondering how one of these would do.
@USA ASMR forgot about this post don't buy one they were a such a waste of money they didn't work at all we ended up returning both of them and I ended up going to Aaron's and renting a huge AC thing for a week until they fixed my AC those things were such a joke.
Its's a mini evaporation cooler, these have been around for a long time, will work in low humidity areas. Useless in high humidity areas. I believe you were getting cooler temps out of the old unit because you were directly measuring on the evaporator pad the new unit you were on the diverter fins.
I used one of these all summer long in a warehouse i added ice and considering the rest of the warehouse is over 90 and my area was closer to 75 it works pretty well.
I don't know about that. I had one in a house and it only dropped the temperature a couple of degrees. When it was 86 it would only drop it to 84 and you had to be right in front of it. I put ice in it too. Maybe you put more ice in yours than I did or maybe did something different.
@@JRS-iq9pz the only time i had an issue was when the humidity got really high but even then if i was in front of it the air was still cooler than what a normal fan would have been.
Great review man. I wouldn't expect this to perform a miracle. Looks like this would be great for someone who is experiencing hot flashes or when someone needs a quick cool down or as supplement to central air or fans. Still nice as an addition to fans and central air. I am buying definitely. Great product as long as someone has relastic expectations.
Its Great ! For like the side of ur Bed. I live in Hot Ass Florida ..In a 2 Story house ..of course I have the Hottest Room..But its Small..Its Better then a Fan Blowing Hot Air...Its Not Meant to Cool off a Large Room ! Never said that any Where..I Love to be Cool when I Sleep !! So its Perfect..& its just me !! So I get All The Breeze.... Its Worth it..🌬
This is a supplement to A/C not a replacement for it. It works fine if its a bit warm, but when its hot its just a fan but with A/C it gets it chilly. I just have hard time believing anyone would use this as a full on replacement for A/C. I think i have a bridge to sell to those people that do think that.
Nope, never use an evap cooler when standard air conditioners are being used. A/C's dehumidify the air while evap coolers add humidity. You are actually making the A/C less efficient by adding the extra water vapor to the air that it now has to dump extra energy in to remove.
Mine seems much quieter than the one you have 🤔 I really like it next to my bed. I turn my ac off at night to save some bucks. Like a few others have said, freeze the filter and put a couple frozen water bottles behind the unit and you’ll get 4-5 degrees cooler. My temp gauge read 52° from 5 feet away w/ the bottles behind it.
I bought the first one, just for cool air while I slept. My AC vent doesn't cool my room like the rest of the house. It worked fine for a year, then stopped using the water in the reservoir. Being that I used my 20% coupon a BB&B, I got my money's worth. May upgrade to the new one.
Mind if i'll be asking, what brand of inverter window type ACU is best? Would you suggest panasonic over LG dual inverter? This might be out of topic. Will appreciate if you can answer mine. Thanks
I got one, I don’t have a ac so I put my fan in front of it well freezing the filter and adding ice and it cooled my room down pretty well, but it doesn’t stay that cold
Even Phx Az is too humid now for a swamper. All the pools and fake tract home lakes is what makes it so miserable now. 30 yrs ago it was just dry & hot! These days you need an A/C. 20 yrs ago I lived in Tempe with an A/C chilled water setup, and it was still horrible, I spent my summer in the pool! Lol
this tiny heap of junk is a dysfunctional, bad copy of a swamp cooler - it would need about 50 times more air-flow and water to be worth the name. Hate when lying sellers capitalize on peoples lack of information.
I love it but it needs to be paired with a large box fan to get the most out of it. You place the Artic Air directly behind the box fan both set on highest setting.
it will just diminish the cooling effect if you use a large box fan to help push the air further basicly what will happen is youll defeat the purpose while sucking in warm air around the unit and the air coming from the unit youll basicly just have room temperature air circulating bad idea.
Same thing will happen with a normal Air unit that you put in a window. if you put a tower ocelating fan in front of it, the air will become less cool, especially if you just turned it on. Reason being, the surrounding air also gets sucked in and it all just funnels together increasing the temperature that the unit pushes towards the secondary fan. so lets say you have a unit pumping out 55-60f air itll be increased by 10 degrees if you put a large fan in front of it to help push. unless that fan has another cooling system. It will make it ineffective. this coming from experimentation of my own.
Actually I just set mine up today and my home office is small. It's doing a pretty good job. It's later in the evening and not as hot. So let's see how it does tomorrow during the hottest part of the day. It's about as noisy as a fan to me. Your review is spot on. Thanks!
This is more like a swamp cooler. It will only cool in dry climates, like the desert. In humid climates, which is most of the US, it will do nothing but add even more humidity to the already heavy air. For cooling in a humid climate you need something that wrings moisture out of the air.
I got an Arctic Air and did not like it..nor did even notice any change,but it did blow cold air out. It would be great if they gave an extra filter to put in freezer while using one. I think it'd work PERFECT for like a camper bathroom type of space. Or to have right next to you while sleeping
I recently bought the Ultra version. I was sceptical but it works well enough. To take the edge off on those really hot days in the afternoon. I use a little water in the water compartment and I add ice cubes as well. ( they fit just right in there! I noticed an improved difference in the cooling temperature! I didn't measure the temps but maybe you can see if you notice it as well.
Will the Arctic Air work in your car? czcams.com/video/5k7HDtVnFeQ/video.html
Did it has gas like home aircond?
Any place you can plug it in and you are surrounded by a dry environment it will work. KEEP WATER IN THE TANK
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So to keep the extra filters in the freezer makes sense.)
I suffer from Tinnitus and I love that “noise” it helps block out the ringing . I literally have a fan running in my room 24-7 and can’t sleep without one running
I'm the same way when I was growing up I always had to listen to the fan blowing as I was sleeping
Saneeee here
Yep! Same here . Except for the tinnitus part; but even in winter I have a fan on next to my portable heater ..
