SPT SF-609 Portable Evaporative Air Cooler with Ionizer

On 18 February, 2009

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Manufacturer: Sunpentown
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List Price: $123.00
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Product Description

This Evaporative Air Cooler, Humidifier, and Fan with Ionizer is versatile, lightweight and economical. The Cooler easily rolls from room to room for use anywhere in your house or office. This Air Cooler shoots a stream of air with oscillating louvers, to evenly distribute refreshing cool air. Can also be used as a fan or humidifier if temperature is not an issue. - plus get the air cleaning benefits of the ionic air purifier. The remote control allows you to easily change settings.The Air Cooler works by endothermic reaction (a reaction that consumes heat), so this evaporative Air Cooler sucks air through a wick saturated with water. As the air flows through the wick, some of the water evaporates into the air, consuming the heat that was in the air. An air stream is then blown out the front of the unit and is considerably cooler than the current room temperature! This is not an air conditioner and therefore uses much less energy. The unit works well in dry climates; not very effective in areas with high humidity as the unit utilizes water to cool.

Product Details

Remote Control
10L water tank capacity
Nylon and Photocatalystic filter
3 fan speeds
Ionizer to Purify Air

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Works for me.

Review Date: June 19, 2010

Reviewer: Ryan Herzer, Castro Valley, CA

I live in California in the Bay Area. Not much humidity and the weather is typically pretty mild but it does get pretty hot in the summer (90+ degrees). I received the unit on a particularly hot day recently and I ran out and grabbed a bag of ice because i wanted to test this things cooling capability. I set it up next to my computer desk and turned on the cool air function. I was sitting about 5 feet from it and in 5 minutes my arm was freezing cold. I was perfectly comfortable the whole day but if i moved from the fan at all the heat was unbearable. This thing does not cool a room but it will cool the area directly in front of it. Once it cooled down a bit I emptied the water (which was made very easy due to the lightness of the unit) into my bathroom sink and used it that night as a normal fan. Its pretty quiet and the fan is powerful. Ive heard these swamp coolers can generate a musty smell so I make sure to empty it of water when I'm done using the cool air function. I only fill it with water when its extremely hot because the fan works fine for me most days. It's a very nice unit and it's exactly what I was looking for. Better than a fan and more efficient that an air conditioner.

Great little cooler

Review Date: March 31, 2009

Reviewer: C. Larson, Alameda, CA

For everyday use it makes a great fan and air ionizer/cleaner. It has an oscillating fan which you can direct up or down as it swings left and right to blow air all around the room. And it really helps on hot days if you add ice or cold water and turn on the Cool-Air function. It also comes with a full-function remote which comes in real handy. Best of all it doesn't use much energy to operate. You can't really go wrong with this cooler for the price.

Not really worth the effort

Review Date: August 14, 2007

Reviewer: Mark Finzel, Colorado Springs, CO

To be fair, the product does not claim to be an air conditioner. However, it does claim to cool 12 degrees cooler, which I didn't find at all. I live in a dry Colorado climate, and still it is barely cooler than a fan. You have to fill it with tons of ice to even get that, and it requires refilling with water and ice often. If you don't clean it at least once a week, it starts smelling really bad.

All this effort of refilling and cleaning is not worth the 3 to 5 degrees cooler you get. For that, I'd rather just plug in a fan and not have to worry about it every day. Save your money and buy a portable air conditioner. It's worth the extra investment, trust me.

Not Worth It!

Review Date: July 13, 2010

Reviewer: Mrs.D,

I bought this product to cool the bedroom in my home. I live in Germany and it is usually not very hot, but the last couple of weeks it has been. Well I recieved the cooler in the mail, and read the directions,plugged it in to use it around 1pm. I will be fair this is NOT a Air Conditioner, but by 3pm I had to put more Ice in the unit because it was blowing out only warm air and the water in the unit had warmed to the tempature of the room. By the time I was ready to go to bed(11pm)the room was still as warm as when I had first plugged it in. I ended up unplugging the unit and opening all the windows in my house, and it was much cooler.SPT SF-609 Portable Evaporative Air Cooler with Ionizer I am very disatisifed with this product.

Don't waste your money!

Review Date: July 15, 2010

Reviewer: Blenda Logan,

My husband and I currently live in Germany we live on the 3rd floor and Germans dont believe in central a/c. We have been here over 2 years now and during the summer it doesn't usually get very hot but this summer it is. I decided to buy this unit hoping it would cool down our apartment better than a few fans... I was sadly mistaken this unit is hardly cooler than a fan and unless you are sitting directly infront of it you wont feel anything this sad little thing puts out. It says for best results fill 2/3 water 1/3 ice which makes no difference it also has a cooling feture which makes no difference on or off. At night my husband and I sleep with 3 fans plus this thing and only a sheet if that on us and it is still almost to hot to sleep. Other than that this unit is pretty nice its easy to fill light weight looks good has a remote and it arrived in good time but thats not why you buy something like this so the cons out weight the pros. My opinion don't buy this save your money and buy regular fans or a more expensive one that may actually work or buy one you put in your window DO NOT buy this if you actually want COLD air or something that will cool an area larger than a few feet you will be wasting your money.