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Is this a Ridiculous Statement?
Why invest $300 to $600 in a Complicated TV when you can get the
same results using a $39.95 Radio?
How about this Ridiculous
Statement: Why invest $300
to $600 in a Complicated Cooling System as Koolererr's 100 Year
Old Ancient Idea provides the same results for $39.95? Swampy is
in the Cooling Business, Not Fooling Buisness!!!
We detest spending our brain damage and your time on this subject,
however Koolererr declares thousand of people are falling for
their Claims! Koolererr Denigrates the World's Cooling Industry
by saying "blowing air across their box of ice" is an
Air Conditioner!
How about a Free $39.95 Cooler you can build in Five Minutes? Even with a foot in the mouth it doesn't
stop Swampy from telling the World that Koolererr's "New
Idea" never worked 100 Years Ago and still Does Not Today!
The sad thing is that Koolererr takes $39.95 thousands of times a year without a chance
of solving any major Heat Related Problems but it certainly makes
their Stockholders very Happy!
Speaking of Happy: Read
the comments & excerpts from Internet Forums & Informative
Customers about Wasting $39.95 Plus Valuable Time trying to Solve
Cooling Problems! As a side note, I will tell you that I had purchased
one of the Kooleraire units for $39.95 shortly after I got my
boat, a year or so ago. I tried it... once... with a full cooler
of crushed ice and was so disappointed that I nearly threw it
over the side. The air was somewhat cooler, but you had to get
your face within about 6 inches of the air outlet to even feel
anything. It wouldn't have a prayer at cooling anything larger
than a broom closet on a winter day. T.C. Vincennes, IN.
You can laugh but before i found your site I bought the $40 kooler
air. It is junk. I am working on returning it. Please give me
your suggestion to help my situation. R.S. Loves Park, IL.
I bought one of those Kooleraire things and what a mistake. It
won't cool anything more than your hand and thats only if you
hold it over the fan for a long period of time. Needless to say
it is on its way back. C.B. Palm Springs, CA. Can you please advise me on the least expensive system that
I need to cool a 26 foot cruiser (boat cabin) in Georgia (high
humidity). I need some cool air for my daughter to take naps.
I bought at Kooleraire last year and was extremely dissapointed.
Is there a big difference? Thanks, B. A. Georgia I have a standard pickup with no air conditioning
as my work vehicle I am in in the midwest (Chicago) and need something
for the summer to cool it down. I see some operate on water and
some ice? What is going to cool better. You can laugh but before
i found your site I bought the $40 kooler air. It is junk. I am
working on returning it. J. P. Chicago, IL I just wanted to thank you for your website. I was looking
for some portable cooling info for a client and I came across
your site. I read through the Frequently asked questions and had
to laugh. Then I went to the (Koolaire) feed back section and
I couldn't believe the number of people who thought it would actually
work in the applications mentioned. I am a Heating & Cooling
Contractor and I understand the concepts of comfort. Your products
look great and I will be recommending your site to all who need
portable cooling. (R.B. Yuba City, CA) Kooleraire will just increase
humidity. I was the one who asked about
KoolerAire. We bought one and tried it out. It went through 10
lbs of ice in about an hour and the cabin temp remained the same
(even tho' the boat was closed up). The outside temp was only
in the mid-80's. We sent it back. Derek C. Koolrairhead insinuates that
anyone is stupid to invest money in a Complicated Swampy
product when they can get a "box of ice" for $39.95
to Increase Humidity. A friend bought one of those KoolerAire coolers. He
said it performed poorly in his 26' Welcraft. It never cooled
his cabin down enough to be comfortable. H.H. We have tried, and been VERY disappointed with the \"Kooler-Aire\"
made by one of your competitors. That weenie little fan only works
if your face is 6" away from it! Your units LOOK more impressive,
but at those prices, they damned very well BETTER be. Nacogdoches,
TX. The kooleraire does nothing - at least not in a
26 foot boat cabin on a 95 degree day. D. A. Dawsonville, GA. Kenbob@verizon.net sent the following statement: "I
happen to think your product is of a Quality nature. However as
a businessman I wonder why you spend so much effort to steer your
audience to view a kooler air product which seems to serve a totally
different market?"
No, Kenbob, Koolrairhead claims to serve the same market as we
do and claim to solve the same problems for only $39.95. Then
they go on and say that we are ripping people off by having them
invest hundreds of dollars for something that they can do for
$39.95. The bottom line is that people are hoodwinked into thinking
they found something that is too good to be ----! By the
way 'Kenbob@verizon.net is unknown or illegal alias!
At last I found something that is really cool , not just Kooleraire
cool, but Swampy cool. Yes I have fallen into Kooleraire\'s trap
and I beg for forgiveness. I am from South Africa and I need to
ask you two questions...
