Is Chillwell Portable AC a Scam? (Yes, Here’s Why) - Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk

[@ComputerClan]

Enjoy the new scam-buster! Stay cool out there. ❄ Oh! And subscribe and stay tuned because in my next episode I'm visiting the famous Windows XP "Bliss" hill! Tune in on JULY 21! 🔔 UPDATE: I ran the Keystone AC energy test again and it read 1,278 watts-more than shown in the episode (716 watts). I'm not sure if the meter was freaking out earlier, or if the Energy Saver button on the AC did that.

[@caspice]

If you had put ice in the ChillWell, would it had worked better?!.

[@Andou_Rena324]

Asians like to use the term "Aircon" instead of "AC" or "Air Conditioner". If the ad says "air con", you should think the product is from unreliable company of China. Most of asian countries are learning British style English. Reliable companies in Asia choose proper and familiar words for your country. So...... beware of that.

[@jerrykass5913]

They have another one of these scam ads saying it was created by a NASA engineer

[@theatheisthammer]

I smell SHITEEEEE😂😂😂😂 I MADE A Aircon out of copper tubes a jug of water and some peltie plates and a water pump and bottle

[@rarerubber]

NICE AWES0ME 🎉✨🎉✨🎉🎉🎎🎭🎎🎭🎎🎭🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗🎑🎑🎑🎑🎑🎑🎑✨🎆

[@irkalla100]

As someone who takes care of and old woman with internet access, I want to rip apart all these scammers and every platform that plays their ads.

[@augustoof13]

Same,,, my grandpa keeps on asking me about these stupid weight loss gummies and I want to tear my hair out whenever he says anything about them.

[@alanfike]

Show her these videos!

[@marcogenovesi8570]

get a pihole or another network-wide ad blocker, that's what they were built for

[@harriska]

@@vgamesx1 or adguard home as it is a little easier to use

[@ciri151]

adblock

[@janemba42]

While making the Chillwell they forgot the most important part. Making it chill well.

[@pauldavison5382]

Ba dum tiss!

[@tbuk8350]

This may be the greatest comment I've ever seen.

[@joshua.harazin]

Chillsorta™

[@nix4644]

@@pauldavison5382 Good written description of a rim shot.😀

[@cartoonhead9222]

They forgot the punctuation marks. Chill? Well....

[@frankbiz]

It's sickening how those KZbin ads can lie through their teeth and KZbin does nothing about it. Tell the truth about something and they will delete your account.

[@mr.giggles4995]

Walmart has been selling millions of them too

[@renj6531]

@@mr.giggles4995 thats no surprise

[@geraldlevan6754]

You just saved me the trouble, I was going to say the same thing. You Tube makes money on adds

[@Jigger2361]

nailed it

[@Alaska-Jack]

But KZbin often controls our free speech. Community guidelines, what a joke. 😂

[@camduran3352]

I’m SO GLAD someone is finally exposing this! I really don’t know how it is that they’ve been able to legally describe an evap-cooler as “air conditioning.”

[@tylerkrug7719]

Chinese companies don't follow laws

[@toriless]

simple, the FTC is the worst government agency EVER and needs to be shut down, period. They are useless.

[@eightcoins4401]

If the ad for the thing youre selling is using stock footage and an AI voice, legality has never been considered. At that point youre just trying to as shamelessly scam people as possible.

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

They don't advertise them as air conditioners, they advertise them as air coolers. Slick, and unfortunate that they both have the same letters that can be represented as AC. Except air conditioning is usually shown as A/C, and these are advertised as AC.

[@occono3543]

Maybe they are illegal. Someone has to actually get the site blocked or payments to them blocked, or their web host held liable. It's not magic.

[@cataclysmicconverter]

Yep, bought 2 for $14 identical to these a while back on ebay and it was just a LOUD computer fan blowing air across a wet sponge. The LED lights were cooler than the air.

[@uncaboat2399]

_"The LED lights were cooler"_ Good that it had some redeeming value.

[@nBasedAce]

That's what a swamp cooler is! They do work in conditions that aren't humid. The problem is dumb people not doing any research into what they are buying and then buying something that won't work for them and then they shit on it.

[@Sheworkshardforthemoney]

I bought 3. What an idiot.

[@gringoreno]

Only work in low humidity. Works great in Nevada desert in summer paid 20 dollars at big 5 for money home Depot wanted 40

[@JMan9191991]

As an HVAC Technician I thank you for this video. I've seen so many of these different companies trying to sell their tiny evap coolers as portable AC solutions and it's wild how many people buy into it. Swamp or evaporative coolers are a great solution for dry climates as adding humidity is actually beneficial for comfort (50% humidity is ideal for comfort cooling), although good ones use much larger fans for more air circulation and BTU removal from the air. Hopefully more people will see this and realize that these little coolers are not a good solution for cooling, they're better off getting desk fans than this.

[@waqasahmed939]

Tbh they're even somewhat useful in humid environments too (up to a limit) I use them in the UK in the summer until it gets too humid and then the evaporative coolers do nothing (ditto for any fans) But I'm aware that these simply can't be air conditioners, especially when they don't condition the air and they actively act as humidifiers. I have something similar to this on my desk but because it was actually advertised as an evaporative air cooler, it cost just £20

[@Edward-w9g]

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[@CynthiaTait-d8s]

thank you sir for the info - i was scammed by this company for 5 units that I still haven't received. I am curious how they have so many 4.5+ stars on the Amazon reviews - they must be paying people to lie or know how to manipulate the reviews.

[@101Volts]

Even my $5 1940s desk fan is an improvement. I don't have young kids running around, so the giant spaces in the fan cage aren't a big deal. (It's definitely not to modern safety spec.)

[@johnnyhellfire6]

It's amazing how this young genius invented a SWAMP COOLER lol

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

And a bad one at that. I wonder how it is supposed to extract heat energy from a room while sitting in the same damn room. Do these people even basic physics bruh?

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@@friddevonfrankenstein Yep. It can actually only heat the room, and increase humidity. Brilliant.

[@johnnyhellfire6]

@@friddevonfrankenstein they are relying on folks like my mother in law, hints why I'm staring at one now lol

[@Gruntsworth]

@@friddevonfrankenstein Some people have zero concept of physics or energy. I once told a friend my PC had excellent cooling, but my room got way too hot while the machine was under load. "But if your PC has good cooling, shouldn't your room be cool?" ...... Guess they think heat energy just kind of disappears into a black hole or something.

