I see no mention of how many square or cubic feet it will cool effectively. I understand this will vary by humidity. Will it cool 100 sq feet or more?
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It's great for a bedroom, reasonable for a medium-sized room, but probably not enough for a large room. If you live in a humid place, don't even bother; just get a fan or an air conditioner.
916661
I live in Az. And purchased this in April, where the air is dry and I could not tell a difference in coolness, I returned it to amazon and bought a 20inch box fan, this was for my elderly dog
916662
It depends on your window situation. I have a 15x17' family room and it works well. My bedroom is the same size which is upstairs from the family room, and it helps keep only half the room cool. The differences are that the family room has lots of shade & the bedroom has no shade & lots of windows, plus it's upstairs.
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I am in Colorado, pretty dry here. I am not sure how well it would work in a humid area. It doea not freeze out my daughters room and hers is 100 sq ft. It just makes it cool. I would not get this one if your area is much larger than that.
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I have mine in the smallest bedroom which I made an office. It won't cool a living room or TV room unless you point the air cooler at you so you can feel the cool air. It works I have 2 of them and willmost likely get a 3rd. That's the best answer I can give you.
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The correct answer is; it depends on your CUBIC footage, not your square footage. Multiply your height x length and width to get your cubic footage. This device is rated for 1,100 cubic feet. If your room is, say, 10 feet by 20 feet, that's 200 square feet. Now add your ceiling height. If your ceilings are 7 feet tall, then your total cubic footage is 1,400 cubic feet, more than this device is rated for. You would need 2 devices or the next size up to get proper drying.
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It depends on expectations and also how tight your house is and on the water temp. In my case I have the smaller unit for 2250square feet and it does just fine keeping the humidity around 35% in very cold weather actually higher than I should have it based on the windows fogging :)
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I haven't measured the humidity in various parts of the room. The mist definitely dissipates within a 3 foot radius, but it still likely has humidifying effects beyond that. It will depend on the size of your room as to how much the total humidity is affected. This product works well for me because I'm just trying to get some relief when I sleep. I pull it up fairly close to my bed, point it at my head and I can feel the difference. It doesn't make anything wet though which is good.
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600 to 1100 depending on windows, ceiling height, and where you live at. I am in Arkansas with no windows 800 sf and it does a great job of cooling even as low as 65 degrees on a 90 degree day outside.
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You wouldn't achieve a cooling effect if you exhausted into the space you're trying to cool, because you need to vent the hot air outside that space. You would need a separate humidifier or swamp cooler if you're trying to increase humidity.
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I'm in Arizona too, and it works great. I just used for the first time this weekend since November, as the temperature raised above 90 degrees. It really depends on how much space you're looking for it to work. Anything larger than 190 square feet, and you might have to get two and position them accordingly. If you're looking to stay cool in one specific area, it will work fine. If you live in a humid climate, I'm not sure how much of a difference it will make without Air Conditioning.
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No, I dont think so, we put it in our living room and it barely cools this area, our apartment is 700 sq ft too, and we have this ac in the living area, that is, kitchen, living amd dinning.
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Hi, I installed this in my son's house last fall. It has a separate humidistat control, which I installed in the return duct, about six feet from the furnace. It responds to the relative humidity in the house, which we set to 45%. Once set, it maintained an even level of humidity throughout the winter. My son & his family were very happy. No maintenance, except to replace the filter pad this fall. His house is about 1800 square feet. I give it 5 stars!
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Hi, This is an evaporative cooler; it has a built in circulating fan and pump. It cools by blowing room air over pads that evaporate the water into the air thus cooling the pads and the air flowing over them. The higher the humidity the less effective the unit is. It's better than nothing but I probably wouldn't buy it again. Regards, Merle
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It will dehumidify my 500 sq ft basement (open floor plan). I have to empty it EVERY day!! I like it, it is pretty quiet, just wish I got a 45 or 60 pint unit!!
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I agree that this will not humidify 1800 sf but may have more to do with the type of return you have. I had it in a 1500 sf home at first that had one single return vent and it seemed to do well there. Our current home is 1700 downstairs but has a plenum return where it draws from multiple locations in the house and it doesn't seem to do as well here but still helps. We put it by the return in our room. That way our bedroom gets more than the rest of the house.
1913282
An air cooler would not be effective in a humid environment since its effectiveness comes from the air being dry. You should go for an air conditioner instead other wise you wont be feeling cool
2192277
This unit will not humidify the area that it claims. It will handle two large rooms at best. If you have 1800 sqft I would recommend getting two units.
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1. I do not think it would fully cool a 700 sq. foot apartment. Mine is ~850 and so I just use it in the bedroom; it keeps it below 70 degrees. Bedroom is 400 sq. feet.2. You can barely hear it run; the unit is quieter than any fan I have ever heard...
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I am pretty sure that is in the specs for that unit. I did not look it up but remember it to be over 2,000 sq feet. Those numbers are 'averaged' so it really depends more on how much moisture enters the space. In the more humid months in northern Michigan summers it filled to the shut off point every 24 four hours in my finished basement. That is a lot of water. Once it was brought down it did not run continually and filled every 2 days or so. A very nice unit and one of the most quiet I have heard.