It's one thing to throw away good
money but it's another to be duped into wasting your time and
not solving a problem. Of course we know many people are not willing
to invest the money it takes to solve their cooling problems but
would be willing to throw away $40 at the drop of a hat and that
is what Koolrairhead is all about. We
certainly understand if you are unable to spend more than $40,
therefore just get a good fan and you will sweat less than if
you had spent $40 for a box full of ice. Be advised that I recently purchased one of your (Swampy)
competitors product (KoolerAire). This unit worked fair in an
air conditioned car - taking in cool air and blowing out cool
air. However, when I left it in my airplane for 30 minutes and
the outside air temperature went up to 95 degrees, it blew hot
air. In other words it would blow cool air if the air intake is
cool and hot air if the air intake is hot. I am hoping to get
$5.00 for it in my next garage sale. I am also looking forward
to receiving your Swampy IM30 at the earliest ship date. Nice
talking to you and thanks. Best regards, Larry - Houston, TX. Looking forward to receiving the unit. Plan on using the unit
in a 28 foot cruiser to avoid having to run the generator (A\C)
at anchor too much. We had puchased a Kooleraire last summer and
it was not up to the task. Mark K. South Carolina.
I had to laugh when I read your section on ancient cooling. I
wish I had read it before I ordered one for 1/2 price off Ebay.
When I got mine I tested it and put it on the cooler. That fan
is so week, it wouldn't blow a fly away.You'd be better off just
using a regular 12 volt fan. I didn't even bother to put any ice
into the chest. Chris Portland, OR. I know it's like 14 degrees outside, but I just
found this (Kooleraire) and wondering if anyone has tried this
in their camper? The concept looks good but for 40 bucks, I can't
imagine that it works very well. Thanks, R.D.
A few PU'ers have tried them over the years with negative results
R.D.- actual cold air is pretty wimpy, etc... Someone also mentioned
that they later put a fan behind a tray of ice and reported the
same "wind chill" as their thrown away KoolerAir. R.B.
I would think you could do the same thing by placing a small fan
to blow over the top of a cooler full of ice. We used to do that
in the "old days" before we had air conditioning. J.V.
Check this out, a/c in your cabin for $39.00. What do you think?
J.M.
If you have this thing J.M., does it work good? Sounds neat but
I don't want to buy it and have the thing in my yard sale a few
years from now like all the other junk my wife gets. Thanks E.K.
Air Conditioning for $39.95 ? "If it sounds too good to be..."
C.B.
Obviously, this is not a true "air conditioner" that
would cool the air in your cabin AND dehumidify it. Rather, this
device would be classified as an "Air Cooler". It works
like this.. it blows air across the ice in the cooler. The air
is cooled and exits the cooler increasing humidity. C.B.
Similar units have been marketed for years. It does not dehumidify
so it won't help on those hot. sweaty days. (In fact, it would
actually increase the humidity) C.B.
If you want to try the idea out yourself, 1) get some ice, 2)
Run a fan across it, 3) sit very close to the air as it blows
across the ice. C.B.
C.B., you are right I would not count on this product to be as
good as they say it is. I also know something about a/c, and any
time you move air across an object that the temp. is below the
dew point you have condensation also known as de-humidification.
J.M. J.M. you are correct regarding the dew point. I suppose
that I was considering the operation in a closed cabin. My guess
is that the crew would be more comfortable with a good electric
fan blowing across them. R.D. Koolererr
insinuates that anyone is stupid to invest money in a Complicated
Swampy product when they can get a "box of ice"
for $39.95. It's one thing to throw away good money but it's another
to be duped into wasting your time and not solving a problem.
Free $39.95 Ancient Cooler
just like Koolererr
If you don't want to throw away $39.95 how about a Free
Idea of how to build one in five minutes? Place ice in a container,
then take a fan and blow into or across the ice just like your
Great Grandfather did & Koolererr does. Now you have a Free
Air Conditioner to solve all your cooling problems without having
to spend a dime! However, if you have already tried this "new"
Koolererr Ancient System & still "Feel the Heat"
then click 12-volt Models for serious
answers to your cooling
How is Kooleraire able to make those great Claims:
We understand Kooleraire has a well
known Publicity Firm Harrison Leifer DiMarco with connections
to all types of slick marketing ideas including magazines, which
possibly do a 'tit for a tat'. Or maybe the testimonials in magazine
articles came, in part, from honest assumptions by the authors,
without truly testing, as they got caught up in the hype about
this Ancient "New" 200 Year ofd Idea of blowing air
across a "box of ice"!
Years ago Consumers Digest came out with a report on bicycles,
which naturally we were to believe. I questioned the article and
asked an expert in the bicycle industry to read it and who proved
that many of the statements made were absolutely false or they
believed the manufacture's claims. Maybe Consumers Digest had
an investigative team or person that spent the weekend skiing
in Vail and had to come up with something quick on Monday morning
regarding bicycles?
Maybe the same reporter(s) took a Kooleraire to Vail for testing?
Should we believe as Gospel the articles we read or opinions we
hear on TV or Radio? We need to put some logic in our thinking
and if "it seems Too Good to be True then maybe it is Too
Good to be T---"?
You have a Cooling Problem or you would not be reading this, therefore
you deserve Honest information to see if you can solve it. If
you do not see the answer on the Swampy web site just email us the details
of your problem and we will provide the information you need,
based on our Customer's Experience. Our Customers are the Publicity Experts and have
all the Slick Ideas you may need, if there are any to be had.