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

@@Gruntsworth It's the magical heat dissipation void, never heard of it? :D

[@Seraph68]

The biggest thing with evaporative/swamp coolers is that their efficiency is inversely related to humidity. In the dry desert of "Phenix", it is an effective cooling system that can save a lot of money over Air Conditioning, plus it adds enough humidity to the air that it isn't absolutely dry. BUT if you were in any place with humidity (or the rainy season in Phoenix), its effectiveness drops to that of a standard fan. Not to mention that you can find better portable swamp coolers (if you are in those dry conditions) at many stores for much less than these "revolutionary" ones online.

[@geraldmartin7703]

I had a memorable experience with a window mounted water cooler in an Arizona motel room five decades ago. It was summer and the outside temperature was around 90 degrees. At first the coolness was refreshing. However, within an hour or so the humidity in the room was oppressive and any cooling effect was swamped by the muggy air. Also I remember reading about the problem of bacteria and mold building up in the "drip pad" unless it was cleaned regularly. No telling what was blowing into that cheap motel room along with the moist air.

[@EarthboundX]

Yeah, I live in Washington State, one of the most humid places in the US. These swamp coolers don't do much up here in my experience. I have one of those portable air conditioners that hooks up to a window with a hose now. KZbin loves to tell me how crappy and inefficient these are, but it works for me, lol.

[@johnpekkala6941]

Exactly. I picked mine up at my local grocery store for about 10 bucks. Comes with RGB LED lights and all and it works reqally well as long as its standing just next to you blowing you right in the face but cooing an entire room with one of these? Not a chance.

[@Palmtop_User]

I genuinely didnt know about swap coolers till i visited my brother when he was in colorado. We lived in connecticut which has very humid (when hot) summers meaning adding humidity is unimaginable. Its still kinda weird to me but it works there so im not gonna question results

[@liam3284]

The issue with swamp coolers is, they don't work in a closed space.

[@robcat2075]

Irony... this scam air cooler does a better job of humidfying a room than the scam humidifier I bought.

[@frankbartol3196]

Well then the money spent is not wasted.

[@josbar2835]

😆🤣

[@danrichdrivingandmore5348]

Ha!

[@mikekasich836]

So what happened was ontel made this humidifier sorry air cooler But it didn't sell well so they stopped production and he listed it from their website but they had a massive backlog in the warehouse of all these unsold units So this random Chinese company (We know it's Chinese because they had to use AI to do their English video) probably bought out their entire stock at a huge discount cuz they were trying to get rid of them rebranded as chillwell and sold off all the originally unsold units with this fake video fake story etc Honestly basic business when you're talking about international trade and scammy products

[@crowznest438]

I'd never pay good money for one but if I found one in the trash, that's what I'd use it for.

[@IPodExploration]

The saga with these air coolers never ends, they just CANT stop coming back!

[@ids1024]

Presumably that's the "perpetual" part they were advertising.

[@RedNoise-hz5nh]

fr they needa chill 😭

[@RedNoise-hz5nh]

ha get it

[@MightyMattTM]

For a while though the drama seemed to have.... cooled off....

[@swiftrealm]

@@ids1024 Chillwell Swamp Perpetual "Officially Certified" Cooler

[@jjjacer]

I really hate all these small swamp coolers, when searching online for a portable A/C for my garage or car, 90% of what came up was these scam coolers. hiding the results i actually wanted.

[@cleverwink8262]

What brand did you find that was an actual AC?

[@jjjacer]

@@cleverwink8262 I gave up looking online and just went to walmart and bought a midea 5000btu unit, not really powerfull enough for my garage but should be fine for inside my van

[@mbburry4759]

​@@cleverwink8262should be pretty obvious once you know. Portable have have a decent size air hose to exhaust to the outdoors. And will say things about a compressor and such. Look nothing like a swamp cooler, and none of them are this small

[@toriless]

@@jjjacer You probably need double that, minimum. I use 12K units since they still work on 120.

[@jjjacer]

@@toriless yeah the 5k unit just slows the heating of the garage and removes humidity, eventually ill get my garage insulated and go with a 120v mini split. i really got the 5k unit for my cargo van as its the cheapest way to cool something like that, just got to drill a 6in hole in the body lol

[@rarebrockstark6219]

I made that exact same "product" with a $5 USB fan, a Amazon cardboard box, and a ice full of tupperware

[@raven4k998]

yeah and how many did you sell?🤔🤔

[@Chonkems]

@@raven4k998 billions. it truly is taking the market by storm, you know.

[@bettawitch4606]

Ice filled with Tupperware? "Tupperware or Bowl full of ice" Just in case English is not your first language or you had a brain fart. Oh if a word starts with a vowel, A E I O or U, you say An, An ice cube. But if the word starts with a consonant, which means NOT A E I O or U because those letters are vowels, you say "A cup of water." So for example it goes like this, a dog or an apple 🙂 A lot of people don't know that rule but the words actually feel more comfortable with your 'a or an' correct. 😊

[@rarebrockstark6219]

@@bettawitch4606 nah, it was just a typo. I've been in America all 15 years of my life lol.

[@AidenRKrone]

I had a weird aunt who wanted to "go green" so she bought a bunch of these dumb swamp coolers from Walmart and put them around her house and refused to use her central AC system. She swore up and down that they were more efficient and effective than AC, but anybody else who went into her house would roast from the heat. It had to have been a case of the placebo effect.

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Still less energy usage than ac, no?

[@jfast8256]

@@mattBLACKpunk I can cool your house with the power of thought for $5 a month. Far less energy usage than even these coolers :)

[@mbburry4759]

Probably, with some of this goofy crap you never know... 90% savings electric savings by being 99% more sweaty, feeling %95 hotter, and having a %90 more chance of messing up the drywall/sheetrock most homes have... Unless you live in a super low humidity, high temperature environment and have it blow right at you

[@Gatitasecsii]

Swamp coolers are absolutely more efficient than AC when it comes to cooling hot dry places.

[@sihamhamda47]

Bruh I hope she know about off grid solar system soon, that could be more efficient in long range while still allow her to use anything like normal

[@kevin34ct]

I turned one of those into a real AC. I put a TEC with heatsink on it and a hose connected to the hot side exhausting out. It's only good for a Tent camping at night, but that's what it was made for.

