my beat up old Pure Chill works fine in my sleeper in my semi. I use ice cubes from my cooler and place my filter in bag of cubes before use. I use a/c while driving and once I’m stopped break it out before my sleeper gets hot, saves diesel fuel.
It's obnoxious. It's actively harder to find (insert almost any piece of electronics here) without blinding, blinky lights. And the worst part is many of the products with them, don't even let you turn them off. I don't think manufacturers understand that not everyone on earth is 12 years old.
When done properly, RGB lighting can look good. With that said, every product having a RGB, or only a RGB, model is annoying as hell. It can look really good in a custom computer but just looks stupid on a desk or box fan, etc.
Epitomizes the saying of "putting lipstick on a pig" imo. Usually this cheap Chinese consumer tech is loaded with "features" like LEDs and speakers, with the core function being greatly inferior to the more reputable competition.
The problem with coolers which use water is that they over time make the room it's used in more humid, and humad rooms hold on to heat better. Also a higher humidity makes it harder for us to sweat and loose heat making the heat a bigger problem.
Humid rooms don't hold on to heat better, it's the other way around. Hot air can hold more water, which is why swamp coolers work very effectively in hot, dry climates. The reason it feels hotter when it's humid is because your body can't get rid of heat effectively since your sweat won't evaporate. Your body will produce plenty of sweat, the problem is that it doesn't go anywhere and therefore doesn't carry away any heat energy.
What a fantastic review! You go into every possible test one can think of. A lot of so called 'reviews' do one crappy test and think that's enough. Bloody awesome work...but I should have watched this before I put the Ice Jet for my son 🤔
My son works at our local Walmart in the claims department and handles returned merchandise. According to him, Arctic Air is one of the most returned brands to the store. He sees a lot of their products in the returned bins.
I wouldn’t doubt that a bit. I had the Arctic Chill for one night and didn’t sleep. I was in tears. That thing is a piece of junk. Idk how that company is still going
These are great for dry places like Toronto where we aren't near an ocean. During the summer these come in clutch for some nice directional cool air. Definitely won't replace a ln air conditioner but they are amazing for personal cooling at a desk or by a bed. When paired with an AC the humidity is automatically removed and they work well together!
I usually soak the filter in water and toss in freezer. It takes maybe 15 minutes to firm up. I put another fan in front to accelerate the air coming out of the unit. The unit on full power is weak. This cools down great for about 30 minutes and start over. I have a small freezer though beside my desk. I work from home.
It's unreal how many people here in Houston end up buying them only to find that it doesn't work at 90+ degrees with high humidity. Money down the drain
They'd probably work alright in West Texas, as in Abilene to Pecos and up the Panhandle, but not Coastal at all. Lived in Yuma AZ and swamp coolers work a treat there, except during Monsoon Season, and you spent a bit every quarter on water filters, CLR (or alternatives) and actually scrubbing your cooler screens, all those hard deposits.
Interesting, I can see the Amazon listing now for the Pure Chill, it will say "there is an upgraded version of this available" referring to the ice jet, lol!!! Thank you for this review, I am always in need of a good chill in the summer.
@@Freakinreviews Yes, I was ready to buy this insta-read thermometer when it told me there was an upgrade to it, guess what the upgrade was? it read 1 second faster for 100.00 more, LOL!!! I took the original figuring I could wait the second.
Arctic Air product video is a great example of what makes your work so engaging. Your cool dad demeanor, good application of general scientific principles of investigation, and nice hands for excellent unboxing 😊
I like the Arctic Air Ice Jet Space Cooler. It feels cooler than my small desktop fan -- without ice packs. The empty tunnel design seems to control the airflow much better without obstruction. Thanks for the review!
I have the ice jet to keep air flow going on when I got someone not to fond of a cold room I noticed if you don’t have the led on the fan is slightly stronger but not by much
@@misterhat5823 The overall temp doesn't matter, that's going to be hot regardless. The point of this is to point cooler air directly at yourself, or do you honestly believe this tiny device is meant to cool an entire room?
@@misterhat5823Maybe you freeze things different where you are but here where I live my freezer is running whether I have Ice Jet freezer rings in it to freeze or not.
I need a nice little air cooler for my small PC gaming nook....I'm here for the review but must say your production values are really great! The lighting, the background, the colors, the video clarity all without the stupid effects people like to over use....I'm not a production snob but its nice to see high quality video content.
That ice extender powder is what he should be reviewing because that stuff is fantastic.. I bought some a few years ago to use in my cooler and it kept the ice and water cold for almost 4 day. I bought one that came with a jug about the size of a half gallon jug of milk. If you buy the powder by itsel yoc can customize the size of the bottles.
At least in the Pure Chill’s defense - I used one for a summer because I wasn’t able to have an AC in my office, and it was a lifesaver. Yes it was a headache putting a new ice cube and water in every 30 min, but the area in front of it was noticeably cooler than the rest of the room, which was all I needed. For $20 (at the time) it was money well spent.
The Arctic Air Pure Chill and similar models do not have a "filter", what they have are "wicks", material that absorbs and holds liquid to allow it to evaporate over a long period of time. Thus they don't really need to be replaced so much as they need dust to be washed off exteriorly, and sanitized interiorly to kill bacteria and fungus before it grows. Disassembling the little blue pads by pulling them out of the filter frame, washing them in dish detergent and rinsing them clear, and then a quick soak in white vinegar and rinse clear, and they can be threaded back into the frame and used pretty much indefinitely. You might want to use the same white vinegar in the reservoir followed by a filtered water rinse.
