Evapolar evaCHILL Portable Air Conditioners / Mini AC Unit / Small Personal Evaporative Air Cooler and Humidifier Fan for Bedroom, Office, Car, Camping / EV-500 / Urban Gray

First of all, most of the negative reviews here are incorrect. The device is very simple. Fan, + evaporative element=cool air. If the evaporative element cannot ‘evaporate’ = no cooling. That is 1) if you live in the Midwest or east coast, this device is not for you 2) if you do not ventilate your room, eventually the room will get too humid that the evaporative element cannot evaporate = no cooling. Otherwise if you live in a place with %40-50 humidity it is perfect. Perfect how: on a desk facing towards you cooling only the area around the desk. It cannot cool a room. I see so many reviews with unreasonable expectations. They make it look like there’s something wrong with the product. Which is making me upset because that’s why I didn’t but this sooner (aka last summer). Working from home with no A/C can be challenging in hot summer days. Fans just move the air around they don’t cool you. This device is perfect for personal cooling. I’ve been using it for 4-5 hours on the lowest setting connected to a power bank with 10000mAh capacity, it has not even used up %20 of the juice yet. Room is around 85F temp, humidity ~%50, feels pretty comfortable. I can’t say anything about the longevity yet. Fan at the lowest setting is unnoticeable. Anything higher is loud. Loud in a “moving a lot of air through a filter” way. Not like an out of alignment fan making annoying noises. Come on, you cannot expect Dyson quality sound engineering from these guys who probably just made this out of Kickstarter money. It is unreasonable. Unless there is some quality issues with the fan I don’t see this device failing anytime soon because it’s pretty well made. There’s nothing else out there like this. I would buy again as a gift.

UPDATE: lowered my review. The biggest problem is getting a replacement filter. The last 2 filters I received were filthy with brown dust and had to be returned. The filter paper was disintegrating. The manufacturers packing was completely intact and undamaged, so it is definitely the manufacturer's issue. I would return the Evapolar unit if I could but after a few months, I threw out the box, never thinking that getting a replacement filter would be a problem. As this unit uses water to cool the air, the filter will become moldy over time. It cannot be cleaned; it must be replaced. Until such time as the manufacturer addresses this issue and I can obtain a usable replacement filter, I would not recommend purchasing this product. In general, I didn't find that it cools much more than a fan would. I use it in the bedroom because I really like it cold at night. I was hoping I could keep my home a/c temp higher for the rest of the house and have the Evapolar make it a bit cooler in my bedroom. I even fill it with cold water right out of the refrigerator and have it on the nightstand next to the bed. It helps a very little bit. To really make a difference I still have to put on a large fan. As for noise, on the lower settings it is not horrible but on the high settings it is just as noisy as any quality room fan. Much noisier than a good ceiling fan. You pretty much have to have it blowing directly on you as it does not really have the cooling power to really lower the air temperature in a room, even with doors and windows closed. Might be okay for small office or cubicle, but you still need to be able to get replacement filters.

First allow me to say what the headline clearly states: This is not an air conditioner in any way, shape, or form. If you are seeking something that is going to cool a room down, this is not the product that is going to miraculously do that for you. In fact, I have searched high and low for a product that was like that only to realize that such things don't exist unless you have a window unit or a the very least a window for ventilation tubing that connects to a true portable AC unit. However, as a simple little desktop fan, it's not bad. I don't think it is worth the cost, nor do I believe in all the hype this product received when it became available. But it isn't terrible. I could have bought something far cheaper and probably received a product that did the same thing. I would also like to note, that when I first received the item, it was defective, and I had to return it for a replacement. Still, I do think it is decent for what it is. And when compared to a regular fan of the same size, the water and filter aspect of this will give you a cooler breeze, just not a life changing one.

