Evaporative air cooler

anon_ymous

Just wondering if anyone has one of these and what they recommend?

I'm aware of the pitfalls of one of these ie: they stop being effective once the humidity is high, but equally, a fan would also be ineffective so in the grand scheme of things not a massive deal

Does anyone have any recommendations on what to buy? 

grumbler

waqasahmed said:

I'm aware of the pitfalls of one of these ie: they stop being effective once the humidity is high, but equally, a fan would also be ineffective so in the grand scheme of things not a massive deal

Not equally because a fan doesn't produce higher humidity.

anon_ymous

grumbler said:

waqasahmed said:

I'm aware of the pitfalls of one of these ie: they stop being effective once the humidity is high, but equally, a fan would also be ineffective so in the grand scheme of things not a massive deal

Not equally because a fan doesn't produce higher humidity.

This is true tbf 

Jonboy_1984

Once your partner can get their head around them not being air-con and simply lowering the temperature by a few degrees to a more comfortable point, and not give an artic blast they are reasonable for the money and the energy use in my opinion.

We have two of these https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ac60e/ac60e-air-cooler and they are light enough we can easily pop them into the loft with a bin bag over for the rest of the year.

We also bought extra ice packs from elsewhere so that we can use them for longer.

anon_ymous

Jonboy_1984 said:

Once your partner can get their head around them not being air-con and simply lowering the temperature by a few degrees to a more comfortable point, and not give an artic blast they are reasonable for the money and the energy use in my opinion.

We have two of these https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ac60e/ac60e-air-cooler and they are light enough we can easily pop them into the loft with a bin bag over for the rest of the year.

We also bought extra ice packs from elsewhere so that we can use them for longer.

I don't have a partner so I answer to myself tbf. Thanks! 

markin

Jonboy_1984 said:

Once your partner can get their head around them not being air-con and simply lowering the temperature by a few degrees to a more comfortable point, and not give an artic blast they are reasonable for the money and the energy use in my opinion.

We have two of these https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ac60e/ac60e-air-cooler and they are light enough we can easily pop them into the loft with a bin bag over for the rest of the year.

We also bought extra ice packs from elsewhere so that we can use them for longer.

The was price is a con or a rip off, it's just plastic and a fan, you can get a real ac unit for 250 on amazon

tacpot12

They work to a point. My partner likes one on in the height of Summer, but I find it very noisy. I'd rather we had a proper split AC system. 

prowla

markin said:

Jonboy_1984 said:

Once your partner can get their head around them not being air-con and simply lowering the temperature by a few degrees to a more comfortable point, and not give an artic blast they are reasonable for the money and the energy use in my opinion.

We have two of these https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ac60e/ac60e-air-cooler and they are light enough we can easily pop them into the loft with a bin bag over for the rest of the year.

We also bought extra ice packs from elsewhere so that we can use them for longer.

The was price is a con or a rip off, it's just plastic and a fan, you can get a real ac unit for 250 on amazon

Well - it is an integrated unit of plastic and a fan, rather than a heath-robinson tub of water in front of a fan.

markin

prowla said:

markin said:

Jonboy_1984 said:

Once your partner can get their head around them not being air-con and simply lowering the temperature by a few degrees to a more comfortable point, and not give an artic blast they are reasonable for the money and the energy use in my opinion.

We have two of these https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ac60e/ac60e-air-cooler and they are light enough we can easily pop them into the loft with a bin bag over for the rest of the year.

We also bought extra ice packs from elsewhere so that we can use them for longer.

The was price is a con or a rip off, it's just plastic and a fan, you can get a real ac unit for 250 on amazon

Well - it is an integrated unit of plastic and a fan, rather than a heath-robinson tub of water in front of a fan.

It must be a rolls vs the ones I see for around £50

anon_ymous

tacpot12 said:

They work to a point. My partner likes one on in the height of Summer, but I find it very noisy. I'd rather we had a proper split AC system. 

I'm thinking of getting one of those eventually.. I'm thinking of getting split AC as air to air heat pumps, whilst retaining just two radiators for the two bathrooms

Then, get a very small ASHP for those two radiators and maybe a Vailant Arastor. Imo, I'd need to upgrade my piping anyway, and cooling is also good especially when I can get that partially via solar