If we do not have the correct product or answer we can probably
recommend a solution from some other source.
Now like Fox News we have to be Fair & Balanced:
The email we receive from those that have used the Kooleraire
ancient system tell us about the minimal results they obtain except
Geri (who's email is reprinted below). Geri stated they could
feel the air six feet away, however we could not measure any air
3 feet away. We have tested
the identical system she used against the velocity of a 73-year-old
man blowing air between his lips and our most popular product
to see how the three stack up.
*Velocity Test
between Kooleraire Ancient Air & Two other Blower Systems
1. The Ancient Air by Kooleraire with it's standard single
2" diameter cool air outlet
2. A 73-year old human blowing air between his lips
3. Model MW1 MightyKool with it's standard two 2" diameter
cool air outlets
*Velocity is measured air
in 'feet per minute'.
The following is the *Velocity
from three different Sources
Measured from the Air Opening
(1) Kooleraire
One 2" Opening
(2)
73-year old Human
One Pair of Lips
(3)
MightyKool
(L) Two 2" Openings (R)
Total of MightyKool's Two
Cool Air Outlets
1 Inch
650
1,010
1,910
1,905
3,815
12 Inches
420
600
1,380
1,370
2,750
24 Inches
305
400
910
915
1,825
36 Inches
210
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706
710
1,416
The air begins to disperse and become immeasurable after
about two feet with the human and three feet with the Kooleraire
Ancient Air. If you put a pipe on the air outlet or a straw in
the mouth of the human you can bullet the air further while loosing
the dispersing advantage of providing air to a larger area.
Temperature Established with Ancient
Air by Kooleraire Box of Ice
Using one 7-pound bag of large cubed ice in the suggested
ice chest by Ancient Air Manufacturer.
Operated in an insulated room 7 X 7 X 8 with a temperature of
82 degrees.
First temperature was 62.5 degrees
1" out from the cool air outlet as very little further out
the air mixed with the 82 degree room, therefore obviousley measured
82 degrees.
Five minutes later the temperature is 64.5
degrees from the same area plus constantly increasing humidity.
Insulated room 7 X 7 X 8 with a temperature
of 82 degrees remained 82 degrees throughout the test.
Using only 7 pounds of ice during 45-minutes also indicates
a poor transfer of heat. Maybe someone wants to test it in an
insulated phone booth next time?
We even read where it is advised that users of Kooleraire
Ancient Air to use gel packs or so called blue ice to make the
ice last longer. This raises the temperature at least 10 degrees
to at least 75 to 78 degrees, plus increasing humidity therefore
does nothing to help your comfort level or are we just interested
in saving ice?
Ancient Air also states they do not use any hoses, heat exchangers,
cooling pads or any of the other proven techniques that manufacturers
around the world use to produce cool air. Isn't it strange that
great minds were not satisfied with this Ancient method used over
200 years ago and had to develop modern expensive, complicated
cooling systems? Why weren't they satisfied with this Ancient
Cooling System, is it possible it did not work?
Now on the other side of the coin the following is a report
from Geri & Family, which is totally contrary to the other
reports we have received about Ancient Air. At first I thought
it was a 'plant by the Kooleraire company', however it seems it
is a tent camper happy with their results:
Hello Jack, I can't speak for others or the circumstances in which
they have used it. I will say "for me and my family Kooleraire has definitely
proven itself time and again!" For this reason I purchased
another unit as a gift for my brother. When our Kooleraire was delivered we were so excited and immediately
used ice from our freezer, once we plugged it in the air flow
was instant and very cold, about 54 degrees! (See our Ancient
Air Temperature Test where the temperature
was 64.5) The fan was surprisingly quiet
and strong for its size, as a matter of fact we used it this weekend
and were able to feel the air all the way across the tent which
is 6 feet away using the PVC elbow! (See our Velocity
Test of Ancient Air where maximum velocity was 3 feet) Since our purchase of Kooleraire we've tried everything from frozen soda bottles
to Blue Ice to 1 gallon jugs. We found all worked well however,
the best was using frozen Gel packs and an ice combination. These
packs can be used over and over again and last about 5 - hours
at 80 to 85 degrees. Initially the air is very cold (50 degrees)
but increased slowly to about 55 - 60 degrees (See our Ancient
Air Temperature Test where now the
temperature if minimum 75 degrees). This
is still cold enough for our tent or boat cuddy cabin. To answer
your question yes, it does work sufficiently to cool both comfortably,
especially in the evening when we use ours most. I hope this is
helpful for you and others that visit your site. Kooleraire is a
fine, well made product and as I wrote earlier, "it would
make a wonderful addition to your current product lines."
Thanks again, Geri & Family for expounding on your
Cooling Temperature Test & Velocity
Velocity Test Tests of Ancient Air.
Even with a foot in the mouth it doesn't
stop Swampy from telling the World that Koolererr's "New
Idea" never worked 100 Years Ago and still Does Not Today!
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