Arctic Air Pure Chill 2.0 Evaporative Air Cooler by Ontel - Powerful, Quiet, Lightweight and Portable Space Cooler with Hydro-Chill Technology For Bedroom, Office, Living Room & More,Blue

Comparing the negative reviews to the positive reviews to my own experience, it's pretty clear that most of the people giving this thing a bad review didn't realize what they were actually buying. This will NOT air condition your entire house. It's basically just a small fan that blows colder air than a regular fan at you. Like regular fans, that means will not cool off your entire house or apartment, but it will keep the area in front of it cool. And it's amazing! We put it on the ottoman in front of the couch while watching tv, and having a regular floor fan behind us with this thing in front was way cooling, much better than the fan by itself. It's not going to replace an actual air conditioner on a super hot day, but it's got just enough cooling power to be really helpful if you can't use an a/c (maybe because you live in an apartment and technically aren't allowed to have one, or you can't afford to buy one because yiiiiikes they're expensive). But it's really helpful for if a fan just isn't enough to cool you down. Also because of its small size, I find I prefer using it to fans when it's a little cooler out. Sometimes fans are obnoxious, they're loud, they blow things over, but this little thing doesn't have the blowing power to knock all your papers off your desk like a big floor fan does. I like to just have it on the ottoman blowing on my propped-up feet. It's supreme. I see some people complaining about how you can't turn the lights off, but you can. You need to keep hitting the light button, you have to cycle through all the light options but there's an "off" option at the end of them. The lights that indicate what settings are on don't turn off, but they're really minor - like, they aren't really bright. I especially like that this thing is small enough that it won't be hard to store somewhere in winter when it presumably won't be needed, unlike those big oscillating fans which are awkward to find a place for. Cons: On the highest settings it's kind of noisy, but it's a steady noise level so it's easy to learn to tune out and turn the tv volume up over. Also the plug for it gets EXTREMELY hot after it's been on. I don't think it's necessarily a fire hazard, but I would give it a few minutes after you turn it off before you unplug it from the wall. All in all, if you know what to expect from this little guy, you will really enjoy it and appreciate it. Don't go into this thinking it's a $35 air conditioner that will put your entire home into the arctic circle. It will give a nice cold blast to the area about 6 feet in front of it, which cools more efficiently than a fan but isn't as effective as an actual air conditioner. This guy is an air *cooler*. Side note: You're encouraged to put ice cubes in the fill thing, and it can take an entire tray of ice cubes to fill it up! Edit: One year later and it's still great and I am still genuinely baffled by all the negatives. This thing got me through some nearly 100 degree days. It does NOT leak if you use it correctly other than some condensation drips, which iirc it does mention can happen. I really truly do not understand the bad reviews, like people were expecting this thing that's smaller than a CD player to cool their entire homes all day by itself??

Less than 24 hours after the first unit failed the second of 4 units I purchased failed. This is after less than 60 days use. When I contacted Amazon about the first unit they said they would email instructions for return within 3-4 hours. It has been over 2 days and I have not received anything. Returning a defect item after the normal return period is a not easy. You cannot contact directly a solution. You have to repeat 30 minutes of AI devised shields to discourage you from returning an item. With the second unit failing 50% of the units I purchased failed between 30 & 60 days after purchase. I purchased 4 of these at the end of April and placed them in service the beginning of May. One of the units failed the end of June. The unit no longer powers on and the power supply is shot. I tried the unit with a working power supply from another unit and it would not work. The card shipped with the unit said DO NOT RETURN TO STORE and had instructions to contact PureChill. I tried to email them but the email immediately bounced back .. a bad sign. I called PureChill and a long story short they said since I purchased it on Amazon I was SOL but could try calling Amazon. I searched the box and included materials and no where is there any warranty information. I suppose this means there is no warranty on the product at all. After 10 minutes of digging through Amazon and going around the "outside return date" I got on live chat with a real rep. who offered a refund and the details would be sent in an email with instructions. Thank you Amazon for providing some relief. It is obvious this product was designed for a quick buck for the manufacturer. After 60 days I have a 25% chance of product failure. The 4 units do not operate at the same efficiency. If I started them all at the same time with the same amount of water and the same settings, they drained the water differently. One unit drained to empty while the others took 2-3 hours more to empty. The longer draining units did not cool as well. I cannot recommend this product based on my experience.

So I was super excited to use these bought one for my room and another for my son’s room. Worked out great in the beginning. Got these beginning of April. It’s July now and they are both leaking and barely cool the room down. I put them on top of a tall bookshelf in my son’s room so he couldn’t get them. They never moved but I went to turn it on and noticed the towel underneath it was soaking wet. I turned it on and sure enough it leaked out water. On the highest setting it seemed to take a while to cool down my son’s room. I only used distilled water as that is what you are supposed to use for humidifiers not regular tap water. I’m a nurse this is the info to me by a well known pediatrician. I feel like these were a huge let down. I only ran them at bedtime. Also the lights are very bright in no way are they nightlights. I went back to using just a regular circulating fan in my son’s room as well as mine. Very disappointed. Not worth the money. Wish I could return them.