[@a64738]

TEC is great when you need it to be small and cheep, but they use a LOT of energy to create that cold compared to compressor refrigeration. Also that heat need to be dumped somewhere, I have been thinking running water would be a great way to cool a tec easily and effectively (here water comes from a river so no water is wasted if you let it run).

[@tonycostanzo8561]

The ad I saw on FB had the inventor as a retired NASA engineer from Houston caring for his sick mother

[@Martial-Mat]

They're always NASA engineers, people who beat their professor, or military vets.

[@nancymcmonarch]

Yeah, that's the Breezy Comfort. Same garbage, different name. And they make it look like there are big copper tubes inside that hold real coolant. Nope! Ironically, that ad popped up for me in the middle of this video.

[@Dxyzxyz]

Or German

[@juances]

With all these coolers you're ready to become a real life Mr Freeze supervillain. Well except instead of freezing gotham you'll just produce a slight breeze but hey it's a start.

[@AxeGaijin]

Mr. Breeze has a nice ring to it...

[@Buggyismellow]

Thank you for saving me from this scam! The thing that’s killing me is I’m a truck driver, and I’m told AC is a “Luxury.” Feels like an excuse to not fix our tractors AC. I need something to help cool me down in that hot box. Especially with the heat of summer coming in soon.

[@nomore6167]

"The thing that’s killing me is I’m a truck driver, and I’m told AC is a 'Luxury.'" - It will probably remain a "luxury" until the point where heat exhaustion literally causes a driver to fall asleep and crash a truck, causing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars in damages and potential lawsuits.

[@hideousruin]

That's insane. Where do you drive. I couldn't drive for an hour where I live without AC. It's been 98-100°F for weeks and it's essentially always 100% humidity here so all that sweat does is make you more miserable. Once when I drove OTR I was near Death Valley CA and it was ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, and guess what - my AC went out. I called my company for them to send me to a shop and they told me I would have to wait. I asked them where they wanted me to leave the their rig as I was going to take a train home. They sent me to a shop.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

When I drove a truck, the truck stops with the hook up AC units were a GOD SEND. Wish it was more widespread.

[@hideousruin]

@@lucianaromulus1408 The yellow round things in the ground you ran a clothes dryer outlet style expanding tube for ac and it also had cable tv and phone hookups?

[@lucianaromulus1408]

@hideousruin7222 they weren't in the ground, they were suspended from this elevated metal beam structure that ran throughout various truck parking spots. I think it was called Idle Air (its been a few years).

[@williamjones7163]

I lived in Phoenix for 30 years. Many homes have BOTH air conditioning and air cooling (through evaporative cooling). Phoenix is very hot but also very dry most of the time. Sometimes during the summer the humidity rises and the evaporative cooler fails to work. You must use the air conditioning to remain comfortable. That POS 2.0 will not cool anything. It is a scam, a lie, a crime against humanity.

[@ontaka5997]

Freeze a plastic bottle filled with water and place it in a small metal bowl (to collect the moisture accumulating on the surface). Place a normal electric fan behind it and you'll probably get similar results, except for a much cheaper price. The room temperature will unlikely drop but you can get a cool breeze out of it if you sit in front of it.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Freeze your bottles in friend's hplace or you only increse the heat load inside your house.

[@skuula]

Except that when you froze it, the freezer dumped the same heat + some more in the house that the bottle will absorb.

[@wrecktifier1]

@@XtreeM_FaiL Except that the hot air from the freezer dissipates into the house evenly (not noticeable), but the blowing cool air on you feels good.

[@debbest8546]

Good accurate presentation. Scammers have been trying to peddle their garbage (like the mini swamp cooler) for decades...

[@raven4k998]

what does blowing a plastic bag tell besides that it blows?🤣🤣🤣

[@tallylali3449]

I just saw your review on this, really enjoyed it… thank you for not letting us buy crap! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@retrozmachine1189]

This miracle portable aircon scam has been in action since at least the '70s. God only knows why but my mum bought one of them back then. We even point blank told her it was a rip off before she bought it, but none-the-less buy it she did. She even convinced herself that it was effective. One twist on the variation she bought was that the instructions said to put a few ice cubes in the water to help with cooling. It didn't even have an evaporation pad, water just dripped down in front of the fan and every 15 mins or so the bottom tray had to be emptied into the top again. Haha, they have ice in this one too. Some things never change.

[@stepheneyles2198]

That sounds like the first Chillwell, shown at 9:55, which has a tank at the top!

[@jamesstreet228]

If you don't remove the heat from inside your house and get it to the outside you're wasting your time and money. These things cannot work. If you put ice in it and blow air across the ice it will be cold air because it's removing the heat as the heat is absorbed into the water of the melted ice but the heat in your house is now in the water. You'd have to continuously throw the water outside and refill it with ice over and over.

[@TWEAKLET]

i try to tell people ice isn't going to cool a room the amount of ice you would need would be obscene i would then point to a glass of a ice water and ask them how much its going to cool the room by the time all the ice melts and they just call me stupid

[@DK-co2bg]

Old news for sure. 😅😅

[@mikekasich836]

So in order to save electricity you have to use a real air conditioner to freeze the ice so that your fake air conditioner can blow the cold air on you?

[@ivoryowl]

Another common backstory in these ads is how some engineers stood up against the "greed" of the corporation, who was selling products at a high cost when the actual production was so cheap, and then got fired when they confronted the "higher ups" about it. Then they proceed to open their own company and sell a similar product, of equal or better quality, at a fraction of the cost. I have to resist the urge to roll my eyes every time I hear a variation of this "story".

[@Henrik_Holst]

yep that one was the version they tried here in Sweden, where the Engineers suddenly where getting Swedish names as if we had some big AC industry (which would be very strange since close to no one have AC here).

[@mcameron6031]

As an engineer, I will 100% sell anything I invent to "big xxxxx" rather than start my own business....I'm not a businessman, im an engineer, and if I can get rich doing engineering I'm gonna do it.

[@ildart8738]

If you do not study physics in high school, then the whole world will be filled with magic and wonders.

[@raven4k998]

which is why if you have you realize this device was made by a child whom has not yet reached that part of his or her education🤪🤪

[@calholli]

@@raven4k998 NO, it's much worse than that.. There is no child. It's just a made up story for advertising it

[@cbreezy]

Eh, I didn’t and learned everything I know about Physics from KZbin and knew this ad was for gretards.