Sameee
same
I brought mine yesterday for my tiny room. I had it facing me during the night. It worked for me so far, better than a fan. I had to shut it off couple hours later. It does not cool the entire room down, it's like a cold fan. I enjoyed it.
Hey Jazmine, did this stay running all night? How long does the water last??
@@BUNOZ1400 hi I have one and it randomly shuts off and is a piece of crap
Thank you! Couldn’t find a single truthful review
What's the noise level like for sleeping? I prefer a quiet room at night, so not sure one of these would work for me
@@rollababe2008 this is so trash don't even buy it
I just bought one for my truck (I'm a tractor trailer driver). With this pointing toward my bunk, my screens in my windows, my bunk fan, and a clip fan on, I've got a really nice, cool and comfortable temp inside my truck on a summer evening. I love it. Definitely makes a difference.
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This review really helps me. My fiancée and I have a super tiny camper, and I'm concerned about hot nights.
I just bought it for my car 🚗 because it's to expensive to make the air-conditioning, glad you comment 😊so I know it will work.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a small Swamp Cooler!
Swamp coolers only work in dry climates. We have one in the SoCal desert and use it in addition to our two ACs. It works great here when days are sometimes 110 degrees, but don’t expect it to work in humid conditions.
Yeah, actually/literally makes humidity worse!
That's right. Here in Phoenix we've had Swamp Coolers for many decades. If you can wet the cooler pads then put them in the freezer of course itll be very cold but that's just using your freezer as an airconditioner. The goofy guy in the video doesn't even need an AC. You have to live in a place where it's over 110F to understand. This little box will melt in Phoenix.
I remember that fresh smell of new pads in a swamp cooler lol
Will it cool my 3x3x6 grow tent?
Kingjames313 probably not since a grow tent by definition would be humid.
This product works well for hot flashes at night on your night stand next to you.
Wow thanks cause I been flashing for years tried everything
Wish I saw this B 4 I purchased this thing could have saved money.
Lol... funny.. hotflashes ... how about if the person is not pretty is it ...uglyflashes? Lol
@@sufyanah you had me laughing. I’ve never heard it put that way. Flashing for years. I’m gonna borrow that phrase if you don’t mind. I love it!! Brilliant
Do not buy these pieces of shit they don't even work for a minute...u r better off flushing your money down the shitter!
This is how I want every review videos on CZcams to be ‼️‼️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
YES!
That's funny because I was thinking the exact same thing we barely halfway through the video! This guy does an excellent job!
Yes respect to him
I live in Mesquite, Nevada. We had five days last week that ran from 115 to 119. Then the power went out. Fortunately, we had bought a solar generator, that was all charged and ready to go and it sure was nice to have the Arctic Air. Nobody cares if it is loud when we are getting relief.
Coolers like this work according to two principles: simple airflow (the fan) and evaporative cooling (passing the airflow through a damp filter). Each can give a separate subjective sense of cooling, depending on the conditions.
In this case, you were already in a room at standard "room temperature," so just moving more air faster will give you a sense of coolness. Therefore, the unit with the more powerful fan will seem to cool well, even if it doesn’t do much to drop the temperature (as the Ultra didn’t seem to be doing by more than a couple of degrees). Frankly, a strong table fan with a larger surface area of the blades and a more-powerful motor would probably seem to do an even better job. But, when you're in an overheated room (say, over 80 degrees), the roles get reversed. A stronger fan will simply push more hot, uncomfortable air at a higher speed. In that case, the cooler with the stronger evaporative cooling may seem to work better, as it will actually drop the temperature of the air it’s pushing out.
It's a shame you couldn’t have conducted these tests in a really hot room, which is probably where most people will be using this. Based on the size of the filters (and, thus, the evaporative capacity), I'm guessing the original would do a better job, even if you had to have it only a foot or so away.
Yes exactly why he didn't test it in a hotter climate or room so to speak is what made me realize video was no help at all !
Thank you.
Well said, thank you
I wonder if a person would be better off with a tray of ice and a fan blowing it at me?
The original works better to me. This in an 80 degree room but I don't have the gauge to tell ne. The older one just seems to keep me more comfortable.
It would be nice if it came w couple extra filters to freeze and switch. I don't care if it's loud if it keeps me cool!!🌻
They have extra filters on amazon $12 made by the manufacturer so not a knock off
Did it keep you cool?
The thing with evaporative coolers is that the air needs to be hot and dry to start with. If your ambient humidity goes above 15 or 20%, they don't work well at all. I have a large one on top of my house and here in the southwest U.S., where the air is pretty dry (usually 12-18% humidity), I can keep the inside in the mid-70's even when it's 95+ outside!😉
I live in incredibly dry Las Vegas and the device does not seem to provide the wicking material with sufficient moisture to maintain the cooling effect. Right when I turn it on the cooling effect is dramatic. But then immediately the pads dry out. And the cold effect won’t come back unless I turn it off for a minute or resoak the pad
I bought the original unit 3 years ago and I use it everyday when the temp outside is over 73, my apt is usually 7 degrees warmer, so I use it next to me, working, watching TV and sleeping. It works great.
Scammers are everywhere.
I have the Original i bought when I lived in Alabama. It didn't work well in the South. I moved to New Mexico and it works beautifully! It's an evaporative cooler which works best in dryer not humid climates. It cools small spaces. I have mine by my bed. And I put ice water with cubes or crushed in it.
It's great for when the power co decides to have a power save event and the disable everyone's AC compressors at peak time. Makes it comfy in a small space and makes you able to stay home with no AC for the 4 hour power save events.
Is it also rechargeable? You know in Pakistan we have electricity breakdowns and need it for my son so I can use it when there is no electricity
@@sameermaqsood2456 You can get a big battery bank and use it when there's no power
I used to live in New Mexico but now I live in Alabama. We traded places lol
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What is this power save event of which you speak you must live in a commie state Georgia Power and EMC keep the power on all the time, baby.
50 yearago i lived in a trailer , set 2 milk cartons filled with ice into my dishpan and turned a fan on the cartons...cooled a room only 8x8 long enough for baby's nap time...plus...i guess that's what they call a swamp cooler today...thank goodness for airconditioners...and thank you for some good information.
