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.

Okay...so, if you know the basic idea of early instances of "air conditioning" then you know they often included the use of ice and a fan or system of fans which circulated the coolness of the ice around. That's this. The premise is that you soak the filter that comes with this unit and then put it in your freezer until it's adequately frozen - a few hours give or take. Once it's frozen you put it back into the unit, fill the water reservoir with bottled water (I guess to discourage mineral build up?), and turn it on. I think the working idea is that the cold filter will cool the subtle water vapor being blown out of the unit so it gives the effects of being cool or cold. The unit itself does not contain a cooling element which will simply cool the air it takes in before expelling it out. In essence, it's a fan with some cold filter in front of it so the air can move towards you. And I do mean towards you - it's not going to create a lasting cold effect like a real air conditioner, or at least the traditional sense of an AC unit. In fact, if you need a humidifier, this might offer some assistance with putting moisture back into the air as it steadily streams the moisture out while it's on. Is it portable? Sure. If that means you have a space where you can situate it, flatly and evenly, yes. It is a bit noisy, though. Just think 'cheap fan' and that most likely will be a good idea of how loud. Does it bother me? Not really. I've slept with fans on during the night for years now - I don't think I'll comfortably sleep without the white noise. Additionally, and a quality I'm not sure I like, is that it comes with a built in light which shines up through the bottom of the water reservoir - a neat idea for a nightlight, but as someone who needs it to be completely dark when they sleep, I'm not wholly sold on the idea. ***So, I have it on while I'm writing this review and I'm noticing that the mist is, unfortunately, gathering on the little slats over where the air comes out. Might not be an issue for folks in drier climates, but I live in an apartment partially underground which means I most likely won't use this too often as it'll definitely encourage mold growth. I can wipe it down during its use so it doesn't get too bad, but I'll amend my review accordingly if something else changes.

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

Our AC failed on a 100+ degree day. You can imagine trying to get service at this time.These were available for same day delivery. I expected something like a mini swamp cooler, but it is not! It has two little mist-makers that a small fan blows over. The "cartridge" is not a wetted filter ala swamp cooler -- it is a set of felt-like sponges that the wetted air blows by, not through. They will soak up some of the mist. The directions say you can pre-wet them and freeze them for added cooling. We did not try that. Heads up #1: It cools by evaporation --- if you are living in a humid place, it won't help you any more than a fan! Heads up #2 is the water. I suggest you use distilled/ purified water. Because it is a mister, it can fail due to minerals/ sediments plugging the tiny orifices. ( I suspect many of the "quite working" reviews are related to that.) Also, tap water minerals will give you a fine "dust" as the water evaporates. If you have a lung condition, you DO NOT want to add fine particles to your air. Heads up #3: Look carefully and make sure you have all the tape removed. I have one louver that will not adjust because I broke it due to tape. Heads up #4: Whatever you set it on will get wet-- so be careful of your particle board furniture/floors. Setting the louvers slightly up will help with the front drips. I note that one reviewer added a drip catcher to theirs as a fix. There will still be leakage from inside. The manufacturer failed to provide a pan feature at the bottom of the device. We are using those cheap plasticware covers (ala tupperware) to set them on. I suppose you could use a cookie sheet, foil, plasticwrap, etc for the same purpose. Another reviewer used this for the purpose https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PKH3E4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Bottom Line -- I am happy with them (we bought 2). They kept us reasonably comfortable 'til our AC got a temporary band-aid. The outside fan motor was going out on thermal protection- which lead to the compressor stopping due to high pressure. We are waiting on a replacement motor that is "Mojave" rated. If the existing motor burns up before the new one arrives, we are OK with these little units!!

I ordered two units for when my AC goes on the blink and they work ok for a small area (which is all I need). The problem is with the instructions. The illustration for the product does show where the Air Direction Tab, the Water Tank, the Power/Fan Speed Button, the Turbo Button, the Cooling Control, and the Light On/Off Button is as well as the Power Adapter and the Cartridge. HOWEVER the very next page of the instructions booklet in item #2 says to “Use the Cartridge Drawer Tab to pull out the cartridge drawer and removed the cartridge. BIG problem, the illustration does not show where that “Tab” is and on the setup page it has a picture that makes it look like it is on the side. Guess What - there is NO TAB ON THE SIDE - EITHER SIDE!!! I called the number on the booklet and the woman that answered said it is at the bottom of the vent on the side (she was looking at the SAME BOOKLET I WAS APPARENTLY. When I told her that there was no tab at the bottom of the vent on the side she wanted to argue with me. She told me to send it back to Amazon or the company could send a “ONE TIME REPLACEMENT” in the most rude voice I ever heard. NOTHING ON THE UNIT IS MARKED AS BEING THE CARTRIDGE DRAWER TAB - NOTHING. So I looked at all aspects of the unit and found out that the ENTIRE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE VENT THAT HAS A LITTLE ENTIRE SHELF AS THE BOTTOM OF THE VENT IS THE SO CALLED “TAB”. Forget about their customer service - apparently they - or at least that one person is not able to communicate effectively about their own product. It would make it easier if the illustration as well as the unit itself labeled that last edge of the vent as being the “tab”. The operation is fairly good, but do not count on anything from that company being illustrated property. Forget about the typographical errors in the narrative of the instructions booklet, I guess they don’t proofread their own instructions.

