PureMate 4L Portable Air Cooler with 4 Operational Modes & 3 Speeds Cooling Fan, LED Display, Evaporative Oscillation Air Cooler with Timer

Great little cooler well worth the moneyWhy did you choose this product over others?:Was on sale liked the look of it also has a range of settings

Why did you choose this product over others?:Price Water capacity:have to lift into shower/ sink to empty ,hence 4 stars

Absolutely perfect cooling fan,

It's really not worth spending this much money on a fan. It might cool the air a little bit, but it is basically just a fan you put water and ice inside. I wish I just got a normal fan.

It's incredibly noisy — I am not exaggerating.I couldn't even hear the TV over this cooler in 'cool' mode, and I sure as hell wasn't going to try sleeping in the same room as it. I'm surprised there are people saying the noise is fine, but I'd wager they forgot to put water into it, or they simply didn't turn 'cool' on, because that's when it sounds like you're surrounded by loads of large fish tank pumps; it's pretty bad.It's funny, because the ad shows a woman all harmoniously posed right next to it, which is incredibly misleading, to say the least.If you're a headphones user, especially if you have NC headphones, you could probably make do with the noise from the cooler, but even with NC headphones, which I have, it's pretty damn loud. I can't imagine sitting next it; that'd probably give me a headache, frankly.The 'cool' mode part of it isn't all that great, but it's a bit strange that only half of the fan area seems to be in effect; it's almost as if there was a design fault they had to quickly deal with last minute. In all fairness, these machines are probably better for those of you suffering with dry heat. Here in the UK, we tend to get heat with high humidity.This thing looks pretty far bigger in the pictures, but rest assured, it's tiny. It's about twice the height and width of my kettle. It might just be that I'm so used to my old cooler, which was about 3-4x the size.I know coolers can be great in the heat, even if these things do make things incredibly humid, they make it manageable, at least with the heatwaves we get in the UK. This one, however, just doesn't cut it at all. In-fact, it makes things worse. As a regular fan, it's usable, so this thing will probably not get thrown out or given away, at least not yet.The controller is cheap, but it's good enough, as it's not like you need some fancy controller for this cooler.The oscillation works, contrary to what another reviewer said, but because of only half (left side) the fan area actually throwing out air properly, it's very limited.My old cooler was simple: you'd just slide out the bottom water container and empty it; problem solved. Unfortunately, this wee thing makes it really clunky, because you have to try to get a screwdriver in there, unscrew the thingy that's connected to the tray, empty the tray, then do then screw it back in again.On the bright side, it's not too much of an eye-sore, and it's nice to have touch buttons on the machine itself.If I were to value this thing, I'd go for about £40-£50, but certainly not the £85 they have the audacity to charge for it. For the price they're charging, you can get much, much, MUCH better than this thing, trust me.For perspective, my old cooler was a much larger, quieter, and easier-to-use heater, cooler, and regular fan, with a very large water tray, and it was around £90-100, and that was bought in-store!

Great value

Compared to others that cost much more this item is a GOLD MINE - a real BARGAIN - easy to set up, it works very well on every setting, over the recent heatwave, my husband had this running 24/7 with only topping up the water as & when required & swapping the ice packs for colder air. We are now thinking of buying more to replace our older cooling fans.

It’s definitely cooler when the ice packs are in it .. you can adjust the vents up and down but I think a taller one would be better .