Thank you so much for what you do. You saved me from wasting my money on another "Incredible" product that is 99% "Hype," and a waste of consumers time and money. Please continue to test other products in this way.
Thank you for watching
Just a theory: since cold air is heavier and tends to sink, you could try setting the Arctic air on a relatively high shelf and see whether the cold air will flow/sink downwards and cool a larger area than it normally does.
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@@jit5984 is your intelligence feeling threatened? Git? 🤔
the force of the fan is much stronger but good idea
@Beyond Reality Definitely something to think about, yes. Would be interesting to hear from someone willing to test the theory . I can't afford to buy this product or I would have done a test to find out whether or not it works.
@@creepercraft100 fun fact- it’s not heavier it’s denser
I only put the filter in the freezer once, now I just use bottle water out of the fridge. Love it. I have 2 of them.
I put ice in my water and just wet the filter going to freeze it to see how that works
*This works pretty well for it's little size **Fastly.Cool** my bedroom I learned to soak the filter in ice water for best resultsThis is a lifesaver when the power goes out over a three day weekend*
These will not cool a room, they do not refrigerate. They lower the temp of the outgoing air, about 10 degrees. They work best in the desert, where humidity is low. We call it a swamp cooler in Arizona. Its an evaporative cooler.
cheaper to make you own
I bought one then looked at reviews,i moved into Vancouver and its very hot in the room and I can set it up behind me and play games and well I can say for sure does what its supposed to do. Definitely stopped sweating after buying one.
I have 2 of these, they work great with ice cubes, cold refrigerated water, and a frozen filter. The air hits you if you are within 4 feet away. It's probably not for 2 people, much less for a large room. I bought mine for $10 each. Probably wouldn't pay $30 for these. Works as a humidifier too.
It’s not an air conditioner but an evaporative cooler it actually adds humidity to your air!
And stops working when the humidity is high.
I purchased this one from Walmart. I added ice water and I did wet the filter under the tap (no freezer).
I find the unit to cool off the area for me where I am sitting next to it and am outside reading the paper. I am in Houston,Texas and it is humid out here today 5/26/21.
Gonna keep it bc I like reading the paper and I do enjoy the cooler breeze from the unit.
Im also in Houston, and need something to cook a personal area, I'm glad I watched this video
I have a 540 sq ft workshop, the other day it was 81°F outside and using my Arctic Air in my workshop it was at 70°F.
I'd say it works just fine. It's not air conditioning, but it's better than nothing.
Got some ocean front property in Arizona for you, cheap.
yes i agree
Well its 47°C where i live and i dont have an ac... I have a fan but i live in a room with quite a few animals and if i close my windows its very dry air. .. Im getting this
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I bought one of these last year and when I unboxed it it looked brand new but it never has worked. The knob makes a click sound when turned but it never has even run for one minute. Don’t waste your money!
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Thank you for testing the product . I appreciate your honesty. As a consumer , we need to see devices tested before we buy products.
I have one of the ultras and I likle it. It's been super handy as an additional cooler as it's starting to get warm out here in AZ. There's not much to it and I think it could have been done better, but it does what it's supposed to. I'll put ice in the reservoir before bed and sleep more comfortably than without it
My only complaint is it’s too loud for me too sleep if the fan was more silent be great
You’d get the same effect by placing a bowl of ice cubes in your bedroom. The only effect on the temperature is from the ice and/or cool water. The effect on the room is negligible.
Ryan: for me, that actually works to my benefit. It's one of those white noise things that helps me to stay asleep.
And Ben: fair point. I plan to build my own that should be far more efficient/useful. But we'll see... hopefully it goes well...
yeah its ridiculously hot here in tucson
So my question is something to have vs a fan for a smaller room when it gets so freaking hot in summer when your central ac runs nonstop from like 12pm till 12am nonstop to keep it even 70 in here and I'm so flipping hot natured ..would this be a help to have a cooler breeze to add to my smaller room. Or would it be of no difference to the room to help my WC not run so hard so much...
I splurged for an extra filter, so I can alternate the frozen filters. It makes the hugest difference, and I don’t notice it’s not as cold for a few hours. I like it, however, it’s freaking loud, even low is pretty bad. Have to turn it off at night to sleep, and I can sleep in some loud situations. It does what it says it does.
is the noise from the fan at least consistent in its loudness? (like a steady white noise)
'Consistent in its LOUDNESS?' What the heck? My God, just say IT IS TOO LOUD. IT DOESN'T WORK. FAN QWORKS BETTER & NOT AS LOUD. CAN SLEEP WITH A "FAN" AND IF THE WATER EVAPORATES WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING? UNIT IS DAMAGED. Not much 'cool air' coming out. 'HUMID AIR'. If your SKIN IS WET then you'll FEEL COLLER. Unit must be sitting ON YOUR CHEST though! OK enough
This device takes advantage of people that don't know how air conditioning works. It's a glorified swamp cooler that had marketing behind it. It doesn't save any energy because for it to provide any decent cooling output you need ice cold water and to make that water ice cold it takes energy. Marketing at it's finest.
I disagree with testing without soaking. It concept is blowing air over water. I had an (very) old one, maybe in the 70's or 80's and what it ended up doing was to make the room much more humid. It was effectively a humidifier. I noticed items in the room actually getting slightly wet.
You made a valuble observation about freezing the filter. Consumers need to decide if the minor inconvenience is worth it. By far your review is the best ive watched.
I've read it's counteractive to because the air needs to be warm and dry for it to pull in the air and work properly. It will feel colder at first but evaporative units won't woyk properly like that. I tried and it didn't work so that how I found out. You'd get better results just putting a bowl of ice in front of a fan.
@@MOne-ps2sg I'm glad you told that Joe Biden loving gun banning clown off. Don't freeze the filter.
I got it it, was not good. It was a waste of money unless you were an insect. They probably didn't like it either.