I'm Arizona these would be awesome with ice water. Anywhere humid these would make you feel worse... In Japan in August you would do something extreme to get away from it lol
I bought the artic air ultra for my wife. Yes Evaporative cooling works very well for "US" in the dry desert. No it's not an AC. But for say 20-30$ instead of windiw ac or full central ac it's pretty good. Let me explain why. We did the artic air and it does help upto 1 person within 5ft. Then to save money just lived in bedroom and did window ac. Which is huge amounts more btu. But costs more and significant use cost of 0.5-1$ per day running it 8-12 hours. HOA banned 2 years later our in writing pre approved window ac that we took out every morning and used only at night. So we still use artic air. Energy use is almost nothing. Startedafter now 4-5 years to get loud and bearings probably wearing out. But we still like it. Wife gets cool and I can sleep snuggly in a thin blanket without freezing me out. For that alone worth it. Overall very satisfied for an as seen on TV product. Soak then freeze that filter and pour in cold or ice water and ya it's going to drop temps 20+ degrees. Can't imagine the improvements from the later still water resivour versions. We would probably get one or similar Evaporative coolehen ours soon dies
I've always wondered about having a bunch of aluminum tubes in front of a box fan. Sealed of course, so the blows through the tubes like a radiator. Air blowing through the aluminum gets chilly... just wondering!
I just bought the arctic air chill from Amazon as this is what is suggested by van lifers as a cheaper route to go. I'll be living in my van, which has no AC, as im homeless. I can afford to get anything else. It's supposed to be above average temperatures this spring and summer also according to the long-range forecasts. It's already started out this way, too.
I did the homeless Van life and it was absolutely brutal!!! My A.C didn't work and my driver side window didn't go down 🥵🥵🥵. I'm looking for a roommate if you have any income at all
I bought the pure chill at target on clearance for 5 bucks and for a desk chiller it worked for me really well (I froze the sponge). It didn’t chill the room like it said on the box. But as a personal fan I really liked it.
I have the very first arctic air cooler and it works pretty good as a regular fan if you remove the filter. I like how it uses a computer case fan and runs on USB so it might have a nice little 5v to 12v up converter inside. I have a broken icemaker that maybe I can use something out of it to make a tiny AC or something. I have the arctic air pocket chill.
i feel like this could be easily improved with a little DIY. Remove the cover, replace the cartridges with a cage like window screen, fill with ice, drill a drain hole on the bottom. easy peasy.
I’ve used the Arctic air, the one thing I did not like was that I would clean the filters and then I would buy new filters the amount of mold and mildew after only a couple uses turn me off
I’d love to see what happens when you run these in high humidity instead. Does the evaporative cooling still make any difference? Do the ice packs gather humidity and drip like crazy?
Have no idea what happened but mine (artic air ice jet w ice pack) worked for 3 nights and never got cold again. 😢it got really cold and comfortable. I didn't expect to return it
Keep in mind in the low humidity of Las Vegas, especially indoors, with A/C, the evaporative cooler swill perform much better than than they would in a humid environment. And they add humidity to the room, so thats not good. The ice pack cooler would not have that problem, but at the same time, it's expensive, and work intensive vs a normal desk fan. The best solution is a window A/C, though more expensive.
I am in the UK and spent $50 for a 2-foot tall fan that holds a litre of water/ice, a remote control and many other nice features! Well worth the $20 more than this!
The pure chill might be the winner in this specific scenario but if you tried this in a wetter climate, the ice jet would win, because there, a evaporating cooler is not as effective as a fan blowing through some ice packs is. I'm pretty sure that's why it was made, for the people who doesn't live in a desert.
I made a cool blower out of a styrofoam ice chest, frozen water bottles, and a 20in. Fan. Worked pretty good! Cold air for about 2 hours. Had all the stuff already, so no cost!
@@AJ-ey4ev I set them in two layers, standing upright. Had a styrofoam layer separating them. Had holes in the separating layer for air flow. I cut a six by six slot in the bottom of the cooler for the output air, and used a box fan duct taped to the open top area. So basically the air blew into the cooler, circulated around and came out the bottom vent. Looked a bit like a square bass speaker with a bottom port. Also had a drip pan to catch the condensation. I had about 16 bottles I think.
I already used a dehumidifier, so I wouldn’t be trying the water one. Now I know for sure, not to bother with the ice one. 45min is not worth the time and effort to freeze the ice.
You have to test them a little farther from each other. Since the pure chill has a stronger fan, if you put them side by side, the cooler air being blown by the artic chill will be pushed more into the direction of the stronger air current in front of the pure chill. (but either way, these items are a not that much better than a regular fan)
Is there a CPU mounting kit for my Athlon 64? I hope that cowling won't come off like on a Boeing! Next year they will have one which uses water AND the ice pack.
I've had devices like these and while they're better than nothing, they're not great. I bought a much bigger version from a local company and it's great! Size really matters. Of course you need to be careful about causing damp.
@@DavidRevs it was an iwata evaporative air cooler. They have various models but they're all essentially the same thing but different sized water containers and fans.