I really like the Evapolar a lot. 4 stars because I don’t “Love” it. Basically this device works really well when you are in direct and close proximity to it (I’m using it on a desk very close alongside my bed). In this instance, it really works well. However, my bedroom is fairly small (about 12x12’) with a high ceiling that collects a lot of heat, and so the Evapolar is really doing nothing to cool the entire room. It just cannot keep up considering the amount of cool air it’s able to push out. I live in Southern California- it’s 80 degrees right now, 65% humidity and my walls aren’t insulated. So perhaps if I was in a drier climate, the Evapolar would be pushing out colder air and doing an overall better job of cooling my small space. I did anticipate this before I bought it, so I’m not at all unhappy with the purchase. Just think about your personal situation and how well you think it’ll work for you before you buy this little guy. The very bright side is that the energy cost savings over a normal portable air conditioner have to be enormous since it’s basically just a tiny fan being powered here.

I thought this might have been another one of my failed purchases but it does exactly what it says. It can cool a small room - even my study that gets the afternoon Australia Summer sun was noticeably improved. You have to be patient as it will take a few hours to improve the room. It’s not going to give you the chill of a split system air conditioner but it makes the room much more bareable. The only thing the manufacturers should work on is a) having a light-free operation considering it’s a personal fan and will be used right next to your face on the bed side table. B) developing a quieter fan when on high - but I think this one is just being nit picky on my part. I think the low setting is super quiet but so weak I wonder that it might not be for cooling, perhaps it’s purpose is more to slightly humidify and improve the air quality (you would have to put it next to your face while sleeping... if you can stand the light shining on you!). The medium setting is reasonable for cooling the immediate area if you like white noise to sleep with, like I do. You could have it on your bedside table on this setting. The high does the best job but is pretty loud so I put it about 5 feet away from my bed as it can wake me otherwise.

Levering was snel en prima maar, het product lijkt gebruikt te zijn. De filter is bijna aan zijn einde en ik heb nie eens een nieuwe gekregen. Hij lekt ook na 15 minuten gebruik

O aparelho é bem bonito e fácil de utilizar, ele consome muita água, todo dia eu tenho que abastecer o reservatório. No quesito vento, ele não vai resfriar o ambiente, mas ficando bem próximo de vc ele vai liberar um ar mais fresco, só pra ter ideia, moro em Salvador e utilizo ele no meu escritório de casa juntamente com o ventilador de teto. Acho um valor caro para o que o produto entrega no final, lembrando que a cada seis meses vc terá que trocar o filtro, que chega a ser metade do valor do produto. Na potência máxima o ruído aumenta muito, chegando a incomodar durante as eternas reuniões de trabalho e games!!!!

EvaChill produces cool (not cold) air 30 to 60 centimeters in front of the device. My desk is located far from A/C and I get really hot. It does it’s job perfectly in cooling my small desk space area while at work and keeps me cool. I’m really happy with it.

Dieser kleine Luftkühler und Luftbefeuchter ist wirklich handlich und erfüllt seinen Zweck erstaunlich gut. Trotz seiner kompakten Größe kühlt und befeuchtet er die Luft spürbar, vor allem in kleinen Räumen. Wir haben ihn zum Beispiel im Campervan genutzt, wo er gut funktioniert hat – solange er auf einer stabilen, geraden Fläche stand. Ein klarer Nachteil ist, dass Wasser ausläuft, wenn man das Gerät kippt oder es umgeworfen wird. Das liegt daran, dass die Lamellen im Inneren mit Wasser vollgesogen werden, und es läuft dann heraus. Außerdem sollte man laut Hersteller ausschließlich destilliertes Wasser verwenden, vermutlich um die Papplamellen vor Schimmel oder Verkalkung zu schützen. Das ist ein zusätzlicher Aufwand. Der Preis ist für die Größe relativ hoch, aber für kleine Räume oder den persönlichen Gebrauch – etwa am Arbeitsplatz – erfüllt das Gerät seine Aufgabe wirklich gut. Ich gebe 4 Sterne, da die genannten Nachteile den Einsatz etwas einschränken.