[@MrMegaManFan]

I think Technology Connections covered this scam too, but the more people that bust it, the better.

[@mcmadness110]

He did, I remember seeing his video a while ago.

[@GrueTurtle]

I spent this whole time thinking this was a re-upload or this guy really did a video about this

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Did anyone else notice the video wasn't sponsored by Linode? By the process of dumb-limination that must mean that Linode are the ones who made the fake AC products, so they refused to sponsor this video. Also, if he found out a way to recycle coal that is generated by air conditioners that would be two amazing inventions.

[@dieseldragon6756]

Only a British-made air conditioner would run on coal...But if it's possible to reclaim and recycle the coal it uses for cooling, perhaps we could send it to our railway industry so they can then put it inside the „new“ steam trains the Dept. for Transport has just promised us? 🙃

[@dashcamandy2242]

@@dieseldragon6756 Will those British coal-powered steam trains be riding on the new railroad we're building in the US to cross the Pacific and Indian Oceans? 🤪

[@NorthStarBlue1]

I'm guessing they meant to say charcoal, as to imply that it had an activated charcoal filter in it and toss another buzzwordy lie onto the pile. But given that these garbage ads are probably written by ChatGPT and assembled completely by AI algorithms, there was likely no actual human intervention to check the glaring errors in them.

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@dashcamandy2242 It'd be nice to think they would, but I doubt they will... 🚂🇬🇧😉 The simple fact is: We British are _entirely incapable_ of driving _anything_ on the correct side of the road... ⬅🇬🇧🚘😉

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@dashcamandy2242 i doubt the existence of a ocean train will work the way its intended

[@yuoiyuoi899]

First time viewer, instant subscriber. I was seriously considering buying a (3 of them) Breezy Comforts originally $502.43 discounted to $204.97. Wow what a deal! Internet is wonderful, Computer Clan came up on a scam search with Krazy Ken. This guy is clearly tech savvy with great humor and sarcasm.

[@itjustmeLam]

Also, the fact that they used some footage of a documentary (not that kid engineer one on KZbin, but rather one from Switzerland's SRG SSR!) to make some fake "backstory" trying to trick viewers to buy these "portable ACs" that is straight up a scam! When I see that ad in the video, that SRF 1 logo at the top right already throws me off even before the video went to that part when he noticed it! I KNEW it was fake and a scam right when I saw that! Also, he did some similar ones already (I recommend watching the Blaux ones, which is a similar scam product that he debunked back!)

[@Dorff_Meister]

Before getting into it, as others have said, I feel confident it's a swamp / evaporative cooler. When I lived in NM they were great. Unless there was high humidity.

[@madmax2069]

yup, they're swamp cooler/evaporative coolers, the one in the video operates more like a humidifier (due to using spray nozzles) more than a swamp cooler that's blowing air by a wet pad. yeah, they work when the humidity is low, but you cant run them for long as they increase the humidity in the room then it'll just be a hot muggy room. while these wont cool a room, they will cool a body part when they're sitting about a foot away blowing on said body part but keeping them on for too long it will increase the humidity to the point where they don't work.

[@Cyber_kumo]

I live in an area where a window AC unit can cost as low as $150 at Walmart. Pricing this at "$138" is hilarious to me. I also see people buying those little swamp coolers as well, but it's always humid in the summer where I live, so it never works.

[@F8...]

I'm sitting here under the nice coolness of one of those cheap Walmart window ac right now and it don't even up my electric bill if I let it run non stop lol

[@rw3075]

​@@F8...Which brand and model please?

[@willgaukler8979]

.... got a small window air conditioned from sear for $99.00 30 years ago ... still going strong and cools 5,000 square foot bedroom ... good point about normal humid states ...

[@JasonEngman]

Of course it doesnt work, but if it did, it would be a significant savings here. Cheap AC has garbage SEER, and at 60c kwh electricity the difference in operating / purchase price between SEER units alone can be made up within a month. If it somehow cooled effectively and used 90%+ less power it would be a game changer.

[@VRGamercz]

Swamp coolers can work really well if the conditions are right. In areas with dry summers, they can be a great alternative to AC (as long as you're using a proper swamp cooler, not a small, underpowered version). However, if your summers are humid, using a swamp cooler will only make things worse

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

The problem with the energy measurement metric is that you'd have to add the energy used to freeze the "filter", too.

[@DiggingDeepVlog]

Not a factor as most people have a freezer anyways that runs 24/7

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

@@DiggingDeepVlog It still takes a little more energy.

[@hez8719]

@@AnonymousFreakYT It take 0% more energy to freeze the filter since the freezer is running at all times anyway. Unless the person trying to freeze the filter only turns on the freezer to cool the filter then it's not an energy increase.

[@DiggingDeepVlog]

@@AnonymousFreakYT I mean true you’d need to add in the energy expenditure for the fridge/freezer but what we’re saying is people already use those appliances anyways so it’s not really a factor

[@starsiegeplayer]

Actually, the freezer pack will cause a net increase in heat in the house, because you are using a true refrigeration system to freeze the ice pack. The refrigerator will put out more heat freezing the ice pack then the ice pack can absorb.

[@okbanlon]

Thank you for this detailed breakdown! I sort of "knew" this thing would be bogus, but it's really nice to run the numbers and do the actual testing. BRAVO!

[@toriless]

Yeah, a cheap $20 swamp cooler sold for an extra $100 each.

[@14stockfan]

The irony of the animation used for the "revolutionary cooling system" being a generic compressor animation is the most hilarious part of the whole thing.

[@frankbartol3196]

I recently saw an ad with a shot of a frosted up copper pipe. No view or explanation of what it was connected to or how it works.

[@azulleth9401]

I'm from the UK so it's not hot long enough for air con in my flat, but I did invest in a good ceiling fan this has been a life saver. These scammers and the people involved need to go to jail.

[@im-that-guy-pal]

Fans actually produce additional heat from the motor. It just feels cooler because the moving air

[@adamb89]

A long time ago a buddy of mine made a sort of air conditioner using an old blower motor, a cooler, couple pipes, and sacks of ice he'd take from his restaurant job after close. The machine would just refill the bin with fresh ice overnight so nobody knew or cared, and he would use this makeshift thing to cool his room in the summer. It was surprisingly effective from what he said. It made his room comfortable during the day, and then he worked nights. It was a tremendous amount of work but money was tight.