The one with water works only in Utah, Nevada etc. Here in Houston area with all the rains and humidity it will not work well. For the turbo design I would try another trick. Instead of using those ready ice containers, I would put just a zip lock bag or similar filled with ice cubes. Not to fill the area of those 3 ice rings full with the ice cube bag, only half way. That would cause some condensation of humidity turn to water wapor that would cool more. About 3 years ago we had a a storm that knocked out electricity for multiple hours. I had one of those rechargeable Geek Aire fans. I set it on a chair next to my bed. I set a small rack behind the fan, and put zip bags with ice cubes on the rack shelves. Due to our high humidity the ice bags started to sweat like beer glasses on a hot summer day. The large fan was able to pull enough cool humid air that I could feel cool on my face and neck while I was roasting on my bed at 96 F room temp. I used every back up battery back and finally fell asleep from the exhaustion. By the morning the power was back.
Hi James, can you please review the Power Blaster Plus. It is supposed to be a really good pressure washer, but it is kind of hard to believe. You do such a great job! Keep up the good work.
I have the first generation arctic air. Take the filter out and soak in water, then freeze it. Instead of water in the tank, put ice. Works great for tiny spaces.
I bet here in CT that the Ice Jet would work better on our Spring and Summer days (such as next week!) when it'll hit about 85+ with high humidity. I know I tend to use an ice pack on the side of my head when I sleep at night with a fan directly on me to help keep me cool, even if the Central A/C is on. My room always gets the sun all day so it always is the warmest room in the house. My door is shut 24/7 due to it also being my studio/streaming/workspace (my cat would be too destructive to my stuff), and unfortunately both my windows do not open because a tree that fell on the house a few years ago smashed the outer weather windows.
I've got the original and it does it's job well enough down in Florida, well enough that I scored my mom - lives in Pennsylvania - one and she uses it at night and feels it works quite nicely. As soon as I saw the jet I was betting against it as it screamed gimmick and that's what it was.
Wonder if the results of those devices would be different if used at at sea level or a humid climate. The Ice Jet might be better as it wouldn't add to the humidity.
Unless it can hold more energy than water (which isn't likely since water is extremely energy dense), then it really doesn't matter how cold it can get. The entire point of antifreeze is to keep water, which is what's actually carrying the energy around, from freezing and destroying whatever cooling system it's in. Anyway for this kind of device it'd be actively worse. Ice has to absorb energy just to change phases into liquid water, just as liquid water needs a lot of energy to actually turn into water vapor. It takes a 5.4x as much energy to turn 1g of 100 degree celsius water into vapor as it does to heat that water from 0-100 degrees, while in comparison it takes about 0.8x that much energy to get ice to melt into water. So just for ice to melt into water, it absorbs as much heat as it'd take to heat water from 0-80 degrees C. You WANT the water to freeze, not to mention you don't want to reduce the freezing point to be so low that you can no longer freeze the water at home. For a more effective version of the Icejet, you'd need something that freezes/melts at a reasonable temperature (something you can do in a home freezer), doesn't expand/contract too much while freezing/melting (so as not to break the housing it's in), absorbs a huge amount of energy as it melts, is cheap enough for mass production, and is also safe enough for everyday use by regular people. AFAIK, something like that just doesn't exist. That's why the regular Arctic Air is more effective than the Icejet, vaporizing water just absorbs way more heat from the surrounding air than melting ice does, and it'll be especially effectively since James lives in Las Vegas. Where the Icejet would have an advantage is in a more humid climate, since...it can actually work at all as opposed to a swamp cooler which becomes useless when it's humid.
@@AirLancer you just described PCM materials. There are videos on how to make PCM fluid using only sodium sulfate and table salt. I kinda want to get this to try PCM packs inside.
You have to make your own mixture of rubbing alcohol salt and water inside the ice packs. It makes the ice melt alot slower. Just adding the salt( boost pack lmao) it's salt. Add rubbing alcohol and that will help.
Mine helps me cuz i got an overheating problems cuz meds im on so i sweat more but for small spaces as long as you sitting next to them they help cool me off
I've been thinning of getting something like these. My UA-cam studio is in my unfinished garage and it gets really hot in the summer. I've even had someone comment that I was sweating in a video.
Someone said you were sweating in a video, and your garage gets hot in the summertime? Who would've guessed. Man this is great info, please tell us more 😂
LOL I work in the Arctic Circle (Northern Baffinland Island, Canada) I’ve seen it snow in every month of the year, I know its just marketing but “Arctic Air” I highly doubt it lol
The Arctic Air cool jet ice packs create a pool of water inside the fan reservoir from condensation. The air flow on high is weak and will get weaker if you turn on the lights. Unless your face is right up against this fan it's not very cooling and it doesn't cool down the room temperature either. The fan itself is a bit on the loud side compared to larger desktop fans that have a stronger air flow and feel cooler in comparison.
When you are reviewing prodects that rely on evaporative cooling, you should always mention that you are in the desert and that the results will be heavily skewed by relative humidity. Where I live, a swamp cooler would do less than nothing.
My guess is that the ice pack one would work better in a humid environment over the other one. Humidity where I am currently is 70% or more and evaporative coolers don't work properly here.
I swear every year theses thing get more and more elaborate. Same thing just a new shell/gimmick saw one on TikTok that has like 5 misters on it as if that's a good idea around electronics or around the house since it's spraying water
Swamp coolers work where it doesn’t get humid! I grew up with swamp coolers in Phoenix - but we did need to keep our windows open! I don’t know if they are used much in Phoenix anymore but back in the 50s when we moved there, it was the only reasonable way to stay cool. I knew one friend who had real a/c because their dad required it due to an illness!