*unless you were an insect, they probably didn’t like it either
I so needed a laugh today, thank you so much for that
Lol aw. I'm sorry:)
@@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496 Bwahahahaa made me laugh out loud to. HAHA Yeah thanks Otboynyy Molotok
Exactly lol. I feels like a mini fan. You’re better off using a big, old fashioned box fan. 🤣🤣
😂👏 I just got mine out of the box and I 100% unequivocally agree with your statement.
Idk why people are complaining, it works absolutely fine as a cooling fan. Reminder, it’s not an AIR CONDITIONING unit.
Ok, I have the solution! Buying 20 to 30 filters and switching every 20 minutes or so. Plus, I'd keep adding crushed ice to the tank
Also have 200-300 ice cubes to replace every half hour
20 Filters in your fridge freezer and taking up space for all your food. Not worth it. Just buy an aircon or a fan. Less work, better results.
@@peabomkhize1459 Thank you for YOUR HONESTY. They want you to BUY 20 A/C SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THEM WITH 20 FROZEN FILTERS AND EXTRA 50 POUNDS OF ICE to get you through night of HORRIFIC HEAT IN SUMMER!!! And next to you is your wife sleeping 'quietly because her FAN doesn't make NOISE and she is COOLER....' WOW, NO THANKS! $400.00 A/C DESK TOP X 20. ICE 50 LBS? $40.00 FOR NIGHT. 20 EXTRA FILTERS $$ EACH? $1000.00 FOR 2 DEGREES LESS? LOL
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@@GiacomoVeteran sir lol ur being a menace to society
Just a quick thought and I might be wrong. The IR thermometer might be measuring the temperature of the blades not the air. This means that if the material absorbs the cold then it is lost from the air being blown out because some materiasl absorb temperature better than others. This might be why the temperature registers as warmer in the new model. Doesn't mean that the air has that temperature, but it might be a close enough approximation.
That was my thoughts as well, the laser was hitting the cover. Where as the laser was hitting the actual filter of the older machine.
I used to rent a room and my friend supplied one in the summer,I wouldn't have survived the heat without it. I'm gonna buy a couple of them. They are perfect for a medium sized room but not a big house or mansion.
Once your wet, or frozen, filter dries or thaws, it's a small fan.
Fill an Igloo cooler with ice, open the lid and have a fan blowing across the ice.
Have the drain plug emptying into ice cube trays. Have a valet, or your middle child, taking the filled trays to your freezer, and refilling the cooler with ice as needed and possible.
Boom!
Coolers come in many sizes, to suit your cooling or picnicking needs.
Indeed you are a rare gem to be so creative inventive and resourceful! I'm definitely returning this because it's just a waste of $139 as the noise is not a continuous sound but it rattles going up and down up and down and the regular Standalone fan is much more effective at blowing cool air. I'm going to return this and going to purchase a cooler instead and place it on a higher surface since our fan is very high up. Again thank you so much for the great advice!
😂😂😂 middle child lol
Me also knowing my middle child is most likely to know how to engineer a cooler if she wanted to.
They should have a backup filter. When one is in, the other is in the freezer.
Exactly
Saw they have them on amazon for 12.99 made by the same company so not a knock off
@Pierre Lacasse, you can probably buy a second one.
Mostly what I've done is to put a modified Cold compress that can fit above and below compartment
Less mess too
My first thought
Thumbs up for a legit review. So many fraudulent reviews on youtube.
He says it's a personal cooler and for you it's legit... Shit... Whats wrong with people these days....
@Mar Blox
Exactly!
everybody always try to save the prodcut, this review just ried to save the customer, well done.
Get a clue
Freezing the filter is ridiculous
You would need a lot of filters so you could rotate them into the freezer! Great, honest revue! Revues like this are very helpful.
Reviews you mean 😂
@@Kimbrough87 yes, I did mean reviews!
Im from germany, there they say thats junk, too. For me it works, as I bought it last year, I knew its not an airconditon. The few days in the year its really hot, it works got in the night. Since I didnt grew up with A/C like all of you, it works good for me. Greez from germany
Is Germany so hot? It's hard.
Japan is also quite hot.
An effective strategy that has been said for a long time is bathing.
@@rei.sawamura5624 In summer yes, we got really hot. Last week we only hat 16° celsius, cold. Since yesterday its 27° getting even more. Its only a few weeks in the summer july and august, we got, in my area in germany over 40°,celcius. But than without any breeze, wind. And for me this is than enough. I lived for 3 years in Trinidad and Tobago, there you got the whole year this temperature. There you might need an aircondition. For me in germany this will do it. For 4 to 6 weeks we get it real hot. Greets from germany
I use it in my bedroom every night and it has made sleeping so much more comfortable. The feeling of coolness in a 2nd story small bedroom is excellent and a great improvement to having just a fan running. I use ice cubes as well and it does make it cooler
I’m actually gonna get one today and I’ve been looking at reviews. This is the best one I saw!
@@wordsat2328 it really is about having a reasonable and positive perspective when buying new items because we all have different likes and dislikes :0)
YOU NEED TO MOVE TO THE BASEMENT WHERE IT'S ALWAYS COLD.
Thanks for saying that because I just bought it in hopes that it keeps my bedroom cool during the summer.
@@Sheria29 just started using it again a few days ago and in my case...it really does make a difference. 🤪😁
Just a humidifier...
You could do much better with a couple of rows of frozen 2 ltr. water bottles behind a fan & it would last for several hrs. -much longer.
Does not work as good.. not even close
I agree with a rip off.
you obviously have never tried that before
@@blanethegoat Oh Yes I have tried it is not good
Sandra Reese you literally just contradicted yourself.
Great review! I was considering this for a large upstairs room that gets hot during the summer. You answered every question I had about the product and saved me the purchase. Thank you!
Its not made for Big rooms ! So yes its worth it .For a Small Bedrm.. To keep from being Hot..Better then a fan Blowing Hot ass Air...
