Desktop Air Conditioner
by Can You Imagine
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Customers in the UK,
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for British Pounds
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Customer Review: Excellent, excellent product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am VERY pleased with this product. A little background--I live in the hot, humid deep south. Our expected high today is 92, and it's extremely uncomfortable here. To top things off, my office A/C has been broken for weeks, and no one wants to pay for the repairs. While the departments fight out that battle, I'm left with a obscenely hot office. It's bad. It's really, really bad.So I found this little item and thought it might help. And I can't tell you in strong enough terms that it does! It's very quiet, so it does not annoy me when I'm trying to concentrate. As long as you are realistic, and don't expect miracles, this is a good little machine. My office is pretty small, and I'm finding that as long as I keep the door shut, it cools the room reasonably well. I am considering buying a second one to put on the opposite side of my office. I think with two of them, I'll be extremely comfortable.
One potential drawback that some might want to consider: I have an ice machine in my office, so as soon as the ice in the cylinder melts, I can quicky replace it. However, I can see where it would be frustrating for someone who does not have that convenience.
Customer Review: DESKTOP air conditioner
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm on my third New York summer with my original pair of these, and I probably wouldn't have made it through my first without them. I work at home and have no A/C. Fans help only up to a point; on hot muggy days they only blow hot air around. These little *desktop* A/Cs actually cool you off on the hottest, muggiest days. They are not meant to cool rooms or truck cabs. They sit *on your desk* a foot away from you and exhale chilled air at you without blowing your papers around or making annoying noise. Extra water bottles are easy to find in the Rubbermaid section of your market--you only need to approximate the size--so you can chill a few for backup. I think the product is reasonably well constructed, though I'm also annoyed at the tiny screws on the battery cover. Mine have endured ungentle handling and still perform perfectly. I find that the batteries last a decent length of time, and are certainly cheaper than the electricity to run a real A/C. As an added bonus, you can aim them at miserably hot cats to cool them off without scaring them under the bed or out of the room.Customer Review: Great idea, but NOT worth the time.
Summary: 2 Stars
An air cooler is the more appropriate name for this. It was a great idea, but it needed to be a lot more rugged. It would appear that the slightest drop on the floor or knock with a book on your desk would destroy the weak fan. 4 Things wrong with it:
- Should have come with more water bottles so that you can switch.
- The fan is VERY weak.
- Limited 30 day warranty (or 45 or 90 day). I understand now why the warranty is so short.
- It does NOT come with a power cord. Had to spend about $17 @ radio shack to get the cord and the correct adapter.
I plugged another adapter (a bit overrated) and the speed of the fan increased significantly. But after a day or even less than that, the fan burned out. But the fan wasn't even blowing that hard anyway to begin with :(
Just save your money and get a REAL air conditioner. That's what I ended up doing.
Customer Review: Don't Waste Your Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I am going to come right out and say it - this product is a piece of garbage. It does not work. To feel cool air, you would have to place it right up to your face. I was misled by the first couple of reviews and I must admit that I was very gullible. You get cooler air by placing a water bag with ice up to your skin. The battery compartment was hard to open as the short nail seems to have been placed by the manufacturer at an angle. One of the knobs on the side fell right off upon opening. The entire thing is made of cheap plastic. But the biggest downside is, it really does not work as advertised. I am extremely surprised that this is being sold on amazon and I could not even get myself to give it a star but my review would not get posted unless I gave it at least one star!!!Customer Review: Miserable waste of money
Summary: 1 Stars
When you try to open the latch to put the D batteries in, you have no idea what kind of screwdriver to use. The screw holding the latch closed is ridiculously small. I called the company and they said to use the type of screwdriver you would use to repair eyeglasses. So I went out and bought one of those kits. Then when I tried the eyeglass screwdriver on that screw, it STILL did not work. Maybe other people have been able to get that screw out but I sure as h**l could not. And you can't run the stupid thing unless you can put the batteries in.
If I were you I would NOT buy this. It's junk.