Try using a dehumidifier because it can significantly improve the cooling efficiency of a swamp cooler on a humid day or inside a sealed house. For best results, point the dehumidifier vent at the swamp cooler intakes so that the driest air is being used to create more lovely coolness.
@@Clouds-su3dc With swamp cooler the house is not sealed! Our windows were open! Not sure how things are weather-wise in Phoenix now since I left there more than 20 years ago, but I’m guessing most homes use a/c.
Not sure why you think they are a scam - but swamp coolers won’t work where the humidity gets high. And swamp coolers work with excelsior and water with the fan blowing through.
If you actually read my post you would see that I was referring to the prices companies are selling them for. I understand they're capable of cooling the air, but people are selling a sponge and a fan for 3 to 400 dollars in some cases. Basically they're advertising it as a fully functional air conditioning unit while just sending people a mildly functional swamp cooler.
So you are going to add heat to your house by freezing the containers unless the freezer isn’t in the house. And then add minimally more heat by running a fan. Not saying this doesn’t lower the air temperature a little … but inefficient as heck. Waste of money the both of them.
I have the arctic air purechill. I bought it out of desperation and it makes a decent fan, but a horrible air cooler. The water system is also completely scaled over due to hardwater
@@mack_mcmillan I vividly remember the moment in 2000 (2001?), working from home, with the “Music Central” cable channel playing through the speakers…. when this sad-sack maudlin funeral tune started and the image on screen was this emaciated-looking goatee’d dude posing his emo best for the camera… and that, boys and girls, is how I first encountered the truly godawful fever dream that was Chris Gaines..
If you’re looking for a night light, this is a good night light…if you’re looking to cool a room, this product doesn’t work…will never buy products from this company again…
I wasn't a fan (no pun intended) of using the thermal directly on/in the fan. I feel like it was reading the temp of the ice packs and not the actual temp.
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Keep in mind that the pure chill is a swamp cooler and only works in dry climates (no humidity)!
Yeah I was thinking 80% humidity not going to work so good
But at the same time it increases humidity in a room, so it basically useless.
Only good in places like Las Vegas, Nevada like where he lives. If you're in the tropics, hell no.
That’s a great point!
You are so much better of getting a fan, or if you can afford it, a window AC unit.
my beat up old Pure Chill works fine in my sleeper in my semi. I use ice cubes from my cooler and place my filter in bag of cubes before use. I use a/c while driving and once I’m stopped break it out before my sleeper gets hot, saves diesel fuel.
Thanks for your service calling out these plastic piles of crap
I think it’s only for the outside
Ridiculous they are able to sell these things.
Adding RGB LEDs to something is the cheapest gimmick.
It's probably going to be a defining thing about this era when we look back in the future. Tacky LED lighting on everything.
It's obnoxious. It's actively harder to find (insert almost any piece of electronics here) without blinding, blinky lights. And the worst part is many of the products with them, don't even let you turn them off.
I don't think manufacturers understand that not everyone on earth is 12 years old.
When done properly, RGB lighting can look good. With that said, every product having a RGB, or only a RGB, model is annoying as hell. It can look really good in a custom computer but just looks stupid on a desk or box fan, etc.
Epitomizes the saying of "putting lipstick on a pig" imo. Usually this cheap Chinese consumer tech is loaded with "features" like LEDs and speakers, with the core function being greatly inferior to the more reputable competition.
Damn right lowers the value. Anothe one is cheap bluetooth device sounds.
The problem with coolers which use water is that they over time make the room it's used in more humid, and humad rooms hold on to heat better. Also a higher humidity makes it harder for us to sweat and loose heat making the heat a bigger problem.
Yup, feels nice in the beginning then it starts to feel worse 😂
I have no issue WHATSOEVER sweating in high humidity haha....Dixie is brutal.
In the desert that's a moot point. In humid climates, it makes a bad problem worse.
You still sweat in high humidity, it's just you get little to no evaporation to cool you off.
Humid rooms don't hold on to heat better, it's the other way around. Hot air can hold more water, which is why swamp coolers work very effectively in hot, dry climates. The reason it feels hotter when it's humid is because your body can't get rid of heat effectively since your sweat won't evaporate. Your body will produce plenty of sweat, the problem is that it doesn't go anywhere and therefore doesn't carry away any heat energy.
What a fantastic review! You go into every possible test one can think of. A lot of so called 'reviews' do one crappy test and think that's enough. Bloody awesome work...but I should have watched this before I put the Ice Jet for my son 🤔
My son works at our local Walmart in the claims department and handles returned merchandise. According to him, Arctic Air is one of the most returned brands to the store. He sees a lot of their products in the returned bins.
Thanks for the input! I was considering buying one, but I saw bad reviews and your input is the deal-breaker.
It's the same at Ace Hardware. Crap motors and crap brand...
I wouldn’t doubt that a bit. I had the Arctic Chill for one night and didn’t sleep. I was in tears. That thing is a piece of junk. Idk how that company is still going
Probably from the poor souls thinking this is comparable to an air conditioner when it’s just a wet fan
@@vegancharlieleeblue😊😊😊😊😊😊
These are great for dry places like Toronto where we aren't near an ocean. During the summer these come in clutch for some nice directional cool air. Definitely won't replace a ln air conditioner but they are amazing for personal cooling at a desk or by a bed. When paired with an AC the humidity is automatically removed and they work well together!