This product does work as a spritzing fan personal cooler. However, do not expect it to make any room cool when the temps are above say 80°F / 26-27°C. I have a battery powered early 2000s version of this that I take camping to deal with heat of the day heat. However, this version is more efficient than the older design but works exactly the same way. My use was because Refrigerant was low on my Home HVAC and it would be close to 10 days to get the canister of Refrigerant delivered. I froze the cartridge and applied ice to the water tank and even added ice to the upper tray to melt cold water into tank. The result. House temp was 77°F to 79°F that was as low the HVAC could currently cool on a 100°F+ day. The Pure Chill 2.0 has a better fan design than the original version which I do not own but have used before in an office that had one. So, air flow is such that you can place the unit 4-5 foot /122 -152cm away. The effective cooling time is 2 hours max but closer to 1.5 hours before water in tank reaches equilibrium to room temperature. At this point, you have to add ice to tank or turn it off for an hour to freeze the cartridge. The overall room temperature dropped 2°F for a 200 square foot space. If you are in the effective 15-20° arc of the fan, the cooling effect is noticeable and much cooler. The air coming out immediately with new frozen cartridage is around 50°F on a hot day and it climbs to room temperature quickly at a rate of 1°F for every 5 minutes for the first 30-40 minutes before it begins reaching thermal equilibrium. In truth, you will need extra cartridges to maintain advertised cooling where 1 or 2 is in the freezer swapping them out every hour or so. Is Pure chill cost effective over other versions? Not really! My choice for this unit was the fan power as I did not want it running next to me up at 5-6 feet away. Otherwise, I would have bought other versions which have easily accessible replacement cartridges that are super cheap verses these which are ridiculously expensive.

I bought this in 2022 when I was living in an about 200 square foot studio. I put ice in the tray, froze the filter and it did not cool me off at all. At least, no more than my fan at the time. BUT, that was because I was using the item under the wrong expectations. I needed an AC to beat the heat wave and the high humidity. I packed this away and bought an AC on Facebook Marketplace for $50. Fast forward to 2024, and I am now in love with this thing! I'm in a new apartment that's basically in the attic. We're currently in the midst of another heat wave. I have my AC running full blast, but there are areas where they just don't have a wide range of affect. Which unfortunately consists of my bedroom. Enter this baby! I once again froze the filter and added in some ice water and am enjoying the cool breeze blowing directly into my face. I have this right next to the head of my bed and it makes all the difference. It is important to note that this is not the only fan in my room. I have 2 more on the left and right hand side of my bed, so I get a nice circulation going. The Artic Air is not the primary reason I no longer overheat at night or wake up sweaty. What it is, is a good cog in the machine. It is a great PROXIMITY cooler. I think if you want to get the most bang for your buck, you need to measure how well it will cool like a 1-2ft area. For me, I just needed it to cool my head and pillow. I've had another mini fan in the same place I now have the Artic Cooler. The Artic Cooler is better. I've used the cup of ice in front of said mini fan. The Artic Cooler is more efficient. It's compact. It's easy to clean. I can easily move it to my work desk. It's handling the current 86 humidity tonight. For $40, this thing is worth it. But it's worth it to effectively cool that 1 to 2 feet area. Please note I am using this with conjunction of: +2 ACs in the Living Room on Full Blast -(My Living Room is about 10ft away in a straight hallway) +2 Fans on the Left and Right Hand side of my bed. Also running on Full Blast The Artic Air Cooler was the missing piece of the puzzle I needed to keep myself cool. It will not cool a room on its own. It just picks up the slack while your actual AC and/or Fan does the heavy lifting. If you want to purchase this item, you need to have a good expectation of what it can do. And I hope my review puts it's quality into perspective.

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

Enfría suficiente Necesita estar conectado , no es de batería recargable

Change absolument rien!

Es personal, si ayuda mucho. Nos gustaron las luces y si se pueden apagar, si nos mandaron el original.

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.