I am taking mine back to the shop
I have 2-one in bsmt bedroom and one in kitchen. Works good in kitchen. Basement one condensates water and leaks on floor. Hours running with full tank is way optimistic . Air conditioning dehumifies- these coolers don't. The good thing about them is they use 2 amps. Window AC units use 15 amps when compressor kicks on. These work best with cold water in tank.
Thermodynamics of humid air.
I just bought mine. I have 7 fans going in the house but you have to be almost touching to feel those. This arctic air can be felt from a distance and is no louder than the other fans.
Just a very basic heat exchanger. You can make your own. Just get a load of freezer blocks, freeze them, build a Stonehenge tower and place in front of your bigger desktop fan. Cold air until you blocks become room temperature.
If you tossed ice cubes into the water chamber might do the same thing and if you are only having to periodically add water and ice from time to time it might be just as effective as wetting and freezing the filter.
definitely. Thats what i did with both of em. worked well for me. And where we live has scorching summers like 100-113 usually summertime.
I've tried some of these things...you feel you have a second job putting ice cubes and frozen filters several times a day! It's way easier spending $159 to get a real, low cost a/c which actual coils and refrigerant.
Definitely agree
This thing saved my butt the last few days. We had a historic heatwave where I live, the hottest temps ever recorded. I’m waiting on my AC unit to get here, ordered it from Lowe’s and they’re taking forever. So I picked up one of these in the meantime. It really helps cool you down when you sit next to it. It doesn’t cool a room down, but it will cool your body temp down if you put ice in it and sit next to it.
These aren't air conditioners, they just evaporate water in order to trade hot dry air for cold humid air. If you live in a hot dry climate then yes this product works, but where I live we have hot humid air so these will do absolutely nothing.
It was 115 in oregon at a time this week
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@@marc-andreservant201 .
I'd argue that putting ice into it is also counterproductive. To make ice, you need to remove the heat from warm water using a freezer, which exhausts that heat into your room. The freezer isn't 100% efficient, so adding ice heats the room more than it cools it.
11:16"I have it SHITTING on the back of the couch" 🤣🤣🤣
HAH yea i caught that. XD
And that's about IT too.....It shits out 'warm air'. There is NO WAY YOU CAN GIVE THIS POS A "GOOD REVIEW'. He was struggling to FIND THE WORDS. I have no idea why he'd do that? Anyway, maybe a 'good or decent' gets him a FREE UNIT? It doiesn't really matter but, several of us used this unit. ARCTIC ULTRA A/C Desktop and it SUCKS BIG TIME. 'SHITTING ON THE BACKS OF OUR WALLETS $$$'.
This is nothing more than a updated mini "Swamp Cooler" They work fairly well in areas where your Humidity is low but not in most areas. There was a
time before A/C in cars where you could buy one to hook on the passenger door and it would, using out side air flow blow cooler air into the vehicle.
Some even had an electric motor to assist in blowing moist air into the vehicle. They relied on evaporation to cool you down; At best they were marginal
and really did not provide cooler air to the vehicle but the larger units did work in homes out west where it was dry, The problem is they also were
prone to produce mold in your home.
excellent....I'll just say, 'IT SUCKS'. We returned 5 of them!!! Use a FAN
wow thats alot of comments. Yet its those that do not put their minds to it that make the bad statements. A little modifications and cold air could last up to two hours, can actually see the air frost coming out. I agree for what it is, not worth the price, without a little modification that is.
Good review, keep up the good work.
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Good review and points made.
One other thing that I will point out for those that may not be aware is that this increases the humidity levels in the room as opposed to a typical a/c which removes moisture and lowers humidity. The increased humidity is not good for long term use especially in a closed space with poor circulation.
I've seen loads of these things in the return baskets at retailers in West Tennessee. We have a very humid environment here.
Yeah. Anything that increases humidity is kind of a non-starter for a lot of people.
This gentleman here is doing a really great job taking his time with this Product keep up the good work .
It’s basically a mini portable swamp cooler.
I don't understand the term "swamp cooler" can you explain? lol
@@sages101 Some people refer to it as evaporative cooler. It mists moist air which evaporates when it touches your skin, creating the illusion of cooling. In a high humidity area it can make a room too humid, swamp like over moisturized.
@@jean-claudelol563 so its not like real ac? :( thats unfortunate.
@@sages101 Unfortunately not real AC. That would require some kind of coolant and exhaust for the heat that an AC generates.
@@jean-claudelol563 thanks. I was looking for a way to cool my camper van down but this "swamp cooler" sounds like it would give me condensation issues.
I have the older version, and I just purchased the new one. Going to try it out tonight and I’m hoping that it will do a better job than the older unit. Had a good laugh to because when you opened your freezer I thought wait a minute is he in my house? 😂 we have the exact same brand and flavor of ice cream, a box of Stoffers, and a bag of french fries. That sure was a trip seeing that. We have great taste aye? 👍🏻 Thanks for the video. Very Helpful 👍🏻✌🏼
Lol
@@JasonMazurek IT WORKED and beautifully I might add. I put it in the weirdest place. Well to some it might be strange. I put it on my headboard right above my head. Funny thing is either I was having a dream about the ice cream we both have..or my head was frozen. Woke up with brain freeze. TRUE STORY! It worked great there and the noise I loved! Reminded me of “white noise” slept like a baby. Thankfully I did, because I’m a nurse, and the last year and a few months I haven’t gotten much sleep. Pulling doubles & triples due to Covid, a snooze here and there. It was really hot yesterday here in Michigan , and wow it did what it was supposed to do and then some. Breakfast not so healthy. A bowl of ice cream I kid you not! I think I’ll leave it right where it is at! Slept so hard I didn’t even run to the freezer to refuel it lol. My BR was nice and cool when I woke up. So everyone I give it 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 & a 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I subscribed to your channel and can’t wait until I’m off work on Sunday. Gotta have a look at your videos. You’re so interesting to listen to so looking forward to that. Now I will tell my co-workers who say that their window AC in another room doesn’t work well in the BR. They are gonna love it. My motto ✌🏼❤️✌🏼❤️✌🏼❤️✌🏼
Stay safe out there!!!! J
Just got this! I can’t sleep without the fan blowing on my face or I feel like I’m suffocating. But with the heat and humidity in Vancouver and having a toddler 3 fans blowing on us isn’t enough.. just picked one up today and really excited for our sleep tonight. Thanks for an honest review. 🥺
Why dont you just get air conditioning?
how was it ?