[@toriless]

1 20" Lasko for $24 at Walmart is plenty for 1 person.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Southern England is the same place I first found myself craving the essential "luxury" of AC. I knew it existed - the family car had it - but like. Not buying your story that it isn't hot long enough. Avoided suffering for multiple years is surely worth the less than £1000 a window box would cost.

[@azulleth9401]

@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 the south does get hotter than north. I live in the north west, close to a large river and the sea where it always cooler. Maybe if global warming keeps extending the heatwaves but for now air con would be overkill and a waste of money to buy and run compared to a ceiling fan. Buy and use what meets your needs best this why we have multiple options for heating and cooling solutions

[@Rickyp0123]

In the energy usage comparison you actually gave this product too much credit. You should have accounted for the energy used to freeze the filter (and any ice if added) since that would be largely responsible for the cooling, and it was chilled by a freezer which operates via a heat pump, the same way as an ACTUAL AC. I suspect this would close the gap a bit.

[@bertellijustin6376]

Not like a heat pump, it’s a freezer, there’s no need to bring heat into the box. Heat pumps have a reversing valve that allows the switch from moving heat out to in.(direction the refrigerant flows) A freezer works like a freezer. (Or a regular A/C system if you really want a metaphor) Which is a vapor compressor pumping refrigerant through the system and the heat exchangers. (Evap and Condensing coils generally with a fan to live air across them.)

[@Rickyp0123]

@@bertellijustin6376 Respectfully, nah mate. I don’t want to make enemies in the internet, but… A freezer is by definition an insulated box with a heat pump to pump heat OUT OF the box. Just like an AC system consists of a heat pump to pump heat out of the room, and some heaters use the same tech to pump heat into a room. As you said, you can have a central climate control system in your house with a reversing valve which would allow you to either cool or heat your house with the same system, but this reversing valve is not the defining characteristic of a heat pump. A heat pump is just the technology to move heat from one place to another consisting of a loop of two refrigerant-filled coils, a compressor, and a metering device between the coils (usually a capillary tube). Freezers, ACs, and heaters of the sort that use heat pumps all work the same. Some peripherals may be added to suit certain applications, e.g. fans across both coils of an AC, a resistive heating element for automatic defrost on a freezer, or a reversing valve on a climate control system. But the underlying heat pumps are identical. I think the confusion here is that the term “heat pump” is often used to refer to household heaters which use heat pump technology. Other applications for heat pumps have their own names based on what they do, e.g. freezer or AC, but since the word “heater” already describes many technologies, “heat pump” has become shorthand for a heater which uses that tech. Cheers mate.

[@MLennholm]

Yeah, that's something a lot of people seem to forget and furthermore, the cooling effect of the swamp cooler can never make up for the heat the freezer spewed into the house (assuming the freezer is located inside with no external venting, which is the case for most households) while creating that block of ice, so the net effect is not cooling but actually heating.

[@Rickyp0123]

@@MLennholm Great point! Electricity wasn’t the full cost of cooling the ice… you also pay in heat spewed by the freezer. I forgot about that!

[@lassikinnunen]

​@@bertellijustin6376its a heat pump, heat pumps dont need to be two way to be heat pumps. Now, aircon systems that can pump heat two way are marketed as heatpumps yes, sure. But thats just because they sell better like that in cooler regions, not because a regular aircon wouldn't be a heat pump.

[@langolier9]

Oh my gosh I’ve been clinically depressed for four years never once did I laugh or smile recently I started feeling better and I know I’m better because I can laugh because when the room went from 95 to 65 and two minutes and everything holy crap. I laughed out loud for the first time in many years I’m gonna watch all your videos. I’m subscribed you’re like my new favorite, KZbin guy.

[@harshbarj]

These things REALLY depend on local conditions. I use one for both early and late year cooling, when dew points are under 40°F. The rest of the year it's just too humid with dew points in the 70's and 80's. Simply another case of overselling a product. They can work very well if used properly.

[@harshbarj]

Should add, for full home cooling you need a big one. These are great though for the hot but dry days where you just want a "cool" breeze while at the computer!

[@chrisjamesr77]

I don't know where you are, but I live in Michigan, and it seems like whenever it's hot enough to where I'd want air conditioning on, it's humid as well. So they'd pretty much be useless for me, I guess!

[@harshbarj]

@@chrisjamesr77 Nebraska. Just the last few days we have been around 90°F with dewpoints between 35 and 45. So hot, but DRY. The next week is more of the same, but dewpoints are expected to rise to the 70's again. So here comes the heat index!

[@fc43865]

Even the cooler looked so surprised that someone would actually buy them

[@Judas1911WR1]

90€ for that thing? in germany you can buy similar coolers for less then 20€ from discounter store

[@samsimington5563]

I remember getting this particular ad on a school laptop multiple times. And if it was truly illegal to sit in a classroom warmer than 75 degrees I know multiple schools in the Northern US that would do it solely because it's illegal (alongside zoophilia)

[@OtherWorldExplorers]

You know I thought there was going to be a recycle of the last ones you bought. And yet somehow you made the content feel fresh and original again!

[@nanopone]

i love it too much when ken breaks the professional act and goes insane for a few seconds

[@Koyu_Ruh]

Ah yes. Of course a school expells you for not bowing for your AC overlords.

[@calholli]

It happens.. don't deny it.

[@markr.1984]

I have a similar unit made by another manufacturer and I actually found a great use for these! No, they won't cool even a small half bathroom worth a crapola. But I found they make a great short distance humidifier in the winter when your house humidity goes really low. I put on of these by my bed and let it blow directly on my face after I fill it with water. I breath somewhat humidified air the whole night while I sleep, even though it doesn't generate enough humid air to humidify my entire room much. It does just great close up. I verified this by putting my Kestrel 5500 weather meter on humidity and put it right where my head would be when I sleep and turned on the "AC" unit, blowing on my pillow. The measured humidity went quit a bit higher up close, so then it is great to breath the air near the fake AC unit. But the entire room humidity was not even moved but a fraction, even after a long while. But yep, if you like to breath more humid air while you sleep, use one of these, especially in the winter!! In my test the humidity level in my bedroom was only about 18% but where the Kestrel meter was it went up to as much as 35%, which is much healthier to breath. My test was just as scientific as Krazy Ken's, since I had a Kestrel that is trusted by professionals. I'm a pilot so I use my Kestrel to measure both pressure and density altitude.

