KuulAire PACKA44 350 CFM Portable Evaporative Cooler with 175 Square Foot Cooling Capacity, Silver

unit does its job. a bit noisy

I live in a small apartment and the AC was not something i could do or afford.The KuulAire was just the right thing and a good price.You can run it without water and it still gives of cool air and move it around.At 72 I like the easy of moving it around and filling it.It is just what we needed for the hot days 80 and 90 ahead.

As far as I am concerned .... absolutely useless!! I guess when you are used to real air conditioning this unit just does not measure up. Initially, when we added water and turned on the unit it stunk something fierce. We live in Northern California with an average humidity of 10-15% and after running the unit it added so much humidity that I thought I was in Louisiana. All it does is add noise, humidity and cooling is not even in the picture. We are omitting the water and use it as a noisy fan in another part of the house!!

MAYBE I GOT A LEMON? The unit puts out adequate air, BUT it LEAKS WATER, down the water curtain and drips down the back of the unit. I tried leveling and even elevating the back slightly, but it still leaked.I had to put it in a metal pan to contain the water and then towel up the water. It won't run longer than 4 hours, even if there's plenty of water. It is quiet and compact, and if those problems were fixed, it would be okay. The seller refunded my whole purchase amount and didn't want the unit back. Maybe that's a problem these units have regularly.

So far this cooling unit has worked well. We use it in a room that is usually warmer than the rest of the house. It makes the room cooler and blows a lot of air. We use it along with AC, so I'm not sure how well it would cool by itself. I like that it is easy to fill with water, ice, or even ice blocks. It had a funny plastic smell when first used. I don't notice it so much now. Have not yet noticed any dampness in the room, but the humidity here is low in the summer.

The fan blows a lot of air, but does not cool the air that well.

Personally I like to see the reviews of the angry people who purchased these wonderful little coolers and then go bonkers when it just makes the room "like a jungle". For evap cooling you must have lots of air in and lots of air out. I have mineral rich tap water so I am running it with distilled to prevent mineral buildup in the pad. The fan is loud, lots of white noise of the air moving through and around the pad and fins, definitely something you can sleep with though, especially when it is hot.For those poor souls who are angry with this little "like a jungle" machine, send me yours, I will gladly put it to good use.

Received unit, plugged it in. Power light comes on but nothing works. Unit smells like it is getting hot even though it is not running and it appeared to be damp when I removed it from the packaging. Will be returning. I have another unit by the same manufacturer which cools a larger sq ft and works perfectly. I think this may have been a return item already but not marked properly.