Evaporative Cooler, VAGKRI 2100CFM Air Cooler, 120°Oscillation Swamp Cooler with Remote Control, 24H Timer, 3 Wind Speeds for Outdoor Indoor Use,8 Gallon

At first I doubt it but once I started using it I noticed a great difference. I live in Arizona so it gets really hot and ever since I put this in my living room it is now bearable and much much cooler. I highly recommend this if you have like a small to medium sized room you need to cool. I am currently using it in my living room and it is comfortable. Best purchase I have made.

Works pretty good in my Sun city Arizona garage, not great when it's 110, but still make garage bareable, wish it had a lower speed than number one, fill it up every morning, goes through probably 6-8 gallons just normal use, off & on sitting in garage, some days it will take 12 gallons

Good size unit and great thing is it holds 12 gallon of water on the base of unit. It also has two level lines transparent slots to see the water level. It does not have low level automatic turn off but does beep when water is low. Not that loud so sometimes you might not hear it. Unit is pretty light which has wheels to move around. Jeep in mind the cord is not as long. Unit also has 3 speed mode which does make a very big difference. The only downside fall I found is the ice pack tends to bulge out when frozen. And it doesn’t last long in the cool mode. Once I place the ice pack in the top bin it thaw out spend 30mins or so. And ice pack is really small for the compartment size. Overall does cool a decent amount in my back room around 700sqft. Overall decent machine and not to loud either.

My husband has a 25 year old, 1500 CFM, box fan style portable evaporative cooler that is actually a tad more efficient than this evaporative cooler. (His hypothesis: the honeycomb pad style in this cooler vs. the traditional wood excelsior pad he uses in his old box unit is not as efficent. (Over the years, he has tried them all and those inexpensive wood excelsior pads win every time.)Nevertheless, he thinks this unit is not all that bad with regards to evaporative cooler function. It was only a two degree output difference ( Both coolers were tested at the same time, using the same water temperature, on the same day, on high fan.)That being said; the problem for us with this cooler is not it's evaporative cooling efficiency, it is the fill valve and the hose connection port / tank wall.Because the tank wall appears to be quite thin / un-reinforced where the fill valve port is, thus resulting in excessive flex / stress to the plastic tank wall, my husband is very leary about moving the unit while the hose is attached. As it is, to alleviate nearly ten degrees of flex, my husband uses a short 2x4 post to support the hose fitting end when the unit is stationary.Above and beyond that, once my husband ultimately got the supplied hose adapter fitting to stop leaking, by using his own hose bib washers, he came to find that the fill valve had stopped functioning properly. (Overfilling — not good!)At that point my husband wanted to send the unit back for a refund. But seeing how he discarded the original box, that of which is apparently required for return, we are apparently stuck with this cooler.I have know clue as to when, or where he is going to find that time, but he assures me that when he has time he will remedy the issues with the cooler.Until then, it's a manual fill only.Go figure, my husband's main attraction to this cooler was the hose connection/ auto shut off fill valve features.Oh, and lest I forget, it really would have been nice to have had some AAA batteries sent with the remote control.Room for improvement!Update!My husband has remedied the issue with the fill valve. Apparently, when he was attempting to get the hose bib fitting to stop leaking, the plastic float valve / pipe nipple rotated 180 degrees.In addition; seeing how the plastic tank wall is rather thin, and is not reinforced where the pipe nipple attaches to the hose adapter, my husband has switched out our HD hose for one of those light weight flex hoses.Besides that; It would be nice for more than one drain plug to be provided with the unit. The small rubber plug is not attached to the cooler. So, if that little thing happens to slip out of your hand and bounce it self into the bushes, well, I think you get the picture. Luckily we found ours!As for the remote control, well, after having rounded up some AAA batteries, the remote control feature does function and operate as it should.With in a few short days of having posted the initial review, the organization reached out to me. My first impression is that this organization truly cares about customer satisfaction. That in itself is worth a star, so I have increased the overall rating for this product to three stars.Only time will tell if this product is worthy of additional stars, as long term product durability and enduring commitment to customer satisfaction have yet to be determined.At this point, my husband and I both agree that the product could use some small but very beneficial improvements.As for my husband wanting to return the cooler, well, now, other than wishing he had purchased the cooler for ten cents on the dollar, which is pretty much what he wishes he could do on every purchase he makes, my husband says that he has NO BUYERS REMORSE.As a matter of fact, he has been hinting at purchasing another one; for the right price of course, which of course is totally subjective, but is still, nevertheless, in his world, a subjective value of there about sixteen dollars—keep dreaming honey!

This cooler is great for my lanai! The key is ice and refrigerated cold water! I swear, its like having outside air conditioning!!! Comes with 3 blue ice freezer packs but i load it up with ice and cold water - cant live without it!!!

Works great!

Follow Up: I originally left a 2-star review and was contacted by the company offering a few solutions. Unfortunately, their recommendations did not fix the odor I was experiencing. I was then offered a refund or a replacement unit free of charge. I opted to receive a new unit and I am happy to report that this one does not have any odd odor and works very well. Therefore I am changing my rating from 2-stars to 5-stars.Original Review: This unit cools very well. I first placed it on my deck where it was around 85-degrees F outside, loaded the top filler portion with ice and water and turned on the cooling mode. I was getting about 70-degrees F out of it which was quite impressive. I then moved the unit inside where it was 76-degrees F and let it run and was getting 66-degrees F output which was great ... at first. Then my wife came into the room I had the unit in and said "Whats that smell? Smells fishy, like the back bay." The longer it ran the more I picked up on the smell too. I placed the unit back on the deck again and let it run for several hours thinking (hoping) the smell would go away. Unfortunately, that did not help. I turned the cooling function off and let the fan run for an hour, drying out the pad. I then smelled the pad and that is definitely where the smell is coming from. I am not sure if a new pad will resolve this but the last thing I want to do with a brand new unit is take it apart and "fix" it. Unsure at this point if I will keep it or return it.

Customer service reached out to me to resolve my only one issue with this cooler. CS resolved my issue. In this price range it’s the best bang for your buck. What separates this unit is the thick media inside, which gives you about 4 degrees Fahrenheit lower than other manufacturers. The cable is grounded, 3 prong thick wire and the electrical parts are UL listed. The screen mesh installed between fan and the grill in this unit makes it a safer choice. As a recommendation I would suggest to make a top drawer hinges stronger, make a lcd screen more water protected and change a color pattern. There’s 1000 ways to make a design of such units more eye appealing imho.