[@stepheneyles2198]

Do you hold your Kestrel out of the window while flying? ;-)

[@Landis_Grant]

breathe not breath

[@davidrandolf9922]

A note to remember, basic AC, you do not cool anything, you can only remove heat or add heat. Traditional ac units capture heat through the tubing with refrigerant then cycles to the outside .

[@nancymcmonarch]

? Every TRUE air conditioner I've ever had has blown lovely, frigid air from the front end.

[@CharlieSvetlana]

*IN THEIR ADS THEY SHOW THE PERSON BY THE POOL WITH THAT ITEM, WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO PLUG IT IN TO SOMETHING*

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

What’s amazing is that a British guy called Martin also apparently did exactly the same! What an amazing coincidence! I reported it to KZbin as a scam. I’m equally amazed that KZbin allow scam ads. Note: may include some sarcasm…

[@IamTehGuyz]

You're only allowed to break the rules if you're paying YT for the ad space.

[@shadowtheimpure]

A cheap version (no more than $20) of this type of device is a godsend in the winter here in Michigan where the air can get PAINFULLY dry at times.

[@carlrodrigues6919]

You can make your own chill well

[@toriless]

@@carlrodrigues6919 or better, get a 20" box fan and a wet hand towel.

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

"He was expelled three days later" 🤣🤣 That's gotta be the funniest part of that whole dumb story. Even the school was angry with him for turning down the AC industry money?? LMAO

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

I grew up with a swamp cooler on the llano estacado, we normally had about 15% humidity. It would keep the house 15-20 degrees cooler than the outside air on a dry day.

[@faustlove]

So glad i found your channel!! I worked in marketting for around 20 years. Dealt with some major brands who wanted to test their latest and greatest products on an unsuspecting public. Because of this, I refuse to do business with 4 companies. Your videos are well researched, well produced and so entertaining!! I've been binging your channel for several hours now!!😂

[@davidingram1016]

Was the CDC was of those “ company” or the FDA ..

[@faustlove]

@@davidingram1016 Hartz is one. The thousands of animals (dogs mostly) that they have killed and are still killing are of no consequence to this 'family' company. Don't take my word for it, Google 'Hartz dog deaths' but be prepared, it's heartbreaking. Yum Inc. is another. They own several businesses including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC. Their treatment of employees and policies on food safety are enough to give you nightmares.

[@spideylover4105]

Name and shame the companies!

[@kwijibosimpson2276]

Just saw same advert on youtube but since I'm watching in Australia, Oliver the student was Australian from Melbourne University and yes he turned down offer to sell and yes uni expelled him. Like, WHY would the Uni even care??!!! It was called airabreeze, not chillwell. Lol.

[@gamewizardks]

You forgot to calculate the energy required to freeze the filter in the unit. That was accomplished by your freezer (a separate HVAC unit) and not the Chillwell. At the end of the day, this thing likely consumes more energy than a traditional HVAC system per degree of temp drop when you factor everything in.

[@innocuousmerchant8766]

it's consuming electricity and probably warming the room up.

[@UltimatePerfection]

Cool video. It's really chilling how cold-blooded scammers will take advantage of people's misery.

[@perfection7722]

Stop it sir.

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@perfection7722 You mean... I should freeze?

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@perfection7722 Also you need to be reminded that JAGIELSKI is PERFECTION. @UltimatePerfection. There's no higher form of PERFECTION than JAGIELSKI as JAGIELSKI is the Ultimate PERFECTION.

[@coolelectronics1759]

lmfao I get it.

[@perfection7722]

@@UltimatePerfection I yield to the greater life form. I was just saying stop the puns it was way to many in one comment lol that's too much power Even for the flawless ones

[@r.f.pennington746]

Our cabin is in a semi-arid part of the Sacramento mountains of NM. Humidity usually single digits to maybe 25% unless it is raining. If cabin has been closed up for a week it can be 80-85° upon opening, so I thought I'd try one of these little swamp coolers. Looked at the ChillWell, but the price sent me packing. Bought a knock-off for $19. Does a fairly descent job for the hour we have it on for the 350 sq ft cabin while opening up the six windows and turning on the ceiling fan. For something to rely on under continuous use?---no. Good enough to chase the stale heat out the window. Getting our $19 worth.

[@davidadausuel4537]

I must say, that I truly appreciate and enjoy your videos. You in-list humor and common sense into each of your videos while proving whether or not they are legit, that make me want to watch you more. You are truly a breath of fresh air.

[@raven4k998]

man am I contributing my heart out to global warming I just keep farting Jesus Christ🤪🤪

[@bengranby6506]

Yeah, I used the swamp cooler years back when working overseas with deadly heat. The tech (I showed it to some American engineers) has existed for about 100 years all over the world before stable power was present for getting A/Cs. The one we had was plug-in and add water. Everyone liked the A/C better, so we left the swamp cooler outside just for the smokers (yeah... I was one then but now quit!). Many government offices there had them all over their main corridors (but offices had a/c and kept their doors closed.) They are great if you stand in front but do not cool much outside of that. But clearly I come from Big A/C, so you cannot trust me.

[@tsdobbi]

When in was in basic training in the Army, in the middle of summer in the south. Our barracks had these big industrial fans. When we would come into the barracks from busting our ass outside, we would be soaked in sweat and get in line to just take our shirts off and just get blasted by this fan. The evaporation of sweat by this industrial fan seriously made it feel like someone just dumped ice water on you, it was glorious.

[@ArcticSeraph]

Funny how they have regional ads. The ad I got was an Australian university student and his Australian university had budget cuts and they lost their AC and it got too hot. So he invented this new cooling technology

[@BowsettesFury]

Never thought I’d live long enough to see Blaux get rebranded for the 10th time. 🤣

[@NorthStarBlue1]

I mean, it could very well be the same people who were behind Blaux for all we know. These fly-by-night operations tend to just buy drop shipments from whatever Chinese factory is selling the cheapest that day, which is why these come usually unbranded and in a bunch of different styles, and when enough people finally catch on and report them for misleading the consumer about their junk, they just disincorporate and come back a month later under a new name which makes it really hard to stamp them out entirely.

[@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace]

Every summer I looked forward to my amazon shilling the same Blaux revolutionary space heater I mean AC all over my home page. They all look exactly the same and have some crazy story about how they changed the AC market forever.

[@BowsettesFury]

@@NorthStarBlue1 I’m betting it is 😂

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

"Oh boy! This is BOUND to work this time!"