I just got this item today and I read the instructions and filled the reservoir about 3/4 full and wet down the filter. I haven't frozen the filter yet because I'm going to see if it lasts for however long it does to give you an idea of its capabilities. I have it on in a 12 x 8 foot bedroom in a trailer at a friend's place who is letting me stay with him and his wife till my place is finished. Temperature has been in the high 80s to mid 90s. They have central air but doesn't always run, so parts of the day it is 79+ in here and other times it's 72/73. I paid for this on July 1st and was promised delivery by July 3rd. It is July 5th and it finally arrived by UPS. The thing said 1Z in the tracking number and said was coming USPS. I contacted the local post office and they said that is not their tracking number and I finally was updated that it was coming ups and had just been shipped on the 3rd. Long story short they take your money and wait forever to ship it making it late. It is a small unit but seems to do the job. I have it on Turbo mode and the room air feels more cooler just using it without an additional fan. It feels like an air conditioning unit breeze on turbo and the coolness on my arm is chilling. I am sitting about 2 feet from it with the vent pointing toward the ground. (I know hot air rises cold air falls.) Had it pointing up at my face to begin with. Maybe subconsciously I did that because it was too cool. Anyways the colors are decent and you can turn them off if they bother you. The instructions are really simple and easy to follow. Had this up and running within 5 minutes. Finding the filter, dampening it putting it back. Plugging it in and fooling around with each control button to familiarize myself with what each does. Pretty decent little gadget so far. Was $43 with tax. I bought 2 more arctic air fans from the ones shown on TV. If they ever deliver them and I get into my own trailer I will be able to stay cool relatively cheaper than running a window unit or central air. I also bought a Chillwell 2.0 air product which is rechargeable and that'll help also. Overall I've given it 5 stars because it works better than the reviews that say don't buy. Must've not passed 3rd grade reading level to follow the instructions Plug it in, wet the filter, fill the tank and turn it on. Enjoy! P.S. This is my honest opinion and not a issue for the seller. It's my experience with the product and what it's uses are for for me and those interested in getting relief from the heat. Edit 158 am July 6th. Woke up and refilled the tank and rewet the filter and have it on Turbo mode. My 7 year old cat 🐈 is enjoying the cool air produced by this gadget. It is getting cooler in here again and I am about to lay back down and head to sleep with this blowing on me from a desktop facing me on the bed. Here is something important If you don't fill the water tank all the way full it doesn't leak water. IT DOESN'T LEAK. MAYBE IF YOU DIDNT PUT SO MUCH WATER IN IT IT WOULD NOT LEAK!?! ENJOYING 😉

This is perfect for a quick cool off. Doesn't cool an entire room but worked perfect sitting on my desk while I worked in an area with no A/C. Will be using this often in that area! Product is easy to move from place to place and pretty durable as I did drop it and no cracks and did not affect it mechanically. Easy to use.

I had it a week before it broke. This is a cheaply made box fan and no amount of ice, water, or frozen filter will make a significant difference in its ability to cool you much less your room. Here's the deal: The plastic from which it is made is fairly thin and brittle with the exception of the filter that you are supposed to soak and put in the freezer. The reviews that claim it fails to make the air any cooler are correct. It does not add to the cooling experience. The filter stands in a loose compartment at the front of the box where the vents are located. The instructions tell you not to move it while it is in operation. That is because the filter will tip over at which point a terrible noise will alert you to the fact that the lifespan of your fan has ended. There is no barrier between the little plastic fan blades and the heavy filter. This is what happened for me. The product tipped and crack-a-lack-crackity-crack the end. If you are going to be very careful with your product, and keep it in a space where it will never be touched, this should not be a problem. But understand that it will ONLY move air. It will NOT cool. I paid half price for mine, which is why I took the risk. It is not worth the full asking price. Hope this helps you make a good decision!

first use was all it took: followed the instructions, set it up for my first use and it didn’t take long to figure out that this product is garbage. 1) it doesn’t produce any cold air. i even went ahead and put ice in the water tank (it suggested it in the instructions). 2) out the filter in the freezer after getting it wet (was also suggested after soaking the sir filter). 3) after 1 hour or so, it started spitting water out, it wasn’t even a mist. my bedding is damp. it was set up on my desk about 4 feet away. it wasn't soaked or anything, but it’s not supposed to do that, period. 4) it ended up leaking and a good amount of water was all over my desk and dripping off, making a small puddle. 5) the fan started making a rattling noise. i love white noises when i sleep and when i first turned it on, i liked it. but it started to make a sputtering sound that sounded like the fan was burning out. that’s what woke me up and made me check on it. i’m not normally the one to complain or post negative reviews but it’s 2:52 am and i have to be up in 3 hours and im pissed. ~not worth the money~ go ahead and spend the extra money and buy a legit one. i only bought this because it had “best seller” on the posting. dont buy this cheap plastic bs.