Side note buy a cheap one of ali or temu, don't buy an overpriced arctic chill which is just a label on a typical cooler you can buy for 10 or less
I usually soak the filter in water and toss in freezer. It takes maybe 15 minutes to firm up. I put another fan in front to accelerate the air coming out of the unit. The unit on full power is weak. This cools down great for about 30 minutes and start over. I have a small freezer though beside my desk. I work from home.
They don't work in humid areas like down here in Texas, but they keep on selling down here.
It's unreal how many people here in Houston end up buying them only to find that it doesn't work at 90+ degrees with high humidity. Money down the drain
Texas... What can you say...
The problem a lot of people don't know what a swamp cooler is or how the work.
They'd probably work alright in West Texas, as in Abilene to Pecos and up the Panhandle, but not Coastal at all. Lived in Yuma AZ and swamp coolers work a treat there, except during Monsoon Season, and you spent a bit every quarter on water filters, CLR (or alternatives) and actually scrubbing your cooler screens, all those hard deposits.
It's Texas, not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
Interesting, I can see the Amazon listing now for the Pure Chill, it will say "there is an upgraded version of this available" referring to the ice jet, lol!!! Thank you for this review, I am always in need of a good chill in the summer.
Interesting. I would say that is not an upgrade!
@@Freakinreviews Yes, I was ready to buy this insta-read thermometer when it told me there was an upgrade to it, guess what the upgrade was? it read 1 second faster for 100.00 more, LOL!!! I took the original figuring I could wait the second.
❤️ Great video !
Think you can upgrade the ice packs, replace water by alcohol Isopropyl or rubbing 90 to 99%
Arctic Air product video is a great example of what makes your work so engaging. Your cool dad demeanor, good application of general scientific principles of investigation, and nice hands for excellent unboxing 😊
Thanks!
I like the Arctic Air Ice Jet Space Cooler. It feels cooler than my small desktop fan -- without ice packs. The empty tunnel design seems to control the airflow much better without obstruction. Thanks for the review!
same here!
Thinking about trying one. Thanks for the information. I've heard mixed reviews on them but am giving it a try.
I highly recommend the Hessaire MC12V! It's $99.97 at Home Depot! I love mine! But remember everyone, it's for dry, arid places.
I have the ice jet to keep air flow going on when I got someone not to fond of a cold room I noticed if you don’t have the led on the fan is slightly stronger but not by much
I feel like the ice jet would be better in high humidity areas. The pure chill where its a lot more dry
Not really. You have to freeze the ice packs and your freezer will pump out more heat than it removed, making the overall temp higher.
@@misterhat5823 These are spot coolers, not room coolers. Meant to be blown on you cooling you off.
@@misterhat5823 The overall temp doesn't matter, that's going to be hot regardless. The point of this is to point cooler air directly at yourself, or do you honestly believe this tiny device is meant to cool an entire room?
@@misterhat5823Maybe you freeze things different where you are but here where I live my freezer is running whether I have Ice Jet freezer rings in it to freeze or not.
I need a nice little air cooler for my small PC gaming nook....I'm here for the review but must say your production values are really great! The lighting, the background, the colors, the video clarity all without the stupid effects people like to over use....I'm not a production snob but its nice to see high quality video content.
That ice extender powder is what he should be reviewing because that stuff is fantastic.. I bought some a few years ago to use in my cooler and it kept the ice and water cold for almost 4 day. I bought one that came with a jug about the size of a half gallon jug of milk. If you buy the powder by itsel yoc can customize the size of the bottles.
Spoiler alert. Neither works as an air conditioner as advertised
At least in the Pure Chill’s defense - I used one for a summer because I wasn’t able to have an AC in my office, and it was a lifesaver. Yes it was a headache putting a new ice cube and water in every 30 min, but the area in front of it was noticeably cooler than the rest of the room, which was all I needed. For $20 (at the time) it was money well spent.
@@Imdrunkontea I guess that's fair, but for 100 more dollars you could've bought a window unit.
@@spikedwk like I said, I couldn't install an AC
@@Imdrunkontea yet you worked there? Why?
It’s almost like physics can’t be beat.
The Arctic Air Pure Chill and similar models do not have a "filter", what they have are "wicks", material that absorbs and holds liquid to allow it to evaporate over a long period of time. Thus they don't really need to be replaced so much as they need dust to be washed off exteriorly, and sanitized interiorly to kill bacteria and fungus before it grows. Disassembling the little blue pads by pulling them out of the filter frame, washing them in dish detergent and rinsing them clear, and then a quick soak in white vinegar and rinse clear, and they can be threaded back into the frame and used pretty much indefinitely. You might want to use the same white vinegar in the reservoir followed by a filtered water rinse.
I'm Arizona these would be awesome with ice water. Anywhere humid these would make you feel worse... In Japan in August you would do something extreme to get away from it lol
I bought the artic air ultra for my wife. Yes Evaporative cooling works very well for "US" in the dry desert.
