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Consumer Reports review of Cool Surge portable air cooler

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steve...@gmail.com

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Jun 10, 2009, 3:27:33 PM6/10/09
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LouB

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Jun 10, 2009, 3:33:05 PM6/10/09
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Summary
"Negligible cooling nets Cool Surge portable air cooler a Consumer
Reports Don't Buy judgment"

tra...@optonline.net

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Jun 10, 2009, 4:44:02 PM6/10/09
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On Jun 10, 3:33 pm, LouB <L...@invalid.com> wrote:

> steven1...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Thought you might be interested in this take on the Cool Surge
> > portable air cooler.
>
> >http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/06/cool-surge-portable-air...

>
> Summary
> "Negligible cooling nets Cool Surge portable air cooler a Consumer
> Reports Don't Buy judgment"


It's amazing the FTC hasn't gone after this company by now. IMO, this
miracle cooler is an even worse scam than their Amish miracle heater.
I see their full page ads in the local newspaper all the time. No
explanation of how it works, or exactly what it is, only phrases that
attribute it's workings to a miracle of engineering from the China
coast.

Now we know from Consumers Reports that it's nothing more than an
overpriced swamp cooler, with some added ice trays that hardly lowered
their test room temp at all, even in a room with low humidity.

The Daring Dufas

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Jun 10, 2009, 5:39:19 PM6/10/09
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I have a larger industrial unit that I bought
from WW Grainger years ago and it works as it
was meant to. Evaporative coolers work great
for homes in places where the humidity is low.
In areas that are desert like, the coolers are
wonderful. The things aren't worth a damn around
here in the Southeast for cooling a home.

TDD

Ashton Crusher

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Jun 11, 2009, 1:53:20 AM6/11/09
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And they need alot of wet pad area to give the air a chance to
actually cool down from the evaporation. Most of the little coolers
simply don't have enough pad area to do much of anything.

Daniel Prince

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Jun 12, 2009, 6:51:07 PM6/12/09
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tra...@optonline.net wrote:

>It's amazing the FTC hasn't gone after this company by now.

Bush left the White House less than five months ago after eight
years and you are surprised that the FTC has not protected
consumers.
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They were all gourmands!

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