This review is for the Arctic Air Pure Chill 2.0 Evaporative Air Cooler by Ontel - Powerful, Quiet, Lightweight and Portable Space Cooler with Hydro-Chill Technology For Bedroom, Office, Living Room & More,Blue: People have a love/hate relationship with this evaporative cooler. As a retired 35 year career in both Residential and Commercial HVAC/R, I can tell you this is not an air-conditioner as most people would think. Please be smarter than that. Let me also clear up something else about air-conditioning. Air-Conditioners DO NOT make cold air. A/C's remove heat from the air passing over an evaporator coil. I'll stop here and keep it simple. Much like a Swamp Cooler, used in drier climate areas, a fan or blower creates an air stream. Then you have a mister or Piezo device adding water vapor droplets to the air stream. This causes the water molecules to change from a liquid state to a vapor state. This removes some heat from the air stream and blows it into the space. Remember we are now adding moisture to the air. So technically this device is also a personal Humidifier. With this device, the principal is the same but on a (personal) scale. What I mean is, it is not going to cool down a space. So again... this is a personal device that is meant to be pointed towards a person to receive the full effects of the device. Now to make this work a little better, I fill the container with ice cubes and then add water to top off. Don't worry about running out of water to soon. The ice will melt fast. What you are doing is just chilling the misting water down a bit, absorbing some more BTU's before it is dispersed into the air stream. Another thing that is helpful is to take the cartridge out, saturate it with water and freeze it. When you are ready, just drop the frozen cartridge into place, turn on the machine and enjoy. Modes of operation are: Fan - Three speed settings (Fan Blade) symbol Cool - Two settings (Snowflake) symbol Turbo - A button for Highest Fan Setting (+) Light - A button for the LED Color changing lights, and to turn off the lights completely Okay, Class dismissed. So here are the PRO's: It works as advertised to cool and humidify the air around (You). I like the size of it. Not too intrusive or overly small. Excellent design. It is easy to use and functions as designed. The power supply is included! It is a 120VAC to 12VDC and is very efficient at drawing only 8 to 10 Watts of power. An added bonus not mentioned in the "About this Item" is that you can use a 12VDC car adaptor to run this in your car without an inverter. Also you can plug a USB-C end to end into a cell phone battery bank and run your cooler. Works off any solar generator too. Great For Power Outages: The Price is excellent at this time. Okay, CON's: Subjective - Fan noise level. Remember you have three speeds and then the Turbo speed. Not going to lie to you... It can get loud on turbo and high. Slower speeds are much more tolerable. So for my recommendation, and for what it is, and its intended use, I give it five stars. I ain't kidding you, last night we lost power briefly. I quickly set this up to work off my solar generator with a USB-C. cable and it worked flawlessly. I highly recommend the Arctic Air Pure Chill 2.0

These Machines are fantastic!! I use it everyday including cool days. I use to own the same model but it stopped working after two years of continuous use, my body overheats a lot so I need things to cool me down and fast. The fan is incredibly powerful (I'm a fan guy lol) I was honestly shocked how powerful it was and the mist comes out very fine so nothing gets wet on the table or on the machine, Some people may say that "it doesn't blow cold air" but when a fan blows air it is automatically cooler. You can't expect it to be an AC unit *THIS IS NOT AN AC UNIT* I never bought it for this purpose thinking it was an AC unit (I have AC's) I bought it so it could cool me down in out of the way spots, from the main AC unit we have and it does just that. Sometimes fall asleep to it being on and when I wake up there's no more water in the tank lol I love putting ice cubes in the water or dipping the filter into water letting it soak, then putting it in the freezer, putting it back in the machine and turning it on, makes it so much colder, you can even put cold objects behind the fan like ice packs and it will increase even more. It's not gonna drop the temperature in a room from 38° down to 30°, it's a personal cooling device meant for one person but it is not for an entire room, maybe for some air circulation but that's about all. I did find the first one I used, the cord stopped charging and even when I used another USB-C's it would not charge anymore, unfortunately the newest one I just bought fell off the table and smashed to pieces 😭 So now I will have to order another one, can't live without it anymore. I would highly recommend these to anybody who have overheating issues at home It's way better than a spray bottle with a fan by a longshot the only thing I would like that it doesn't have is an oscillation option. Gets very cold 🥶 on one spot too long lol

Me gustó muchísimo por lo portátil, lo pones a un lado de tu cama y listo, se siente genial lo único es su luz si te sientes el bendecido con tu aló de colores en la oscuridad 😅 el ruido es muy pasable y de preferencia usa agua potable así se te llena menos de sarro (?)

Es práctico, agradable a la vista, el único pero es que dirá poco tiempo el aire un tanto frío.

Change absolument rien!

Compré uno y a los 6 meses dejó de funcionar. Contacté a Amazon para que me ayudaran y me enviaron un reemplazo, pero de igual manera a los 6 meses falló. No vuelvo a comprar uno de estos. Es bonito, principalmente por la luz, pero no enfría como describe, y se descompone a los pocos meses de uso.