No it's not an AC. But for say 20-30$ instead of windiw ac or full central ac it's pretty good. Let me explain why. We did the artic air and it does help upto 1 person within 5ft. Then to save money just lived in bedroom and did window ac. Which is huge amounts more btu. But costs more and significant use cost of 0.5-1$ per day running it 8-12 hours. HOA banned 2 years later our in writing pre approved window ac that we took out every morning and used only at night.
So we still use artic air. Energy use is almost nothing. Startedafter now 4-5 years to get loud and bearings probably wearing out. But we still like it. Wife gets cool and I can sleep snuggly in a thin blanket without freezing me out. For that alone worth it.
Overall very satisfied for an as seen on TV product. Soak then freeze that filter and pour in cold or ice water and ya it's going to drop temps 20+ degrees. Can't imagine the improvements from the later still water resivour versions. We would probably get one or similar Evaporative coolehen ours soon dies
I bought a older version at home depot it stopped working after a day got a replacement and that one stopped working after a week.
My ice jet won’t even turn on out of the box. Does it take a while to charge or something?
I've always wondered about having a bunch of aluminum tubes in front of a box fan. Sealed of course, so the blows through the tubes like a radiator. Air blowing through the aluminum gets chilly... just wondering!
I just bought the arctic air chill from Amazon as this is what is suggested by van lifers as a cheaper route to go. I'll be living in my van, which has no AC, as im homeless. I can afford to get anything else.
It's supposed to be above average temperatures this spring and summer also according to the long-range forecasts. It's already started out this way, too.
I did the homeless Van life and it was absolutely brutal!!! My A.C didn't work and my driver side window didn't go down 🥵🥵🥵. I'm looking for a roommate if you have any income at all
I bought the pure chill at target on clearance for 5 bucks and for a desk chiller it worked for me really well (I froze the sponge). It didn’t chill the room like it said on the box. But as a personal fan I really liked it.
I have the very first arctic air cooler and it works pretty good as a regular fan if you remove the filter. I like how it uses a computer case fan and runs on USB so it might have a nice little 5v to 12v up converter inside. I have a broken icemaker that maybe I can use something out of it to make a tiny AC or something. I have the arctic air pocket chill.
i feel like this could be easily improved with a little DIY. Remove the cover, replace the cartridges with a cage like window screen, fill with ice, drill a drain hole on the bottom. easy peasy.
I’ve used the Arctic air, the one thing I did not like was that I would clean the filters and then I would buy new filters the amount of mold and mildew after only a couple uses turn me off
If you add salt to water before freezing it, doesn't it stay colder for longer? I'm not sure, I just have a vague memory of that somewhere.
I’d love to see what happens when you run these in high humidity instead. Does the evaporative cooling still make any difference? Do the ice packs gather humidity and drip like crazy?
Have no idea what happened but mine (artic air ice jet w ice pack) worked for 3 nights and never got cold again. 😢it got really cold and comfortable. I didn't expect to return it
what’s the Genesis “Invisible touch” thing in the background?
you already know i been waitin for this. thanks james.
Those ice spokes are so delicate, but maybe this would be ok to use at bed time.
Keep in mind in the low humidity of Las Vegas, especially indoors, with A/C, the evaporative cooler swill perform much better than than they would in a humid environment. And they add humidity to the room, so thats not good. The ice pack cooler would not have that problem, but at the same time, it's expensive, and work intensive vs a normal desk fan. The best solution is a window A/C, though more expensive.
As always another no nonsense take on an "as seen on TV" type of device
Awesome to see you are a fellow "Bugler"
Keep up the great work!
I am in the UK and spent $50 for a 2-foot tall fan that holds a litre of water/ice, a remote control and many other nice features! Well worth the $20 more than this!
Also in the uk can you point me in the right direction for that please, im dying here 🤣
The pure chill might be the winner in this specific scenario but if you tried this in a wetter climate, the ice jet would win, because there, a evaporating cooler is not as effective as a fan blowing through some ice packs is. I'm pretty sure that's why it was made, for the people who doesn't live in a desert.
I'm always impressed with your editing. Your video is as good or better than any TV show.
I made a cool blower out of a styrofoam ice chest, frozen water bottles, and a 20in. Fan. Worked pretty good! Cold air for about 2 hours. Had all the stuff already, so no cost!
Did you fill the cooler with frozen water bottles and punch holes in the side ?
@@AJ-ey4ev I set them in two layers, standing upright. Had a styrofoam layer separating them. Had holes in the separating layer for air flow. I cut a six by six slot in the bottom of the cooler for the output air, and used a box fan duct taped to the open top area. So basically the air blew into the cooler, circulated around and came out the bottom vent. Looked a bit like a square bass speaker with a bottom port. Also had a drip pan to catch the condensation. I had about 16 bottles I think.
I already used a dehumidifier, so I wouldn’t be trying the water one. Now I know for sure, not to bother with the ice one. 45min is not worth the time and effort to freeze the ice.
An you review IcyBreeze portable outdoor AC that looks like a cooler container?
You just proved which one of these products can cool a thermometer faster.
You have to test them a little farther from each other. Since the pure chill has a stronger fan, if you put them side by side, the cooler air being blown by the artic chill will be pushed more into the direction of the stronger air current in front of the pure chill. (but either way, these items are a not that much better than a regular fan)
Is there a CPU mounting kit for my Athlon 64? I hope that cowling won't come off like on a Boeing! Next year they will have one which uses water AND the ice pack.
I think the freeze one would be good for more humid locations because the evap coolers don't really work in humid places
Love the INVISIBLE TOUCH album!
