Hessaire MC18M 1,300 CFM Evaporative Air Cooler

We received the cooler, popped the wheels on it, filled it with water and right away it started doing the job of cooling off our small space. Works great, easy to fill and was just what we needed. It does put a bit of humidity in the house but it has made such a difference on hot nights. Such an easy set up, not too loud no more than a window unit especially on low. No need to vent to the outside and with the wheels it can easily be moved from room to room. It’s for 400 sq ft. and that is definitely true, any bigger of triple digits would make cooling considerably less. Great product!

Exceeded my expectations after 2 months of use. Light when not filled. Very cheap to operate. It is very cold in low humidity. Works in climates with low humidity. I use mine with an ac once it gets around 105 and the humidity goes up. The ac removes water from the air, cools the room down, then I turn the ac off and let the evaporative cooler maintain the temp for a while, repeat. Any time this is running and not the ac you are saving money. And it goes through a gallon of water in an hour and less time than that in very low humidity, so it treats the dry air too. It moves air well on high, low works fine, and I don't consider it noisy. I put it by an open window or door until it gets too hot, so that it pulls dry air. It can cool air by 20...30 degrees....so if it's 115 degrees out and you are sitting in an oven, and it's humid, it may not be for you.....I hope that helps with those of you who are not familiar with evaporative coolers.

It's a very simple device, but it does its job very well. I wouldn't say it's a replacement for an A/C unit, but even just running in fan-only made the room it's in noticeably cooler (note: mine is being used in a medium-sized room to great effect. If you're trying to cool a larger room or maybe many rooms, you might want to consider buying at least a couple units). Not sure the how much adding the water does to improve performance, but I'll take the added humidity. Overall, well worth the money!

Great swamp cooler. I spend quite a bit of time at my workbench in the garage. I live in south Texas and the summer heat is brutal. Summer temperatures often get into triple digits and even in the shade the heat in my garage is unbearable. But after setting up my new Hessaire I can work in the garage comfortably, it does exactly what its designed for. Now I can work in the garage without sweating and fear of heat exhaustion. This a great and efficient design, easy to assemble, fill the reservoir with water and its ready to go. I also put a couple of those gel filled freezer bags in the reservoir and it brings down the temperature a few degrees. If I had one complaint it would be the two very small screws that hold the back panel in place. When you want to access the reservoir you have to pull off the back panel to rinse the honeycomb water thing-a-ma-jig and its just inconvenient. I had lost the tiny little screws twice already so I installed a snap latch and no more tiny screws. And if Hessaire wants to send me another one for free I'll give them my latch fix for the back panel for free. Overall very pleased and recommend the seller and the product. Get one before the price goes up or they run out. I shopped and researched portable swamp coolers for days and by far this one was the best deal and the best cooler.

This is a good cooler -- it worked in cooling off our bedroom, however, the only complaint I have is the noise. Every 20 mins or so it makes a loud gurgling noise from the water. If we used this cooler in the garage, outside or somewhere other than our bedroom, it wouldn't have matter much, but it woke me up every time it started making that intermittent noise, which was really annoying. We purchased this for our bedroom so that we wouldn't have to use our whole house air conditioning and the expense. Just cooling off our bedroom would be perfect. Unfortunately, the noise aspect didn't work for us. But the Seller was great and worked with us on returning it, which I really appreciated.

I've had this item almost 3 years and it still runs great. I live out in the country so the filter gets dusty, but this machine runs great! Easy to use, easy to hook a hose up to and add water. Great airflow and really helps in the humid Texas heat.

This feels more like a powerful fan than anything. Being in California, I plan to get a Portable Air Conditioner eventually, but for the price of $100, this will do.Pros:I put a few drops of essential oil, and it makes the room smell nice.-It is light and mobile with the included wheelsCons:In the instructions manual, things are not as clear like how much water to fill if anything and the compartment to pull out to fill water in was kind of hard for me to pull out at first as there's no handle. I had to take a knife pry it out and then afterwards, it became easy.The cooler is made out of plastic.If you overfill it with water, water will start pouring out from the back of the cooler.Update: After 3 weeks of usage, the cooler still works, however I did not realize until I looked at the sides, and also decided to open to back inside. The plastic is still cheap that it's became cracking again on its own. I wished I would've saved money to invest in a better cooler instead.