[@uncaboat2399]

@@NorthStarBlue1 which gets us back to that age-old saw ... *CAVEAT EMPTOR*

[@clehaxze]

8:36 The ${region:capitalized}$ is just some code that was supposed to be replaced by their backend to some other name. But they screwed up and left it there.

[@Japanese_usa]

How they know I live in $[region:capitalized}$?

[@thrillscience]

You need to add in the energy to freeze the filter and chill the water when calculating how much less energy it uses.

[@ateltoni]

4:30 i absolutely love it, when that censoring beep is cutting off your speech partly at the end.

[@DeeSpriggs]

I'm in the UK and don't have an actual air conditioner, but I did invest in a decent swamp cooler with a 7 litre tank after finding out what they were from your Blaux vids. I love it, it's already better than the oscillating tower fan I was using.

[@ComputerClan]

Awesome : D

[@TWEAKLET]

too bad uk tends to be on the humid side if you lived somewhere dry they really shine there

[@tsdobbi]

It wasn't until recently I realized how uncommon air conditioning is outside the US. The heat doesn't bother me during the day, but I can't sleep comfortably for shit when its hot and often crank the AC lower at night, lol.

[@waqasahmed939]

​@@TWEAKLETEvaporative air coolers still work here up to a point tbh. I have an evaporative air cooler desk fan I've also got got a tower air cooler which is useful too. Both can take ice / water. Both humidity the air too

[@nancymcmonarch]

Yeah, years ago when I was unemployed and broke, I was gifted a swamp cooler one super-hot summer. When the room was really hot, the ice melted in minutes, and I was "cooling" my room with hot water. Worse, it made the room crazy humid and miserable. Worse than nothing, so when the thing got MOLDY inside, I kicked it to the curb.

[@danlargent3806]

At this point it seems like the inconsistencies in these ads are almost on purpose to confuse

[@michaeldeborahnoble9719]

Excellent video. Nice young man. Thank you for your video and for helping and protecting all of us from scammers and evil people.

[@asteroidrules]

One detail that I find interesting, and makes me wonder how much the people selling these scam products even know what they're selling, is the bit about the coolant loop. A real air conditioning unit does use a loop to cycle the same refrigerant through hot and cold (or should I say coal) repeatedly. One of the big differences between a swamp cooler and an air conditioner is that a swamp cooler does not use a loop.

[@jamesstreet228]

If you aren't removing the heat from inside your house and getting it to the outside, you're wasting your time and money. Shit like these things can't work. It would be like putting a window unit in your living room floor and expecting it to cool your house. But, I bet there are millions of people who buy these things.

[@tjlambaes]

I love watching these commercials every time I’m served one. As someone who understands physics and how refrigeration works, it’s clearly a swamp cooler lol.

[@jamesstreet228]

These same people would likely buy a window unit and sit it in their floor and not understand why it's not cooling their house.

[@iitzfizz]

Yup, you're not going to get an effective air cooling system without refrigerants.

[@jima5053]

Old fashioned swamp coolers. My parents house in SoCal had two and neither one did anything but increase the humidity levels to uncomfortable levels. True, when water evaporates it does soak up a tiny bit of heat. But I prefer warm and dry air to muggy cold air.

[@Reaperman4711]

When a hurricane knocked out my power for a couple weeks, I had one of those humidifier/mister usb fans--basically the same deal, but with only the mister--and it wasn't great, but it sure was HUGELY welcome that week. I'm in the worst environment for it too. Hot+damp.

[@mikehrabar7999]

If you freeze the cooling cartridge in your freezer, the freezer warms the kitchen by a corresponding amount, plus additional heating for friction, sound, and other inefficiencies. You might as well just leave the freezer door open for a few min. Same net result.

[@AaronShenghao]

4:20 that’s a scroll compressor, last time I checked, it’s invented by engineers from a “small” company called Carrier. Their patent ran out in a few years ago and anyone can make them now. On the other hand, scroll compressor is not that common in home refrigeration. They are more for larger applications.

[@erikalvner]

I bought one of these (not the Chillwell but a $15 desk cooler) when the AC stopped working at work. I keep it on my desk and it's surprisingly effective for the price, but it's nothing more than a fan that cools the air a bit. They're great if you just want a bit of cool air blown on you and you have $15 to spare.

[@uhm175]

Even for 15 bucks, that's too much

[@stephenolan5539]

Effective in low humidity.

[@sue2019]

We bought chillwells W 2 cartridges. Guess we r the stickers. We bought it June 8th. Didn't one pack 1 of them. The other sat in our kitchen. Finally we used it. No cooling down the area we had. I just looked up their policy for returns. 60 days. If they don't accept them, instead of looking at their time limit, how abt my warranty of merchantability. That's where if u buy a lawnmower, it must cut the lawn. In this case, if I purchase the air cooler, it needs to cool down the area, like they said. I'm not happy.

[@GFSwinger1693]

The best thing you can do in the future to prevent yourself from getting scammed on anything is to remeber you do not get something for nothing. There is no such thing as a pertpetual motion machine and in the case of air conditioning, cooling and dehumidify air is an energy intensive process. It is not free in your home and it is not free in your car. You car's MPG suffers because a significan amount of energy is required to compress Freon or whatever refrigerant is used. Have you ever felt and old fashioned style bike pump? Remeber how the pump gets pretty warm? That is work converted to wate heat. Compressing a vapor is very inefficient. Freon is a working fluid that changes phase during the refridgeration cycle. The energy to compress the Freon vapor is mostly lost as heat. There is zero way a table top device that runs on batteries can accomplish any of this. Anybody that trys to tell you otherwise is an idiot or more likely, thinks you are.

[@rickhazen5227]

Another great video man! Your research is only outdone by your comedy and humor. Keep up the great work I'm always learning something from you. Thanks again

[@tronbasic4968]

"Do not remove filter during use" Scares the shi* out of me. Thanks Ken

[@saintwcf]

not just a swamp cooler, but the worst swamp cooler every marketed. and it is horrid in humid climates because it ADDS to humidity.

[@jonleiend1381]

I got a split unit heat pump that I paid only a little bit under $135 billion dollars for and found a really cool function. It has a dehumidify setting. It runs on really low power and mainly just dehumidifies and cools a little bit. Adding moisture to the air is the opposite to what I want.

[@jamesstreet228]

135 billion dollars? Man, I could have got you one for half that price.