I've had devices like these and while they're better than nothing, they're not great.
I bought a much bigger version from a local company and it's great!
Size really matters.
Of course you need to be careful about causing damp.
So????? What's the " much bigger device" called??? Also, how much was it. You gotta give info, not just it's better
@@DavidRevs it was an iwata evaporative air cooler. They have various models but they're all essentially the same thing but different sized water containers and fans.
The one with water works only in Utah, Nevada etc. Here in Houston area with all the rains and humidity it will not work well.
For the turbo design I would try another trick. Instead of using those ready ice containers, I would put just a zip lock bag or similar filled with ice cubes. Not to fill the area of those 3 ice rings full with the ice cube bag, only half way. That would cause some condensation of humidity turn to water wapor that would cool more.
About 3 years ago we had a a storm that knocked out electricity for multiple hours. I had one of those rechargeable Geek Aire fans. I set it on a chair next to my bed. I set a small rack behind the fan, and put zip bags with ice cubes on the rack shelves. Due to our high humidity the ice bags started to sweat like beer glasses on a hot summer day. The large fan was able to pull enough cool humid air that I could feel cool on my face and neck while I was roasting on my bed at 96 F room temp. I used every back up battery back and finally fell asleep from the exhaustion. By the morning the power was back.
Hi James, can you please review the Power Blaster Plus. It is supposed to be a really good pressure washer, but it is kind of hard to believe. You do such a great job! Keep up the good work.
I have the first generation arctic air. Take the filter out and soak in water, then freeze it. Instead of water in the tank, put ice. Works great for tiny spaces.
I bet here in CT that the Ice Jet would work better on our Spring and Summer days (such as next week!) when it'll hit about 85+ with high humidity. I know I tend to use an ice pack on the side of my head when I sleep at night with a fan directly on me to help keep me cool, even if the Central A/C is on. My room always gets the sun all day so it always is the warmest room in the house. My door is shut 24/7 due to it also being my studio/streaming/workspace (my cat would be too destructive to my stuff), and unfortunately both my windows do not open because a tree that fell on the house a few years ago smashed the outer weather windows.
I've got the original and it does it's job well enough down in Florida, well enough that I scored my mom - lives in Pennsylvania - one and she uses it at night and feels it works quite nicely.
As soon as I saw the jet I was betting against it as it screamed gimmick and that's what it was.
Invisible Touch! great album.
Was the powder just salt to lower the freezing point of the water? Great video, blah product. 😊🌎❤️🕺🏻🐶
I was wondering the same thing.
Wonder if the results of those devices would be different if used at at sea level or a humid climate. The Ice Jet might be better as it wouldn't add to the humidity.
i think the one with ice packs might be good for the bathroom when you plan on being in there for a good 15 minutes if you dont have ac in your home
insted of poring water into it try cooling down antifreeze and use that. that can get extremely cold before it freezes
Unless it can hold more energy than water (which isn't likely since water is extremely energy dense), then it really doesn't matter how cold it can get. The entire point of antifreeze is to keep water, which is what's actually carrying the energy around, from freezing and destroying whatever cooling system it's in. Anyway for this kind of device it'd be actively worse. Ice has to absorb energy just to change phases into liquid water, just as liquid water needs a lot of energy to actually turn into water vapor. It takes a 5.4x as much energy to turn 1g of 100 degree celsius water into vapor as it does to heat that water from 0-100 degrees, while in comparison it takes about 0.8x that much energy to get ice to melt into water. So just for ice to melt into water, it absorbs as much heat as it'd take to heat water from 0-80 degrees C. You WANT the water to freeze, not to mention you don't want to reduce the freezing point to be so low that you can no longer freeze the water at home.
For a more effective version of the Icejet, you'd need something that freezes/melts at a reasonable temperature (something you can do in a home freezer), doesn't expand/contract too much while freezing/melting (so as not to break the housing it's in), absorbs a huge amount of energy as it melts, is cheap enough for mass production, and is also safe enough for everyday use by regular people. AFAIK, something like that just doesn't exist. That's why the regular Arctic Air is more effective than the Icejet, vaporizing water just absorbs way more heat from the surrounding air than melting ice does, and it'll be especially effectively since James lives in Las Vegas. Where the Icejet would have an advantage is in a more humid climate, since...it can actually work at all as opposed to a swamp cooler which becomes useless when it's humid.
@@AirLancer you just described PCM materials. There are videos on how to make PCM fluid using only sodium sulfate and table salt. I kinda want to get this to try PCM packs inside.
i don't know if its true or not, but don't these water/ice coolers cause high humidity increasing mould growth?
You need to review the arctic air tower! 😅
I just noticed you have the Genesis Invisible Touch album as part of your decor!! I can’t make out the rest of the setup its on
You have to make your own mixture of rubbing alcohol salt and water inside the ice packs. It makes the ice melt alot slower. Just adding the salt( boost pack lmao) it's salt. Add rubbing alcohol and that will help.
Make PCM liquid and put it in there instead.
I think the booster packs would work better if you put it in after the packs are frozen. I think it's just salt to drop the temp of the ice.
Mine helps me cuz i got an overheating problems cuz meds im on so i sweat more but for small spaces as long as you sitting next to them they help cool me off
I've been thinning of getting something like these. My UA-cam studio is in my unfinished garage and it gets really hot in the summer. I've even had someone comment that I was sweating in a video.