I’m thinking I’ll stick one in my car (broken ac, of course) and see how it goes. It only needs to run for a half-hour commute home from work, that car is *toasty* in the afternoon.
Edit: The results are in. I was expecting more from this device unfortunately. The money I spent on it would have been better spent on refrigerant for the car.
The newer version appears to come with 2 frozen devices, so that’s nice.
Sounds it would be perfect for that!
@Daisy Henry
Unfortunately not. It only blows enough air/water to keep my fingers cold.
Ive looked these things up for a while now and have an opinion ...a) ITS NOT for a humid climate meaning if humidity is high you wont get a big difference in temps... b) instead of freezing the filter which doesnt last long...its a MUCH better idea to use some ice packs (quite a few small ones that fit in the res. ) so having a few pack in your freezer isnt much of a process to grab one and stick it in as you are filling the water .
What size ice packs?
@@gokudemon81 ive found ice packs a bit bigger than a cigarette pack or other ones like 2 cigarette packs stacked in length... You can even use a small ziplock bag filled with water that you freeze laid down ....
I bought it, it works for me. I put it like 5 meters away from me and still feel it and it's on the first level.
does it cool the room a little bit?
@@sanjulina Only the area where it is pointed
Unless you can drop ice cubes into it all day long, It's not a cooling system, It's a humidifier
Is only good for Uni/college students 1 bed dorm/room or old age care centers for your granny. I'm talking actually a room only 2.5m x 3m room by your bed side with the night weather temperature of approx 25 degrees. Then this will cool your room down to 22-23 for about an hour or so. That's it. Then it will stay maybe 23-22 degrees.
Don't bother buying it & use it if the outside temperature is even past 27-30 degrees heat; or even during the day in your room. It will not work.
@@mr8883 thanks will get the bigger one
This is literally all I wanted to know. I need something that actually cools
I bought one today. It does not cool off my small room at all. A waste of money. I am taking it back tomorrow.
Tina Hegyi it’s something you have blowing in your face and mine got mold so return it
Buy a few filters and keep a few in the freezers.
Use cold water from your refrigerator and put 3 to 4 ice cubes.
1 or 2 days it works perfectly afyer that not comes the cold air,
And the water is still in the cage/// dont know wgeres going wrong
Exactly why are these people slow
Carnell Johnson ,😂😂😂..Definitely Not Understanding Thats For Sure,lol
Aidan Mikrut ,Probably Tells You On The Box Or In The Paper Work
I have a small bedroom and a deep freezer in the basement. This will work better than the small Honeywell fan I have in my room.
Even frozen, with water from refridgerator, in Texas heat it only lasts about 30 minutes before just pushing warm air... The air here is already too humid, so once the cold is gone it is just making the warm air stick to you more. Still better than nothing. Needs multiple filters to interchange frum unit to freezer to maximize effectiveness...
Thanks for the review. I'm just going to get a 1200 BTU AC unit.
I just got my first Arctic Air a few days ago and I love it! It cools my bedroom by 15-20 degrees. It’s been very hot here in Colorado lately and I’m on the 3 floor of my apartment building.(top floor). I do freeze the filter but another thing I do is fill the water tank only half way then I add ice cubes so it goes just below the fill line. I turn it on 10 minutes before my boyfriend gets home and I shut the bedroom door. When he gets home he complains about the how hot it is then he goes into the bathroom and he’s in heaven. It is a bit noisy but box fans are way louder when turned up on high. At night when I’m going to sleep I will turn it so it faces anymore. Only because it helps with my hot flashes from menopause. But overall I really like it and I’m going to get a couple more for my living room because it’s real big. My bedroom is pretty big.
That’s great. I really strongly doubt it cools your room 15 to 20 degrees just stop
@@CZcamscensoredmyusername no it really does cool my room down by 15-20 degrees. I have been getting very good sleep because of this and yes I ordered 2 more. Haven’t you heard of the old saying? “IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE DON’T SAY NOTHING AT ALL “? So many mean people in the world!
@@christinatoth2747 wasn’t trying to be mean.
Everyone says this thing is not good. Then you say it’s wonderful and you’re buying more at 100 buck each. My real ac unit can’t bring my room down 20 degrees when it’s really baking. I’ll take your word for it though lol 😂
Try this- turn a fan on in your room. Stand somewhere not in the fans wind and take the temp. Now stand in the wind and take the temp- you'll be cooler in the wind- now put a bowl of ice right under the fan blades and see how cold it makes your room- and THAT will last for hours, depending on how much ice is in the bowl AND THAT'S FREE
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone
I might look at this for the bunk of my truck when I take a 10 hour break
Is it working?...I was thinking about getting one also ..does it last for 8h at least ?..do you like it ?
@@jeeprider9975 if you have it blowing directly on you sure, but it comes with the inconvenience of it getting warm and you having to wake up to refill it so it will be cool again. Im just going to get me an proper apu and deal with the expenses it comes with
@@sylvesterharris5282 Thank you for your HONESTY SYLVESTER....9 people checked this Arctic air Ultra desktop unit and it SUCKS. WE ARE SO DISAPPOINTED. We returned 5 of them!!! Freezing it is BS. Labor intensive and 15 minutes MAYBE? Water must be added regularly and COLD COLD WATER. For what? 3 degrees more cool? Maybe? Struggling so hard to find ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY!!! take care bro
I just bought one based on their very miss leading ads. Super disappointed. DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY. When it claims that it cools your personal space, it really means only where you are sitting. I have mine in a 60 sqft. space, it does not cool the space! I will not recommend this product! Just put a bowl of ice in front of a desk top personal fan ($10). The science is that it is cooling based on evaporation. So if you room is humid, as well, it won't work.
