Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This item does exactly what I wanted it to do!! Be realistic when purchasing though, this item will not cool most or even half of your house or apartment. Practical use is in a single or large room. I use this to cool the loft and hallway upstairs and I roll it into my bedroom at night. We have a large swamp cooler downstairs that cools 1600ft so all I needed was a little added umpth for upstairs. This pumps nothing but cold air and there are several things I have noticed in the three weeks I have used this but first I'll tell you a few things about this product that are not listed in the product description. It has a gallon and half tank that needs to be refilled. Water level is clearly marked on the bottom front when the water tank is mounted in the back. It will beep at you when the tank is almost empty, just before it shuts down the water pump but the fan will continue to go, only the water pump shuts off. Word of advice, let this bad boy sit for about five minutes before you pull out the tank and fill it back up. While your filling it up, water is still dripping (trying to drip back into the tank) but if you have the tank removed it pours it all over the inside bottom portion of the cooler and it all ends up on the floor. I thought my cooler was leaking at first but I realized that a little patience was needed prior to removing the tank for a refill. This product comes with two ice packs!! Put these packs in the freezer and then plop them on the left side of the water tank (water pump descends on the right side of the tank when you slide the tank back into the unit). The ice packs work great to create even cooler air, I sometimes just fill up the left side with ice and water to increase the cool temperature. The remote included is very nice but never really found a use for it, I just turn it on and let it go. Dry hot areas work best. Currently in Colorado and it is hot and dry during the summer. This portable evaporation cooler has three fan speeds and a "swing" option. You can set the fan speeds to High, Medium or Low but if you set it to High, it will drop to medium for three minutes once you press the Humid/Cooler button. This starts the water flowing through the back and gives the unit time to circulate enough water through the back. Have no worries, after the three minutes, the fan kicks back up to high and pumps cold air. The "swing" option is great, gives an almost natural breeze effect. The fan is located in the back/middle near the cardboard pad that the water runs down. The air is vented from the top where the fan appears to be. That front part that appears to be a fan houses the "swing" option and LED display. The circular fan front begins to rotate and circulates cold air. This is a wonderful feature to help spread the cool air, you can turn it off and just jet the cold air in one direction. LED's are located in the direct middle of the circular fan face. Overall, very pleased and impressed. Please do not expect this to cool your house or apartment. Very well constructed with lots of options. This was the most pleasing to the eyes portable evaporation cooler I found and researched for weeks. Most portable swamp coolers look like they are from the 70's but this one looks great. Solid construction, wheels that roll, swivel and lock. I can actually feel the cool breeze of this unit on my back as I type this review. I am uber pleased with this and I recommend this to anyone who just wants to cool the temperature in their living room or bedroom. **Update**1 Year Later** So this thing just decided one day to leak and spew gallons of water on my floor. Called customer service and they told me it shouldn't be leaking. I almost punched myself in the face after that was said! No other advice could be given. I tried to clean everything with Kaboom, even went as far as using a hot glue gun to seal EVERYTHING!! Both inside and out. After many failed attempts to repair this I chunked it in the garabage. Got one summer out of it and that was it, no more warranty and worthless tech support. If you buy this I recommend putting something under it to catch the water. Makes a great fan though, pretty powerful but I don't recommend this to anyone. Loved it at first, it was perfect but a swamp cooler that leaks is about as useful as a secretary with no fingers.