[@rhuephus]

For $135 BILLION it must be pretty big ...

[@rickyjjhg4]

Unfortunately my mom ended up falling for this scam a couple years ago. She gave me one and it worked like crap and I destroyed the damn thing. It costed her like 90 dollars for both units.

[@madmax2069]

they entirely depends on the weather (as in the humidity) they only work with low humidity, high humidity they don't work.

[@ryanstage7015]

I juuuuuust saw the same video…..but for a HEATING system. Martin apparently also went to school in Alask and his plea for a new heating system fell on deaf ears. So he uses his (AI que for heating science) skills to make a genius heating system. And boy-oh-boy it’s taking America by storm.

[@TylerHVAC]

2:05 shows a scroll plate of a 230-240 volt ac compressor.

[@blanana_m]

Are these things gonna be a yearly thing now? Are we gonna get a new scam cooler every summer?

[@rickard234]

One can only hope

[@Tajagee123]

Just seen a chill well scam and they selling them for 199 dollars bro! Truly evil world we live in

[@hunyesmith03]

What's interesting is that a GOOD evaporative/swamp cooler that was portable with a battery that lasts say 6+ hours would be quite a useful product, still not worth $150+, but deffo worth like $39.99, $59.99. I live in London in the UK and a good swamp cooler with a battery would be lovely on the hot tube during summer or at a picnic in the park, etc. At the moment it's so hot as to be uncomfortable and my house has actual AC so yeah I spend a lot of time at home, something actually good similar to this would be awesome!

[@peterpop-off]

It's always soggy in UK. why use this

[@hunyesmith03]

@@peterpop-off Well, it isn’t, it hasn’t rained where i am for at least a week, AND most days have been mid to high 20s Celsius. Last year we had 40 degrees Celsius.

[@ObamaTron]

it won't work in the UK unfortunately

[@nancymcmonarch]

No way is the ice going to last 6+ hours.

[@hunyesmith03]

@@nancymcmonarch Doesn’t have to be ice, can just be water. But ice last longer than you think, especially ice packs but no, not 6 hours. Maybe 4 at a HUGE stretch on a medium day.

[@youaregodspursuit]

Hillarious expose all! P. T. Barnum would be proud of these guys! A toy swamp cooler with no real transfer medium heat exchange (of course that is why you have to freeze the "filter"). Perhaps it would work kinda in a Barbie house.

[@throughmylens5127]

I left a big swamp cooler running for a few hours inside a building and when I returned it was hotter and at 99% humidity.

[@lazyreal6024]

its scary seeing the evolution of these scam ads. They have almost have believable claims(for the average customer) and if it wasn't for the scam company using cheap marketing tricks i can see alot of consumers falling for this. Like instead of 99% less cheaper it is 98.7% And 400 ft2 that is almost an resonable claim

[@hardcorescythe]

if only they chilled well

[@shawnmurray7232]

Same exact thing (different brand names - same claims) is $35-$40 at Lowe's & Home Depot

[@efficiencygaming3494]

I believe ${region:capitalized}$ is what the state of Arizona is called in Dimension 404. The capital is Phenix. 15:17 Fun story - my little brother actually got one of those Star Belly toys for Christmas. The packaging was in hilariously broken English. Instead of saying "STAR BELLY Dream Lites", it said "SLAR BEILY Dteam Lifes" 😂

[@SianaGearz]

I actually like little desktop swamp coolers like these. I bought one local retail for super little money, barely a handful universal currency-units. And found that it's pretty silent, has an excellent laminar airstream, so it's the best desk fan i could imagine, plus it has a built in humidifier and given my apartment is usually a little warm and exceptionally arid throughout the year, this is a thing that actually improves my quality of life. I already have some other air humidifier devices, i've had the Fakir and the Venta, and the little cheap desktop swamp cooler is one of my favourites.

[@FranNyan]

An actual use case! Gasp! Would be nice if, instead of trying to hamfist these things into use cases they aren't suited for, they instead pushed them to uses they were.

[@ohioplayer-bl9em]

Don’t let it get above 60-70% humidity.. it will get stinky

[@SianaGearz]

@@ohioplayer-bl9em I can't reach 30%, no matter how much water i put into the air.

[@madmax2069]

@@ohioplayer-bl9em that is only if you don't clean them and the filter often, and sterilize them (90% isopropyl alcohol works well here). it doesn't matter on the humidity on if it gets stinky or not, the humidity only determines if it works or not. even if its low humidity you still have to keep them clean and sterile or they will get stinky regardless of the humidity.

[@4nciite]

The larger portable evaporative coolers work pretty well if you freeze blocks of ice and stick them in the bottom tank and run it for 2 hours and then run the AC for 20 minutes to dry the air and repeat every 2 hours, it doesnt cool down a whole house but it works great in a living room space in Southern Arizona.

[@arco007]

2 seconds in and I'm already entertained, great job!

[@theodoros_1234]

You never disappoint with these videos, unlike those scammers who never fail to disappoint.

[@cowboy1752]

What I did when my air unit wasnt't working was washed my clothes and hung the clothes and towels to air dry around the inside of the house and turned a fan on. I live in a dry climate so it worked perfect for free!

[@keithmichael112]

1:48 I can't believe Big Air can get kids expelled from college, who knew

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

Pretty cool that you're out there saving us from devices that we'd otherwise never know anything about, especially it's existence.

[@nancymcmonarch]

Really? I see KZbin ads for this garbage at least twice a week.

[@jerisharpe906]

Bought 2 of thse units 2 years ago, one unit lasted 1 week the other unit lasted 3 weeks. Tried contacting company to have them replaced, couldn't contact them t all. You have to keep putting ice in these machines about every 1/2 hour. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

[@jcsfrancisco9417]

Cheesy or not, your comedic flair is spot on! Thanks for the effort in informing people in an entertaining manner!

[@attica7980]

An air conditioner cools the room by removing heat from inside the room, and releasing it outside; this is not possible unless you have a vent to the outside. Evaporation does cool, but if you release the water vapor inside to room, it makes to room humid, which after a while will be uncomfortable. By putting the filter in the freezer will cause the refrigerator make the space around it warmer than you gain by using the cold filter (this might make the kitchen warmer while the room somewhat colder).

[@markenetube]

I told someone that who was selling these things years ago. I asked him why he did not just open the fridge door. He also thought running his central heat pump without the boiler would cool his house down.