I use evachill for sleep, alongside a dehumidifier (since I live in FL) for my room and I got great results. It doesn’t cool the room, but it definitely left me cool in my bed to be able to sleep.
What did you do with? Because I'm in the same situation and it's say not to return it?? Need my $ back ...
I'm going to take a chance and buy it.
@@shanamuldrow8566 I bought it yesterday at Walmart and it's pretty good for me
@@watermelonslushy1110 Where do you place both devices? Are they near each other? And what kind of Dehumidifier did you buy? I think this combo has potential
This works ok with me with a simple mod I did. What I did is I used one of my Vornado fan and put it behind the unit so the fan can force more air out to the cooler. For those who don't know what a Vornado fan is, look it up. It does wonders with the added Vornado fan blowing from behind the unit. Try that simple modification
A lot of these are just less messy versions of using a block of ice and a fan. Agree wholeheartedly on the Vornado. I wanted a fan for camping in my SUV, and there is one model that pushes a lot of air but requires so little energy to run that I can run it all night off a Jackery 240 and still have (if memory serves correct) about 2/3 of the charge left in the Jackery.
It's worth the money (about $45, I believe) but there IS a Honeywell one they sell at Walmart for about $16. But it has 3 fixed fan settings and runs louder than the Vornado, which has a smooth dial to set the fan speed exactly the way you like it. It also takes way more juice to run (I think around 3x-4x as much) and doesn't push as much air when set equally quiet to the Vornado.
@@cobbler88 agreed and we'll said AJ. Glad those fans worked out for you as well
Sir, you are excellent at this job. This is the best presented and most descriptive review I have ever seen. Great Job!
Thank you
Are you guys related? 🤔
These mini swamp coolers blow out humid air. It does not lower the room temperature even a tiny bit (I tested it) but when you let it blow on your skin it feels cool. That is due to the wind chill factor. (When your skin is wet it feels much colder in the wind than when it's dry.) So this gadget humidifies your skin when you let it blow on it, while its breeze evaporates the humidity from your skin, so its feels cool.
do you think its worth buying?
EXCELLENTLY SAID.....My God, some intelligence and HONESTY. A FAN will do BETTER too. This is a waste of time. Water. No lights. Sitting in dark. Freezing it, 2 hours you'll NEVER GET BACK. 'Humid Air' NOT COLD. Doesn't decrease temp IN ROOM AT ALL....They lied. False AD. I'll go now before I flip out. lol We returned 5 units
@@GiacomoVeteran it does blow cold air if you put ice in it .... but it wont cool down your room because the machine is working creating heat i guess ...
I've bought them my review "It is false advertising, it's a hyped up humidifier that doesn't cool as advertised. Also the return service puts the cost of shipping and handling of their product on you."
It will help a little (10’F?) when you are near a desert (low humidity). I do not think it will do much when you are by the coast (high humidity).
Thanks for posting this review! Seeing this makes me want to save my money for a bigger portable air conditioner so it can cool my entire room for an x amount of hours.
SAVE YOUR MONEY.....Buy a Fan!
It will not be effective in Iowa or anywhere where there is humidity in summer. It's a hassle to keep changing cold filters. In short, it's a sham. Good review. Thanks for posting. I tried a big unit and it sucked.
People say it works in Houston though. It's REAL hot and humid down there.
Paul Giamatti, thank you! This was helpful.
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Wahahahahaha
Thank you for this review! I purchased this today in the hopes of cooling down my bed area in my East facing Las Vegas bedroom (there is only one A/C vent in my bedroom ceiling) in the hopes this will keep me cool while sleeping after a 100+ degree day!
Literally watched this as I was unboxing my unit!
Fingers crossed that it will do what I hope (keep me cool, not necessarily cool my entire bedroom, I still have the regular A/C) , and I can stop putting the house A/C down to 72 degrees at night! ❄️💨💁🏾♀️ I will try to remember to come back and comment after I’ve tested this out for a couple of nights! Thank you again for your tips and through review!
Thank you for watching
How is it? I also live in Vegas and I wake up to an uncomfortably warm room every morning because my room faces the sun and was wondering how one of these would do.
Amanda how do you like it just purchased two for the weekend my ac isn't working and I have a fan too.
A standup fan would be way better.
@USA ASMR forgot about this post don't buy one they were a such a waste of money they didn't work at all we ended up returning both of them and I ended up going to Aaron's and renting a huge AC thing for a week until they fixed my AC those things were such a joke.
Its's a mini evaporation cooler, these have been around for a long time, will work in low humidity areas. Useless in high humidity areas.
I believe you were getting cooler temps out of the old unit because you were directly measuring on the evaporator pad the new unit you were on the diverter fins.
I used one of these all summer long in a warehouse i added ice and considering the rest of the warehouse is over 90 and my area was closer to 75 it works pretty well.
I don't know about that. I had one in a house and it only dropped the temperature a couple of degrees. When it was 86 it would only drop it to 84 and you had to be right in front of it. I put ice in it too. Maybe you put more ice in yours than I did or maybe did something different.
@@JRS-iq9pz the only time i had an issue was when the humidity got really high but even then if i was in front of it the air was still cooler than what a normal fan would have been.
Great review man. I wouldn't expect this to perform a miracle. Looks like this would be great for someone who is experiencing hot flashes or when someone needs a quick cool down or as supplement to central air or fans. Still nice as an addition to fans and central air. I am buying definitely. Great product as long as someone has relastic expectations.
Its Great ! For like the side of ur Bed. I live in Hot Ass Florida ..In a 2 Story house ..of course I have the Hottest Room..But its Small..Its Better then a Fan Blowing Hot Air...Its Not Meant to Cool off a Large Room ! Never said that any Where..I Love to be Cool when I Sleep !! So its Perfect..& its just me !! So I get All The Breeze.... Its Worth it..🌬
Great review, you r giving attention to details, which is a wonderful effort, thank you. B. Regards from Egypt!
