Honeywell 500 CFM Indoor or Outdoor Portable Evaporative Cooler, Fan, and Humidifier for Living Room, Patio, Garage, Deck, and Bedroom, 115V, Swamp Cooler for Rooms up to 300 Sq. Ft. with Remote, Gray

This Honeywell CO25AE 52 Indoor/Outdoor Portable Evaporative Air Cooler arrived promptly and well packaged. I have now used my new evaporative cooler over a half dozen times here in this warm and sunny Las Vegas weather. It pleases me to say that the cooled air coming from my evaporative cooler feels GREAT. This little unit WORKS great.I live in a 30ft. motorhome and it is very susceptible to the temperature... always colder inside than out during the winter and always hotter inside than out during the summer! I chose this portable unit for ease of use although my inside space is at a premium. I roll the unit down the hall to point into my bedroom when I'm in there. When I'm sitting at my desk, which is located in the central part of my motorhome, I point it to my back and am comfortably cooled. When I sit in my captain chairs, at the front of my motorhome, I turn my evaporative unit around very easily and am kept comfortable.As the temperature here in Vegas will likely be in the 3-digits this summer, I will be curious as to how well it performs then. However, so far, I am well pleased and would make the purchase again as well as recommend it for those looking for a nice portable evaporative cooler.

So far so good! It is larger than I thought it would be - at least 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. It does not have a hose that needs to drain out of a window (thank God). It has simple settings and a remote control and even on the lowest setting, it really blows the air out. I need to keep it away from my desk area because the papers start blowing around. It's bit loud but I think there has to be SOME trade off for comfort. If you open the top tray, you can see the water recycling down into the filter and it feels very cool. You can also put ice cubes in here and it gets even cooler. The water tank holds lots of water so I'm sure it could run all night and not go empty. The wheels make it easy to move around. I know this thing will keep me comfortable this Summer and I'll probably buy another one for our son's room - that's how much I like it. Money well spent.

I was excited to receive this unit but unfortunately, the excitement did not last for long. After filling the water tank to the MAX level, I ran it last night for several hours and while it blew air I couldn't help think it should be colder. I also made sure the pump water distribution level was turned to MAX as well. When I woke up this morning I wheeled the unit into my hot office/studio (which is the reason I bought it in the first place), put it in front of an open window, turned on the unit to high speed, and set it to cool. After several hours again I felt like it should be colder; it felt like a normal fan was pushing around hot air in the room. After a while, I powered down the unit, unplugged it, and inspected the paper filter media in the back. The filter media was bone dry! I then removed the four screws and took the filter assembly out for further inspection; it was definitely completely dry after running for hours, and missing the carbon filter media to add insult to injury (per manual). I then turned the unit back on to test without the media installed, set it to cool and saw no water being dispensed at the top of the filter media compartment. At this point its clear that either the pump isn't working or there is some other sort of problem. I should have known there was an issue when the water level did not drop after running all day and half the day. Moreover, I tried calling Honeywell only to discover they won't be open until Monday. I really hope I can get this resolved quickly either by repairing or replacing this faulty unit. I have to give this cooler a "1-star" since I can give "0". If the issue is resolved I'll change my rating!!!

This is the second Honeywell Indoor/Outdoor Portable Evaporative Cooler I bought this summer, because I liked the first one I bought so much. I bought the first one at a big box hardware store, because the days were hot and the price was the same as on Amazon.I like this unit because it is portable and powerful. The unit sends a cooling breeze easily across my living room. Remember this is not an air conditioner, so you won't get super cold air from it. Also, you don't want to leave the windows shut when you operate it, otherwise you will just build up humidity. Anyone who has used an evaporative cooler before will understand this concept.I bought this unit to replace a large window evaporative swamp cooler. I didn't want the swamp cooler taking up my window anymore and it seemed to get very dirty over the summer. It also never seemed to fully suit my cooling needs throughout the house. I felt a portable unit would benefit me so that I could use it in different rooms. After using this a while, I did feel that I could benefit more from the portability if I got a second unit. It has worked out better that way.It has taken a while to get used to where to position the two units to get the best results and also how to optimally use the water cooling.After you fill the cooler up with water, be careful when moving it, because you can easily tip it over. For an elderly person, this may not be the best choice. Filling the unit up with water throughout the day and cleaning the unit periodically is probably too much maintenance for an elderly person also.The cooler has three speed settings and a variable speed setting (called Natural Breeze). I don't consider the variable changes in speed to be that good a feature. I find it more annoying and worrying that it would be hard on the operation of the unit. When you set the fan speed to high it is fairly noisy, so you just have to turn the TV up more. You can use the unit as a fan only or turn the water on for the cooling. A nice feature is the Swing, which oscillates the fan. I have not used the timer feature, but you can set a timer for the unit to shut off after a half hour, an hour, 2 hours, or 4 hours. I like the remote control that comes with the unit. With the remote you can turn the unit on, change the speed, turn the cool on/off, turn the Swing on/off, and set the timer.A couple of nice features for the cooling aspect is being able to put ice in the tray at the top where the water drains down over the cooling pad. This does help some when it is super hot outside. The ice does melt quickly. I have found that it also helps to keep a water jug in the refrigerator to use later to fill up the unit with cold water. The other cooling feature is the adjustment knob for the amount of water the pump dispenses over the cooling pad. This may help with too much humidity being built up or keep the ice from melting too fast.The cooling pad seems much more sturdy and dependable than cooling pads for regular swamp coolers. It seems like it could last for a couple seasons or more. There are couple of problems with it in that it does get dirty and is difficult to clean and that Amazon does not offer replacement pads. At this point I don't know where I would get a replacement pad other than directly from Honeywell.You do have to clean the unit fairly frequently and probably more if you have hard water, like I do. The unit does get dirty (although not as dirty as an outdoor swamp cooler) and there can start to form scale film on the blade. You should plan on a regular cleaning schedule of the unit throughout the season. There is little suggestion in the instructions on cleaning methods or how to keep hard water scale deposits from forming or how to clean them off. They suggest for these kind of deposits that you contact a service center.I would suggest this unit for someone who understands that this is not a set it and forget it type of unit. You must understand that you will need to find the right location, adjust the water for your rooms needs, leave windows open to some extent, fill the unit with water throughout the day, and clean it on a regular basis. It may seem like a lot to think about, but once you get it set up correctly for you situation it works well.

This product is WONDERFUL and we're so happy with it and the job it does.