Someone said you were sweating in a video, and your garage gets hot in the summertime? Who would've guessed. Man this is great info, please tell us more 😂
LOL I work in the Arctic Circle (Northern Baffinland Island, Canada) I’ve seen it snow in every month of the year, I know its just marketing but “Arctic Air” I highly doubt it lol
The evaporative cooling doesn't work so well in high humidity areas.
The Arctic Air cool jet ice packs create a pool of water inside the fan reservoir from condensation.
The air flow on high is weak and will get weaker if you turn on the lights. Unless your face is right up against this fan it's not very cooling and it doesn't cool down the room temperature either. The fan itself is a bit on the loud side compared to larger desktop fans that have a stronger air flow and feel cooler in comparison.
Wouldn’t a desk fan with a bowl of ice behind achieve about the same result?
When you are reviewing prodects that rely on evaporative cooling, you should always mention that you are in the desert and that the results will be heavily skewed by relative humidity. Where I live, a swamp cooler would do less than nothing.
Thank you for another great review 👍
My guess is that the ice pack one would work better in a humid environment over the other one. Humidity where I am currently is 70% or more and evaporative coolers don't work properly here.
I swear every year theses thing get more and more elaborate. Same thing just a new shell/gimmick saw one on TikTok that has like 5 misters on it as if that's a good idea around electronics or around the house since it's spraying water
U forgot about the Arctic Air ChillZone XL!
Thanks James, you are just as handsome now as you were back then. Thanks for all the years of amazing work! ❤
Are you ms white
Swamp coolers are a damn scam at least as they are advertised. Some of these assholes are charging hundreds of dollars for a fan and a sponge
Swamp coolers work where it doesn’t get humid! I grew up with swamp coolers in Phoenix - but we did need to keep our windows open! I don’t know if they are used much in Phoenix anymore but back in the 50s when we moved there, it was the only reasonable way to stay cool. I knew one friend who had real a/c because their dad required it due to an illness!
Try using a dehumidifier because it can significantly improve the cooling efficiency of a swamp cooler on a humid day or inside a sealed house. For best results, point the dehumidifier vent at the swamp cooler intakes so that the driest air is being used to create more lovely coolness.
@@Clouds-su3dc With swamp cooler the house is not sealed! Our windows were open! Not sure how things are weather-wise in Phoenix now since I left there more than 20 years ago, but I’m guessing most homes use a/c.
Not sure why you think they are a scam - but swamp coolers won’t work where the humidity gets high. And swamp coolers work with excelsior and water with the fan blowing through.
If you actually read my post you would see that I was referring to the prices companies are selling them for. I understand they're capable of cooling the air, but people are selling a sponge and a fan for 3 to 400 dollars in some cases. Basically they're advertising it as a fully functional air conditioning unit while just sending people a mildly functional swamp cooler.
So you are going to add heat to your house by freezing the containers unless the freezer isn’t in the house. And then add minimally more heat by running a fan. Not saying this doesn’t lower the air temperature a little … but inefficient as heck. Waste of money the both of them.
Next year!, A ,A Turbo!, can’t wait 😅!!!.
Not that it makes much difference to the outcome but I think the Ice Jet's last color setting before shutting off is scrolling through the colors.
I think the thermal imager was probably reading the actual ice packs as opposed to the air when you were pointing it at the unit..
You need to do all the artic air outdoor and max variants.
I have five of those and I put dry ice in the boxes. I combined them all together
Five of these pieces of junk? If you are going about all the trouble, paying the electric bill for 5 of them, just buy a real AC
I have the arctic air purechill. I bought it out of desperation and it makes a decent fan, but a horrible air cooler. The water system is also completely scaled over due to hardwater
Would you do a review on those mosquito coil bracelets?
I'm w you and many others. If no ac then I'll stick with a cheap fan rather spend a bunch on something like this.
3:29 - Loving the Chris Gaines (look THAT train wreck up) wig ya got going there!
Oh my god. You really went there…. “Garth Brooks in the Life of Chris Gaines” - I remember that turn-of-the-millennium hot mess well.
@@kcindc5539 Hehe, it was such a crap show!!!
@@mack_mcmillan it totally was. Beyond cringe right from the start.
@@kcindc5539 100%! HAHA
@@mack_mcmillan I vividly remember the moment in 2000 (2001?), working from home, with the “Music Central” cable channel playing through the speakers…. when this sad-sack maudlin funeral tune started and the image on screen was this emaciated-looking goatee’d dude posing his emo best for the camera… and that, boys and girls, is how I first encountered the truly godawful fever dream that was Chris Gaines..
Ok, so how is the speed of the Jet one ?? On fast
Such fancy branding for what is essentially a swamp cooler.
If you’re looking for a night light, this is a good night light…if you’re looking to cool a room, this product doesn’t work…will never buy products from this company again…
I wasn't a fan (no pun intended) of using the thermal directly on/in the fan. I feel like it was reading the temp of the ice packs and not the actual temp.
i had he arctic air pure chill but he only reason i git it was cos of the novelty factor, not bad but not great
Think youtube might have unsubscribed me? Not sure, Maybe just a glitch, still got your content, Good stuff by the way!!
I wonder if the ice packs had been filled with traditional ice pack fluid it would have worked better.
you should review the Arctic Air Tower...