I'm so excited coz I'm getting mine tomorrow early delivery
This is a supplement to A/C not a replacement for it. It works fine if its a bit warm, but when its hot its just a fan but with A/C it gets it chilly. I just have hard time believing anyone would use this as a full on replacement for A/C. I think i have a bridge to sell to those people that do think that.
Nope, never use an evap cooler when standard air conditioners are being used. A/C's dehumidify the air while evap coolers add humidity. You are actually making the A/C less efficient by adding the extra water vapor to the air that it now has to dump extra energy in to remove.
@@oldtwinsna8347 no wonder it stays colder
Mine seems much quieter than the one you have 🤔 I really like it next to my bed. I turn my ac off at night to save some bucks. Like a few others have said, freeze the filter and put a couple frozen water bottles behind the unit and you’ll get 4-5 degrees cooler. My temp gauge read 52° from 5 feet away w/ the bottles behind it.
I can imagine using this as an external cooler for the PC or consoles lol
You can purchase additional filters for under $15.00. That way you always have one ready to go.
Where can.I find filters for original Artic Air
I bought the first one, just for cool air while I slept. My AC vent doesn't cool my room like the rest of the house. It worked fine for a year, then stopped using the water in the reservoir. Being that I used my 20% coupon a BB&B, I got my money's worth. May upgrade to the new one.
Is your room blowing cool air yet
Could be a simple fix tbh lmao
I like your video!! Explained everything really well, im glad i watched this before buying any of this units. Thank you so much!
Thank you for watching and I’m glad I could help.
Mind if i'll be asking, what brand of inverter window type ACU is best? Would you suggest panasonic over LG dual inverter? This might be out of topic. Will appreciate if you can answer mine. Thanks
Excellent video. We'll done. You are good
I got one, I don’t have a ac so I put my fan in front of it well freezing the filter and adding ice and it cooled my room down pretty well, but it doesn’t stay that cold
It is a swamp cooler not a AC. And swamp cooler are good in desert weather like Phoenix Az not Miami FL.
IM 30 mins away from 305 😆
Even Phx Az is too humid now for a swamper. All the pools and fake tract home lakes is what makes it so miserable now. 30 yrs ago it was just dry & hot!
These days you need an A/C. 20 yrs ago I lived in Tempe with an A/C chilled water setup, and it was still horrible, I spent my summer in the pool! Lol
this tiny heap of junk is a dysfunctional, bad copy of a swamp cooler - it would need about 50 times more air-flow and water to be worth the name.
Hate when lying sellers capitalize on peoples lack of information.
I love it but it needs to be paired with a large box fan to get the most out of it. You place the Artic Air directly behind the box fan both set on highest setting.
That’s a good idea
it will just diminish the cooling effect if you use a large box fan to help push the air further basicly what will happen is youll defeat the purpose while sucking in warm air around the unit and the air coming from the unit youll basicly just have room temperature air circulating bad idea.
Same thing will happen with a normal Air unit that you put in a window. if you put a tower ocelating fan in front of it, the air will become less cool, especially if you just turned it on. Reason being, the surrounding air also gets sucked in and it all just funnels together increasing the temperature that the unit pushes towards the secondary fan. so lets say you have a unit pumping out 55-60f air itll be increased by 10 degrees if you put a large fan in front of it to help push. unless that fan has another cooling system. It will make it ineffective. this coming from experimentation of my own.
Tryed it .In the Philippines ,It not that good for cooling an it is noisy when trying to sleep. I Agree with everything Your Saying.
So what are you using now?
Yeah i suggest you get a bigger and better air conditioning. It’s hot af in there in the Philippines 😂
Haha For everyone who wants to no I Bought high efficent A/C units and Air Purafiers they work well together.
If only electricity is as cheap in Ph as it is in the US....
@@wood6454. Understand that. Only If you want comfort over sweat?
Actually I just set mine up today and my home office is small. It's doing a pretty good job. It's later in the evening and not as hot. So let's see how it does tomorrow during the hottest part of the day. It's about as noisy as a fan to me. Your review is spot on. Thanks!
from where i get this air cooler,i am pakistani and over here its summer season has to be started almost???
@@galvira3336 search google for international shipping to your location
im thinking of using one for my shed and for my chickens and dog. Why not. I dont think it will hurt to try. At least for the animals.
Hey is it the cord problem on mine cuz mine is not turning on and i dont know what is the problem
This is more like a swamp cooler. It will only cool in dry climates, like the desert. In humid climates, which is most of the US, it will do nothing but add even more humidity to the already heavy air. For cooling in a humid climate you need something that wrings moisture out of the air.
I got an Arctic Air and did not like it..nor did even notice any change,but it did blow cold air out. It would be great if they gave an extra filter to put in freezer while using one. I think it'd work PERFECT for like a camper bathroom type of space. Or to have right next to you while sleeping
It is called a "Personal Air Cooler", not an air conditioner and will not be effective more than 6 or 7 feet away.
You got warmer temps on the new one because it was running longer which means warmer water than the fresh cool water you just put in the old one
Gosh darn it, I just bought one of these suckers to replace the central air unit for my 3 bedroom home 🤣
I recently bought the Ultra version. I was sceptical but it works well enough. To take the edge off on those really hot days in the afternoon. I use a little water in the water compartment and I add ice cubes as well. ( they fit just right in there! I noticed an improved difference in the cooling temperature! I didn't measure the temps but maybe you can see if you notice it as well.
Myra Ramirez-Levan Thanks for the tip, I just put ice cubes in mine. Wow what a difference 🤗
how long did it last to stay cool?
Yes, could you please tell how often do you have to refill?
just buy a fan, cheaper and better.
What size ice cubes did you put in yours?
Great review and comments on this product, thank you all.
Keeping 2 filters to always have one froze would be cool.
Big Brain
I just strap an ice pack on the back of my fan. It works pretty well to cool my bedroom until I can fall asleep
Im finna have to try this